Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1293 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

signesign

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

Puritas changed it: 23,518 times in 2,542 works
Consistency: 99.9% (23,518 of 23,537)
Reach if approved: ~24,780 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sign
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 23,584 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (23,518 changes in 2,542 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 23,518)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
After her condemnation, on Tueſday, ſhe was ſent from Newgate to the ſignesign of the Crowne, where M. Riche, the Biſhop of London, and N. Shaxton, laboured …
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After her condemnation, on Tueſday, ſhe was ſent from Newgate to the ſignesign of the Crowne, where M. Riche, the Biſhop of London, and N. Shaxton, laboured …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 70 · Open in the reader
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… the instructions which thei haue that trust in the name of Iesus Christe, to signesign them selues with the signesign of Christes crosse, to praie towardes the Easte, to …
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… the instructions which thei haue that trust in the name of Iesus Christe, to signesign them selues with the signesign of Christes crosse, to praie towardes the Easte, to …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now come we to Paulinus Bish. of Nola, by whom it appeareth that y^e signesign of the crosse was set vp 1100. yeres agoe, in some churches: but the title …
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Now come we to Paulinus Bish. of Nola, by whom it appeareth that y^e signesign of the crosse was set vp 1100. yeres agoe, in some churches: but the title …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 159 · Open in the reader
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… to giue answer or no, might also be questioned. He was content by a SigneSign to answer Gid… the second time, though he had giuen assurance sufficient before, and …
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… to giue answer or no, might also be questioned. He was content by a SigneSign to answer Gid… the second time, though he had giuen assurance sufficient before, and …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 172 · Open in the reader
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… not ſay, They periſhed: Charitie forbid it. But this wee ſay, It is a ſignesign of Gods fauour, when hee giues a man Law. Wee paſſe no ſentence vpon …
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… not ſay, They periſhed: Charitie forbid it. But this wee ſay, It is a ſignesign of Gods fauour, when hee giues a man Law. Wee paſſe no ſentence vpon …
Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · Open in the reader
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… on the outside of the box: such as the Inne is, such is the signesign: such as the Clocke is, such is the Index or Finger of the Diall …
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… on the outside of the box: such as the Inne is, such is the signesign: such as the Clocke is, such is the Index or Finger of the Diall …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 1 · Open in the reader
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… the felon ſhall be marked in the hand with an hote Iron with the ſignesign of an A. The felon muſt take his paſſage at ſuch a day and …
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… the felon ſhall be marked in the hand with an hote Iron with the ſignesign of an A. The felon muſt take his paſſage at ſuch a day and …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 390 · Open in the reader
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… rising, the reparation and ruine of many: and whiles he is set for a signesign Which shall bee spoken against, by this meanes the thoughts of many hearts shall …
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… rising, the reparation and ruine of many: and whiles he is set for a signesign Which shall bee spoken against, by this meanes the thoughts of many hearts shall …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 111 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

19 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.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
THE SIGNESIGN AT THE HEART. A Sermon preached on the firſt Sunday in Lent. THE LXVII …
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THE SIGNESIGN AT THE HEART. A Sermon preached on the firſt Sunday in Lent. THE LXVII …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 864 · Open in the reader

Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies A09002

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A SCHOLASTICALL DISCOVRSE AGAINST SYMBOLIZING WITH ANTICHRIST IN CEREMONIES: ESPECIALLY IN THE SIGNESIGN OF THE CROSSE.
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A SCHOLASTICALL DISCOVRSE AGAINST SYMBOLIZING WITH ANTICHRIST IN CEREMONIES: ESPECIALLY IN THE SIGNESIGN OF THE CROSSE.
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · Open in the reader

Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens A10177

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… FOR THE DEAD: then other Prayers and Thankesgiuings: And as he beginnes with the SIGNESIGN OF THE CROSSE, so hee concludes with the VIRTVE OF CHRISTS BLESSED CROSSE: yea …
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… FOR THE DEAD: then other Prayers and Thankesgiuings: And as he beginnes with the SIGNESIGN OF THE CROSSE, so hee concludes with the VIRTVE OF CHRISTS BLESSED CROSSE: yea …
William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland A14227

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… in the words presently following, thus expoundeth his owne meaning. It shall be a SIGNESIGN of the Covenant betwixt me and you. And generally for all Sacraments, the rule …
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… in the words presently following, thus expoundeth his owne meaning. It shall be a SIGNESIGN of the Covenant betwixt me and you. And generally for all Sacraments, the rule …
James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Sermon 18 February 1620 2 A14237

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… following: Ye ſhall circumciſe the fleſh of your foreskinne; and it ſhall be a SIGNESIGN of the Couenant betwixt me and you. So words being the ſignes of things …
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… following: Ye ſhall circumciſe the fleſh of your foreskinne; and it ſhall be a SIGNESIGN of the Couenant betwixt me and you. So words being the ſignes of things …
James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 2 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Sermon 18 February 1620 A14239

