Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8266 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

retayneretain

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

Puritas changed it: 285 times in 118 works
Consistency: 99.6% (285 of 286)
Reach if approved: ~302 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: retain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 287 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (285 changes in 118 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 285)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… whan they preache to the truly repentaūte remission of synnes thorowe Christe, and to retayneretain synne, whan they declare too the vnfaythfull damnacion, and that the wrath of God …
With rule
… whan they preache to the truly repentaūte remission of synnes thorowe Christe, and to retayneretain synne, whan they declare too the vnfaythfull damnacion, and that the wrath of God …
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
… repleniſhed with diuerſe ſuperſticious ceremonies inuented by the biſhops: yet notwithſtādinge it doth ſtyl retayneretain the principall effecte of the inſtitucion of Chriſt: to wyte, the Sacrament of the …
With rule
… repleniſhed with diuerſe ſuperſticious ceremonies inuented by the biſhops: yet notwithſtādinge it doth ſtyl retayneretain the principall effecte of the inſtitucion of Chriſt: to wyte, the Sacrament of the …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… of sinnes, then of sinners; that not withstanding, Ionahs peremptorie affirmation, they will still retayneretain a hopefull dubitation. Accordingly runs the Kings Proclamation, Let them turne euery one from …
With rule
… of sinnes, then of sinners; that not withstanding, Ionahs peremptorie affirmation, they will still retayneretain a hopefull dubitation. Accordingly runs the Kings Proclamation, Let them turne euery one from …
Francis Rous · Oil of Scorpions · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… very same thinge is to be sayde / where a kinge or suche which do retayneretain the supreame auctoritie / do commaunde or determyne anye thinge againste right. Not vnworthily is …
With rule
… very same thinge is to be sayde / where a kinge or suche which do retayneretain the supreame auctoritie / do commaunde or determyne anye thinge againste right. Not vnworthily is …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Cohabitation of the Faithful with the Unfaithful · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Diseases, and having their Bodies repleat with vicious Humours; who, yet, whyle they could retayneretain anie reasonable condition of Health, would not adventure, to mooue the Bodie; by expelling …
With rule
… Diseases, and having their Bodies repleat with vicious Humours; who, yet, whyle they could retayneretain anie reasonable condition of Health, would not adventure, to mooue the Bodie; by expelling …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their purgatory, as the M of the sentence teacheth lib. …. dist. 21. M. Allen to retayneretain the authority of the olde writers, holdeth that perfect iust mē passe through this …
With rule
… their purgatory, as the M of the sentence teacheth lib. …. dist. 21. M. Allen to retayneretain the authority of the olde writers, holdeth that perfect iust mē passe through this …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in a bagge. If ye ſchuld reieētet all bokes that hath errours, ye ſchuld retayneretain verye fewe workes of ſaīt Auguſtin, ſaynt Hierom, Orygene, Tartu lyane, Baſile, Chriſoſtome, Cyrill …
With rule
… in a bagge. If ye ſchuld reieētet all bokes that hath errours, ye ſchuld retayneretain verye fewe workes of ſaīt Auguſtin, ſaynt Hierom, Orygene, Tartu lyane, Baſile, Chriſoſtome, Cyrill …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… King Iames himſelf though for ſome ends, he was willing for a time to retayneretain the ceremonyes, yet he profeſſed in the conference at Hampton Court, that if he …
With rule
… King Iames himſelf though for ſome ends, he was willing for a time to retayneretain the ceremonyes, yet he profeſſed in the conference at Hampton Court, that if he …
John Bastwick · More Full Answer to Exceptions · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.