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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1521 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

townetown

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

Puritas changed it
6,083 times in 1,091 works
Consistency
99.9% (6,083 of 6,087)
Reach if approved
~6,396 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: town
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6,087 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,083 changes in 1,091 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,083)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … traytour / a Sodomite / a tyraunte / an vnfaythfull Papist / and the most knaue in a townetown. yea / somtyme frō the vometyng of his vndygested supper / or els from the fylthye …
    With rule
    … traytour / a Sodomite / a tyraunte / an vnfaythfull Papist / and the most knaue in a townetown. yea / somtyme frō the vometyng of his vndygested supper / or els from the fylthye …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … many pleas, two, three, or more in abatement. As that there is no ſuch townetown, Hamlet, or place knowne by the name, &c. and if that be not found …
    With rule
    … many pleas, two, three, or more in abatement. As that there is no ſuch townetown, Hamlet, or place knowne by the name, &c. and if that be not found …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 363 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of his Disciples confirmed by this first miracle, and glorious exhibiting himselfe in this townetown bordering vpon the Gentiles neere Tyre and Sydon, ver 11.
    With rule
    … of his Disciples confirmed by this first miracle, and glorious exhibiting himselfe in this townetown bordering vpon the Gentiles neere Tyre and Sydon, ver 11.

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in the Church. Duties publike and not pious more befit a Guild-hall or TowneTown-house; duties pious, and not publike more become a Closet, Psalme 4.4. Commune with your …
    With rule
    … in the Church. Duties publike and not pious more befit a Guild-hall or TowneTown-house; duties pious, and not publike more become a Closet, Psalme 4.4. Commune with your …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſerue the turne as well, if hee ſend for ſome good Chriſtian in the townetown, to pray for him? No, let him call for the Elders of the Church …
    With rule
    … ſerue the turne as well, if hee ſend for ſome good Chriſtian in the townetown, to pray for him? No, let him call for the Elders of the Church …

    Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … that it is more then meete that euery Citie and Corporation, if not euery TowneTown and Village throughout the Land, should haue an Artillery Garden: and that the great …
    With rule
    … that it is more then meete that euery Citie and Corporation, if not euery TowneTown and Village throughout the Land, should haue an Artillery Garden: and that the great …

    William Gouge · The Dignity of Chivalry · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the ſinnes of your owne ſoules, and the ſinnes of the Church, Kingdome, Congregation, TowneTown, Family where you live: Humble your ſelves publickly in the Congregation, as Ezra did …
    With rule
    … the ſinnes of your owne ſoules, and the ſinnes of the Church, Kingdome, Congregation, TowneTown, Family where you live: Humble your ſelves publickly in the Congregation, as Ezra did …

    Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … not idle now all the day long, becauſe none ſets you on worke; Houſe, TowneTown, Field, Countrey, Citie, Church, Common weale, Men, Women, Children, Tradeſmen, Church-men, blinde, lame …
    With rule
    … not idle now all the day long, becauſe none ſets you on worke; Houſe, TowneTown, Field, Countrey, Citie, Church, Common weale, Men, Women, Children, Tradeſmen, Church-men, blinde, lame …

    Robert Harris · Hezekiahs Recovery · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 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.

Prototypes A15013

  • Printed
    … THE VVORSHIPFVLL THE ALDERMEN AND BVRGESSES, AND THE REST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWNETOWN AND PARISH OF BANBƲRY.
    With rule
    … THE VVORSHIPFVLL THE ALDERMEN AND BVRGESSES, AND THE REST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWNETOWN AND PARISH OF BANBƲRY.

    William Whately · Prototypes · Open in the reader

Plea for the Lords A91243

  • Printed
    … he may keep his Chamber, yet ſo THAT HELYE NOT WITHOUT THE MANOUR OR TOWNETOWN WHERE THE PARLIAMENT IS HELD: and then he ougth to ſend for twelve perſons …
    With rule
    … he may keep his Chamber, yet ſo THAT HELYE NOT WITHOUT THE MANOUR OR TOWNETOWN WHERE THE PARLIAMENT IS HELD: and then he ougth to ſend for twelve perſons …

    William Prynne · Plea for the Lords · p. 7 · Open in the reader