Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1706 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

englisheenglish

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

Puritas changed it: 552 times in 135 works
Consistency: 92.1% (552 of 599)
Reach if approved: ~629 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: english
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 599 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (552 changes in 135 works, 92.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 552)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… may haue many fretts, & frayes) but I am come vvith a good, & an honeſt EnglisheEnglish hart of Orrthodoxe, & Catholike ſyncerity. Of the profeſſors vvhereof there are tvvo mayne ſorts …
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… may haue many fretts, & frayes) but I am come vvith a good, & an honeſt EnglisheEnglish hart of Orrthodoxe, & Catholike ſyncerity. Of the profeſſors vvhereof there are tvvo mayne ſorts …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · Open in the reader
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☞ The .C. iij. Psalme / made in EnglisheEnglish meter / by Thomas Becon, for a thankesgeuing vnto God / immediatly after hys deliueraunce out …
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☞ The .C. iij. Psalme / made in EnglisheEnglish meter / by Thomas Becon, for a thankesgeuing vnto God / immediatly after hys deliueraunce out …
Thomas Becon · A Comfortable Epistle to Gods Faithful People in England · Open in the reader
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… of the earth, the princes and people to make warre againſt the Saints our EngliſheEnglish ſoile hath been aſſayled by this newe broode vnder the name of Ieſuits and …
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… of the earth, the princes and people to make warre againſt the Saints our EngliſheEnglish ſoile hath been aſſayled by this newe broode vnder the name of Ieſuits and …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 275 · Open in the reader
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… the whole booke your ſelfe; and in the meane time, you may communicate in EngliſheEnglish, ſome part of that good, which is in the French booke, to ſuch as …
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… the whole booke your ſelfe; and in the meane time, you may communicate in EngliſheEnglish, ſome part of that good, which is in the French booke, to ſuch as …
Thomas Sampson · The Church and Certain Ceremonies · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſpied hys craft / and took hym and poniſſhed hym for a ſpeaker of EngliſheEnglish to hys felowes for all that he ſayd that he ſpak vnto the a …
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… and ſpied hys craft / and took hym and poniſſhed hym for a ſpeaker of EngliſheEnglish to hys felowes for all that he ſayd that he ſpak vnto the a …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
Printed
… your selues haue thē whom you call Bishops, the name Bishops is in your EnglisheEnglish Bibles, which otherwise by your owne rule of translation, should be called an Ouerseer …
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… your selues haue thē whom you call Bishops, the name Bishops is in your EnglisheEnglish Bibles, which otherwise by your owne rule of translation, should be called an Ouerseer …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 172 · Open in the reader
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… you thinke that Philip will be crowned kinge of Englande, and reteyne in honor EngliſheEnglish counſellers? Will he credite them withe the gouernement of his eſtate, who haue betrayed …
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… you thinke that Philip will be crowned kinge of Englande, and reteyne in honor EngliſheEnglish counſellers? Will he credite them withe the gouernement of his eſtate, who haue betrayed …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 100 · Open in the reader
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… like not to be hoped for after it? Who would haue thought that any EngliſheEnglish and Chriſtian man woulde haue once muttered or murmured againſt ſuch a Prince? for …
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… like not to be hoped for after it? Who would haue thought that any EngliſheEnglish and Chriſtian man woulde haue once muttered or murmured againſt ſuch a Prince? for …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (47)

30 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 25 are listed here. 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

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FVLK. 8. We desire not to be more holy in the englisheenglish termes, than the holye Ghost was in the Greeke termes. Whome, if it pleased …
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FVLK. 8. We desire not to be more holy in the englisheenglish termes, than the holye Ghost was in the Greeke termes. Whome, if it pleased …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 167 · Open in the reader
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… Apostle, 1. Cor. 16. calleth the almes of the Corinthians, their grace, is it not better englisheenglish to say, their liberalitie? for althoughe their liberalitie proceeded of Gods gift, yet the …
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… Apostle, 1. Cor. 16. calleth the almes of the Corinthians, their grace, is it not better englisheenglish to say, their liberalitie? for althoughe their liberalitie proceeded of Gods gift, yet the …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 401 · Open in the reader

