Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1228 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bearebear

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 32,006 times in 2,789 works
Consistency: 99.9% (32,006 of 32,016)
Reach if approved: ~33,645 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bear
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 32,021 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (32,006 changes in 2,789 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 32,006)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and not by the teſtimonie of our owne heart. For our heart can never bearebear witnes to vs, that wee are the ſonnes of God, vntill firſt our heartes …
With rule
… and not by the teſtimonie of our owne heart. For our heart can never bearebear witnes to vs, that wee are the ſonnes of God, vntill firſt our heartes …
John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saints haue the next places, and are so set that they may helpe to bearebear vp the weaker.
With rule
… Saints haue the next places, and are so set that they may helpe to bearebear vp the weaker.
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the names some were attributed vnto them for the forme whiche they seme to bearebear in heauen to theym that beholde them: Of that sort ar the wain, the …
With rule
… the names some were attributed vnto them for the forme whiche they seme to bearebear in heauen to theym that beholde them: Of that sort ar the wain, the …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… clothed in long white garmentes, which are tokens of dignitie and innocencie that they bearebear palmes in there handes they testifie and declare that they are conquerers of the …
With rule
… clothed in long white garmentes, which are tokens of dignitie and innocencie that they bearebear palmes in there handes they testifie and declare that they are conquerers of the …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſimple, that the church of Rome may falſely interprete the ſcripture, which you woulde bearebear them in hande were impoſſible.
With rule
… ſimple, that the church of Rome may falſely interprete the ſcripture, which you woulde bearebear them in hande were impoſſible.
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
An exposition which the construction of the words will not bearebear, is not to be receiued. But the construction of the words will not bearebear …
With rule
An exposition which the construction of the words will not bearebear, is not to be receiued. But the construction of the words will not bearebear …
Daniel Featley · The Fisher Catched in his Own Net · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Pius the Second, and immediatlie after he wes established in his dignitie, did bearebear such hatred ād inuy to all that euer his predecessor had done, that straight …
With rule
… to Pius the Second, and immediatlie after he wes established in his dignitie, did bearebear such hatred ād inuy to all that euer his predecessor had done, that straight …
David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is good for me to be thus afflicted. It is good for mee to bearebear the yoake in my youth. Oh, if my faith were as strong as my …
With rule
… is good for me to be thus afflicted. It is good for mee to bearebear the yoake in my youth. Oh, if my faith were as strong as my …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 104 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

10 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.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… speake unto him hard words, to make him ashamed; for it is written, AND BEAREBEAR NOT SINNE FOR HIM, &c. Hereby a man is forbidden to shame an Israelite …
With rule
… speake unto him hard words, to make him ashamed; for it is written, AND BEAREBEAR NOT SINNE FOR HIM, &c. Hereby a man is forbidden to shame an Israelite …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 113 · Open in the reader

The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense A13248

Printed
BEareBear out both your armes right out from your bodie ſtiffe at the armes end …
With rule
BEareBear out both your armes right out from your bodie ſtiffe at the armes end …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
BEareBear the Sword hilt ſo high as your face, keeping him out at the armes …
With rule
BEareBear the Sword hilt ſo high as your face, keeping him out at the armes …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 126 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
Vers. 1. BEareBear the iniquitie] I speake to you that be Priests, not to the Levites; if …
With rule
Vers. 1. BEareBear the iniquitie] I speake to you that be Priests, not to the Levites; if …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… he did therefore, and for MANT OTHER ABOMINABLE ERRORS which he then ſtoutly maintained, BEAREBEAR AT THAT TIME A FAGGOT AT PAVLS CROSSE, Father Coverdale making then the Sermon …
With rule
… he did therefore, and for MANT OTHER ABOMINABLE ERRORS which he then ſtoutly maintained, BEAREBEAR AT THAT TIME A FAGGOT AT PAVLS CROSSE, Father Coverdale making then the Sermon …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 168 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, THAT I SHOULD BEAREBEAR WITNESSE UNTO THE TRUTH; O then let it now be every ones end, and …
With rule
… I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, THAT I SHOULD BEAREBEAR WITNESSE UNTO THE TRUTH; O then let it now be every ones end, and …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · Open in the reader

Divine Poems A66751

Printed
IX THOV SHALT NOT BEAREBEAR FALSE WITNESSE
With rule
IX THOV SHALT NOT BEAREBEAR FALSE WITNESSE
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Counterpoison A67746

Printed
BEareBear injuries, that wee may imitate Christ, 207. and the Saints, 211. …eare with them, because they …
With rule
BEareBear injuries, that wee may imitate Christ, 207. and the Saints, 211. …eare with them, because they …
Richard Younge · A Counterpoison · Open in the reader

Look Beyond Luther A73011

Printed
WHERETO ARE ADDED SOVND PROPS TO BEAREBEAR vp honeſt-hearted Proteſtants, that they fall not from their ſauing-faith.
With rule
WHERETO ARE ADDED SOVND PROPS TO BEAREBEAR vp honeſt-hearted Proteſtants, that they fall not from their ſauing-faith.
Richard Bernard · Look Beyond Luther · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

Printed
… I borne, and for this cauſe came I into the world, THAT I SHOULD BEAREBEAR WITNESSE UNTO THE TRUTH; O then let it now be every ones end, and …
With rule
… I borne, and for this cauſe came I into the world, THAT I SHOULD BEAREBEAR WITNESSE UNTO THE TRUTH; O then let it now be every ones end, and …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · Open in the reader