Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1698 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

suckesuck

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

Puritas changed it: 960 times in 460 works
Consistency: 99.2% (960 of 967)
Reach if approved: ~1,016 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: suck
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 967 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (960 changes in 460 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 960)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… had, as it were, a litle bigge in her mouth, where the spirite did suckesuck blood.
With rule
… had, as it were, a litle bigge in her mouth, where the spirite did suckesuck blood.
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy two breaſts &c.) Secondly, A teachablenes to ſuckesuck the milke of the word of God.
With rule
Thy two breaſts &c.) Secondly, A teachablenes to ſuckesuck the milke of the word of God.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neuertheleſſe, they are a generation of Vipers, of whom the Euangeliſt ſpeaketh, ready to ſuckesuck out the very heart blood of the Saints of God, and rend them in …
With rule
… neuertheleſſe, they are a generation of Vipers, of whom the Euangeliſt ſpeaketh, ready to ſuckesuck out the very heart blood of the Saints of God, and rend them in …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Rome whych brought hym vp of a whelpe ād gaue hym the ſwete ſuckesuck frō her pappes, ſchall not droppe awaye, ſo longe as he maye vpholde them …
With rule
… of Rome whych brought hym vp of a whelpe ād gaue hym the ſwete ſuckesuck frō her pappes, ſchall not droppe awaye, ſo longe as he maye vpholde them …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… part of the saving truth of the Gospell; from whence notwithstanding poisoned creatures doe suckesuck venime: I can but wish it were otherwise, and content my selfe with the …
With rule
… part of the saving truth of the Gospell; from whence notwithstanding poisoned creatures doe suckesuck venime: I can but wish it were otherwise, and content my selfe with the …
Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… willing ſubiection to this fiery triall, ſo alſo to Satan, who both delights to ſuckesuck the blood of ſuch ſacrifices, and ſo gaines the hearts and deuotions of the …
With rule
… willing ſubiection to this fiery triall, ſo alſo to Satan, who both delights to ſuckesuck the blood of ſuch ſacrifices, and ſo gaines the hearts and deuotions of the …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the wombe whiche did conceiue and bear him, or the breast that gaue him suckesuck is blessed: but, Blessed be they which heare the word of God and kéepe …
With rule
… the wombe whiche did conceiue and bear him, or the breast that gaue him suckesuck is blessed: but, Blessed be they which heare the word of God and kéepe …
Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader
Printed
… the woman blessed the wombe that bare Christ, and the pappes which gau… him suckesuck: he deriue… hence occasion to blesse them, which conceiue him in their faith, and …
With rule
… the woman blessed the wombe that bare Christ, and the pappes which gau… him suckesuck: he deriue… hence occasion to blesse them, which conceiue him in their faith, and …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 217 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 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 Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… our Mother, and like little children to hang at her brests for our sustenance. SuckeSuck and bee satisfied with the brests of her consolations, milke out and bee delighted …
With rule
… our Mother, and like little children to hang at her brests for our sustenance. SuckeSuck and bee satisfied with the brests of her consolations, milke out and bee delighted …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Sermons A68672

Printed
… the remedie is, Seeke to bee cloathed with the life that commeth from Chriſt: SuckeSuck in, by Faith, a droppe of that life of Chriſt. This will not deſtroy …
With rule
… the remedie is, Seeke to bee cloathed with the life that commeth from Chriſt: SuckeSuck in, by Faith, a droppe of that life of Chriſt. This will not deſtroy …
Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
SuckeSuck to their young; my peoples daughters live
With rule
SuckeSuck to their young; my peoples daughters live
John Donne · Poems · p. 318 · Open in the reader

The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man A73382

Printed
… it ſuckesuck with her Dugge, which is ſo neere the heart. The giving of SuckeSuck was one of the greateſt bonds of obligation of old, betwixt the mother and …
With rule
… it ſuckesuck with her Dugge, which is ſo neere the heart. The giving of SuckeSuck was one of the greateſt bonds of obligation of old, betwixt the mother and …
John Weemes · The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Comfort and Counsel for Dejected Souls A81871

Printed
… can, and doth love hypocrites: His heart is ſincere, though our hearts be hypocriticall. SuckeSuck the ſpeech, and if thou bee a Bee, thou wilt find not onely ſweetneſſe …
With rule
… can, and doth love hypocrites: His heart is ſincere, though our hearts be hypocriticall. SuckeSuck the ſpeech, and if thou bee a Bee, thou wilt find not onely ſweetneſſe …
John Durant · Comfort and Counsel for Dejected Souls · p. 73 · Open in the reader