Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1363 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bookesbooks

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

Puritas changed it: 12,235 times in 1,618 works
Consistency: 99.7% (12,235 of 12,262)
Reach if approved: ~12,885 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: books
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 12,263 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12,235 changes in 1,618 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12,235)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… him, although hee deſerue it neuer ſo much, ye ſhall not come in his bookesbooks, be ye neuer ſo good. Forget not this then I pray yee good brethren …
With rule
… him, although hee deſerue it neuer ſo much, ye ſhall not come in his bookesbooks, be ye neuer ſo good. Forget not this then I pray yee good brethren …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Text. Juſtly reprehended are they, who take the wrong way of Comfort, Play bookesbooks and fabulous ſtories, forſaking this Fountaine of living waters; they dig pits that can …
With rule
… the Text. Juſtly reprehended are they, who take the wrong way of Comfort, Play bookesbooks and fabulous ſtories, forſaking this Fountaine of living waters; they dig pits that can …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
My BookesBooks may be admitted, where I cannot come. If you say, there are bookesbooks too many: I answere; restrain them to this quality, and Abundans cautela non nocet …
With rule
My BookesBooks may be admitted, where I cannot come. If you say, there are bookesbooks too many: I answere; restrain them to this quality, and Abundans cautela non nocet …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
… oued, and neither coldly nor fearfully defended. But they and their complices haue … vvhole bookesbooks de ratione … liberos: de … concubandi, and Ioannes a Casa an Archbishoppe, hath vvritten a …
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… oued, and neither coldly nor fearfully defended. But they and their complices haue … vvhole bookesbooks de ratione … liberos: de … concubandi, and Ioannes a Casa an Archbishoppe, hath vvritten a …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… probabili rations, quod à veró non abhorreat, persuadere potuerant. That is, onely to these bookesbooks, of Scripture, which are called Canonik, have I learned to yeeld this feare and …
With rule
… probabili rations, quod à veró non abhorreat, persuadere potuerant. That is, onely to these bookesbooks, of Scripture, which are called Canonik, have I learned to yeeld this feare and …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thynke that I sclander them, I entende to reherse certayne things out of their bookesbooks, in whyche we wyll playnly note a double doubtfull forshewynge. By reson of Saturn …
With rule
… thynke that I sclander them, I entende to reherse certayne things out of their bookesbooks, in whyche we wyll playnly note a double doubtfull forshewynge. By reson of Saturn …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… lawe sayth: It is written in the lawe (for so are all the fyue bookesbooks of Moyses accompted) that Abraham had two sonnes, one of a bondmayde, another of …
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… lawe sayth: It is written in the lawe (for so are all the fyue bookesbooks of Moyses accompted) that Abraham had two sonnes, one of a bondmayde, another of …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his meaning is not that he may alledge ought that is not in the BookesBooks whence he alledgeth it, but that if the allegations be so fresh and so …
With rule
… his meaning is not that he may alledge ought that is not in the BookesBooks whence he alledgeth it, but that if the allegations be so fresh and so …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 135 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

25 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.

A Retentive to Stay Good Christians A01325

Printed
A CATALOGVE OF ALL SVCH POPISH BOOKESBOOKS EITHER AVNSVVERED, or to be aunswered, which beeinge written in the English tongue from …
With rule
A CATALOGVE OF ALL SVCH POPISH BOOKESBOOKS EITHER AVNSVVERED, or to be aunswered, which beeinge written in the English tongue from …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · Open in the reader

The Foot out of the Snare A01576

Printed
SIXE BOOKESBOOKS FVLL OF MARVELOVS PIETIE AND DEVOTION, by G. P.
With rule
SIXE BOOKESBOOKS FVLL OF MARVELOVS PIETIE AND DEVOTION, by G. P.
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 95 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Grand-jury Men A09118

Printed
A GVIDE TO GRAND-IVRY MEN, DIVIDED INTO TWO BOOKESBOOKS:
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A GVIDE TO GRAND-IVRY MEN, DIVIDED INTO TWO BOOKESBOOKS:
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · Open in the reader

Of Nature and Grace A10112

Printed
A FRVITEFVLL AND BRIEFE DISCOVRSE IN TWO BOOKESBOOKS: THE ONE OF NATVRE, THE OTHER OF GRACE, WITH conuenient aunſwer to the enemies …
With rule
A FRVITEFVLL AND BRIEFE DISCOVRSE IN TWO BOOKESBOOKS: THE ONE OF NATVRE, THE OTHER OF GRACE, WITH conuenient aunſwer to the enemies …
John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
THE CONTENTS OF THE SEVERALL CHAPTERS IN THE NINE BOOKESBOOKS ENSVING.
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THE CONTENTS OF THE SEVERALL CHAPTERS IN THE NINE BOOKESBOOKS ENSVING.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader
Printed
A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPALL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE FIVE FIRST BOOKESBOOKS, WHICH ARE OF ASIA.
With rule
A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPALL MATTERS CONTAINED IN THE FIVE FIRST BOOKESBOOKS, WHICH ARE OF ASIA.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader
Printed
A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPALL MATTERS IN THE FOVRE LAST BOOKESBOOKS, WHICH ARE OF AFRICA AND AMERICA.
With rule
A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPALL MATTERS IN THE FOVRE LAST BOOKESBOOKS, WHICH ARE OF AFRICA AND AMERICA.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
ANNOTATIONS VPON THE FIVE BOOKESBOOKS OF MOSES; THE BOOKE OF THE PSALMES, AND THE SONG OF SONGS, OR, CANTICLES.
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ANNOTATIONS VPON THE FIVE BOOKESBOOKS OF MOSES; THE BOOKE OF THE PSALMES, AND THE SONG OF SONGS, OR, CANTICLES.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader
Printed
A TABLE OF SOME PRINCIPALL THINGS OBSERVED IN THE ANNOTATIONS ON THE FIVE BOOKESBOOKS OF MOSES.
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A TABLE OF SOME PRINCIPALL THINGS OBSERVED IN THE ANNOTATIONS ON THE FIVE BOOKESBOOKS OF MOSES.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

