Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1514 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bitternessebitterness

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

Puritas changed it: 4,386 times in 1,294 works
Consistency: 99.9% (4,386 of 4,387)
Reach if approved: ~4,611 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bitterness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,388 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,386 changes in 1,294 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,386)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſelfe, which ought to be holy vnto God, ſcapeth free, but is turned into bitterneſſebitterness and oppreſſion.
With rule
… ſelfe, which ought to be holy vnto God, ſcapeth free, but is turned into bitterneſſebitterness and oppreſſion.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Man, that so farre abhorreth bitter Contention; who falleth, thus, not onelie to BitternesseBitterness, but even to open Reproaches, and impudent Rayling? Did not you, in Disputation, about …
With rule
… the Man, that so farre abhorreth bitter Contention; who falleth, thus, not onelie to BitternesseBitterness, but even to open Reproaches, and impudent Rayling? Did not you, in Disputation, about …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not, yea on Christ Iesus Himselfe pursued for our sins to the fulnesse of BitternesseBitterness by the iustice of God, consider that first. Then remember your owne Deaths to …
With rule
… not, yea on Christ Iesus Himselfe pursued for our sins to the fulnesse of BitternesseBitterness by the iustice of God, consider that first. Then remember your owne Deaths to …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or Image of faith, if it bee without good workes: but it is a bitterneſſebitterness, which reſembleth the true zeale, which doth euermore carrie with it, a loue, and …
With rule
… or Image of faith, if it bee without good workes: but it is a bitterneſſebitterness, which reſembleth the true zeale, which doth euermore carrie with it, a loue, and …
George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader
Printed
… vse it. They write that she hath no gall; and so free from the bitternessebitterness of anger. Talem Columbam audi…imus, non talem hominem. We haue heard of such …
With rule
… vse it. They write that she hath no gall; and so free from the bitternessebitterness of anger. Talem Columbam audi…imus, non talem hominem. We haue heard of such …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for all. So it is true here, which Abner said to Ioab, There is bitternessebitterness in the end. But with the godly, it is cleane otherwise: For many are …
With rule
… for all. So it is true here, which Abner said to Ioab, There is bitternessebitterness in the end. But with the godly, it is cleane otherwise: For many are …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 1 · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. Sine Felle: There must be no Amarulentia, no Gall of bitternessebitterness in this Sacrifice. Math. 5. If thou bring thy gift to the Altar, and remembrest …
With rule
3. Sine Felle: There must be no Amarulentia, no Gall of bitternessebitterness in this Sacrifice. Math. 5. If thou bring thy gift to the Altar, and remembrest …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… particulars above handled, do yet diſlike that totall Separation which others make, and that bitterneſſebitterness of ſpirit wherewith they proſecute their cauſe. The Lord in tender mercy look down …
With rule
… particulars above handled, do yet diſlike that totall Separation which others make, and that bitterneſſebitterness of ſpirit wherewith they proſecute their cauſe. The Lord in tender mercy look down …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 307 · 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.

Exposition of Job 8-10 A35439

Printed
BItterneſſeBitterness put for ſoreſt affliction, p. 285. The Lord ſometime mixes a very bitter cup for …
With rule
BItterneſſeBitterness put for ſoreſt affliction, p. 285. The Lord ſometime mixes a very bitter cup for …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · Open in the reader