Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1495 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sicknessesickness

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

Puritas changed it: 7,990 times in 1,562 works
Consistency: 99.9% (7,990 of 7,994)
Reach if approved: ~8,400 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sickness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7,995 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,990 changes in 1,562 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,990)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… selfe agaynst al Cure. For, howsoever the sicke Bodie, was the Church, yet the SicknesseSickness oppugning, and wasting the lyfe there-of, was never the Church: and, albe-it …
With rule
… selfe agaynst al Cure. For, howsoever the sicke Bodie, was the Church, yet the SicknesseSickness oppugning, and wasting the lyfe there-of, was never the Church: and, albe-it …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath not hearde it saide, of one & the same man being changed by age, sicknessesickness, apparel, shauing, &c. he is like or vnlike himselfe? But tontrariewise, what boy in …
With rule
… hath not hearde it saide, of one & the same man being changed by age, sicknessesickness, apparel, shauing, &c. he is like or vnlike himselfe? But tontrariewise, what boy in …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 370 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such courses, by staying two Kings for them Abazias and Saul, the one by sicknessesickness, the other by the sword, by his owne sword, by himselfe; yea not slaying …
With rule
… such courses, by staying two Kings for them Abazias and Saul, the one by sicknessesickness, the other by the sword, by his owne sword, by himselfe; yea not slaying …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 328 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things which ſhould do them moſt good: and this is a ſore and grieuous ſickneſſesickness in men, as the queſtions they commonlie mooue, doe ſhew. Hee addeth, To temperance …
With rule
… things which ſhould do them moſt good: and this is a ſore and grieuous ſickneſſesickness in men, as the queſtions they commonlie mooue, doe ſhew. Hee addeth, To temperance …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… further, that contraries are beſt knowne one by another: …ight by darkneſſe; health by ſickneſſesickness. And therefore, that we may not onelie deſire, but alſo better know and enjoy …
With rule
… further, that contraries are beſt knowne one by another: …ight by darkneſſe; health by ſickneſſesickness. And therefore, that we may not onelie deſire, but alſo better know and enjoy …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
of my well-beloued:) Firſt is his power ſupporting vs, that in our ſpirituall ſickneſſesickness the ſpirit bee not quenched.
With rule
of my well-beloued:) Firſt is his power ſupporting vs, that in our ſpirituall ſickneſſesickness the ſpirit bee not quenched.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of men, and praiſed for their wiſedome; they liue in health, and die without ſickneſſesickness; Iob 21. 13. Lazarus periſhed in hunger, Diues liued in pleaſure. Chriſt was ſoone cut downe …
With rule
… of men, and praiſed for their wiſedome; they liue in health, and die without ſickneſſesickness; Iob 21. 13. Lazarus periſhed in hunger, Diues liued in pleaſure. Chriſt was ſoone cut downe …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then body: and if by Gods mercifull goodnesse he had not recouered of this sicknessesickness, it is to be feared he had fallen both from his Mother Church, and …
With rule
… then body: and if by Gods mercifull goodnesse he had not recouered of this sicknessesickness, it is to be feared he had fallen both from his Mother Church, and …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

Healths Sickness A10184

Printed
HEALTHES: SICKNESSESICKNESS. OR A COMPENDIOVS AND briefe Discourse; prouing, the drinking and pledging of Healthes, to …
With rule
HEALTHES: SICKNESSESICKNESS. OR A COMPENDIOVS AND briefe Discourse; prouing, the drinking and pledging of Healthes, to …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · Open in the reader
Printed
HEALTHES; SICKNESSESICKNESS.
With rule
HEALTHES; SICKNESSESICKNESS.
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Seven Days A12258

Printed
A MEDITATION VPON SICKNESSESICKNESS.
With rule
A MEDITATION VPON SICKNESSESICKNESS.
Archibald Simson · The Seven Days · p. 161 · Open in the reader