Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1623 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hurtehurt

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

Puritas changed it: 836 times in 244 works
Consistency: 99.6% (836 of 839)
Reach if approved: ~882 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hurt
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 839 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (836 changes in 244 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 836)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and nations should vnderstande) that shall put his hande eyther to change or to hurtehurt this house of God that is in Ierusalem, and so in dispite of Sathan …
With rule
… and nations should vnderstande) that shall put his hande eyther to change or to hurtehurt this house of God that is in Ierusalem, and so in dispite of Sathan …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… youthe, and the condition of the vniuersities? And be they not by you sore hurtehurt and dekayed? The kynge should and wold haue reformed religion. The fyrst parte of …
With rule
… youthe, and the condition of the vniuersities? And be they not by you sore hurtehurt and dekayed? The kynge should and wold haue reformed religion. The fyrst parte of …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… poynte the offycers be ledde (as men ſaye) by the noſe, to y^e great hurtehurt and euyll of the myſerable people / bycauſe that where men be ſo ledde, there …
With rule
… poynte the offycers be ledde (as men ſaye) by the noſe, to y^e great hurtehurt and euyll of the myſerable people / bycauſe that where men be ſo ledde, there …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… hathe earnestely vowed to kepe this. So that he wyll shed no innocent bloud, hurtehurt no man, seake no mans death, but fauoure and loue all men, yea euen …
With rule
… hathe earnestely vowed to kepe this. So that he wyll shed no innocent bloud, hurtehurt no man, seake no mans death, but fauoure and loue all men, yea euen …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
… let therunto. when otherwise if more profette maie come therby vnto the good, then hurtehurt vnto the weake offended therby, sine dubitatione faciēda sunt, without doubte (saieth he) al …
With rule
… let therunto. when otherwise if more profette maie come therby vnto the good, then hurtehurt vnto the weake offended therby, sine dubitatione faciēda sunt, without doubte (saieth he) al …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you my thought touching that point, which was this. The witches raise tempestes, and hurtehurt corne and fruites vpon the treés, the witches bring the pestilence among men, and …
With rule
… you my thought touching that point, which was this. The witches raise tempestes, and hurtehurt corne and fruites vpon the treés, the witches bring the pestilence among men, and …
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
If a man were hurtehurt, to slee his aduersarye
With rule
If a man were hurtehurt, to slee his aduersarye
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… they maye alſo ſuccoure vs. Of iniurye vs, they maye eke defende vs. Of hurtehurt vs, they maye alſo heale vs. As power linked with malice, weyghes to thone …
With rule
… they maye alſo ſuccoure vs. Of iniurye vs, they maye eke defende vs. Of hurtehurt vs, they maye alſo heale vs. As power linked with malice, weyghes to thone …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

Printed
HurteHurt me ye shall not, for I can neuer dye
With rule
HurteHurt me ye shall not, for I can neuer dye
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
… Angels (to vvhō povver vvas giuen to hurt the earth and the sea) 12. saying HurteHurt not the earth, neyther the sea, neither the trees, 13. till vvee haue sealed the …
With rule
… Angels (to vvhō povver vvas giuen to hurt the earth and the sea) 12. saying HurteHurt not the earth, neyther the sea, neither the trees, 13. till vvee haue sealed the …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 92 · Open in the reader