Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1280 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

handehand

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

Puritas changed it: 7,212 times in 546 works
Consistency: 99.7% (7,212 of 7,229)
Reach if approved: ~7,596 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hand
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7,229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,212 changes in 546 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,212)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Héere alſo ſhall appeare y^e ignorance of the Papiſts: They would beare men in handehand that S. Iames doth ſpeake of the ſame faith which S. Paule doth, & y^t …
With rule
… Héere alſo ſhall appeare y^e ignorance of the Papiſts: They would beare men in handehand that S. Iames doth ſpeake of the ſame faith which S. Paule doth, & y^t …
George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nether ſhalt thou pardō him, or hide him, but ſhalt vtterly ſley hī: thy handehand ſhall firſt be vpon ſuch a one to kill him, and then the handes …
With rule
… nether ſhalt thou pardō him, or hide him, but ſhalt vtterly ſley hī: thy handehand ſhall firſt be vpon ſuch a one to kill him, and then the handes …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out an others eyes whyche had bene hys godfather. Of some he borowed an handehand, of some a tunge, a fynger, a nose, an eare. In hys dyce playnge …
With rule
… out an others eyes whyche had bene hys godfather. Of some he borowed an handehand, of some a tunge, a fynger, a nose, an eare. In hys dyce playnge …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mytchecrast… / … / … / … / besydes youre fylthye feates in the darke whan women are not redye at handehand. Vvhat ye apere in the syght of them which haue no godlye vnderstandynge / I …
With rule
… mytchecrast… / … / … / … / besydes youre fylthye feates in the darke whan women are not redye at handehand. Vvhat ye apere in the syght of them which haue no godlye vnderstandynge / I …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader
Printed
… for ſynne, with ſoche other, ye do vs great iniurye alſo. Non that ſetteth handehand to the plough (ſayth chriſt) and loketh ageyn backe, ysfytt for the kingedome of …
With rule
… for ſynne, with ſoche other, ye do vs great iniurye alſo. Non that ſetteth handehand to the plough (ſayth chriſt) and loketh ageyn backe, ysfytt for the kingedome of …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inferre my speciall position: so will I, now, come close to your man his handehand: and although no necessitie of maintayning our callings cōstraine me thereto, yet, for cutting …
With rule
… inferre my speciall position: so will I, now, come close to your man his handehand: and although no necessitie of maintayning our callings cōstraine me thereto, yet, for cutting …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the grace of God: who also in all good thinges that we take in handehand, doth not onely make vs willing, but also giueth all the strength we haue …
With rule
… the grace of God: who also in all good thinges that we take in handehand, doth not onely make vs willing, but also giueth all the strength we haue …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 309 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sheweth, y^t it was not needefull for obtaining remissiō of finnes, to take in handehand any pilgrimage. In Epist. ad Phil. Hom. Non opus est in longinqua peregrinando transire …
With rule
… sheweth, y^t it was not needefull for obtaining remissiō of finnes, to take in handehand any pilgrimage. In Epist. ad Phil. Hom. Non opus est in longinqua peregrinando transire …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 105 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 A10170

Printed
… that the Elements of the ſupper of the Lorde be receiued rather by the HandeHand than by the mouth.
With rule
… that the Elements of the ſupper of the Lorde be receiued rather by the HandeHand than by the mouth.
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference A11006

Printed
… office of an Eye, and to ſome other, to doe the office of the HandeHand, &c. Nowe the Foote cannot bee the HandeHand, nor the HandeHand the Foote: So …
With rule
… office of an Eye, and to ſome other, to doe the office of the HandeHand, &c. Nowe the Foote cannot bee the HandeHand, nor the HandeHand the Foote: So …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to doe the office of the HandeHand, &c. Nowe the Foote cannot bee the HandeHand, nor the HandeHand the Foote: So it is with the members of IESVS CHRIST …
With rule
… to doe the office of the HandeHand, &c. Nowe the Foote cannot bee the HandeHand, nor the HandeHand the Foote: So it is with the members of IESVS CHRIST …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… office of the HandeHand, &c. Nowe the Foote cannot bee the HandeHand, nor the HandeHand the Foote: So it is with the members of IESVS CHRIST: And wee ſee …
With rule
… office of the HandeHand, &c. Nowe the Foote cannot bee the HandeHand, nor the HandeHand the Foote: So it is with the members of IESVS CHRIST: And wee ſee …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 249 · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

Printed
… renders His Spirit, firſt, as it were, Hee tooke His ſoule in His owne HandeHand, and deliuered it in the handes of the Father, deſiring Him to keepe it …
With rule
… renders His Spirit, firſt, as it were, Hee tooke His ſoule in His owne HandeHand, and deliuered it in the handes of the Father, deſiring Him to keepe it …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 201 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
The vertue and might of Christ (as an HandeHand) sustaining and vpholding his members on euerie side. Cant. 2, 6, His left Hand is vnder …
With rule
The vertue and might of Christ (as an HandeHand) sustaining and vpholding his members on euerie side. Cant. 2, 6, His left Hand is vnder …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 187 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
HandeHand.
With rule
HandeHand.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
… power, thy righte hand (O Lord) hath broken the enimie. And when the righte HandeHand is put in this ſenſe, then To ſit doth ſignifie to reigne, to deliuer …
With rule
… power, thy righte hand (O Lord) hath broken the enimie. And when the righte HandeHand is put in this ſenſe, then To ſit doth ſignifie to reigne, to deliuer …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 72 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

Printed
… And that this is his meaning, appeareth by an other place, where he sayeth: HandeHand is layed vpon heretikes amended, for the coupling of Charitie, which is the greatest …
With rule
… And that this is his meaning, appeareth by an other place, where he sayeth: HandeHand is layed vpon heretikes amended, for the coupling of Charitie, which is the greatest …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… shalbee Life for life, Eye for eye, Tooth for tooth, Foote for foote, and HandeHand for handehand. As if he should saye, that hee which hath gone about to …
With rule
… shalbee Life for life, Eye for eye, Tooth for tooth, Foote for foote, and HandeHand for handehand. As if he should saye, that hee which hath gone about to …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 707 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
¶ HandeHand.
With rule
¶ HandeHand.
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhat is ment by the word HandeHand 159. b 29. and 160. a
With rule
VVhat is ment by the word HandeHand 159. b 29. and 160. a
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lawe was gyuen, it was done by his handehand and direction. Truely this woorde HandeHand in the holy Scripture dooth oftentymes import, force, power, or ſtrength: but heere wee …
With rule
… Lawe was gyuen, it was done by his handehand and direction. Truely this woorde HandeHand in the holy Scripture dooth oftentymes import, force, power, or ſtrength: but heere wee …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 158 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
HandeHand.
With rule
HandeHand.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
It is not poſſible to withſtand or eſcape the HandeHand of God. 770. b 10.
With rule
It is not poſſible to withſtand or eſcape the HandeHand of God. 770. b 10.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader