Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1487 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beatebeat

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

Puritas changed it: 2,194 times in 843 works
Consistency: 98.9% (2,194 of 2,218)
Reach if approved: ~2,330 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: beat
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,218 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,194 changes in 843 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,194)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Threatens with strokes, my churlish hand to beatebeat:
With rule
Threatens with strokes, my churlish hand to beatebeat:
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… of quiet: whiles innumerable lusts (which are the sollicitors and spokesmen of the flesh) beatebeat at the dore with their earely knockes: pressing more impudently for audience, then instruments …
With rule
… of quiet: whiles innumerable lusts (which are the sollicitors and spokesmen of the flesh) beatebeat at the dore with their earely knockes: pressing more impudently for audience, then instruments …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… because Rome is there specially figured by Babylon. What meaneth Hierome so often to beatebeat in this naile, that Babylon is Rome? If it had slipped out of his …
With rule
… because Rome is there specially figured by Babylon. What meaneth Hierome so often to beatebeat in this naile, that Babylon is Rome? If it had slipped out of his …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cause was good, or the other Israelites bad, because in two seuerall battels they beatebeat downe their brethren, and their Aduersaries fell before them.
With rule
… cause was good, or the other Israelites bad, because in two seuerall battels they beatebeat downe their brethren, and their Aduersaries fell before them.
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 341 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, and they runne after the deuill: For some fall vpon the Witch and beatebeat her, or clawe her, to fetch blood: that so her spirite may haue no …
With rule
… God, and they runne after the deuill: For some fall vpon the Witch and beatebeat her, or clawe her, to fetch blood: that so her spirite may haue no …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lorde ſet vppe for the delyueraunce of hys in all ages, eſpecyallye to beatebeat downe Aſſur. He ſent Cirus hys annointed, in whome wee maye ſee a fygure …
With rule
… the Lorde ſet vppe for the delyueraunce of hys in all ages, eſpecyallye to beatebeat downe Aſſur. He ſent Cirus hys annointed, in whome wee maye ſee a fygure …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… as Eli thought ſhee had been drunken. Salomon ſpread his armes abroad. The Publican beatebeat his breaſt. Chriſt fell vpon the ground.
With rule
… as Eli thought ſhee had been drunken. Salomon ſpread his armes abroad. The Publican beatebeat his breaſt. Chriſt fell vpon the ground.
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 441 · Open in the reader
Printed
… affection they loue him, as the naturall chylde loueth his father naturally, although he beatebeat him, yet beareth he it, and styll loueth him: so do the children of …
With rule
… affection they loue him, as the naturall chylde loueth his father naturally, although he beatebeat him, yet beareth he it, and styll loueth him: so do the children of …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

Printed
… downe to the ground in humility, and prostrate my heart and soule before thee: BeateBeat downe all strong holds of carnall imaginations and worldly thoughts resisting thy grace. Chase …
With rule
… downe to the ground in humility, and prostrate my heart and soule before thee: BeateBeat downe all strong holds of carnall imaginations and worldly thoughts resisting thy grace. Chase …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 252 · Open in the reader

Against Popery A13025

Printed
… In the ſame ſermon leafe 308. a little before the letter G, thus he ſaith, BeateBeat igitur virgini quae omnes demones ſuperauit & debellauit, dici poteſt illud Iſaij, vulneraſts dracones: & illud …
With rule
… In the ſame ſermon leafe 308. a little before the letter G, thus he ſaith, BeateBeat igitur virgini quae omnes demones ſuperauit & debellauit, dici poteſt illud Iſaij, vulneraſts dracones: & illud …
Thomas Stoughton · Against Popery · p. 266 · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

Printed
… and dignite. But the last remedie of all when all other fayle / is feare. BeateBeat one & the rest wyll absteyne for feare: as Moyses ever putteth in remembraunce sayenge …
With rule
… and dignite. But the last remedie of all when all other fayle / is feare. BeateBeat one & the rest wyll absteyne for feare: as Moyses ever putteth in remembraunce sayenge …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · Open in the reader

