Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1474 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

despairedespair

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

Puritas changed it: 4,570 times in 1,072 works
Consistency: 99.8% (4,570 of 4,579)
Reach if approved: ~4,812 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: despair
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,580 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,570 changes in 1,072 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,570)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thing treading other vnder foot, nothing but hunger, thirſt, cold, nakedneſſe, feare, terrours, ſorrow, deſpairedespair, mourning, and wailing, continuall dying, one thing deuouring another: Euen ſo in ſpirituall darkneſſe …
With rule
… thing treading other vnder foot, nothing but hunger, thirſt, cold, nakedneſſe, feare, terrours, ſorrow, deſpairedespair, mourning, and wailing, continuall dying, one thing deuouring another: Euen ſo in ſpirituall darkneſſe …
Thomas Granger · The Light of the World · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… left mee, but a spirit of errour? a spirit of uncleannesse? a spirit of despairedespair? and canst thou for pitty, leave me a prey, to such outragious spirits? O …
With rule
… left mee, but a spirit of errour? a spirit of uncleannesse? a spirit of despairedespair? and canst thou for pitty, leave me a prey, to such outragious spirits? O …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150 · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the meane time bee in loue giues vs secret grace freely, that wee despairedespair not, till we get the feeling of solid comfort, 2. Cor. 1. 3. 31. Ioseph accepteth of their …
With rule
… in the meane time bee in loue giues vs secret grace freely, that wee despairedespair not, till we get the feeling of solid comfort, 2. Cor. 1. 3. 31. Ioseph accepteth of their …
William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euill, I Iehoua doe all theſe. That in affliction we may learne not to deſpairedespair; his hand is as mighty to pull vs out, as euer it was to …
With rule
… euill, I Iehoua doe all theſe. That in affliction we may learne not to deſpairedespair; his hand is as mighty to pull vs out, as euer it was to …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the nature of your names, pure professors of the trueth. Be not dismayed with despairedespair to attayne euerlasting life, because you crucified the sonne of God: your errour only …
With rule
… the nature of your names, pure professors of the trueth. Be not dismayed with despairedespair to attayne euerlasting life, because you crucified the sonne of God: your errour only …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… banning, defying, heart-burning, quarelling, fighting, spilling of blood, vnsupportable sorowes of heart, cursed despairedespair, selfe-executions, weedes able to blemish and disgrace the lawfullest recreation that is▪ wheresoeuer …
With rule
… banning, defying, heart-burning, quarelling, fighting, spilling of blood, vnsupportable sorowes of heart, cursed despairedespair, selfe-executions, weedes able to blemish and disgrace the lawfullest recreation that is▪ wheresoeuer …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet not diſtreſſed as without Hope: Perplexed with ſtrange, new Diſeaſes, but not in DeſpaireDespair, foreign, premimur, non opprimimur, preſſed under, not trodden under, and oppreſſed as altogether without helpe …
With rule
… yet not diſtreſſed as without Hope: Perplexed with ſtrange, new Diſeaſes, but not in DeſpaireDespair, foreign, premimur, non opprimimur, preſſed under, not trodden under, and oppreſſed as altogether without helpe …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſinnes, but ſinnes themſelues, as hardneſſe of heart, errour of iudgement, inordinate luſts, deſpairedespair, and ſuch like. Theſe are directly euill. Thus are wee to pray againſt eternall …
With rule
… of ſinnes, but ſinnes themſelues, as hardneſſe of heart, errour of iudgement, inordinate luſts, deſpairedespair, and ſuch like. Theſe are directly euill. Thus are wee to pray againſt eternall …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 247 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

9 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 Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
PRESVMPTION running into DESPAIREDESPAIR.
With rule
PRESVMPTION running into DESPAIREDESPAIR.
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
OF DESPAIREDESPAIR.
With rule
OF DESPAIREDESPAIR.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
Hopelesse DESPAIREDESPAIR.
With rule
Hopelesse DESPAIREDESPAIR.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11 A40659

Printed
CHRIST'S First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON I.
With rule
CHRIST'S First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON I.
Thomas Fuller · Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHRISTS First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON II.
With rule
CHRISTS First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON II.
Thomas Fuller · Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHRIST'S First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON III.
With rule
CHRIST'S First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON III.
Thomas Fuller · Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
CHRIST'S First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON IIII.
With rule
CHRIST'S First Temptation to DESPAIREDESPAIR. SERMON IIII.
Thomas Fuller · Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11 · p. 49 · Open in the reader

The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man A73382

Printed
DEſpaireDespair is contrary to Hope. There are two kindes of oppoſitions in the paſſions of …
With rule
DEſpaireDespair is contrary to Hope. There are two kindes of oppoſitions in the paſſions of …
John Weemes · The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man · p. 213 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King A96886

Printed
… be (not knowing what way to take, or what to doe) but not in DESPAIREDESPAIR: PERSECƲTED yee ſhall bee, but not FORSAKEN: CAST-DOWN ye may be, but not …
With rule
… be (not knowing what way to take, or what to doe) but not in DESPAIREDESPAIR: PERSECƲTED yee ſhall bee, but not FORSAKEN: CAST-DOWN ye may be, but not …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · p. 79 · Open in the reader