Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1687 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

forbeareforbear

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

Puritas changed it: 3,716 times in 1,139 works
Consistency: 98.6% (3,716 of 3,768)
Reach if approved: ~3,961 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: forbear
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,770 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: forebear (52)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,716 changes in 1,139 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,716)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… goods, nor the intemperate gallant, tormented with an extreme fit of a burning feaver, forbeareforbear the pouring in of wine and ſtrong drinkes, which were the oyle that kindled …
With rule
… goods, nor the intemperate gallant, tormented with an extreme fit of a burning feaver, forbeareforbear the pouring in of wine and ſtrong drinkes, which were the oyle that kindled …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 614 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fishing net upon the mountaines, plowes the sands, or sowes the seas? Can I forbeareforbear laughing to see a man seeke for grapes among thornes, or figs from thistles …
With rule
… fishing net upon the mountaines, plowes the sands, or sowes the seas? Can I forbeareforbear laughing to see a man seeke for grapes among thornes, or figs from thistles …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no more, but how haynous a thing it is to condemne an innocent, to forbeareforbear pronouncing of sentence against one that is conuicted at the barre of felony. The …
With rule
… no more, but how haynous a thing it is to condemne an innocent, to forbeareforbear pronouncing of sentence against one that is conuicted at the barre of felony. The …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader
Printed
… as formerly he had done. Yet was he not thereby discouraged, nor did he forbeareforbear to be bountifull as opportunity was offered, and the necessity of poore people required …
With rule
… as formerly he had done. Yet was he not thereby discouraged, nor did he forbeareforbear to be bountifull as opportunity was offered, and the necessity of poore people required …
Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſee what reaſon wee haue for our defence. I will therefore a while forbeareforbear to vſe the authoritie of holy Scripture; not that I eſteeme the waight or …
With rule
… and ſee what reaſon wee haue for our defence. I will therefore a while forbeareforbear to vſe the authoritie of holy Scripture; not that I eſteeme the waight or …
Alexander Gill · Treatise Concerning the Trinity of Persons in Unity of the Deity · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if famine thorow ſcarcity of food deſtroy the inhabitants of a land, enemies will forbeareforbear to invade it (eſpecially if they be not able to bring with them proviſion …
With rule
… if famine thorow ſcarcity of food deſtroy the inhabitants of a land, enemies will forbeareforbear to invade it (eſpecially if they be not able to bring with them proviſion …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 348 · Open in the reader
Printed
… open to receive it; Or if I did not aske thy Mercy, thou mightst forbeareforbear to shew it; but now Behold; I begge it upon my knees. I am …
With rule
… open to receive it; Or if I did not aske thy Mercy, thou mightst forbeareforbear to shew it; but now Behold; I begge it upon my knees. I am …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 150 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
Could any tongue forbeareforbear to taxe the rich men of this honourable Citie, if their houses be altogether …
With rule
Could any tongue forbeareforbear to taxe the rich men of this honourable Citie, if their houses be altogether …
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.