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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1252 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

returnereturn

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

Puritas changed it
18,248 times in 2,366 works
Consistency
99.9% (18,248 of 18,257)
Reach if approved
~19,185 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: return
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
18,259 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (18,248 changes in 2,366 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 18,248)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … in that error, the light of truth being now discouered vnto him; hee might returnereturn vnto the roote and beginning of our Lords institution.
    With rule
    … in that error, the light of truth being now discouered vnto him; hee might returnereturn vnto the roote and beginning of our Lords institution.

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and unchaſte words and geſtures upon the ſtage. And many goe honeſt thither, which returnereturn home diſhoneſt. Iob made a covenant with his eyes, that he would not looke …
    With rule
    … and unchaſte words and geſtures upon the ſtage. And many goe honeſt thither, which returnereturn home diſhoneſt. Iob made a covenant with his eyes, that he would not looke …

    Dudley Fenner · Treatise of Lawful and Unlawful Recreations · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Quickly returnereturn, my loue, returnereturn Cancrone my dearest.
    With rule
    Quickly returnereturn, my loue, returnereturn Cancrone my dearest.

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … places, to be brought vp in the popes warres: ſo that they may not returnereturn to them againe, but firſt are taught to forget Chriſt, & then their parents. And …
    With rule
    … places, to be brought vp in the popes warres: ſo that they may not returnereturn to them againe, but firſt are taught to forget Chriſt, & then their parents. And …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 402 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … eo fit fratres dilectissimi. &c. This commeth hereof my most welbeloued brethren, while men returnereturn not to the beginning of trueth, neyther is the head sought, nor the doctrine …
    With rule
    … eo fit fratres dilectissimi. &c. This commeth hereof my most welbeloued brethren, while men returnereturn not to the beginning of trueth, neyther is the head sought, nor the doctrine …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … we should haue as fewe suffer for masse as for the supremacie. But to returnereturn to our motiue S. Augustine doth well to send Honoratus the Manichee to followe …
    With rule
    … we should haue as fewe suffer for masse as for the supremacie. But to returnereturn to our motiue S. Augustine doth well to send Honoratus the Manichee to followe …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … by the first yeare vnderstand the time before the Captiuitie; by the second, their returnereturn to Iury; by the last, the comming of Christ. Some by the first yeare …
    With rule
    … by the first yeare vnderstand the time before the Captiuitie; by the second, their returnereturn to Iury; by the last, the comming of Christ. Some by the first yeare …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    But to returnereturn to the poorer ſort, liker thy ſelfe. When thou ſeeſt a rich man, ſaith …
    With rule
    But to returnereturn to the poorer ſort, liker thy ſelfe. When thou ſeeſt a rich man, ſaith …

    Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 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.

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

  • Printed
    REturneReturn to thy rest O my soule, for the Lord hath dealt graciously with thee …
    With rule
    REturneReturn to thy rest O my soule, for the Lord hath dealt graciously with thee …

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 160 · Open in the reader

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

  • Printed
    THE BEST RETURNERETURN. THE LV. SERMON.
    With rule
    THE BEST RETURNERETURN. THE LV. SERMON.

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 757 · Open in the reader

Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford A08356

  • Printed
    REturneReturn, and cauſe others to returnereturn away from your wicked waies, caſt from you all …
    With rule
    REturneReturn, and cauſe others to returnereturn away from your wicked waies, caſt from you all …

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 76 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Select Psalms A11005

  • Printed
    REturneReturn vnto] The ſecond parte of the Pſalme; The glorying of faith, both in his …
    With rule
    REturneReturn vnto] The ſecond parte of the Pſalme; The glorying of faith, both in his …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 426 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

  • Printed
    … man went into a farre Country to RECEIVE FOR HIMSELFE A KINGDOME, and TO RETURNERETURN, and he called his ten Servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and ſaid …
    With rule
    … man went into a farre Country to RECEIVE FOR HIMSELFE A KINGDOME, and TO RETURNERETURN, and he called his ten Servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and ſaid …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Samaria and her Daughters ſhall returnereturn to her antiquity, or former eſtate; YOU SHALL RETURNERETURN to your antiquity, or former eſtate. No THEN, &c. but naked by the verb …
    With rule
    … Samaria and her Daughters ſhall returnereturn to her antiquity, or former eſtate; YOU SHALL RETURNERETURN to your antiquity, or former eſtate. No THEN, &c. but naked by the verb …

    Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 488 · Open in the reader

The Key of the Bible A57377

  • Printed
    1 THe truth and manner of Gods peoples RETURNERETURN FROM BABYLON, is contained in the book of EZRA. So called from Ezra the …
    With rule
    1 THe truth and manner of Gods peoples RETURNERETURN FROM BABYLON, is contained in the book of EZRA. So called from Ezra the …

    Francis Roberts · The Key of the Bible · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    II. THe Fruit and Event of the Jews RETURNERETURN FROM BABYLON, is laid down in the Book of NEHEMIAH. So called, 1 partly because …
    With rule
    II. THe Fruit and Event of the Jews RETURNERETURN FROM BABYLON, is laid down in the Book of NEHEMIAH. So called, 1 partly because …

    Francis Roberts · The Key of the Bible · p. 70 · Open in the reader

A Way to Zion Sought out and Found for Believers A87749

  • Printed
    … ordinances, doth not put an end to them; for God calleth upon them to RETURNERETURN.
    With rule
    … ordinances, doth not put an end to them; for God calleth upon them to RETURNERETURN.

    Daniel King · A Way to Zion Sought out and Found for Believers · p. 184 · Open in the reader