Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1561 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

staffestaff

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

Puritas changed it: 3,524 times in 1,151 works
Consistency: 99.9% (3,524 of 3,525)
Reach if approved: ~3,705 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: staff
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,526 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,524 changes in 1,151 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,524)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the ninth chapter of his prophecie? For the yoke of their burden, and the staffestaff of their shoulder, and the rodde of their oppressour hast thou broken, as in …
With rule
… the ninth chapter of his prophecie? For the yoke of their burden, and the staffestaff of their shoulder, and the rodde of their oppressour hast thou broken, as in …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy soule liveth, I will not leave thee, she would not leane on the staffestaff, but on the staffs Master, and would have him with her: So let us …
With rule
… thy soule liveth, I will not leave thee, she would not leane on the staffestaff, but on the staffs Master, and would have him with her: So let us …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For this was a common ſaying of parents, that their children ſhould bee the ſtaffestaff of their age,
With rule
… For this was a common ſaying of parents, that their children ſhould bee the ſtaffestaff of their age,
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… dothe acknowledge Pſalme .xxiii. confeſſing alſo with king Dauid that his rod and his ſtaffestaff doothe comforte hys ſtocke, therefore doothe he ſaie, feade thy people wyth thy rod …
With rule
… dothe acknowledge Pſalme .xxiii. confeſſing alſo with king Dauid that his rod and his ſtaffestaff doothe comforte hys ſtocke, therefore doothe he ſaie, feade thy people wyth thy rod …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… When God gives us our bread, it turnes to good nourishment, and is a staffestaff of life unto us; but when it is gotten as Gehezi got gifts of …
With rule
… When God gives us our bread, it turnes to good nourishment, and is a staffestaff of life unto us; but when it is gotten as Gehezi got gifts of …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in jest? & speak your cōscience, was not this right from the corner of the staffestaff and to very good purpose, the controversie being of receyuing the Sacraments at the …
With rule
… in jest? & speak your cōscience, was not this right from the corner of the staffestaff and to very good purpose, the controversie being of receyuing the Sacraments at the …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if he do fal, wil soone raise him, is that Dauid speaketh of. …. 23. Gods StaffeStaff. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feare …
With rule
… if he do fal, wil soone raise him, is that Dauid speaketh of. …. 23. Gods StaffeStaff. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will feare …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not haue it lamed by my owne neglect, that it might leane vpon the staffestaff of Physicke; hauing not so much health to spare, as might allow some vnthrifty …
With rule
… not haue it lamed by my owne neglect, that it might leane vpon the staffestaff of Physicke; hauing not so much health to spare, as might allow some vnthrifty …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · 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.

A Staff of Comfort to Stay the Weak B11431

Printed
A STAFFESTAFF OF COMFORT TO STAY THE weake from falling, very needfull for the afflicted.
With rule
A STAFFESTAFF OF COMFORT TO STAY THE weake from falling, very needfull for the afflicted.
Richard Bernard · A Staff of Comfort to Stay the Weak · Open in the reader