Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11215 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thēseluesthemselves

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 2,680 times in 506 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,680 of 2,683)
Reach if approved: ~2,819 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,683 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: thēselues (3)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,680 changes in 506 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,680)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the rule of the Apoſtle, that none ſhould eate but they who can examine thēſeluesthemselves: yet in diuers places where God asſiſted him more, and hee remembred himſelfe, he …
With rule
… the rule of the Apoſtle, that none ſhould eate but they who can examine thēſeluesthemselves: yet in diuers places where God asſiſted him more, and hee remembred himſelfe, he …
William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to his own freewil. The order wherof, aunſwerable to the relation betwene the perſons thēſeluesthemselves, is frō the Father in the Sonne by the holy Ghoſt: To whō is …
With rule
… to his own freewil. The order wherof, aunſwerable to the relation betwene the perſons thēſeluesthemselves, is frō the Father in the Sonne by the holy Ghoſt: To whō is …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and gnashing of teeth. And the same penalty remaineth to al hipocrits, which intruding thēseluesthemselves into the church of God neuer care for repentance, newnesse of life, holinesse & righteousnesse …
With rule
… and gnashing of teeth. And the same penalty remaineth to al hipocrits, which intruding thēseluesthemselves into the church of God neuer care for repentance, newnesse of life, holinesse & righteousnesse …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Others follow gluttonie and drunkennes, cramming and ſtuffing their bellies like ſwine. Others ſolace thēſeluesthemselves in whoredome & vncleannes, theſe be their ſwéet delights. Solomon did not giue himſelfe to …
With rule
… Others follow gluttonie and drunkennes, cramming and ſtuffing their bellies like ſwine. Others ſolace thēſeluesthemselves in whoredome & vncleannes, theſe be their ſwéet delights. Solomon did not giue himſelfe to …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in this world, do conſiſt, ex actu & potentià, of perfection from God, & imperfection from thēſeluesthemselves: for of themſelues they are non entia, abſolutely nothing. Yea, even the very Angels …
With rule
… in this world, do conſiſt, ex actu & potentià, of perfection from God, & imperfection from thēſeluesthemselves: for of themſelues they are non entia, abſolutely nothing. Yea, even the very Angels …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
But alas, alas, theſe Hypocrites (that thus deceiue thēſeluesthemselves, hauing their reward on earth, which they through vaine glory, gréedily look for at …
With rule
But alas, alas, theſe Hypocrites (that thus deceiue thēſeluesthemselves, hauing their reward on earth, which they through vaine glory, gréedily look for at …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… least they be founde the same antichristes that they haue condemned, and so throwe thēseluesthemselves double vnder y^e same plage. Necessarye it is they beware what they drinke, or …
With rule
… least they be founde the same antichristes that they haue condemned, and so throwe thēseluesthemselves double vnder y^e same plage. Necessarye it is they beware what they drinke, or …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… pretence of their deuotions and Voluntarie Religion, and Humblenes of minde, inſinuate and winde thēſeluesthemselves into many mens Affections, drawing ſome to traiterous diſloyaltie, ſome to ſetled Poperie, others …
With rule
… pretence of their deuotions and Voluntarie Religion, and Humblenes of minde, inſinuate and winde thēſeluesthemselves into many mens Affections, drawing ſome to traiterous diſloyaltie, ſome to ſetled Poperie, others …
Samuel Hieron · Truths Purchase · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.