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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1323 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beingebeing

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

Puritas changed it
1,486 times in 145 works
Consistency
99.5% (1,486 of 1,493)
Reach if approved
~1,571 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: being
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,495 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,486 changes in 145 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,486)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … for his Sonnes sake, my Sauioure & redeamer Christ, he hath vouchsaued to call me, beingebeing els without his gratious goodnesse, in my selfe but a sinfull and a vile …
    With rule
    … for his Sonnes sake, my Sauioure & redeamer Christ, he hath vouchsaued to call me, beingebeing els without his gratious goodnesse, in my selfe but a sinfull and a vile …

    Nicholas Ridley · A Friendly Farewell · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … remedie for this our ſinne, is in the death and righteouſneſſe of Chriſt, who beingebeing condemned as proude, making him ſelf equall with God, as louing him ſelfe more …
    With rule
    … remedie for this our ſinne, is in the death and righteouſneſſe of Chriſt, who beingebeing condemned as proude, making him ſelf equall with God, as louing him ſelfe more …

    Dudley Fenner · Brief Treatise Upon the First Table of the Law · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … or the ſeas, and that in no wyſe he fall downe and worſhipe them, beingebeing deceiued by the vanitie of hys mynde. Than if this beare any ſimilitude or …
    With rule
    … or the ſeas, and that in no wyſe he fall downe and worſhipe them, beingebeing deceiued by the vanitie of hys mynde. Than if this beare any ſimilitude or …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxxix · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … being slaine, diuers of his nobilitye were taken prisoners. But soone after this Henry beingebeing thus foysted into the Empire by the clergy, grew into cōtempt with them that …
    With rule
    … being slaine, diuers of his nobilitye were taken prisoners. But soone after this Henry beingebeing thus foysted into the Empire by the clergy, grew into cōtempt with them that …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and as one that woulde reſyſt God, Ye hauynge no leſſe occaſion to complayne beingebeing moste vniustly ſpoyled of your goods troubled in mynde and conſcience, threatned dayly by …
    With rule
    … and as one that woulde reſyſt God, Ye hauynge no leſſe occaſion to complayne beingebeing moste vniustly ſpoyled of your goods troubled in mynde and conſcience, threatned dayly by …

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Ye beingebeing domme, and can pronounce nothynge,
    With rule
    Ye beingebeing domme, and can pronounce nothynge,

    David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … remedy agaynst her assaultes, then godlye fastinge is, which enemy, that is the flesh, beingebeing once subdued, the forayne ennemyes shal the easelier be kept oute, and we liue …
    With rule
    … remedy agaynst her assaultes, then godlye fastinge is, which enemy, that is the flesh, beingebeing once subdued, the forayne ennemyes shal the easelier be kept oute, and we liue …

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of our aduerſaries, adde and ioyne certayne of theyr croked and ſophiſtical argumētes whiche beingebeing opened and made playne ſhal gyue much lyght to this diſputatiō and matter that …
    With rule
    … of our aduerſaries, adde and ioyne certayne of theyr croked and ſophiſtical argumētes whiche beingebeing opened and made playne ſhal gyue much lyght to this diſputatiō and matter that …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

  • Printed
    … the Iſraelites, was thorowe a foliſhe intent of his owne put from his kyngdome. BeingeBeing comman̄dded to deſtroye the Amalechites wyth all theirs, he ſaued the beſt and fayreſt …
    With rule
    … the Iſraelites, was thorowe a foliſhe intent of his owne put from his kyngdome. BeingeBeing comman̄dded to deſtroye the Amalechites wyth all theirs, he ſaued the beſt and fayreſt …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxxxii · Open in the reader

The Pageant of Popes A02895

  • Printed
    … he taking a fewe horsemē with him & his chaplein, did step frō his armye. BeingeBeing a litle gone a side he alighted from his horse, and was about to …
    With rule
    … he taking a fewe horsemē with him & his chaplein, did step frō his armye. BeingeBeing a litle gone a side he alighted from his horse, and was about to …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

Discovery of Jacksons Vanity A14095

  • Printed
    Of Infinity of BeingeBeing, or of absolute Infinity and the right definition of it by Ancient Philosophers.
    With rule
    Of Infinity of BeingeBeing, or of absolute Infinity and the right definition of it by Ancient Philosophers.

    William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

  • Printed
    … Paul alſo before proued this ſelf thinge, although not ſo manifeſtly, when he ſayd, BeingeBeing ignoraunte of the righteouſnes of God, and ſeeking to ſtabliſh their owne righteouſnes, they …
    With rule
    … Paul alſo before proued this ſelf thinge, although not ſo manifeſtly, when he ſayd, BeingeBeing ignoraunte of the righteouſnes of God, and ſeeking to ſtabliſh their owne righteouſnes, they …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort A15145

  • Printed
    BEingeBeing right earneſtly and often required by certeine deare brethern off the churche off Englande …
    With rule
    BEingeBeing right earneſtly and often required by certeine deare brethern off the churche off Englande …

    William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. CXCIX · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

  • Printed
    … we vse to saye: Ah sirrha, I am gladde I haue smelled you oute. BeingeBeing greued with a matter, we saye communelye we can not digest it. The Lawyer …
    With rule
    … we vse to saye: Ah sirrha, I am gladde I haue smelled you oute. BeingeBeing greued with a matter, we saye communelye we can not digest it. The Lawyer …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 92 · Open in the reader

The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet A19855

  • Printed
    … it downe with his owne hande writing, (which is yet to be ſeene) thus: BeingeBeing at S. Ioanes there came vnto me a thing like vnto a dog, and …
    With rule
    … it downe with his owne hande writing, (which is yet to be ſeene) thus: BeingeBeing at S. Ioanes there came vnto me a thing like vnto a dog, and …

    John Darrell · The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet · p. 126 · Open in the reader