Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1519 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hardehard

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

Puritas changed it: 1,696 times in 373 works
Consistency: 94.8% (1,696 of 1,788)
Reach if approved: ~1,879 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hard
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,788 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,696 changes in 373 works, 94.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,696)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in theyr vnstable ryches / but that they trust in the lyuynge god. It is hardehard for them that trust in mony to entre in to the kyngdome of heuen.
With rule
… in theyr vnstable ryches / but that they trust in the lyuynge god. It is hardehard for them that trust in mony to entre in to the kyngdome of heuen.
Patrick Hamilton · Gatherings of Scripture and Declaring of Faith and Works of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… frō the first beginninge of one spiritual meate & dranke of one spiritual drynke, y^t hardehard rocke folowinge thē which was Iesus christ. And this is a clere tokē that …
With rule
… frō the first beginninge of one spiritual meate & dranke of one spiritual drynke, y^t hardehard rocke folowinge thē which was Iesus christ. And this is a clere tokē that …
John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader
Printed
That I conſider that it is hardehard to bee rich and religious.
With rule
That I conſider that it is hardehard to bee rich and religious.
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Caſt of all he ſente his awne ſonne vnto them. And they waxed moare hardehard herted then euer before. And ſe what a fearfull enſample of his wrath and …
With rule
… Caſt of all he ſente his awne ſonne vnto them. And they waxed moare hardehard herted then euer before. And ſe what a fearfull enſample of his wrath and …
John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader
Printed
… is so necessarie to the afflicted conscience, that without the same, it is verie hardehard to withstande the assaultes of the aduersarie: for as he is a spirite most …
With rule
… is so necessarie to the afflicted conscience, that without the same, it is verie hardehard to withstande the assaultes of the aduersarie: for as he is a spirite most …
John Knox · A Fort for the Afflicted · Open in the reader
Printed
… that haue not desiled their garments; but they are so few, that it is hardehard to find them. Runne to and fro through the streetes, and seeke in the …
With rule
… that haue not desiled their garments; but they are so few, that it is hardehard to find them. Runne to and fro through the streetes, and seeke in the …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Abraham, Agar, and Sara: the one begetting into bondage, the oher vnto libertie, wee hardehard also that these mothers doo signifie two Couenants, or two Churches, and that Agar …
With rule
… Abraham, Agar, and Sara: the one begetting into bondage, the oher vnto libertie, wee hardehard also that these mothers doo signifie two Couenants, or two Churches, and that Agar …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs ſlack, but hearing what Chriſt ſaith, whome we ought to beléeue, the more hardehard, the more we are to ſtirre vp our ſelues, vnleſſe we make ſmall reckoning …
With rule
… vs ſlack, but hearing what Chriſt ſaith, whome we ought to beléeue, the more hardehard, the more we are to ſtirre vp our ſelues, vnleſſe we make ſmall reckoning …
George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (92)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 87 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Faithful Admonition A04926

Printed
… remayneth, & in whom not? seyng that al fleeth from Christ, and boweth downe to …. HardeHard it is, and in a maner impossible, that one man shall wittyngly iudge of …
With rule
… remayneth, & in whom not? seyng that al fleeth from Christ, and boweth downe to …. HardeHard it is, and in a maner impossible, that one man shall wittyngly iudge of …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 106 · Open in the reader

Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross A05394

Printed
… voyce, hardē not your hartes, as in the prouocacion in the daye of temptacyon. HardeHard heartes, stay…e neckes, dysobediente myndes, prouoke, tempte, and styre vp the indignacion of …
With rule
… voyce, hardē not your hartes, as in the prouocacion in the daye of temptacyon. HardeHard heartes, stay…e neckes, dysobediente myndes, prouoke, tempte, and styre vp the indignacion of …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
HardeHard on the flude of Euphratace
With rule
HardeHard on the flude of Euphratace
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

Answer to Reynolds Book A15061

Printed
… repugnant, that they haue obſerued the iudgements of Iacob, and the lawe of Iſraell. HardeHard it were for any man in tranſlating ſo fewe wordes to make ſo many …
With rule
… repugnant, that they haue obſerued the iudgements of Iacob, and the lawe of Iſraell. HardeHard it were for any man in tranſlating ſo fewe wordes to make ſo many …
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 294 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
HardeHard.
With rule
HardeHard.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 16 · Open in the reader