Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1683 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

retaineretain

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

Puritas changed it: 2,936 times in 1,006 works
Consistency: 99.6% (2,936 of 2,946)
Reach if approved: ~3,095 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: retain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,946 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,936 changes in 1,006 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,936)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… can but exhort you, wee can doe no more, Math. 10. 14. If they will not retaineretain it, ſaith he, ſhake off the duſt of your feete as a teſtimony againſt …
With rule
… can but exhort you, wee can doe no more, Math. 10. 14. If they will not retaineretain it, ſaith he, ſhake off the duſt of your feete as a teſtimony againſt …
Thomas Goodwin · The Happiness of the Saints in Glory · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… favourites may beg, and they give that which is pernicious. They doe not alwaies retaineretain the ſame mind. Their favour may be cleane alienated from their old favourites, and …
With rule
… favourites may beg, and they give that which is pernicious. They doe not alwaies retaineretain the ſame mind. Their favour may be cleane alienated from their old favourites, and …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
Chriſt and his word retaineretain not only the name of Manna, but the chiefe qualities and properties thereof.
With rule
Chriſt and his word retaineretain not only the name of Manna, but the chiefe qualities and properties thereof.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 336 · Open in the reader
Printed
… re. The eare receiues, the heart retaines, the life digests it: but alas, we retaineretain these waters no longer then the finger of the Holy Ghost keepes them in …
With rule
… re. The eare receiues, the heart retaines, the life digests it: but alas, we retaineretain these waters no longer then the finger of the Holy Ghost keepes them in …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… materiall part of the Sacrament vpon these buttresses of shadowes onely. Which fourmes though retaineretain still the names of the things, which they were before, yet doe ye denie …
With rule
… materiall part of the Sacrament vpon these buttresses of shadowes onely. Which fourmes though retaineretain still the names of the things, which they were before, yet doe ye denie …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Dalmatians, Moscouites, Armenians, Assirians, AEthiopiās, nor any other of those East nations, that retaineretain the name of Christe, did euer acknowledge the Popes supremacie. I knowe they haue …
With rule
… of Dalmatians, Moscouites, Armenians, Assirians, AEthiopiās, nor any other of those East nations, that retaineretain the name of Christe, did euer acknowledge the Popes supremacie. I knowe they haue …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… strange Interpretation, and a most abfurd assertion: The Sacramentall Signes, that is, the Accidents, retaineretain still their Substance, that is, their Accidents. This is like Christs blood in his …
With rule
… strange Interpretation, and a most abfurd assertion: The Sacramentall Signes, that is, the Accidents, retaineretain still their Substance, that is, their Accidents. This is like Christs blood in his …
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the croſſe of Chriſt: for he ſaith, With him. This our old man will retaineretain his force and power vntill hee be ſlaine: it is not in man to …
With rule
… the croſſe of Chriſt: for he ſaith, With him. This our old man will retaineretain his force and power vntill hee be ſlaine: it is not in man to …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · p. 130 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 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.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
RetaineRetain theſe diſtinctions of Iſrael, and put a difference betweene the promiſes; whereof
With rule
RetaineRetain theſe diſtinctions of Iſrael, and put a difference betweene the promiſes; whereof
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness A13019

Printed
2 RetaineRetain
With rule
2 RetaineRetain
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
RetaineRetain their places and keep better out,
With rule
RetaineRetain their places and keep better out,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
RetaineRetain that heat upon a …ountaine can,
With rule
RetaineRetain that heat upon a …ountaine can,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
RetaineRetain. To retaineretain sins. 20. 13.
With rule
RetaineRetain. To retaineretain sins. 20. 13.
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · Open in the reader

Latin Grammar A16877

Printed
RetaineRetain [thy] estimation.
With rule
RetaineRetain [thy] estimation.
Leonhard Culmann · Latin Grammar · Open in the reader

A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience A19293

Printed
1. RetaineRetain wee ſoundneſſe of iudgement, concerning the power of godlineſſe?
With rule
1. RetaineRetain wee ſoundneſſe of iudgement, concerning the power of godlineſſe?
Thomas Cooper · A Familiar Treatise Laying Down Cases of Conscience · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History A33335

Printed
… that God had much blessed my labours. Stand fast therefore in this your vocation: RetaineRetain that order that is begun, and doe your uttermost endeavours that the people may …
With rule
… that God had much blessed my labours. Stand fast therefore in this your vocation: RetaineRetain that order that is begun, and doe your uttermost endeavours that the people may …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 666 · Open in the reader

Exhortation Unto Governors and People in Wales B00537

Printed
… angrie wyth you, and his whole hoaſt for the Babiloniſh garments of theſe Achans. RetaineRetain them no longer, if you woulde not fall before the enemie; When the Lorde …
With rule
… angrie wyth you, and his whole hoaſt for the Babiloniſh garments of theſe Achans. RetaineRetain them no longer, if you woulde not fall before the enemie; When the Lorde …
John Penry · Exhortation Unto Governors and People in Wales · p. 88 · Open in the reader