Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1616 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

neckeneck

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

Puritas changed it: 2,153 times in 776 works
Consistency: 98.4% (2,153 of 2,186)
Reach if approved: ~2,297 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: neck
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,186 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,153 changes in 776 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,153)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and when particular; which is set downe in singular examples, (because wee bring our neckeneck out of the yoke, or else tie the mercies of God onely to them …
With rule
… and when particular; which is set downe in singular examples, (because wee bring our neckeneck out of the yoke, or else tie the mercies of God onely to them …
Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader
Printed
… returning to his father; the other, the ioy of kissing, weeping, falling on his neckeneck, feasting, and musicke, which hee conceiued vpon his meeting with his Father: the one …
With rule
… returning to his father; the other, the ioy of kissing, weeping, falling on his neckeneck, feasting, and musicke, which hee conceiued vpon his meeting with his Father: the one …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stroke at euerye one that he mette. And as for the Pope with his neckeneck wrongde awrye he threwe him on the ground, stamped on him wyth his feete …
With rule
… stroke at euerye one that he mette. And as for the Pope with his neckeneck wrongde awrye he threwe him on the ground, stamped on him wyth his feete …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
This goodly frame on her round neckeneck did stand,
With rule
This goodly frame on her round neckeneck did stand,
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
Your seconde reason, I will tourne vpon your owne neckeneck. Seyng Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, did so constauntly suffer death, for the confirmation of …
With rule
Your seconde reason, I will tourne vpon your owne neckeneck. Seyng Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, did so constauntly suffer death, for the confirmation of …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not a Gold-ring on his finger; nor a chaine of Gold about his neckeneck, nor a Brouch in his hat; but for a Crowne vpon his h…ead …
With rule
… not a Gold-ring on his finger; nor a chaine of Gold about his neckeneck, nor a Brouch in his hat; but for a Crowne vpon his h…ead …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no other way to plucke of the halter, which yee put about your owne neckeneck then this? I graunt it is the dutie of all men, aſwell priuate as …
With rule
… no other way to plucke of the halter, which yee put about your owne neckeneck then this? I graunt it is the dutie of all men, aſwell priuate as …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe lie: the whole vpper part of a mans body before, euen from the neckeneck to the thighes, is compriſed vnder this title. Hence is it, that that peece …
With rule
… doe lie: the whole vpper part of a mans body before, euen from the neckeneck to the thighes, is compriſed vnder this title. Hence is it, that that peece …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

28 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 27 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
THE REHEARSERS CONCLUSION, OR THE FASTENING THE BORDERS TO THE SPOUSE HER NECKENECK AND BREAST.
With rule
THE REHEARSERS CONCLUSION, OR THE FASTENING THE BORDERS TO THE SPOUSE HER NECKENECK AND BREAST.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 445 · Open in the reader

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

Printed
… Her sweet Voice is mumming and muttering some missall and magicall Liturgies. Her faire NeckeNeck beareth the halter-like tokens of her former captivity, even a burden some chaine …
With rule
… Her sweet Voice is mumming and muttering some missall and magicall Liturgies. Her faire NeckeNeck beareth the halter-like tokens of her former captivity, even a burden some chaine …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · Open in the reader

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

Printed
… hath slept vppon, and in such a Fryers Hood, and a Stole on his NeckeNeck foulded, with a Crosse on his breast, and these wordes In principio erat verbum …
With rule
… hath slept vppon, and in such a Fryers Hood, and a Stole on his NeckeNeck foulded, with a Crosse on his breast, and these wordes In principio erat verbum …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 386 · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

Printed
… our Lips; the Word of God our Earings, and the Yoake of Christ our NeckeNeck-bracelets: Let vs submit our Heads to Christ, and then they are sufficiently, adorned …
With rule
… our Lips; the Word of God our Earings, and the Yoake of Christ our NeckeNeck-bracelets: Let vs submit our Heads to Christ, and then they are sufficiently, adorned …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… all alongst on the East side thereof into the Arabian Gulfe, where, by a NeckeNeck of Land, it is encountred: This NeckeNeck, the Mediterranean, and Ocean, doe limit the …
With rule
… all alongst on the East side thereof into the Arabian Gulfe, where, by a NeckeNeck of Land, it is encountred: This NeckeNeck, the Mediterranean, and Ocean, doe limit the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the Arabian Gulfe, where, by a NeckeNeck of Land, it is encountred: This NeckeNeck, the Mediterranean, and Ocean, doe limit the bounds of Africa: The rest of the …
With rule
… into the Arabian Gulfe, where, by a NeckeNeck of Land, it is encountred: This NeckeNeck, the Mediterranean, and Ocean, doe limit the bounds of Africa: The rest of the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, clasping, with a louely embrace, all this Asian Continent, saue where a little NeckeNeck of Land diuides it from Africa; and no great space, together with Tanais, from …
With rule
… it, clasping, with a louely embrace, all this Asian Continent, saue where a little NeckeNeck of Land diuides it from Africa; and no great space, together with Tanais, from …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 435 · Open in the reader

The Diseases of the Time A11070

Printed
… the parents, the friends of both, and generally the eyes of Men. Sometimes the NeckeNeck it selfe must be aduentured in cruell Murders for the remoouall of Impediments, and …
With rule
… the parents, the friends of both, and generally the eyes of Men. Sometimes the NeckeNeck it selfe must be aduentured in cruell Murders for the remoouall of Impediments, and …
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 74 · Open in the reader

