Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1455 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

excesseexcess

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

Puritas changed it: 4,147 times in 1,185 works
Consistency: 99.9% (4,147 of 4,148)
Reach if approved: ~4,358 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: excess
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,148 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,147 changes in 1,185 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… number, and meaſure, as that it is not poſſible to finde any defect or exceſſeexcess therein. But if moe men than one had beene made; if without the power …
With rule
… number, and meaſure, as that it is not poſſible to finde any defect or exceſſeexcess therein. But if moe men than one had beene made; if without the power …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they whom the Apoſtle reproueth, had of pleaſing God thereby) he meaneth ſuch an exceſſeexcess as weakeneth nature: but by keeping vnder his body, he meaneth ſuch a moderate …
With rule
… they whom the Apoſtle reproueth, had of pleaſing God thereby) he meaneth ſuch an exceſſeexcess as weakeneth nature: but by keeping vnder his body, he meaneth ſuch a moderate …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 453 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue had their tables made snares; and euen theyr excesseexcess of pleasures, hath brought excesseexcess of sorrowes: and whilest they laboured to put the euill daye farre from them …
With rule
… haue had their tables made snares; and euen theyr excesseexcess of pleasures, hath brought excesseexcess of sorrowes: and whilest they laboured to put the euill daye farre from them …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pharao was drowned in, the cloke that Ioseph lefte behynde him, an vnclennesse, an excesseexcess, a filthynesse, a whoredome, an euyll, an ydoll, a blasphemy, an Egypt, a seruitude …
With rule
… Pharao was drowned in, the cloke that Ioseph lefte behynde him, an vnclennesse, an excesseexcess, a filthynesse, a whoredome, an euyll, an ydoll, a blasphemy, an Egypt, a seruitude …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxxviii · Open in the reader
Printed
… them at their appointmēt, least they forgetting them selues be foūde dronken by taking excesseexcess of the Babilonish cup, and so perishe with the wicked. Marke here diligently thys …
With rule
… them at their appointmēt, least they forgetting them selues be foūde dronken by taking excesseexcess of the Babilonish cup, and so perishe with the wicked. Marke here diligently thys …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall yet walke like men hating to bee reformed, and runne into the ſame exceſſeexcess with others, and be iuſtly taxable with open and ſcandalous euils; what can more …
With rule
… ſhall yet walke like men hating to bee reformed, and runne into the ſame exceſſeexcess with others, and be iuſtly taxable with open and ſcandalous euils; what can more …
Samuel Hieron · The Dignity of Preaching · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
Not passion, but excesseexcess Religion branded;
With rule
Not passion, but excesseexcess Religion branded;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and having their penury doubled by the Antiperistasis of others plenty; yea, ryot and excesseexcess; for some of them were drunken.
With rule
… and having their penury doubled by the Antiperistasis of others plenty; yea, ryot and excesseexcess; for some of them were drunken.
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 24 · 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.

Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture B13871

Printed
EXcesseExcess of wine beguiles a man of his wits, and senses, and exposeth him to …
With rule
EXcesseExcess of wine beguiles a man of his wits, and senses, and exposeth him to …
Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 231 · Open in the reader