Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8225 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

braynebrain

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

Puritas changed it: 298 times in 124 works
Consistency: 96.4% (298 of 309)
Reach if approved: ~325 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 309 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (298 changes in 124 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 298)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of his taile, ſo the wine which thou powreſt in exceſſiuely, will trouble thy braynebrain, torment thy belly, and caſt thee into deadly diſeaſes.
With rule
… of his taile, ſo the wine which thou powreſt in exceſſiuely, will trouble thy braynebrain, torment thy belly, and caſt thee into deadly diſeaſes.
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to creep into the Church. After that time, fonde, foolysh fansye of mans idle braynebrain devysed without the authority of Gods word, that the Minister in the divine service …
With rule
… to creep into the Church. After that time, fonde, foolysh fansye of mans idle braynebrain devysed without the authority of Gods word, that the Minister in the divine service …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and such causes as he hymselfe shall frame in the forge of hys owne braynebrain. And the better to effect hys purpose, hee sends them, eyther some lowsye indulgence …
With rule
… and such causes as he hymselfe shall frame in the forge of hys owne braynebrain. And the better to effect hys purpose, hee sends them, eyther some lowsye indulgence …
Philip Stubbes · A Motive to Good Works · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, & religion: or elſe hée wyll forge and inuent a newe, after hys owne braynebrain. On the coutrarye, if one gyue bym ceremonies, for to holde hym in religion …
With rule
… God, & religion: or elſe hée wyll forge and inuent a newe, after hys owne braynebrain. On the coutrarye, if one gyue bym ceremonies, for to holde hym in religion …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader
Printed
… determine it, without reuelation from God, euen out of the visions of his owne braynebrain, euen out of his owne imagination. So that if hée once conceiue an opinion …
With rule
… determine it, without reuelation from God, euen out of the visions of his owne braynebrain, euen out of his owne imagination. So that if hée once conceiue an opinion …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of an ydle braynebrain, whych God neyther thought not ment.
With rule
Of an ydle braynebrain, whych God neyther thought not ment.
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader
Printed
… the reſte of thys abominable action, to be inuented and deuiſed by the fooliſh braynebrain of man, and ſo can it not be denied to be Idolatry. It ſhall …
With rule
… the reſte of thys abominable action, to be inuented and deuiſed by the fooliſh braynebrain of man, and ſo can it not be denied to be Idolatry. It ſhall …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
… experience (alas to late) doth teach them. What folye and madnes was in their braynebrain, when they gaue them selues to all pleasure and voluptuousnes, to all kynd of …
With rule
… experience (alas to late) doth teach them. What folye and madnes was in their braynebrain, when they gaue them selues to all pleasure and voluptuousnes, to all kynd of …
Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… that is to say from the Liuer: so be the Sinewes, howbeit from the BrayneBrain; So likewise are the Heartstrings, howbeit from the Heart. By these thrée sorts of …
With rule
… that is to say from the Liuer: so be the Sinewes, howbeit from the BrayneBrain; So likewise are the Heartstrings, howbeit from the Heart. By these thrée sorts of …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… teacheth that GOD created Man by himselfe, yea and euen his Lyuer and his BrayneBrain and all his Sences; that is to say, the Soule of him, not onely …
With rule
… teacheth that GOD created Man by himselfe, yea and euen his Lyuer and his BrayneBrain and all his Sences; that is to say, the Soule of him, not onely …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a certeyne operation annexed to the bodie, steaming vp from the Hart to the BrayneBrain? And on the contrary part who can say nay, but that the Will and …
With rule
… a certeyne operation annexed to the bodie, steaming vp from the Hart to the BrayneBrain? And on the contrary part who can say nay, but that the Will and …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 277 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

Printed
… Tastinges, to such rotten Professoures. That which they get, is eyther onelie in the BrayneBrain, by Knowledge; or, if there bee anie Feelinges, they are but sleeting Motions, slowing …
With rule
… Tastinges, to such rotten Professoures. That which they get, is eyther onelie in the BrayneBrain, by Knowledge; or, if there bee anie Feelinges, they are but sleeting Motions, slowing …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 95 · Open in the reader