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

Printed
… the téeth of their crueltie, and with moſte forceable weapons they rage without mercie. BeateBeat thou downe therefore and make fruſtrate their deuiliſhe enterpriſes with thy excellent might and …
With rule
… the téeth of their crueltie, and with moſte forceable weapons they rage without mercie. BeateBeat thou downe therefore and make fruſtrate their deuiliſhe enterpriſes with thy excellent might and …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

Truth and Falsehood A17261

Printed
… to you. Be faithful vnto him, that neuer deceiued any that truſted in him. BeateBeat downe ſinne, maintaine the trueth, cheriſh the godlie, againſt all popiſh heretickes, againſt all …
With rule
… to you. Be faithful vnto him, that neuer deceiued any that truſted in him. BeateBeat downe ſinne, maintaine the trueth, cheriſh the godlie, againſt all popiſh heretickes, againſt all …
Francis Bunny · Truth and Falsehood · p. 157 · Open in the reader

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

Printed
¶BeateBeat viuere eſt …erum intelligere conſultare bene, velle bonum, agere bona.
With rule
¶BeateBeat viuere eſt …erum intelligere conſultare bene, velle bonum, agere bona.
John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

Printed
BeateBeat him with the rod, and thou deliuer his ſoule from hell,] From death, danger …
With rule
BeateBeat him with the rod, and thou deliuer his ſoule from hell,] From death, danger …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 377 · Open in the reader

The Christian Warfare Part 3 A20756

Printed
… then in the fight betweene the Lyon and the Dragon, the Dogge and the BeateBeat, the fire and water, but by the antipathy and contrarietie which is in their …
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… then in the fight betweene the Lyon and the Dragon, the Dogge and the BeateBeat, the fire and water, but by the antipathy and contrarietie which is in their …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 3 · p. 232 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
Ʋse. BeateBeat Down his own bodie, and to bring it in subjection, lest by any means …
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Ʋse. BeateBeat Down his own bodie, and to bring it in subjection, lest by any means …
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 165 · Open in the reader

The Baptists Answer to Mr Obed Wills Appeal A47557

Printed
… ad formam Baptiſmi addidit Mariam Baptizo te in nomine patris omnipotentis, & filii & ſpiritus ſancti, & BeateBeat Marie Virginis, as Cited by Mr. Danvers; and therefore for you to affirm the …
With rule
… ad formam Baptiſmi addidit Mariam Baptizo te in nomine patris omnipotentis, & filii & ſpiritus ſancti, & BeateBeat Marie Virginis, as Cited by Mr. Danvers; and therefore for you to affirm the …
Hanserd Knollys · The Baptists Answer to Mr Obed Wills Appeal · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
Vers. 25. BeateBeat one] Ieremie. See 1 Kings 22.24. Ier. 20.2. And killed another] The Greek word signifies to murder …
With rule
Vers. 25. BeateBeat one] Ieremie. See 1 Kings 22.24. Ier. 20.2. And killed another] The Greek word signifies to murder …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
… and dignitie. But the laſt remedy of all when all other fayle, is feare. BeateBeat one & the reſt will abſteine for feare: as Moyſes euer putteth in remembraunce ſaying …
With rule
… and dignitie. But the laſt remedy of all when all other fayle, is feare. BeateBeat one & the reſt will abſteine for feare: as Moyſes euer putteth in remembraunce ſaying …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
BeateBeat long on Rockes, and yet no entrance finde:
With rule
BeateBeat long on Rockes, and yet no entrance finde:
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations A91186

Printed
… oppoſing Rudolphus, whom he had conſtituted King in his ſtead, in this enſuing form. BeateBeat Petre, Apoſtolorum Princeps, inclina quaeſo aures tuas, & me ſervum tuum exaudi, quem & ab infantia …
With rule
… oppoſing Rudolphus, whom he had conſtituted King in his ſtead, in this enſuing form. BeateBeat Petre, Apoſtolorum Princeps, inclina quaeſo aures tuas, & me ſervum tuum exaudi, quem & ab infantia …
William Prynne · Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations · p. 263 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
BeateBeat long on Rockes, and yet no entrance finde:
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BeateBeat long on Rockes, and yet no entrance finde:
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 42 · Open in the reader