A Sinners Indictment A14766

Printed
… thereby hee carrieth away Lands and Goods wrongfully; and sometimes putteth a true mans NeckeNeck into the Halter, and casteth downe his owne soule into Hell.
With rule
… thereby hee carrieth away Lands and Goods wrongfully; and sometimes putteth a true mans NeckeNeck into the Halter, and casteth downe his owne soule into Hell.
William Ward · A Sinners Indictment · p. 87 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
The spirituall ornaments of the Church. Cant. 1. 10. Thy NeckeNeck with Chaines; that is, the pretious merits and plentifull graces of Christ, which being …
With rule
The spirituall ornaments of the Church. Cant. 1. 10. Thy NeckeNeck with Chaines; that is, the pretious merits and plentifull graces of Christ, which being …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… put vpon the Soule of a Christian, are as Chains of Gold about the NeckeNeck.
With rule
… put vpon the Soule of a Christian, are as Chains of Gold about the NeckeNeck.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
NeckeNeck. sig: pro
With rule
NeckeNeck. sig: pro
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with spirituall graces. Cant: 1, 9. Thy cheeks are comely, with rowes of Stones, and thy NeckeNeck with Chaines.
With rule
… with spirituall graces. Cant: 1, 9. Thy cheeks are comely, with rowes of Stones, and thy NeckeNeck with Chaines.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dauid for an Armorie, therein to hang vp sharp Weapons for defence. Cant. 4, 4. Thy NeckeNeck is as the Tower of Dauid, built for defence.
With rule
… Dauid for an Armorie, therein to hang vp sharp Weapons for defence. Cant. 4, 4. Thy NeckeNeck is as the Tower of Dauid, built for defence.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 204 · Open in the reader

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

Printed
Thy NeckeNeck, like some white Towre doth rise.
With rule
Thy NeckeNeck, like some white Towre doth rise.
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
From the Foot to NeckeNeck they were.
With rule
From the Foot to NeckeNeck they were.
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Comforting Afflicted Consciences A16330

Printed
… which variety, and a long continued succession of ordinary outward crosses, one upon the NeckeNeck of an other, is not able to effect. For troubles of Soule sooner take …
With rule
… which variety, and a long continued succession of ordinary outward crosses, one upon the NeckeNeck of an other, is not able to effect. For troubles of Soule sooner take …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

Printed
… furniture in this buſineſſe, haue alſo (as anſwerable to Pieties Plough) their Yokes, their NeckeNeck-bowes, their Keyes, and their Chaines or Ropes. Their yoke is not that which …
With rule
… furniture in this buſineſſe, haue alſo (as anſwerable to Pieties Plough) their Yokes, their NeckeNeck-bowes, their Keyes, and their Chaines or Ropes. Their yoke is not that which …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 220 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… ſinne: Becauſe the Daughters of Sion are loſtie, and walke with a ſtretched out NeckeNeck, twinkling with their eyes, continually mincing it as they goe, and keeping pace with …
With rule
… ſinne: Becauſe the Daughters of Sion are loſtie, and walke with a ſtretched out NeckeNeck, twinkling with their eyes, continually mincing it as they goe, and keeping pace with …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 204 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… mee, it were better for him ehat a Mill-ſtone were hanged about his NeckeNeck, and that hee were drowned in the depth of the Sea. As this cauſeth …
With rule
… mee, it were better for him ehat a Mill-ſtone were hanged about his NeckeNeck, and that hee were drowned in the depth of the Sea. As this cauſeth …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 190 · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon A34663

Printed
… in gathering, is deſcribed by ten parts; Feet, Ioynts of Thighes, Navell, Belly, Breſts, NeckeNeck, Eyes, Noſe, Head, Haire.
With rule
… in gathering, is deſcribed by ten parts; Feet, Ioynts of Thighes, Navell, Belly, Breſts, NeckeNeck, Eyes, Noſe, Head, Haire.
John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon · p. 207 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

Printed
… publikely protested in a most insolent manner; that he wo…ld breake both the NeckeNeck and back of Prohibitions & so of the Common Law, or else they should break …
With rule
… publikely protested in a most insolent manner; that he wo…ld breake both the NeckeNeck and back of Prohibitions & so of the Common Law, or else they should break …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
NeckeNeck verſe. 112. a
With rule
NeckeNeck verſe. 112. a
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Have not the Head, Hands, Feete, Legges, NeckeNeck, nay Haire
With rule
Have not the Head, Hands, Feete, Legges, NeckeNeck, nay Haire
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
When this is done, the Backe, NeckeNeck, Feete, Hands, Face,
With rule
When this is done, the Backe, NeckeNeck, Feete, Hands, Face,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Song of Solomon A91908

Printed
6. Of her NeckeNeck, verſ. 4.
With rule
6. Of her NeckeNeck, verſ. 4.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haſt raviſhed my heart with one of thine eyes, with one Chaine of thy NeckeNeck.
With rule
… haſt raviſhed my heart with one of thine eyes, with one Chaine of thy NeckeNeck.
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 473 · Open in the reader