Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12311 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

harmelesseharmless

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

Puritas changed it: 644 times in 374 works
Consistency: 98.3% (644 of 655)
Reach if approved: ~688 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: harmless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 655 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (644 changes in 374 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 644)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… This innocencie is accompanied with meekneſſe, patience and long ſuffering. Alſo, he that is harmeleſſeharmless, is gentle, tractable, and ſoone intreated, peaceable, communicable, and fit to bee lived with …
With rule
… This innocencie is accompanied with meekneſſe, patience and long ſuffering. Alſo, he that is harmeleſſeharmless, is gentle, tractable, and ſoone intreated, peaceable, communicable, and fit to bee lived with …
Paul Baynes · Brief Directions Unto a Godly Life · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hande, and take the for theyr myghtye defender and stronge castell, shall be preserued harmelesseharmless, and walcke in all theyr iourneys safelye, and withoute daunger.
With rule
… hande, and take the for theyr myghtye defender and stronge castell, shall be preserued harmelesseharmless, and walcke in all theyr iourneys safelye, and withoute daunger.
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. liiii · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirdly, Gratians euasion will no way saue the Laietie harmelesseharmless, or acquit them of Sacrilege: where of the Priest by this decree, say they …
With rule
Thirdly, Gratians euasion will no way saue the Laietie harmelesseharmless, or acquit them of Sacrilege: where of the Priest by this decree, say they …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath feare and terror mingled with it, as lightening hath: but the pleasaunt and harmelesseharmless light of the gospell is fitly expressed by y^e seuen lāpes. The nūber of …
With rule
… hath feare and terror mingled with it, as lightening hath: but the pleasaunt and harmelesseharmless light of the gospell is fitly expressed by y^e seuen lāpes. The nūber of …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like madde dogs they ſpare none, but curſe and ban the moſt innocent and harmeleſſeharmless that be: yea, (which is horrible to heare) ſome curſe their wiues, children, ſeruants …
With rule
… like madde dogs they ſpare none, but curſe and ban the moſt innocent and harmeleſſeharmless that be: yea, (which is horrible to heare) ſome curſe their wiues, children, ſeruants …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 397 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his peace. Pietie and Policie are not opposites: he that taught vs to be harmelesseharmless as Doues, bad vs also be wise as Serpents. Giue way to a fiction …
With rule
… his peace. Pietie and Policie are not opposites: he that taught vs to be harmelesseharmless as Doues, bad vs also be wise as Serpents. Giue way to a fiction …
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · Open in the reader
Printed
… that thou art not infected with them, Phil. 2.15. That yee may bee blameleſſe and harmeleſſeharmless, the ſons of God, without rebuke, in the midſt of a crooked and perverſe …
With rule
… that thou art not infected with them, Phil. 2.15. That yee may bee blameleſſe and harmeleſſeharmless, the ſons of God, without rebuke, in the midſt of a crooked and perverſe …
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 378 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them for the animating of others to attempt and practiſe the murthering of Chriſts harmeleſſeharmless ſheepe. Our Sauiour hath foretold vs, that whoſoeuer killeth his ſeruants, will thinke that …
With rule
… them for the animating of others to attempt and practiſe the murthering of Chriſts harmeleſſeharmless ſheepe. Our Sauiour hath foretold vs, that whoſoeuer killeth his ſeruants, will thinke that …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 118 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Explication of Psalm 110 A10650

Printed
… First, Without blemish or sinne. Such an High Priest became us who is Holy, HarmelesseHarmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, Heb. 7.26. That so hee might offer himselfe without spot unto …
With rule
… First, Without blemish or sinne. Such an High Priest became us who is Holy, HarmelesseHarmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, Heb. 7.26. That so hee might offer himselfe without spot unto …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 418 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
Among our EMBLEMS, finde a HarmeleſſeHarmless-play:
With rule
Among our EMBLEMS, finde a HarmeleſſeHarmless-play:
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
HarmelesseHarmless, as the Turtles be.
With rule
HarmelesseHarmless, as the Turtles be.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Complaint of a Sanctified Sinner Answered A21258

Printed
An HarmeleſſeHarmless diſpoſition no ſufficient ground of comfort, p. 363
With rule
An HarmeleſſeHarmless diſpoſition no ſufficient ground of comfort, p. 363
Edward Elton · The Complaint of a Sanctified Sinner Answered · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
… foure emphaticall words. 1. Holy, either generally comprizeth all goodnesse, or set apart of God. 2. HarmelesseHarmless, This hath relation to his outward carriage, Christ never did wrong to God or …
With rule
… foure emphaticall words. 1. Holy, either generally comprizeth all goodnesse, or set apart of God. 2. HarmelesseHarmless, This hath relation to his outward carriage, Christ never did wrong to God or …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 625 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

Printed
… which is a ground only of an Inference, that if Christ who was Holy, HarmelesseHarmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, did yet watch and pray and contend against Sathan, much …
With rule
… which is a ground only of an Inference, that if Christ who was Holy, HarmelesseHarmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, did yet watch and pray and contend against Sathan, much …
John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 386 · Open in the reader