Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1695 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kissekiss

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

Puritas changed it: 3,291 times in 1,078 works
Consistency: 99.9% (3,291 of 3,292)
Reach if approved: ~3,459 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: kiss
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,292 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,291 changes in 1,078 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,291)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… him vnder the fift rib: and when he tooke Amaſa by the beard to kiſſekiss him, and ſhed out his bowels. And as Abſolon did, who inuited Amnon to …
With rule
… him vnder the fift rib: and when he tooke Amaſa by the beard to kiſſekiss him, and ſhed out his bowels. And as Abſolon did, who inuited Amnon to …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to one wee ſhall periſh by deſperation: therefore let vs humbly fall downe and kiſſekiss both of his feete, that in reſpect of his mercy wee may keepe hope …
With rule
… to one wee ſhall periſh by deſperation: therefore let vs humbly fall downe and kiſſekiss both of his feete, that in reſpect of his mercy wee may keepe hope …
Henry Greenwood · The Jailors Jail · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should I speake of his blessed feete, which hee maketh Kings and Emperours to kissekiss? What speake I of kissing his feete? (which barbarous pride yet scarce any heathen …
With rule
… should I speake of his blessed feete, which hee maketh Kings and Emperours to kissekiss? What speake I of kissing his feete? (which barbarous pride yet scarce any heathen …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Amaſa, and kill you as Amaſa was by Ioab killed. With Iudas it will kiſſekiss you, and with Iudas alſo it will betray you. For this cauſe,
With rule
… Amaſa, and kill you as Amaſa was by Ioab killed. With Iudas it will kiſſekiss you, and with Iudas alſo it will betray you. For this cauſe,
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his mouth. Such a lost Iudas as neuer returneth, that betraith Christ vvith a kissekiss, entreth by craft, not as an enemy, but as a friend, by counter set …
With rule
… his mouth. Such a lost Iudas as neuer returneth, that betraith Christ vvith a kissekiss, entreth by craft, not as an enemy, but as a friend, by counter set …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Garment of Christ; if a faithfull soule can come to touch it, to kissekiss it; all her vexations are fled, her conscience is at rest. Her bowels are …
With rule
… the Garment of Christ; if a faithfull soule can come to touch it, to kissekiss it; all her vexations are fled, her conscience is at rest. Her bowels are …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be one reason of saluting in former times by a kissekiss; they did kissekiss the gate of Gods Temple. Here the Feare of God is the Porter; who …
With rule
… to be one reason of saluting in former times by a kissekiss; they did kissekiss the gate of Gods Temple. Here the Feare of God is the Porter; who …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by his Spirit. Now what more comfortable to a chaſt wife, then a ſweet kiſſekiss from her Husband? ſo prayes the Bride, Cant. 1. 2. Let him kiſſekiss me with the …
With rule
… by his Spirit. Now what more comfortable to a chaſt wife, then a ſweet kiſſekiss from her Husband? ſo prayes the Bride, Cant. 1. 2. Let him kiſſekiss me with the …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.