Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1660 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wormeworm

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

Puritas changed it: 2,513 times in 904 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,513 of 2,517)
Reach if approved: ~2,646 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: worm
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,518 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,513 changes in 904 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,513)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… world, and then rehearseth the arguments of them, that thought the punishment of that wormeworm and fire shoulde be ended after long time, and great torments: which thing Ieronym …
With rule
… world, and then rehearseth the arguments of them, that thought the punishment of that wormeworm and fire shoulde be ended after long time, and great torments: which thing Ieronym …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… feele many gripings at the heart, which would marre all their mirth, yea a wormeworm that gnaweth in ſuch wiſe, that they can haue no quiet reſt, nor as …
With rule
… feele many gripings at the heart, which would marre all their mirth, yea a wormeworm that gnaweth in ſuch wiſe, that they can haue no quiet reſt, nor as …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be crucified, Protam despicatissimo vernaculo, immò vermiculo: for so poore a wretch, yea a wormeworm and that not a louing wormeworm, not a liuing wormeworm: for we both hated …
With rule
… be crucified, Protam despicatissimo vernaculo, immò vermiculo: for so poore a wretch, yea a wormeworm and that not a louing wormeworm, not a liuing wormeworm: for we both hated …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… people; Yea, thou mightſt with-draw thy preſence from mee, and cauſe the fretting wormeworm of feare, and deſpaire, to gnaw on my heart day and night, giuing mee …
With rule
… people; Yea, thou mightſt with-draw thy preſence from mee, and cauſe the fretting wormeworm of feare, and deſpaire, to gnaw on my heart day and night, giuing mee …
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that ſeed Reaſons. 1 which bringeth forth death, as the moth eates the garment, the wormeworm in the tree makes him moulder, the leak in the ſhip letteth in the …
With rule
… that ſeed Reaſons. 1 which bringeth forth death, as the moth eates the garment, the wormeworm in the tree makes him moulder, the leak in the ſhip letteth in the …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and darken the grace of God in his children; but is alſo as a wormeworm or canker which eats into the ſap, and heart of grace, ſo as it …
With rule
… and darken the grace of God in his children; but is alſo as a wormeworm or canker which eats into the ſap, and heart of grace, ſo as it …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 468 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but prolongs the disease. The vsurer is like the wormeworm we call the timber-wormeworm; which is wonderfull soft to touch, but hath teeth so hard, that it eats …
With rule
… but prolongs the disease. The vsurer is like the wormeworm we call the timber-wormeworm; which is wonderfull soft to touch, but hath teeth so hard, that it eats …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… united me to thy selfe, and to thy glorious Father; so that I (poore wormeworm, dust, dung) even I might be one, even as thou art in the Father …
With rule
… united me to thy selfe, and to thy glorious Father; so that I (poore wormeworm, dust, dung) even I might be one, even as thou art in the Father …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 193 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

The Book of Conscience Opened and Read A46895

Printed
An evill Conscience is a WORMEWORM, a brest-worm, gnawing upon the soule, with the teeth of bloodless fear, of …
With rule
An evill Conscience is a WORMEWORM, a brest-worm, gnawing upon the soule, with the teeth of bloodless fear, of …
John Jackson · The Book of Conscience Opened and Read · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… two texts together, A good Conscience is a FEAST, An ill one, is a WORMEWORM: a good one a plentifull feast, an ill one, an hungry gnawing wormeworm: a …
With rule
… two texts together, A good Conscience is a FEAST, An ill one, is a WORMEWORM: a good one a plentifull feast, an ill one, an hungry gnawing wormeworm: a …
John Jackson · The Book of Conscience Opened and Read · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a great deale more cause, why in this case, Conscience should be a WORMEWORM then a FEAST.
With rule
… is a great deale more cause, why in this case, Conscience should be a WORMEWORM then a FEAST.
John Jackson · The Book of Conscience Opened and Read · p. 130 · Open in the reader