Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1696 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pearlepearl

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

Puritas changed it: 1,833 times in 658 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,833 of 1,840)
Reach if approved: ~1,933 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pearl
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,840 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,833 changes in 658 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,833)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Ierome, after Irenaeus and Tertullian, telleth us, but a glaſſie Bugle, but a counterfeit PearlePearl; and all the acts thereof, unleſſe they be ſanctified, are but glittering ſlips, as …
With rule
… Ierome, after Irenaeus and Tertullian, telleth us, but a glaſſie Bugle, but a counterfeit PearlePearl; and all the acts thereof, unleſſe they be ſanctified, are but glittering ſlips, as …
Thomas Gataker · Saint Stephens Last Will and Testament · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pleaſures hinder thee of the leaſt degree of glory, for to have but one pearlepearl added to thy Crown is more than the whole World: commit therefore no ſinne …
With rule
… pleaſures hinder thee of the leaſt degree of glory, for to have but one pearlepearl added to thy Crown is more than the whole World: commit therefore no ſinne …
Thomas Goodwin · The Happiness of the Saints in Glory · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
With … oblatio a both of pearlepearl and gold.
With rule
With … oblatio a both of pearlepearl and gold.
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… graces, like foure precious jewels adorne you. 1. Humilitie, which is in Gods eye a PearlePearl of great price, a fruit, an evidence of the wiſedome which is from above …
With rule
… graces, like foure precious jewels adorne you. 1. Humilitie, which is in Gods eye a PearlePearl of great price, a fruit, an evidence of the wiſedome which is from above …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · Open in the reader
Printed
… shaddowe they bere. Not to gloryfye God / but their owne beastlye bodyes with golde / pearlepearl / & stone / lyke Mahownde… in a playe / for hys truthe they most cruellye persecute. These …
With rule
… shaddowe they bere. Not to gloryfye God / but their owne beastlye bodyes with golde / pearlepearl / & stone / lyke Mahownde… in a playe / for hys truthe they most cruellye persecute. These …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that which doth cost me nothing saith Dauid, 2. Sam. 24 24. No man can enioy this pearlepearl with comfort, that prizeth it not aboue all other things, and cannot be content …
With rule
… that which doth cost me nothing saith Dauid, 2. Sam. 24 24. No man can enioy this pearlepearl with comfort, that prizeth it not aboue all other things, and cannot be content …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the heart of a Noble-man or Gentleman of great parentage. Yea, as pearlepearl set in gold, so is it to finde sanctified vertue in the steppes of …
With rule
… in the heart of a Noble-man or Gentleman of great parentage. Yea, as pearlepearl set in gold, so is it to finde sanctified vertue in the steppes of …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… themselues a glorious worldly Uicar of Messiah, whom they bedecke with golde, beautifie with pearlepearl and precious stones, crowne with a triple diademe, vaunce on stately and princely Palfray …
With rule
… themselues a glorious worldly Uicar of Messiah, whom they bedecke with golde, beautifie with pearlepearl and precious stones, crowne with a triple diademe, vaunce on stately and princely Palfray …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 57 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Merchant Real A06192

Printed
… vvhat this reall marchant found in his perſeuerance of ſearch. The text ſayth, ONE PEARLEPEARL OF GREAT PRICE. In ſeeking good things a man shalbe ſure to find the …
With rule
… vvhat this reall marchant found in his perſeuerance of ſearch. The text ſayth, ONE PEARLEPEARL OF GREAT PRICE. In ſeeking good things a man shalbe ſure to find the …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A13560

Printed
Two Treatiſes: THE PEARLEPEARL OF the GOSPELL, AND THE PILGRIMS PROFESSION: To which is added A Glaſſe for …
With rule
Two Treatiſes: THE PEARLEPEARL OF the GOSPELL, AND THE PILGRIMS PROFESSION: To which is added A Glaſſe for …
Thomas Taylor · Two Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
THE PEARLEPEARL of the Goſpell, OR Jewell Euangelicall:
With rule
THE PEARLEPEARL of the Goſpell, OR Jewell Euangelicall:
Thomas Taylor · Two Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
THE PEARLEPEARL OF the Goſpell.
With rule
THE PEARLEPEARL OF the Goſpell.
Thomas Taylor · Two Treatises · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A13561

Printed
Three Treatises: THE PEARLEPEARL OF the GOSPELL, THE PILGRIMS PROFESSION: AND A Glasse for Gentlewomen to dresse themselues …
With rule
Three Treatises: THE PEARLEPEARL OF the GOSPELL, THE PILGRIMS PROFESSION: AND A Glasse for Gentlewomen to dresse themselues …
Thomas Taylor · Three Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
THE PEARLEPEARL of the Gospell: OR, Jewell Euangelicall.
With rule
THE PEARLEPEARL of the Gospell: OR, Jewell Euangelicall.
Thomas Taylor · Three Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
THE PEARLEPEARL OF the GOSPEL,
With rule
THE PEARLEPEARL OF the GOSPEL,
Thomas Taylor · Three Treatises · p. 1 · Open in the reader