A General View of Papistry A15422

Printed
OF THE TWO BOOKESBOOKS OF the Machabees.
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OF THE TWO BOOKESBOOKS OF the Machabees.
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
A WRIT OF PREVENTION Concerning the AVTHORS Dedication of the foure following BOOKESBOOKS, to thoſe Royall, Princely, and Illuſtrious PERSONAGES, whoſe Names are mentioned in this Leafe.
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A WRIT OF PREVENTION Concerning the AVTHORS Dedication of the foure following BOOKESBOOKS, to thoſe Royall, Princely, and Illuſtrious PERSONAGES, whoſe Names are mentioned in this Leafe.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
A SHORT METHOD OF ALL THE BOOKESBOOKS OF THE HOLY BIBLE: DECLARING,
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A SHORT METHOD OF ALL THE BOOKESBOOKS OF THE HOLY BIBLE: DECLARING,
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · Open in the reader

A Treatise Concerning Antichrist A20740

Printed
A TREATISE CONCERNING ANTICHRIST, DIVIDED INTO TWO BOOKESBOOKS, THE FORMER, PROVING THAT THE POPE IS ANTICHRIST: THE LATTER, MAINTAIning the same assertion …
With rule
A TREATISE CONCERNING ANTICHRIST, DIVIDED INTO TWO BOOKESBOOKS, THE FORMER, PROVING THAT THE POPE IS ANTICHRIST: THE LATTER, MAINTAIning the same assertion …
George Downame · A Treatise Concerning Antichrist · Open in the reader

The Buckler of the Faith A20936

Printed
OF THE BOOKESBOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA.
With rule
OF THE BOOKESBOOKS CALLED APOCRYPHA.
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Buckler of the Faith · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Badges of Christianity A22474

Printed
Diuided into three BOOKESBOOKS:
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Diuided into three BOOKESBOOKS:
William Attersoll · The Badges of Christianity · Open in the reader

First Epistle of John Applied Part 2 A45548

Printed
… which run the Streames of Sacred Writ, from whence ariseth the division of its BOOKESBOOKS into Historical, Prophetical, and Doctrinal: Not, but that all the BookesBooks of Scripture are …
With rule
… which run the Streames of Sacred Writ, from whence ariseth the division of its BOOKESBOOKS into Historical, Prophetical, and Doctrinal: Not, but that all the BookesBooks of Scripture are …
Nathaniel Hardy · First Epistle of John Applied Part 2 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Divinity A47629

Printed
A Treatise of DIVINITY CONSISTING OF THREE BOOKESBOOKS.
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A Treatise of DIVINITY CONSISTING OF THREE BOOKESBOOKS.
Edward Leigh · Treatise of Divinity · Open in the reader

Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline A50916

Printed
TWO BOOKESBOOKS, Written to a FREIND.
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TWO BOOKESBOOKS, Written to a FREIND.
John Milton · Of Reformation Touching Church Discipline · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
The BOOKESBOOKS are theſe;
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The BOOKESBOOKS are theſe;
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 186 · Open in the reader

The Riches of Gods Love A64002

Printed
… Love unto Mankind, Manifeſted by Diſproving His Abſolute Decree for their Damnation. IN TWO BOOKESBOOKS The Firſt being a Refutation of the ſaid Booke, As it was Preſented in …
With rule
… Love unto Mankind, Manifeſted by Diſproving His Abſolute Decree for their Damnation. IN TWO BOOKESBOOKS The Firſt being a Refutation of the ſaid Booke, As it was Preſented in …
William Twisse · The Riches of Gods Love · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
JN TWO BOOKESBOOKS.
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JN TWO BOOKESBOOKS.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader
Printed
SALOMONS ETHICKS, OR MORALS, JN FOVRE BOOKESBOOKS.
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SALOMONS ETHICKS, OR MORALS, JN FOVRE BOOKESBOOKS.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader
Printed
The firſt Volume IN FOVRE BOOKESBOOKS. By I.H. D.D.
With rule
The firſt Volume IN FOVRE BOOKESBOOKS. By I.H. D.D.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſecond Volume IN FOVRE BOOKESBOOKS.
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The ſecond Volume IN FOVRE BOOKESBOOKS.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader
Printed
The third Volume. JN THREE BOOKESBOOKS.
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The third Volume. JN THREE BOOKESBOOKS.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader