Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1598 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

visitevisit

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

Puritas changed it: 1,239 times in 548 works
Consistency: 98.4% (1,239 of 1,258)
Reach if approved: ~1,322 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: visit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,258 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,239 changes in 548 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,239)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… time, a Miniſter of Angroign, named Geffrey Variala, was taken at Berge, going to viſitevisit thoſe churches, and from thence carried to Turin, and there put to death.
With rule
… time, a Miniſter of Angroign, named Geffrey Variala, was taken at Berge, going to viſitevisit thoſe churches, and from thence carried to Turin, and there put to death.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 491 · Open in the reader
Printed
Let there bee therefore a Visitation with the Rod, lest God come to visitevisit with f…re. God hath a fourefold Visitation. 1. A Visitation of Grace and Mercie …
With rule
Let there bee therefore a Visitation with the Rod, lest God come to visitevisit with f…re. God hath a fourefold Visitation. 1. A Visitation of Grace and Mercie …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, and till the tyme of his lande do come, that is, till I viſitevisit him, and his countrie alſo. And it ſhall come to paſſe, that I will …
With rule
… him, and till the tyme of his lande do come, that is, till I viſitevisit him, and his countrie alſo. And it ſhall come to paſſe, that I will …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… That though he will not take his mercies vtterly from them, yet he will visitevisit their sinnes with the rodde, and their iniquities with scourges: and what griefe is …
With rule
… That though he will not take his mercies vtterly from them, yet he will visitevisit their sinnes with the rodde, and their iniquities with scourges: and what griefe is …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Minorites and Bullistes in Italye fell out bitterlye, stryuing whether of them should visitevisit, keepe and rule the nunnes.
With rule
… the Minorites and Bullistes in Italye fell out bitterlye, stryuing whether of them should visitevisit, keepe and rule the nunnes.
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the river. But when God hauing sent both his servants and his sonne to visitevisit this vine, they neither spared the one, nor receiued the other, but stoned the …
With rule
… the river. But when God hauing sent both his servants and his sonne to visitevisit this vine, they neither spared the one, nor receiued the other, but stoned the …
Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… times preceiding. Be alwaies occupied in well doing and exercise the workes of righteousnes: visitevisit the sicke, comfort the sorrowfull, support the poor and needie, defend the poore oppressed …
With rule
… times preceiding. Be alwaies occupied in well doing and exercise the workes of righteousnes: visitevisit the sicke, comfort the sorrowfull, support the poor and needie, defend the poore oppressed …
Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what ſhoulde I doe, if the ſtrong God ſhould riſe? or if he ſhuld viſitevisit, what ſhould I anſwere him? Nomb. 22.26 After the Angell of the Lord went forwarde …
With rule
… what ſhoulde I doe, if the ſtrong God ſhould riſe? or if he ſhuld viſitevisit, what ſhould I anſwere him? Nomb. 22.26 After the Angell of the Lord went forwarde …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Pathway to Prayer and Piety A03356

Printed
… thy promiſe at this time. Heare vs O Lord, for Chriſt Ieſus his ſake. ViſiteVisit thy ſeruant, as thou dideſt Sarah, comfort her, as thou diddeſt Rebeccah, cheere her …
With rule
… thy promiſe at this time. Heare vs O Lord, for Chriſt Ieſus his ſake. ViſiteVisit thy ſeruant, as thou dideſt Sarah, comfort her, as thou diddeſt Rebeccah, cheere her …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 325 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

Printed
ViſiteVisit how it is taken, 122. how God viſiteth the ſins of the fathers. Pag. 127
With rule
ViſiteVisit how it is taken, 122. how God viſiteth the ſins of the fathers. Pag. 127
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
… for spreading, fruitfulnesse, manner of husbanding, exposition to danger, &c. Esay 5, 12. Psalme 80, 15. Behold and VisiteVisit this Vine.
With rule
… for spreading, fruitfulnesse, manner of husbanding, exposition to danger, &c. Esay 5, 12. Psalme 80, 15. Behold and VisiteVisit this Vine.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 507 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

Printed
… and that preventing Grace is before all; for that prevents us so, as to VisiteVisit us when we sit in darknesse. And we consider an Antecedent-Will in God …
With rule
… and that preventing Grace is before all; for that prevents us so, as to VisiteVisit us when we sit in darknesse. And we consider an Antecedent-Will in God …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 219 · Open in the reader

History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 A54576

Printed
… viſitevisit the Churches in the Shires, where were no Superintendents, as George Hay to ViſiteVisit Carrick and Cunningham, John Knox to viſitevisit Kile and Galloway, &c. Alexander Gordon Bishop …
With rule
… viſitevisit the Churches in the Shires, where were no Superintendents, as George Hay to ViſiteVisit Carrick and Cunningham, John Knox to viſitevisit Kile and Galloway, &c. Alexander Gordon Bishop …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and cenſure of ſuch Paſtors, as the Generall Aſſembly shall give commiſſion unto, to ViſiteVisit, shall be in the hands of the ſaid Aſſembly, or ſuch as they shall …
With rule
… and cenſure of ſuch Paſtors, as the Generall Aſſembly shall give commiſſion unto, to ViſiteVisit, shall be in the hands of the ſaid Aſſembly, or ſuch as they shall …
Alexander Petrie · History of the Catholic Church from 600 to 1600 · p. 448 · Open in the reader

Letters in Two Parts A57970

Printed
… fear. Dear Brother, ye are in my heart, to live & to die with you. VisiteVisit me with a letter; Pray for me: Remember my love to your wife. Grace …
With rule
… fear. Dear Brother, ye are in my heart, to live & to die with you. VisiteVisit me with a letter; Pray for me: Remember my love to your wife. Grace …
Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 176 · Open in the reader

A Memorandum to London A66760

Printed
… my onely All-ſufficient Refuge and Protection: And if this Peſtilence, and Famine, alſo, ViſiteVisit my Dwelling, (into which her Siſter Poverty is already come) they ſhall be welcome …
With rule
… my onely All-ſufficient Refuge and Protection: And if this Peſtilence, and Famine, alſo, ViſiteVisit my Dwelling, (into which her Siſter Poverty is already come) they ſhall be welcome …
George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 28 · Open in the reader