Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12704 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scarsescarce

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

Puritas changed it: 1,012 times in 461 works
Consistency: 98.1% (1,012 of 1,031)
Reach if approved: ~1,083 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scarce
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,031 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,012 changes in 461 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,012)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in the right way, albeit I am ſo farre from running, that I doo ſcarſescarce créepe, I deſire the praiers of all the faithfull, that I may procéed in …
With rule
… in the right way, albeit I am ſo farre from running, that I doo ſcarſescarce créepe, I deſire the praiers of all the faithfull, that I may procéed in …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or their parents, their brethren, ſiſters and friends fallen into decay and poverty, will ſcarſescarce own them, but grow to bee aſhamed of them. It is farre otherwiſe betwixt …
With rule
… or their parents, their brethren, ſiſters and friends fallen into decay and poverty, will ſcarſescarce own them, but grow to bee aſhamed of them. It is farre otherwiſe betwixt …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 407 · Open in the reader
Printed
… revenue there is no proportion: ſo, for thy Graine of muſterdſeed thy Smooking and ſcarſescarce appearing Faith, thy ſcant Obedience, thy Cup of cold water thou maiſt challenge heauen …
With rule
… revenue there is no proportion: ſo, for thy Graine of muſterdſeed thy Smooking and ſcarſescarce appearing Faith, thy ſcant Obedience, thy Cup of cold water thou maiſt challenge heauen …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by this example ſhould defer if death ſhould intercept, Anabaptiſtrie might creepe in and ſcarſescarce any child be baptized. The Primitiue Church ſuffered them to want an honourable buriall …
With rule
… by this example ſhould defer if death ſhould intercept, Anabaptiſtrie might creepe in and ſcarſescarce any child be baptized. The Primitiue Church ſuffered them to want an honourable buriall …
William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at any tyme: and these thinges they defende with tothe and nayle. They can scarsescarce disalowe the abuses of these, all be it they be intollerable, lest in disalowynge …
With rule
… at any tyme: and these thinges they defende with tothe and nayle. They can scarsescarce disalowe the abuses of these, all be it they be intollerable, lest in disalowynge …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader
Printed
… as where-in they haue neyther anie matter of Glorying; and are, but even scarsescarce, well vnited in that same sacrilegious Societie.
With rule
… as where-in they haue neyther anie matter of Glorying; and are, but even scarsescarce, well vnited in that same sacrilegious Societie.
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… translated, as any in the Bible, and that in the new Testament, which is scarsescarce the sixte parte of the whole Bible. The wordes which wee haue translated Images …
With rule
… translated, as any in the Bible, and that in the new Testament, which is scarsescarce the sixte parte of the whole Bible. The wordes which wee haue translated Images …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 527 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yet scarsescarce unswadled is, some wanton maide
With rule
Yet scarsescarce unswadled is, some wanton maide
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

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

Two Treatises Against the Papists A01335

Printed
… none but very smal and light offences. But how longe shall we holde this? ScarseScarce to the latter ende of this chapter. For in the next capter, he findeth …
With rule
… none but very smal and light offences. But how longe shall we holde this? ScarseScarce to the latter ende of this chapter. For in the next capter, he findeth …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 120 · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
… them in full sight, tast, and sauer, and plentuously to be satisfied with them. ScarseScarce is it here in cō parison to that it shal be there, as one …
With rule
… them in full sight, tast, and sauer, and plentuously to be satisfied with them. ScarseScarce is it here in cō parison to that it shal be there, as one …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

Printed
… trim in a matter of nought, at laſt they become to beggerlye and bare. ScarſeScarce clothed with one courſe garmente. But beſette with yeares and brattes.
With rule
… trim in a matter of nought, at laſt they become to beggerlye and bare. ScarſeScarce clothed with one courſe garmente. But beſette with yeares and brattes.
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Virtues History A11081

Printed
ScarseScarce able from their rustie couch to crall:
With rule
ScarseScarce able from their rustie couch to crall:
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

A Song A12600

Printed
ScarſeScarce ſhall you reade in Engliſh-booke
With rule
ScarſeScarce ſhall you reade in Engliſh-booke
John Wilson · A Song · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
ScarſeScarce paſſing by a dore.
With rule
ScarſeScarce paſſing by a dore.
John Wilson · A Song · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions A20631

Printed
… him againe, hee prepares him to it, by laying him flat vpon his bed. ScarseScarce any prison so close, that affords not the prisoner two, or …hree steps. The …
With rule
… him againe, hee prepares him to it, by laying him flat vpon his bed. ScarseScarce any prison so close, that affords not the prisoner two, or …hree steps. The …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21041

Printed
… goods to the poore, that ſo hardly part with a cruſt or a fragment. ScarſeScarce, with the widdow, will they throw two mites into the Lords treaſury that wil …
With rule
… goods to the poore, that ſo hardly part with a cruſt or a fragment. ScarſeScarce, with the widdow, will they throw two mites into the Lords treaſury that wil …
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 302 · Open in the reader

A Key for Catholics A26947

Printed
… by the Wolves that have by exchange put on the skin of the Lamb. ScarſeScarce a man that croſſeth or diſpleaſeth (that is, diſſenteth from, or diſobeyeth) the uncharitable …
With rule
… by the Wolves that have by exchange put on the skin of the Lamb. ScarſeScarce a man that croſſeth or diſpleaſeth (that is, diſſenteth from, or diſobeyeth) the uncharitable …
Richard Baxter · A Key for Catholics · p. 393 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
… or as tending to prejudice of the Subjects Rights, I am sure of that. ScarseScarce so much as condemned by any for those respects, but by such whom it …
With rule
… or as tending to prejudice of the Subjects Rights, I am sure of that. ScarseScarce so much as condemned by any for those respects, but by such whom it …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
ScarseScarce from the Tree returning; in her hand
With rule
ScarseScarce from the Tree returning; in her hand
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

Printed
… waining and increasing. We lose our first Love, and we grow again in Love. ScarseScarce a day at a stand. What poore creatures are we? how unlike the Lord …
With rule
… waining and increasing. We lose our first Love, and we grow again in Love. ScarseScarce a day at a stand. What poore creatures are we? how unlike the Lord …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 30 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
Or, my ScarseScarce; It hath the name in the Original of spreading, as being spread over her …
With rule
Or, my ScarseScarce; It hath the name in the Original of spreading, as being spread over her …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 677 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… his miserable estate: straight as he departeth, with songes hee prayseth God for euer. ScarseScarce yet in his cradle 3. deadly enemies assault him: after death no aduersary may annoy …
With rule
… his miserable estate: straight as he departeth, with songes hee prayseth God for euer. ScarseScarce yet in his cradle 3. deadly enemies assault him: after death no aduersary may annoy …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1856 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons A95611

Printed
ScarſeScarce had I left one warm deſire:
With rule
ScarſeScarce had I left one warm deſire:
Faithful Teate · The Doctrine of the Three Sacred Persons · p. 107 · Open in the reader