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fastefast

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

Puritas changed it
602 times in 163 works
Consistency
98.2% (602 of 613)
Reach if approved
~644 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fast
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
613 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (602 changes in 163 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 602)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that he was in peryl to be cast into the pond they rushed so fastefast vpon hym and made suche throng to him. A wonderous thynge, what a desyre …
    With rule
    … that he was in peryl to be cast into the pond they rushed so fastefast vpon hym and made suche throng to him. A wonderous thynge, what a desyre …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſhould breake and trouble this kingdome and this power of ſyune and death, holde faſtefast and ſlea ſynne, and kyl death.
    With rule
    … ſhould breake and trouble this kingdome and this power of ſyune and death, holde faſtefast and ſlea ſynne, and kyl death.

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and preachinges of the holy Scripture. Proue all thinges, and that is good, holde fastefast.
    With rule
    … and preachinges of the holy Scripture. Proue all thinges, and that is good, holde fastefast.

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … many other, yf I had leasure, which declare eui dently, that the true & christē fastefast doth not only consiste in the abstinence of meates, but also in the for …
    With rule
    … many other, yf I had leasure, which declare eui dently, that the true & christē fastefast doth not only consiste in the abstinence of meates, but also in the for …

    Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Tertul. & hac ſua conditione communis vſui, ſed ipſius vſus adminiſtratio intereſt. Auguſt. holdeth a faſtefast on the Sabboth, a thing per ſe indifferent, which yet becauſe of this circumſtance …
    With rule
    … Tertul. & hac ſua conditione communis vſui, ſed ipſius vſus adminiſtratio intereſt. Auguſt. holdeth a faſtefast on the Sabboth, a thing per ſe indifferent, which yet becauſe of this circumſtance …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … find fauour not with God alone, but alſo with men. Reade, trie and holde faſtefast that which is good: and the Lord giue thee vnderſtanding in all things. Farewel.
    With rule
    … find fauour not with God alone, but alſo with men. Reade, trie and holde faſtefast that which is good: and the Lord giue thee vnderſtanding in all things. Farewel.

    John Sprint · The Necessary Use of the Christian Sabbath · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … most of all, wee that rule as Byshoppes in the Churche, ought to holde fastefast, and mayntaine, that wee myght proue the Byshoppes office it selfe, to bee one …
    With rule
    … most of all, wee that rule as Byshoppes in the Churche, ought to holde fastefast, and mayntaine, that wee myght proue the Byshoppes office it selfe, to bee one …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Lent fastefast, and hallowed the beginning thereof with Ashwednisdaye. He forbad those that should fastefast to eate fleshe, milke, butter, chese, or egges, because they seme to beare a …
    With rule
    … Lent fastefast, and hallowed the beginning thereof with Ashwednisdaye. He forbad those that should fastefast to eate fleshe, milke, butter, chese, or egges, because they seme to beare a …

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

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

11 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.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … and laſciuiouſneſſe thereof maie bee repreſſed. It is good to faſtefast, howbeit the right FaſteFast in deede is, to giue the bodie no more nouriſhmente, then is needefull to …
    With rule
    … and laſciuiouſneſſe thereof maie bee repreſſed. It is good to faſtefast, howbeit the right FaſteFast in deede is, to giue the bodie no more nouriſhmente, then is needefull to …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

The Acts of Christ and Antichrist A06652

  • Printed
    … Caule, this graie habite, or that white habite. Professe this rule, or that rule, FasteFast this day or that daye. Bye this Pardon or that Pardō, &c. and thou …
    With rule
    … Caule, this graie habite, or that white habite. Professe this rule, or that rule, FasteFast this day or that daye. Bye this Pardon or that Pardō, &c. and thou …

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

A Fruitful Treatise A06783

  • Printed
    ☞Howe we oughte to FasteFast.The .xii. Chapter
    With rule
    ☞Howe we oughte to FasteFast.The .xii. Chapter

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    … luſte and pleaſure, and be not ſet on fire with the wyne of wantonneſſe. FaſteFast from euil déedes, abſteine from euill woords, and refraine thée ſelfe from naughtie thoughtes …
    With rule
    … luſte and pleaſure, and be not ſet on fire with the wyne of wantonneſſe. FaſteFast from euil déedes, abſteine from euill woords, and refraine thée ſelfe from naughtie thoughtes …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 244 · Open in the reader

Israels Fast A17304

  • Printed
    … sinned. Why so? For, as we haue shewed, something else is required besides a FasteFast, to purge Israels fault. What is that? The Lord sheweth v. 13. &c. Vp, sanctifie …
    With rule
    … sinned. Why so? For, as we haue shewed, something else is required besides a FasteFast, to purge Israels fault. What is that? The Lord sheweth v. 13. &c. Vp, sanctifie …

    Henry Burton · Israels Fast · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … offerings before the Lord. This is to the purpose indeed. Heere is a second FasteFast, not onely publicke, but generall, of all the children of Israel, and all the …
    With rule
    … offerings before the Lord. This is to the purpose indeed. Heere is a second FasteFast, not onely publicke, but generall, of all the children of Israel, and all the …

    Henry Burton · Israels Fast · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Theater of Gods Judgments A27163

  • Printed
    … Emperour both began and finished it: the day before the Fight he enjoyned a FasteFast in his Army, and directed his prayers to the Almighty, relying more upon the …
    With rule
    … Emperour both began and finished it: the day before the Fight he enjoyned a FasteFast in his Army, and directed his prayers to the Almighty, relying more upon the …

    Thomas Beard · The Theater of Gods Judgments · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 A76798

  • Printed
    … faſtefast oft, but thy Diſciples faſtefast not] The occaſion of this Queſtion was ſome FaſteFast-day which the Phariſees appointed and kept, wherein Chriſts Diſciples did eat and drink …
    With rule
    … faſtefast oft, but thy Diſciples faſtefast not] The occaſion of this Queſtion was ſome FaſteFast-day which the Phariſees appointed and kept, wherein Chriſts Diſciples did eat and drink …

    Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 677 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … wherein Chriſts Diſciples did eat and drink, by which is not meant a publick FaſteFast, which was to be kept by all the members of the Jewiſh Church, and …
    With rule
    … wherein Chriſts Diſciples did eat and drink, by which is not meant a publick FaſteFast, which was to be kept by all the members of the Jewiſh Church, and …

    Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 677 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … obſerve the tenth day of the ſeventh moneth, Levit. 16.29, 30, 31.23.27. this was their onely preſcribed FaſteFast: but it was ſome private FaſteFast to gain glory and praiſe to the Phariſees …
    With rule
    … obſerve the tenth day of the ſeventh moneth, Levit. 16.29, 30, 31.23.27. this was their onely preſcribed FaſteFast: but it was ſome private FaſteFast to gain glory and praiſe to the Phariſees …

    Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 677 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſeventh moneth, Levit. 16.29, 30, 31.23.27. this was their onely preſcribed FaſteFast: but it was ſome private FaſteFast to gain glory and praiſe to the Phariſees, Luke 18.12. The Phariſee faſted twice a …
    With rule
    … ſeventh moneth, Levit. 16.29, 30, 31.23.27. this was their onely preſcribed FaſteFast: but it was ſome private FaſteFast to gain glory and praiſe to the Phariſees, Luke 18.12. The Phariſee faſted twice a …

    Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 677 · Open in the reader