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… following: Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskinne; and it shall be a SIGNESIGN of the Couenant betwixt me and you. So words being the signes of things …
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… following: Ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskinne; and it shall be a SIGNESIGN of the Couenant betwixt me and you. So words being the signes of things …
James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

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OF THE CHARACTER OR SIGNESIGN and badge of Antichrist.
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OF THE CHARACTER OR SIGNESIGN and badge of Antichrist.
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE THIRD ARTICLE OF THE SIGNESIGN of the Crosse in the forehead, or made ouer any thing with the hand.
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THE THIRD ARTICLE OF THE SIGNESIGN of the Crosse in the forehead, or made ouer any thing with the hand.
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 359 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

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… is that which S. Matthew saith, that after all these thinges shall appeare the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man in Heauen▪ What is that which hee calleth the …
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… is that which S. Matthew saith, that after all these thinges shall appeare the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man in Heauen▪ What is that which hee calleth the …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 616 · Open in the reader
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… of the Sonne of man in Heauen▪ What is that which hee calleth the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man in Heauen? What SIGNESIGN thinke yee that to bee …
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… of the Sonne of man in Heauen▪ What is that which hee calleth the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man in Heauen? What SIGNESIGN thinke yee that to bee …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 616 · Open in the reader
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… that which hee calleth the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man in Heauen? What SIGNESIGN thinke yee that to bee, that shall bee seene in Heauen after that the …
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… that which hee calleth the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man in Heauen? What SIGNESIGN thinke yee that to bee, that shall bee seene in Heauen after that the …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 616 · Open in the reader
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… it shall bee the signesign of the Crosse vpon which the Lord hang: This SIGNESIGN as some think shalbe seene into the Aire before the comming of the Lord …
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… it shall bee the signesign of the Crosse vpon which the Lord hang: This SIGNESIGN as some think shalbe seene into the Aire before the comming of the Lord …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 617 · Open in the reader
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Others thinke that by the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man, is to bee vnderstood Christ Himselfe, who is called …
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Others thinke that by the SIGNESIGN of the Sonne of man, is to bee vnderstood Christ Himselfe, who is called …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 617 · Open in the reader

The Cross in Baptism A16619

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OF THE SIGNESIGN OF THE Croſſe in Baptiſme. The vſe of the Croſſe in Baptiſme is not …
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OF THE SIGNESIGN OF THE Croſſe in Baptiſme. The vſe of the Croſſe in Baptiſme is not …
William Bradshaw · The Cross in Baptism · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Glad Tidings from Heaven to the Worst of Sinners on Earth A34879

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SIgneSign of unbeliefe 2. 36
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SIgneSign of unbeliefe 2. 36
Walter Cradock · Glad Tidings from Heaven to the Worst of Sinners on Earth · Open in the reader

The Popish Royal Favorite A56192

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… as you shall deliver to the Lords of Our Privie Councell, Given under OUR SIGNESIGN MANUALL at Denmark house the eleventh day of April, in the sixth yeare of …
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… as you shall deliver to the Lords of Our Privie Councell, Given under OUR SIGNESIGN MANUALL at Denmark house the eleventh day of April, in the sixth yeare of …
William Prynne · The Popish Royal Favorite · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Demonology and Theology A86498

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… Beſide this, ſome learned Phyſitians have upon experience confeſſed, that THE OBSERVATION OF THE SIGNESIGN IS NOTHING MATERIALL; and that there is no danger in it, for guelding of …
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… Beſide this, ſome learned Phyſitians have upon experience confeſſed, that THE OBSERVATION OF THE SIGNESIGN IS NOTHING MATERIALL; and that there is no danger in it, for guelding of …
Nathanael Homes · Demonology and Theology · p. 150 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Great Seal of England A91237

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… in the ſaid … and Suburbs, 11. H. 4. c. 6. ordaines, That A NEW SEAL, HAVING A SIGNESIGN and MARKE DIFFERING FROM THE OLD SEALE of the Office of the Kings Aulnegeor …
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… in the ſaid … and Suburbs, 11. H. 4. c. 6. ordaines, That A NEW SEAL, HAVING A SIGNESIGN and MARKE DIFFERING FROM THE OLD SEALE of the Office of the Kings Aulnegeor …
William Prynne · The Opening of the Great Seal of England · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Suspension Suspended A91293

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… that Circumciſion is once onely in the Now Teſtament, to wit, Rom. 4. 11. ſtiled, The SIGNESIGN of Circum…iſion, A SEALE of the righteouſneſſe of faith, which Abraham had yet …
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… that Circumciſion is once onely in the Now Teſtament, to wit, Rom. 4. 11. ſtiled, The SIGNESIGN of Circum…iſion, A SEALE of the righteouſneſſe of faith, which Abraham had yet …
William Prynne · Suspension Suspended · p. 19 · Open in the reader