Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1417 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

successesuccess

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

Puritas changed it: 9,293 times in 1,889 works
Consistency: 99.9% (9,293 of 9,295)
Reach if approved: ~9,767 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: success
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 9,296 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9,293 changes in 1,889 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9,293)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… one by another. And that worke, or exerciſe whereabout they are buſied, hath better ſucceſſesuccess by much, then when one is alone. Man by nature is the moſt ſociable …
With rule
… one by another. And that worke, or exerciſe whereabout they are buſied, hath better ſucceſſesuccess by much, then when one is alone. Man by nature is the moſt ſociable …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it changed the colour, or loſt any thing of the luſtre, it portended ill ſucceſſesuccess. The Lacedaemonians being overtaken by the Perſian horſe, and overwhelmed with great flights of …
With rule
… it changed the colour, or loſt any thing of the luſtre, it portended ill ſucceſſesuccess. The Lacedaemonians being overtaken by the Perſian horſe, and overwhelmed with great flights of …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 237 · Open in the reader
Printed
So ill successesuccess of this renewed fray;
With rule
So ill successesuccess of this renewed fray;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
Go to, and what successesuccess else haue all these so many, so mightie Massacres attained too in fine, but …
With rule
Go to, and what successesuccess else haue all these so many, so mightie Massacres attained too in fine, but …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… and thought to be translated into y^e nomber of the Gods that gyue good successesuccess to them that sayle, as we reade in the last chapter of the Actes …
With rule
… and thought to be translated into y^e nomber of the Gods that gyue good successesuccess to them that sayle, as we reade in the last chapter of the Actes …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
His SuccesseSuccess. I find none.
With rule
His SuccesseSuccess. I find none.
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all places, and preſent acceſſe vnto the King of glory. It had as happy ſucceſſesuccess▪ as Eſther had, when ſhe went to Aſſuerus: And hee held out his golden …
With rule
… all places, and preſent acceſſe vnto the King of glory. It had as happy ſucceſſesuccess▪ as Eſther had, when ſhe went to Aſſuerus: And hee held out his golden …
Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not, no wonder if by reaſon of that conſciouſneſſe, wee looke not after the ſucceſſesuccess of ſuch prayers, which in the performance wee ſlighted; when wee pray, as if …
With rule
… not, no wonder if by reaſon of that conſciouſneſſe, wee looke not after the ſucceſſesuccess of ſuch prayers, which in the performance wee ſlighted; when wee pray, as if …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 232 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
To hear SUCCESSESUCCESS his APPROBATION styl'd,
With rule
To hear SUCCESSESUCCESS his APPROBATION styl'd,
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 182 · Open in the reader