Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1688 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

perisheperish

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

Puritas changed it: 888 times in 187 works
Consistency: 99.7% (888 of 890)
Reach if approved: ~935 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: perish
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 890 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (888 changes in 187 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 888)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and serue them and worship them: I testifie vnto you, that ye shall surely perisheperish.
With rule
… and serue them and worship them: I testifie vnto you, that ye shall surely perisheperish.
Thomas Becon · The Principles of Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… funeralles & ſeruyces of the dead? we affyrme it is nothing els, then vnfortunately to periſheperish in battayle, in makinge compoſicion with death and hell: thereby renouncinge lyfe and heauen …
With rule
… funeralles & ſeruyces of the dead? we affyrme it is nothing els, then vnfortunately to periſheperish in battayle, in makinge compoſicion with death and hell: thereby renouncinge lyfe and heauen …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe the Analogie or proportion, wherein conſiſteth the whole conſideration of the Sacramēts, ſhoulde periſheperish. There is therefore a Sacramentall chaunge, but not a ſubſtantiall, that is, not conſiſting …
With rule
… becauſe the Analogie or proportion, wherein conſiſteth the whole conſideration of the Sacramēts, ſhoulde periſheperish. There is therefore a Sacramentall chaunge, but not a ſubſtantiall, that is, not conſiſting …
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into a parte of that worship of God, which in the Church can not perisheperish.
With rule
… into a parte of that worship of God, which in the Church can not perisheperish.
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 398 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hazarde their lyues, so swéet ar these wātō worldly plesurs. Rather had they to perisheperish with the sonnes of Hely & Samuel, for abusing the ordinances of y^e Lord, & with …
With rule
… hazarde their lyues, so swéet ar these wātō worldly plesurs. Rather had they to perisheperish with the sonnes of Hely & Samuel, for abusing the ordinances of y^e Lord, & with …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… not / you maye thinke in your hartes / that they are vayne / & that they ſhall periſheperish / but you ſhall ſaye it / & that not preuely / but to them / who putte their …
With rule
… not / you maye thinke in your hartes / that they are vayne / & that they ſhall periſheperish / but you ſhall ſaye it / & that not preuely / but to them / who putte their …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
For why? we see the pore almoste perisheperish thorowe hungar amonge you: yet ye are not moued wyth pietie towardes them. But …
With rule
For why? we see the pore almoste perisheperish thorowe hungar amonge you: yet ye are not moued wyth pietie towardes them. But …
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
… our hope and comfort, in so muche that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shall not perisheperish, but haue euerlastyng life.
With rule
… our hope and comfort, in so muche that whosoeuer beleueth in hym, shall not perisheperish, but haue euerlastyng life.
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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 Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

Printed
PerishePerish sall thay, that fleis from the far,
With rule
PerishePerish sall thay, that fleis from the far,
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 90 · Open in the reader