Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1266 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

witnessewitness

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

Puritas changed it: 20,576 times in 2,696 works
Consistency: 99.8% (20,576 of 20,598)
Reach if approved: ~21,645 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: witness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 20,600 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (20,576 changes in 2,696 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 20,576)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Lord, that God was his portion, that Gods ſtatutes were his counſellers. Conſcience bare witneſſewitness to the falſe teachers in Chriſts time, that they affected vainglory and the prayſe …
With rule
… Lord, that God was his portion, that Gods ſtatutes were his counſellers. Conſcience bare witneſſewitness to the falſe teachers in Chriſts time, that they affected vainglory and the prayſe …
William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the oyle, and they shall heare Iezreel. The fruits of corne, wine, oyle, witnessewitness that the earth hath heard them, that heauen hath heard the earth, and that …
With rule
… and the oyle, and they shall heare Iezreel. The fruits of corne, wine, oyle, witnessewitness that the earth hath heard them, that heauen hath heard the earth, and that …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did himself sweetly reproue him that smote him. If I haue spoken euill, beare witnessewitness of the euill: but if well, why smitest thou mee? So Paul to Ananias …
With rule
… did himself sweetly reproue him that smote him. If I haue spoken euill, beare witnessewitness of the euill: but if well, why smitest thou mee? So Paul to Ananias …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come out of the mouth (as euill deuises, whordoms, adulteries, murthers, thefts, slāders, false-witnessewitness bearing, blasphemies, & such other) they come from the hart & soule of man, & therfore they …
With rule
… come out of the mouth (as euill deuises, whordoms, adulteries, murthers, thefts, slāders, false-witnessewitness bearing, blasphemies, & such other) they come from the hart & soule of man, & therfore they …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
3 Holde on vpwarde still, and Tertullian will witnessewitness with thee, that in that floure of Christes Church, with in lesse then CC …
With rule
3 Holde on vpwarde still, and Tertullian will witnessewitness with thee, that in that floure of Christes Church, with in lesse then CC …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if they slip and fall (as soone they may) they come downe with a witnessewitness, they fall heavie; their downfall is very dismall and dreadfull. We have an example …
With rule
… if they slip and fall (as soone they may) they come downe with a witnessewitness, they fall heavie; their downfall is very dismall and dreadfull. We have an example …
Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our Aduerſaries now are, forbearing no time, ſparing no paines, to captiuate and deſtroy? WitneſſeWitness the ſwarmes of their bookes, which you may heare humming vp and downe in …
With rule
… our Aduerſaries now are, forbearing no time, ſparing no paines, to captiuate and deſtroy? WitneſſeWitness the ſwarmes of their bookes, which you may heare humming vp and downe in …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conformable to the discipline of the Church of England. Whereunto my conscience beareth me witnessewitness that my answer was according to the truth.
With rule
… conformable to the discipline of the Church of England. Whereunto my conscience beareth me witnessewitness that my answer was according to the truth.
Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Life of William Laud A56135

Printed
… the ſaid Archbiſhop Himſelfe, if this Commiſſion had not beene had or made. IN WITNESSEWITNESS whereof wee have cauſed theſe Our Letters to be made Patents, WitneſſeWitness Our ſelfe …
With rule
… the ſaid Archbiſhop Himſelfe, if this Commiſſion had not beene had or made. IN WITNESSEWITNESS whereof wee have cauſed theſe Our Letters to be made Patents, WitneſſeWitness Our ſelfe …
William Prynne · Life of William Laud · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 A56162

Printed
… little confidence to be placed in our Modeſty and Duty; yet, AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOVGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO …
With rule
… little confidence to be placed in our Modeſty and Duty; yet, AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOVGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Duty; yet, AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOVGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO THE HONOR OF OUR RELIGION, and OF THOSE …
With rule
… and Duty; yet, AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOVGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO THE HONOR OF OUR RELIGION, and OF THOSE …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

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

A Reply to a Relation A69024

Printed
L. p. 19. The externall worship of God, in his Church, is the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS to the world, that our hearts stand right in the Service of God. Take …
With rule
L. p. 19. The externall worship of God, in his Church, is the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS to the world, that our hearts stand right in the Service of God. Take …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Ministers, in his Members. So as your externall ceremoniall worship is the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS to the world, that there is in you an Antichristian heart, a Popish heart …
With rule
… his Ministers, in his Members. So as your externall ceremoniall worship is the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS to the world, that there is in you an Antichristian heart, a Popish heart …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… words further witnessewitness. For Say you, Take this away (this EXTERNALL WORSHIP this GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS) and what light is there left to shine before men, that they may See …
With rule
… words further witnessewitness. For Say you, Take this away (this EXTERNALL WORSHIP this GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS) and what light is there left to shine before men, that they may See …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… might not these Hypocrites say for themselves, This our externall Devotion is the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS unto the world, that our hear…s stand right, being testified by standing in …
With rule
… might not these Hypocrites say for themselves, This our externall Devotion is the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS unto the world, that our hear…s stand right, being testified by standing in …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Church of England. For we have your externall worship as the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS thereof, of which your Sincerity so much is spoken, as we have left a …
With rule
… in the Church of England. For we have your externall worship as the GREAT WITNESSEWITNESS thereof, of which your Sincerity so much is spoken, as we have left a …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 80 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

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

Historical Vindication Part 2 A91269

Printed
… little confidence to be placed in our Modeſty and Duty; yet AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOUGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO …
With rule
… little confidence to be placed in our Modeſty and Duty; yet AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOUGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Duty; yet AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOUGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO THE HONOR OF OUR RELIGION, and OF THOSE …
With rule
… and Duty; yet AS GOD IS WITNESSEWITNESS OF OUR THOUGHTS, SO SHALL OUR ACTIONS WITNESSEWITNESS TO ALL THE WORLD; that TO THE HONOR OF OUR RELIGION, and OF THOSE …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader