Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1340 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bosomebosom

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

Puritas changed it: 9,670 times in 2,368 works
Consistency: 99.9% (9,670 of 9,671)
Reach if approved: ~10,165 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bosom
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 9,674 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9,670 changes in 2,368 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9,670)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… little; that the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaues, his bosomebosom. When he is pleased, he will heare the heauens, and they shall heare the …
With rule
… little; that the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaues, his bosomebosom. When he is pleased, he will heare the heauens, and they shall heare the …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them: happie was he that could get an handfull of their ashes into his bosomebosom, as the Relique of pious martyrs, to preserve. Indeed little heed is to be …
With rule
… them: happie was he that could get an handfull of their ashes into his bosomebosom, as the Relique of pious martyrs, to preserve. Indeed little heed is to be …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as can be found among the Poets. How blinde are they to make abrahams boſomebosom and hell to bee ſo nigh, as though there were but an hedge between …
With rule
… as can be found among the Poets. How blinde are they to make abrahams boſomebosom and hell to bee ſo nigh, as though there were but an hedge between …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy brother keepe the doore of thy mouth from hyr that lieth in thy boſomebosom. For the ſonne ſlaundereth the father, the doughter riſeth vppe agaynſte the mother, and …
With rule
… thy brother keepe the doore of thy mouth from hyr that lieth in thy boſomebosom. For the ſonne ſlaundereth the father, the doughter riſeth vppe agaynſte the mother, and …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… It is the perpetuall lot and condition of the Church to nouriſh in her boſomebosom ſecret enemies, that cloſely vndermine the good of it: for all that are in …
With rule
… It is the perpetuall lot and condition of the Church to nouriſh in her boſomebosom ſecret enemies, that cloſely vndermine the good of it: for all that are in …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his owne morſels, and dranke of his owne cuppe, and ſlept in his boſomebosom, and was vnto him as his daughter. Now there came a ſtranger vnto the …
With rule
… of his owne morſels, and dranke of his owne cuppe, and ſlept in his boſomebosom, and was vnto him as his daughter. Now there came a ſtranger vnto the …
Thomas Granger · The Application of Scripture · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I deny it necessarie they were therefore in Hell: that region I call Abrahams bosomebosom, which though it bee not Heauen, yet is it higher then hell.
With rule
… I deny it necessarie they were therefore in Hell: that region I call Abrahams bosomebosom, which though it bee not Heauen, yet is it higher then hell.
Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some heauenly power within his bosomebosom lyes
With rule
Some heauenly power within his bosomebosom lyes
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
And so I leave him to his Rest, in the BOSOMEBOSOM OF ABRAHAM in the LAND OF THE LIVING.
With rule
And so I leave him to his Rest, in the BOSOMEBOSOM OF ABRAHAM in the LAND OF THE LIVING.
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 67 · Open in the reader