Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11858 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leastelease

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

Puritas changed it: 617 times in 176 works
Consistency: 97.7% (617 of 631)
Reach if approved: ~663 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: jest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 631 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (617 changes in 176 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 617)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vs, is voide of sufficient subtiltie: not onely to defende it self, but at leastelease wise, to hide it self. For what impudente kinde of arguing call you this …
With rule
… vs, is voide of sufficient subtiltie: not onely to defende it self, but at leastelease wise, to hide it self. For what impudente kinde of arguing call you this …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in effect, the one toucheth God, the other man. The fyrſte and principall is, leaſtelease that the wicked do make God the aucthor of ſynne in the Reprobate, the …
With rule
… in effect, the one toucheth God, the other man. The fyrſte and principall is, leaſtelease that the wicked do make God the aucthor of ſynne in the Reprobate, the …
Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader
Printed
The firſt pryuate vertue, and leaſtelease ſightly, but not leaſtelease ſeemely, to bee coueited and honord of a Noble man: is Temperance. which, Ariſtotle …
With rule
The firſt pryuate vertue, and leaſtelease ſightly, but not leaſtelease ſeemely, to bee coueited and honord of a Noble man: is Temperance. which, Ariſtotle …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… God nor manne, yet for the importunitye of the womann, I wyll heare hyr leastelease she rayle vpon me and moleste me wyth exclamations, and oute cryes I wyll …
With rule
… God nor manne, yet for the importunitye of the womann, I wyll heare hyr leastelease she rayle vpon me and moleste me wyth exclamations, and oute cryes I wyll …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… waxe olde and hole withered, I am able to reuine hym, when ye loke leaſtelease of all for his commynge, then ſhall he come, whan men thinke, that the …
With rule
… waxe olde and hole withered, I am able to reuine hym, when ye loke leaſtelease of all for his commynge, then ſhall he come, whan men thinke, that the …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… howe faull they then to swearynge? What parte of Christes moost blyssed body is leastelease vntorne? He is taken for ioylyest fellow, that can best swere. I let passe …
With rule
… howe faull they then to swearynge? What parte of Christes moost blyssed body is leastelease vntorne? He is taken for ioylyest fellow, that can best swere. I let passe …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
… he that abideth praying, and watching from ſin, and keepeth his clothings of righteouſnes, leaſtelease hee beeing ſtripped thereof, al his horible iniquities appeare diſcouered, to his eternall ſhame …
With rule
… he that abideth praying, and watching from ſin, and keepeth his clothings of righteouſnes, leaſtelease hee beeing ſtripped thereof, al his horible iniquities appeare diſcouered, to his eternall ſhame …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in effect, the one toucheth God, the other man. The fyrst and pryncipall is, leastelease that the wicked doo make God the Aucthour of synne in the Reprobate… the …
With rule
… in effect, the one toucheth God, the other man. The fyrst and pryncipall is, leastelease that the wicked doo make God the Aucthour of synne in the Reprobate… the …
Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

13 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.

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

Printed
LeasteLease we to moche offende.
With rule
LeasteLease we to moche offende.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
LeasteLease he shuloe dyspayre, and fall into dampnacion.
With rule
LeasteLease he shuloe dyspayre, and fall into dampnacion.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
LeasteLease he agaynste vs, shulde open any more breath
With rule
LeasteLease he agaynste vs, shulde open any more breath
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
LeasteLease thou shouldest forgett it at any tyme, and that these thynges myght make the …
With rule
LeasteLease thou shouldest forgett it at any tyme, and that these thynges myght make the …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… self to be knowen, not only amonge the Iewes, but also amonge the Gentiles. LeasteLease the Iewes should lay for their excuse, that he had kept hym self so …
With rule
… self to be knowen, not only amonge the Iewes, but also amonge the Gentiles. LeasteLease the Iewes should lay for their excuse, that he had kept hym self so …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
… at the euen, or at middenight, at the cocke crowing, or at the dawning)▪ 36. LeasteLease if hee come sodenly, hee shoulde finde you sleeping. 37. And th…se things that …
With rule
… at the euen, or at middenight, at the cocke crowing, or at the dawning)▪ 36. LeasteLease if hee come sodenly, hee shoulde finde you sleeping. 37. And th…se things that …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 661 · Open in the reader
Printed
And the woorde, which yee heare. LeasteLease the Disciples shoulde fainte and fayle through the stubbernnesse of the worlde, hee purchaseth …
With rule
And the woorde, which yee heare. LeasteLease the Disciples shoulde fainte and fayle through the stubbernnesse of the worlde, hee purchaseth …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 339 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A17646

Printed
… ſhifting and chaunging whom they ſhould follow. This is then that which he ſpeaketh, LeaſteLease my paynes which before I tooke had bene loſt, and finallye leaſt I ſhoulde …
With rule
… ſhifting and chaunging whom they ſhould follow. This is then that which he ſpeaketh, LeaſteLease my paynes which before I tooke had bene loſt, and finallye leaſt I ſhoulde …
John Calvin · Commentary on Galatians · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Thirty-One Epigrams A19663

Printed
LeaſteLease the clarke of the market
With rule
LeaſteLease the clarke of the market
Robert Crowley · Thirty-One Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
LeaſteLease I haue but ſmall thanckes
With rule
LeaſteLease I haue but ſmall thanckes
Robert Crowley · Thirty-One Epigrams · Open in the reader

The Way to Wealth A19673

Printed
… refuſe to heare Iohn Baptiſte, becauſe the thinge whiche he told him was true. LeaſteLease you therfore ſhulde be more loftie then the Babilonians, more ſhamefaſt then Abrahā, more …
With rule
… refuſe to heare Iohn Baptiſte, becauſe the thinge whiche he told him was true. LeaſteLease you therfore ſhulde be more loftie then the Babilonians, more ſhamefaſt then Abrahā, more …
Robert Crowley · The Way to Wealth · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews A20304

Printed
And this the Apostle, euen in this place, teacheth, when hee addeth: LeasteLease anie of you seeme … depriued. For (in deede) he is not depriued, or …rustrate …
With rule
And this the Apostle, euen in this place, teacheth, when hee addeth: LeasteLease anie of you seeme … depriued. For (in deede) he is not depriued, or …rustrate …
Edward Dering · Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews · p. 314 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer B11845

Printed
… his praier maketh request thus, Give me not poverty, nor riches. Why not poverty? LeasteLease I bee poore and steale, and take the name of my GOD in vaine …
With rule
… his praier maketh request thus, Give me not poverty, nor riches. Why not poverty? LeasteLease I bee poore and steale, and take the name of my GOD in vaine …
Francis Bunny · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 153 · Open in the reader