Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8228 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

complaynecomplain

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

Puritas changed it: 373 times in 153 works
Consistency: 99.7% (373 of 374)
Reach if approved: ~393 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: complain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 374 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (373 changes in 153 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 373)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it is that y^u deſyreſt withall thy hart: thou ſhalt fynde dyuers that do complaynecomplain that they cannot feale in themſelues no determyned purpoſe & wyll: and therfore do vnfaynedly …
With rule
… it is that y^u deſyreſt withall thy hart: thou ſhalt fynde dyuers that do complaynecomplain that they cannot feale in themſelues no determyned purpoſe & wyll: and therfore do vnfaynedly …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… the which course of God his wonderfull worke, the wicked hath no cause to complaynecomplain, for as theyr father whom they doo followe, is named the Prince of this …
With rule
… the which course of God his wonderfull worke, the wicked hath no cause to complaynecomplain, for as theyr father whom they doo followe, is named the Prince of this …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cyprian, who speaking of certayne factious heretikes, that sayled from Carthage to Rome, to complaynecomplain of Saint Cyprian and other Bishops of Afrike to Pope Cornelius. Lib. 1. Ep. 3. ad …
With rule
… Cyprian, who speaking of certayne factious heretikes, that sayled from Carthage to Rome, to complaynecomplain of Saint Cyprian and other Bishops of Afrike to Pope Cornelius. Lib. 1. Ep. 3. ad …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dyuers Chronycles mencyoneth. And in our tyme, George Baynham in the fyre dyd neuer complaynecomplain. Ihon Frith neuer shewed him self once greued in countenaunce. Barnes neuer moued, as …
With rule
… dyuers Chronycles mencyoneth. And in our tyme, George Baynham in the fyre dyd neuer complaynecomplain. Ihon Frith neuer shewed him self once greued in countenaunce. Barnes neuer moued, as …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… can they do nothing, but eyther go themselves or bid the other go and complaynecomplain to the Lordbishop theyr Ordinary, or to his Chauncelor or Archdeacon, who have the …
With rule
… can they do nothing, but eyther go themselves or bid the other go and complaynecomplain to the Lordbishop theyr Ordinary, or to his Chauncelor or Archdeacon, who have the …
Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue ben able to beare:) yet for all that, there is nothynge that they complaynecomplain more … than of this horror of death. Go to Iob, what sayth he? Pereat …
With rule
… haue ben able to beare:) yet for all that, there is nothynge that they complaynecomplain more … than of this horror of death. Go to Iob, what sayth he? Pereat …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be out of the congregation vvith Miriam the ſiſter of Moſes, or to complaynecomplain in the great miſery of Cain that vve are caſt out from the face …
With rule
… to be out of the congregation vvith Miriam the ſiſter of Moſes, or to complaynecomplain in the great miſery of Cain that vve are caſt out from the face …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or euer he be ware therof: Then followe they vpon hym, crye, lye, and complaynecomplain, that the vertuous Chriſtē man woteth not what poynte to be at, or how …
With rule
… or euer he be ware therof: Then followe they vpon hym, crye, lye, and complaynecomplain, that the vertuous Chriſtē man woteth not what poynte to be at, or how …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sermon 9 October 1550 A05158

Printed
… Byshop. We haue complayned to the ordinarye, and he is as negligent as he. ComplayneComplain to the councell, syr so haue we done but no remedy canne be had …
With rule
… Byshop. We haue complayned to the ordinarye, and he is as negligent as he. ComplayneComplain to the councell, syr so haue we done but no remedy canne be had …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader