Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12104 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

showresshowers

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

Puritas changed it: 633 times in 309 works
Consistency: 94.7% (633 of 668)
Reach if approved: ~703 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: showers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 669 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (633 changes in 309 works, 94.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 633)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
6 As all men do deſire to haue ſufficient and competent ſhowresshowers of raine in their fields and cloſes, ſo that they may be able both …
With rule
6 As all men do deſire to haue ſufficient and competent ſhowresshowers of raine in their fields and cloſes, ſo that they may be able both …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… water in Baptiſme, and ſels that water ſo deare, as that he will have ſhowresshowers of teares for it, nay ſhowresshowers of blood for it, when any Perſecutor hath …
With rule
… water in Baptiſme, and ſels that water ſo deare, as that he will have ſhowresshowers of teares for it, nay ſhowresshowers of blood for it, when any Perſecutor hath …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 714 · Open in the reader
Printed
And straight a clowd breakes into fluent showresshowers,
With rule
And straight a clowd breakes into fluent showresshowers,
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
Hee shall come downe like the raine vpon the mowne grasse: and as the showresshowers that water the earth.
With rule
Hee shall come downe like the raine vpon the mowne grasse: and as the showresshowers that water the earth.
William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heauenly father, who indifferently letteth fall vpon vs from day to day the fruitfull ſhowresshowers of his bleſſing, and ſuffereth his Sonne to ſhine vpon them alſo whileſt they …
With rule
… heauenly father, who indifferently letteth fall vpon vs from day to day the fruitfull ſhowresshowers of his bleſſing, and ſuffereth his Sonne to ſhine vpon them alſo whileſt they …
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… patterne of our corruption to humble vs as the Valleyes, before we receiue his showresshowers of Grace and Mercy from those hils from whence commeth our Saluation. What remaynes …
With rule
… patterne of our corruption to humble vs as the Valleyes, before we receiue his showresshowers of Grace and Mercy from those hils from whence commeth our Saluation. What remaynes …
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… meane time, if when we haue ſowen the ſeede of Gods word many ſharpe ſhowresshowers doe follow, and many blacke tempeſts ouertake one another, yet muſt we with the …
With rule
… meane time, if when we haue ſowen the ſeede of Gods word many ſharpe ſhowresshowers doe follow, and many blacke tempeſts ouertake one another, yet muſt we with the …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 456 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Christian course, and serenitie of the soule; especially freshly cleared, and purged with showresshowers, as it were, of penitent teares: though in the dampe of spirituall disertion, darkenesse …
With rule
… a Christian course, and serenitie of the soule; especially freshly cleared, and purged with showresshowers, as it were, of penitent teares: though in the dampe of spirituall disertion, darkenesse …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 318 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (35)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

Printed
You soking Deawes, you dropping ShowresShowers;
With rule
You soking Deawes, you dropping ShowresShowers;
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 118 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… the Sea and all that therein is, are at his becke; the Windes, the ShowresShowers, the Stormes, Fire and Haile, Ice and Snow are as his Arrowes, to ſcatter …
With rule
… the Sea and all that therein is, are at his becke; the Windes, the ShowresShowers, the Stormes, Fire and Haile, Ice and Snow are as his Arrowes, to ſcatter …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 107 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine A23622

Printed
… all this. Oh! may there be a sensible change upon your Souls, by the ShowresShowers that have fallen in Prison, as there is in the greenness of the Earth …
With rule
… all this. Oh! may there be a sensible change upon your Souls, by the ShowresShowers that have fallen in Prison, as there is in the greenness of the Earth …
Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 77 · Open in the reader

The Temple of Solomon Portrayed A49971

Printed
… that the Rain-bow naturally may … ſigne of no vaſt inundations to follow the ShowresShowers, which it ſignifies. For when the heavens are fill'd and overſpread with thick and …
With rule
… that the Rain-bow naturally may … ſigne of no vaſt inundations to follow the ShowresShowers, which it ſignifies. For when the heavens are fill'd and overſpread with thick and …
Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 172 · Open in the reader

The Beauty and Order of Creation A50400

Printed
… ll hear the Earth, Hos. 2 21. That is, the Ayr shall showre down fatt…ning ShowresShowers upon the Earth, and so we …ead of The Fowles of Heaven, that is …
With rule
… ll hear the Earth, Hos. 2 21. That is, the Ayr shall showre down fatt…ning ShowresShowers upon the Earth, and so we …ead of The Fowles of Heaven, that is …
John Maynard · The Beauty and Order of Creation · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Gods Call from Heaven Echoed A74688

