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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1485 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

headehead

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

Puritas changed it
1,598 times in 335 works
Consistency
99.1% (1,598 of 1,612)
Reach if approved
~1,695 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: head
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,613 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
1 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,598 changes in 335 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,598)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … lyght? Doest thou not feele infirmitie of the flesh, treading now vpon thine owne headehead, whiles thou wast deuising mischief against infirmitie of weake flesh? Thou hadst swallowed downe …
    With rule
    … lyght? Doest thou not feele infirmitie of the flesh, treading now vpon thine owne headehead, whiles thou wast deuising mischief against infirmitie of weake flesh? Thou hadst swallowed downe …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vpon thē, yet for this cause, one is chosen among the twelue, that the headehead being appoynted, occasion of diuision might be taken away. You see now that Peter …
    With rule
    … vpon thē, yet for this cause, one is chosen among the twelue, that the headehead being appoynted, occasion of diuision might be taken away. You see now that Peter …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 212 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … wound of minde; and it will appeare both in the members and in the headehead, of all burthens to bee a thing most intollerable to susteine a wounded Conscience …
    With rule
    … wound of minde; and it will appeare both in the members and in the headehead, of all burthens to bee a thing most intollerable to susteine a wounded Conscience …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Of all holy churche, he is the pryncypall headehead.
    With rule
    Of all holy churche, he is the pryncypall headehead.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Her sede shall presse downe, hys headehead vnto the grounde,
    With rule
    Her sede shall presse downe, hys headehead vnto the grounde,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſhéepehearde with his ſmall flocke, that méeke henne hauing no where to hide his headehead, with his little broode of Chickens tremblyng and ſhaking about him for feare, loking …
    With rule
    … ſhéepehearde with his ſmall flocke, that méeke henne hauing no where to hide his headehead, with his little broode of Chickens tremblyng and ſhaking about him for feare, loking …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … this sacrifice, as hath the bishop in hys pontificalibus, with hys myter on hys headehead, his … on hys …, and Sandales on hys feete. And whosoeuer cōmeth asking the father …
    With rule
    … this sacrifice, as hath the bishop in hys pontificalibus, with hys myter on hys headehead, his … on hys …, and Sandales on hys feete. And whosoeuer cōmeth asking the father …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Chriſtianite is diſperſed bodely. But congregated ſpiritually in one Goſpel and faythe, vnder one headehead whiche is Chriſte. For the Papacye is vndoubtedly, the ryght kyngdome of Antichriſte, or …
    With rule
    … Chriſtianite is diſperſed bodely. But congregated ſpiritually in one Goſpel and faythe, vnder one headehead whiche is Chriſte. For the Papacye is vndoubtedly, the ryght kyngdome of Antichriſte, or …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

12 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.

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … is oughte at this daye more lamentable, then the ignorance of Magiſtrates and Nobles. HeadeHead cauſe of all euels, both in the ſtate and religion. And whye will they …
    With rule
    … is oughte at this daye more lamentable, then the ignorance of Magiſtrates and Nobles. HeadeHead cauſe of all euels, both in the ſtate and religion. And whye will they …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

The Acts of Christ and Antichrist A06652

  • Printed
    … moste holie Father in yearth, Goddes Uicar in yearth, Peters Successour in yearth, and HeadeHead of the Churche in yearth. &c.
    With rule
    … moste holie Father in yearth, Goddes Uicar in yearth, Peters Successour in yearth, and HeadeHead of the Churche in yearth. &c.

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

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

  • Printed
    … reſurrection of our bodies is the fruite of chriſtes reſurrection, 1. Becauſe chriſt is our HeadeHead, and wee his members. Now it is expedient for the Heades glorifie, that the …
    With rule
    … reſurrection of our bodies is the fruite of chriſtes reſurrection, 1. Becauſe chriſt is our HeadeHead, and wee his members. Now it is expedient for the Heades glorifie, that the …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 577 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … his members, the members cannot remaine in death. But the reſurrection of Chriſt the HeadeHead is an argument of the perfect ſatisfaction for the ſinnes of his members. Therefore …
    With rule
    … his members, the members cannot remaine in death. But the reſurrection of Chriſt the HeadeHead is an argument of the perfect ſatisfaction for the ſinnes of his members. Therefore …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 577 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … J ouercame, and ſit with my Father in his throne. Chriſt therefore aſcended as HeadeHead of the Church: wee ſhal aſcend as members of this Head, that we maie …
    With rule
    … J ouercame, and ſit with my Father in his throne. Chriſt therefore aſcended as HeadeHead of the Church: wee ſhal aſcend as members of this Head, that we maie …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 588 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … men. 2. The kingdomes and ſtates of the world haue many Heads, or one chiefe HeadeHead, and many other inferiour Heades beſides, and that on earth. The Church hath but …
    With rule
    … men. 2. The kingdomes and ſtates of the world haue many Heads, or one chiefe HeadeHead, and many other inferiour Heades beſides, and that on earth. The Church hath but …

    Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 634 · Open in the reader

A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel A14463

  • Printed
    … the Hollye Ghoſte, but onelye thys, whyche dothe acknowledge Ieſus Chryſte for hir onelye HeadeHead, King, Sauioure and redéemer.
    With rule
    … the Hollye Ghoſte, but onelye thys, whyche dothe acknowledge Ieſus Chryſte for hir onelye HeadeHead, King, Sauioure and redéemer.

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 263 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

  • Printed
    … places, where the impression of thinges shalbe made, that is to saye, in the HeadeHead, the Bealye, in the Taile, in the former parte of the legges, and also …
    With rule
    … places, where the impression of thinges shalbe made, that is to saye, in the HeadeHead, the Bealye, in the Taile, in the former parte of the legges, and also …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

An Answer to a Popish Libel A17245

  • Printed
    … Papiſts themſelues, vntil they haue promiſed obedience vnto him, who vnder colour of beeing HeadeHead of the Church (for that vniuſt title hee challengeth) robbeth the greateſt members of …
    With rule
    … Papiſts themſelues, vntil they haue promiſed obedience vnto him, who vnder colour of beeing HeadeHead of the Church (for that vniuſt title hee challengeth) robbeth the greateſt members of …

    Francis Bunny · An Answer to a Popish Libel · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    HeadeHead.
    With rule
    HeadeHead.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The meaning of these wordes, I will make you the HeadeHead and not the taile.
    With rule
    The meaning of these wordes, I will make you the HeadeHead and not the taile.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Godly Private Prayers for Householders to Meditate Upon A69200

  • Printed
    … deere Fathers, straungers vnto their owne Countrie, and members of the bodie vnto their HeadeHead: and so muche the gladder, by howe muche thou Lorde art better then all …
    With rule
    … deere Fathers, straungers vnto their owne Countrie, and members of the bodie vnto their HeadeHead: and so muche the gladder, by howe muche thou Lorde art better then all …

    Edward Dering · Godly Private Prayers for Householders to Meditate Upon · Open in the reader