Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1690 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bestowebestow

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

Puritas changed it: 1,089 times in 376 works
Consistency: 99.5% (1,089 of 1,094)
Reach if approved: ~1,149 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bestow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,094 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,089 changes in 376 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,089)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to ſerue the lyuing god, & to waite for his ſonne from heauen, which ſhould beſtowebestow vpon them this benefite, to delyuer them from the wrath to come. And in …
With rule
… to ſerue the lyuing god, & to waite for his ſonne from heauen, which ſhould beſtowebestow vpon them this benefite, to delyuer them from the wrath to come. And in …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… to bestowebestow vpon these worldlye pleasures and lu…er or commodityes. Naye wolde they bestowebestow but the halfe labour and paynes, and some litell parte of the expences, it …
With rule
… to bestowebestow vpon these worldlye pleasures and lu…er or commodityes. Naye wolde they bestowebestow but the halfe labour and paynes, and some litell parte of the expences, it …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhew him that he required of his grace foure requeſtes. Firſt, that he would beſtowebestow parte of the Abbey poſſeſſions on the reliefe of the poore. Secondly, that he …
With rule
… ſhew him that he required of his grace foure requeſtes. Firſt, that he would beſtowebestow parte of the Abbey poſſeſſions on the reliefe of the poore. Secondly, that he …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were lawfull for you to take any thing from the Prieste and sacrifice, and bestowebestow it vpon any man or thing, without commission: yea, against commaundement, and against the …
With rule
… were lawfull for you to take any thing from the Prieste and sacrifice, and bestowebestow it vpon any man or thing, without commission: yea, against commaundement, and against the …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aliis dare, aut in illorum gratiam def…ectere. These considerations have induced me to bestowebestow some time, and to take some paines in the study of the Controversies which …
With rule
… aliis dare, aut in illorum gratiam def…ectere. These considerations have induced me to bestowebestow some time, and to take some paines in the study of the Controversies which …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · Open in the reader
Printed
… death of that husband, whō ſhe had bene drawn to diſhonor: How could ſhee beſtowebestow teares enow vpon that funerall, whereof her ſinne was the cauſe? If ſhee had …
With rule
… death of that husband, whō ſhe had bene drawn to diſhonor: How could ſhee beſtowebestow teares enow vpon that funerall, whereof her ſinne was the cauſe? If ſhee had …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the wicked in a disperate cause And fynally that he should giue and bestowebestow his tyme so, that it myght seme, rather that he proceadeth from the horses …
With rule
… all the wicked in a disperate cause And fynally that he should giue and bestowebestow his tyme so, that it myght seme, rather that he proceadeth from the horses …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… did but deceaue themselues. His comming was not to purchase an earthly but to bestowebestow an heavenly kingdome, wherein they (if any) shalbe greatest whome vnfained humilitie maketh in …
With rule
… did but deceaue themselues. His comming was not to purchase an earthly but to bestowebestow an heavenly kingdome, wherein they (if any) shalbe greatest whome vnfained humilitie maketh in …
Richard Hooker · Sermon of the Nature of Pride · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

The Pope Confuted A01130

Printed
… not to scrape riches togither: to ministerie and submission, not to maistrie and soueraintie. BestoweBestow cost, and dresse the Lordes vineyarde therefore, doe not spoyle and moyle the Uineyarde …
With rule
… not to scrape riches togither: to ministerie and submission, not to maistrie and soueraintie. BestoweBestow cost, and dresse the Lordes vineyarde therefore, doe not spoyle and moyle the Uineyarde …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown A19671

Printed
BeſtoweBestow as he that hath it ſent,
With rule
BeſtoweBestow as he that hath it ſent,
Robert Crowley · The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown · Open in the reader

Sermons A68672

Printed
… of coſtlie ointment, that ſhee had prepared for Him▪ and anointed his feete therewith. BeſtoweBestow thy ſelfe firſt vpon the Lord, and beſtowebestow thy body vpon Him and His …
With rule
… of coſtlie ointment, that ſhee had prepared for Him▪ and anointed his feete therewith. BeſtoweBestow thy ſelfe firſt vpon the Lord, and beſtowebestow thy body vpon Him and His …
Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 286 · Open in the reader