Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8134 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

braynesbrains

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 172 times in 104 works
Consistency: 98.8% (172 of 174)
Reach if approved: ~183 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brains
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 174 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (172 changes in 104 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 172)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of God, he would not leaue the election of a king to theyr owne braynesbrains. There be som busy braynesbrains, wanton wyttes, y^t say, the name of a king …
With rule
… of God, he would not leaue the election of a king to theyr owne braynesbrains. There be som busy braynesbrains, wanton wyttes, y^t say, the name of a king …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lyfe eternal. These are no popysh, monkysh, supersticious & pharisaicall vowes, inuented of the ydle braynesbrains of mē, but pure godly, wholesome & christen vowes which so many as hope to …
With rule
… lyfe eternal. These are no popysh, monkysh, supersticious & pharisaicall vowes, inuented of the ydle braynesbrains of mē, but pure godly, wholesome & christen vowes which so many as hope to …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
But theſe madde braynesbrains, ſuperſticious and too holy Moonkes knew very well to forge, inuent & finde out ſo …
With rule
But theſe madde braynesbrains, ſuperſticious and too holy Moonkes knew very well to forge, inuent & finde out ſo …
Philipp Melanchthon · Of Two Popish Monsters – A Popish Ass and a Monkish Calf · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bishops Consistories. But as the bodyes of these Churches are monstrous devises of mens braynesbrains, (there being no other Churches vnder the new testament but particular assemblies) so are …
With rule
… Bishops Consistories. But as the bodyes of these Churches are monstrous devises of mens braynesbrains, (there being no other Churches vnder the new testament but particular assemblies) so are …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſay that the worde of god / whiche cam in to the world / all polytike braynesbrains as yours ar / laboryng all that they cold / to hold it out / bothe withe …
With rule
… ſay that the worde of god / whiche cam in to the world / all polytike braynesbrains as yours ar / laboryng all that they cold / to hold it out / bothe withe …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
Printed
… that there is in them great abuſes. Wherefore I will not much breake my braynesbrains to maynteine them.
With rule
… that there is in them great abuſes. Wherefore I will not much breake my braynesbrains to maynteine them.
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader
Printed
… which teacheth repentaunce, faith, iustification, and saluation, not with curious questions to troble your braynesbrains, but with perfect conclusions to quyet your conscience, not suffering you to sleepe in …
With rule
… which teacheth repentaunce, faith, iustification, and saluation, not with curious questions to troble your braynesbrains, but with perfect conclusions to quyet your conscience, not suffering you to sleepe in …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
What thou wylte not so, thy braynesbrains are not so lyght
With rule
What thou wylte not so, thy braynesbrains are not so lyght
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.