Printed
… S. 5 and mourning: Now the clouds gather and cover the Face of the Soul; ShowresShowers come down, and it is a rainy ſeaſon: A deluge of ſin, and deluge …
With rule
… S. 5 and mourning: Now the clouds gather and cover the Face of the Soul; ShowresShowers come down, and it is a rainy ſeaſon: A deluge of ſin, and deluge …
James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Good Courage Discovered and Encouraged A75707

Printed
… The Rock, that is not afraid of any weather, Summer, or Winter, Sunne, and ShowresShowers, Heat, and Cold, Froſt, and Snow, it bluſheth not, ſhrinketh not, it changeth not …
With rule
… The Rock, that is not afraid of any weather, Summer, or Winter, Sunne, and ShowresShowers, Heat, and Cold, Froſt, and Snow, it bluſheth not, ſhrinketh not, it changeth not …
Simeon Ashe · Good Courage Discovered and Encouraged · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The Heavenly Trade A75725

Printed
… pours in the Oyl of grace into his golden Candleſticks, and Goſpel-Churches, Zach. 4. 12. ShowresShowers of Manna to feed his people in the wilderneſs, and on this ſide their …
With rule
… pours in the Oyl of grace into his golden Candleſticks, and Goſpel-Churches, Zach. 4. 12. ShowresShowers of Manna to feed his people in the wilderneſs, and on this ſide their …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Heavenly Trade · p. 288 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude 2 A87557

Printed
… miſery, to be deprived of any, as of this. God often in Scripture promiſeth ShowresShowers and Teachers as great Bleſſings, Deut. 28.12. The Lord ſhall open to thee his good …
With rule
… miſery, to be deprived of any, as of this. God often in Scripture promiſeth ShowresShowers and Teachers as great Bleſſings, Deut. 28.12. The Lord ſhall open to thee his good …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 308 · Open in the reader
Printed
… breathings of praiſes iſſue from that ſoul which God hath relieved with his ſpirituall ShowresShowers of Love and favour. The ſouls greateſt trouble is now, that it brings not …
With rule
… breathings of praiſes iſſue from that ſoul which God hath relieved with his ſpirituall ShowresShowers of Love and favour. The ſouls greateſt trouble is now, that it brings not …
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is now, that it brings not forth more fruits of new obedience, after thoſe ShowresShowers, and its now as boundleſs in duty, as heretofore it was in deſires.
With rule
… is now, that it brings not forth more fruits of new obedience, after thoſe ShowresShowers, and its now as boundleſs in duty, as heretofore it was in deſires.
William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 321 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Jude A89503

Printed
… their carnal lusts, as the ſalt ſea turneth the freſh Rivers, and the ſweet ShowresShowers of Heaven into Salt waters, ſo do carnal men pervert the holy principles of …
With rule
… their carnal lusts, as the ſalt ſea turneth the freſh Rivers, and the ſweet ShowresShowers of Heaven into Salt waters, ſo do carnal men pervert the holy principles of …
Thomas Manton · Commentary on Jude · p. 210 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
The pleaſant ShowresShowers, Drops, Dewes that on Rockes light.
With rule
The pleaſant ShowresShowers, Drops, Dewes that on Rockes light.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Song of Solomon A91908

Printed
… were not able to ſtand without, becauſe it was a time of much raine. ShowresShowers and tempeſts are very troubleſome to thoſe that are abroad, or without doors.
With rule
… were not able to ſtand without, becauſe it was a time of much raine. ShowresShowers and tempeſts are very troubleſome to thoſe that are abroad, or without doors.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 344 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody A96610

Printed
… puniſhment, ſayth M^r Cotton, executed upon falſe Prophets and ſeducing Teachers, doe bring downe ShowresShowers of Gods bleſſing upon the Civill State, 1 King. 18. 40, 41.
With rule
… puniſhment, ſayth M^r Cotton, executed upon falſe Prophets and ſeducing Teachers, doe bring downe ShowresShowers of Gods bleſſing upon the Civill State, 1 King. 18. 40, 41.
Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 204 · Open in the reader