A Retentive to Stay Good Christians A01325

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… other writinges also of the papistes, what soeuer they haue set foorth in the englisheenglish tongue since the happie raigne of our soueraigne Ladie, I haue condescended to confute …
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… other writinges also of the papistes, what soeuer they haue set foorth in the englisheenglish tongue since the happie raigne of our soueraigne Ladie, I haue condescended to confute …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester A01752

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… is ſhe ſo foliſhe to be mocked with any ſuche dreames. I ſpeake playne engliſheenglish nowe: yea I can not nor wyl not vſe any ſophiſtrie. And we al …
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… is ſhe ſo foliſhe to be mocked with any ſuche dreames. I ſpeake playne engliſheenglish nowe: yea I can not nor wyl not vſe any ſophiſtrie. And we al …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxxxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… we al that be engliſheenglish men, do earneſtly deſire you, to tell vs in engliſheenglish, what you do meane by thoſe termes, accidentes, qualities, and demenſions, which I do …
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… we al that be engliſheenglish men, do earneſtly deſire you, to tell vs in engliſheenglish, what you do meane by thoſe termes, accidentes, qualities, and demenſions, which I do …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. lxxxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
Olde Ariſtotle, your great maiſter coūpteth for a greate miracle, foreign that is in engliſheenglish beaſtes that …yue but one daye. But if he had knowen thys ſodeyne chaunge …
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Olde Ariſtotle, your great maiſter coūpteth for a greate miracle, foreign that is in engliſheenglish beaſtes that …yue but one daye. But if he had knowen thys ſodeyne chaunge …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlvi · Open in the reader
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… not haue theſe later healpes and furtheraunce: let him be diligent in readynge the engliſheenglish text, & no faile God wyl graunt him ſo muche knowledge, as ſhall be expedient …
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… not haue theſe later healpes and furtheraunce: let him be diligent in readynge the engliſheenglish text, & no faile God wyl graunt him ſo muche knowledge, as ſhall be expedient …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxvii · Open in the reader
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… iuſtant in the worde in tyme and out of tyme. No, you are an engliſheenglish biſhop, thynkinge the worde of God to be good but at thoſe times that …
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… iuſtant in the worde in tyme and out of tyme. No, you are an engliſheenglish biſhop, thynkinge the worde of God to be good but at thoſe times that …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. ccvi · Open in the reader

The Jewel of Joy A06898

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… sauoured somwhat more of pure religiō. This I thīke came to passe thorow certain englisheenglish bokes y^t were amōg them, & thorowe traueilers to & fro Lōdon.
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… sauoured somwhat more of pure religiō. This I thīke came to passe thorow certain englisheenglish bokes y^t were amōg them, & thorowe traueilers to & fro Lōdon.
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader
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… beynge their, thys godly man preached manye learned and christen sermons both in latyn & englisheenglish tong, at the whiche al, I for most parte was present, and although at …
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… beynge their, thys godly man preached manye learned and christen sermons both in latyn & englisheenglish tong, at the whiche al, I for most parte was present, and although at …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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… as be in necessytie wyth youre rychesse. For thys woorde Mammon signifieth richesse in englisheenglish. This doctrin dothe Christ set foorth by parable, as his maner was, that the …
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… as be in necessytie wyth youre rychesse. For thys woorde Mammon signifieth richesse in englisheenglish. This doctrin dothe Christ set foorth by parable, as his maner was, that the …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
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… yet it is certayne, and will surely at the laste come, accordyng to our englisheenglish prouerbe: So long goeth the pot to the water, tyll at the laste it …
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… yet it is certayne, and will surely at the laste come, accordyng to our englisheenglish prouerbe: So long goeth the pot to the water, tyll at the laste it …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Rescuing of the Romish Fox A14048

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… is the vndouted word of god cam out of hys pen in to our engliſheenglish tōg willyam tyndale was banniſſhed out of Englond and burnt as an heretike in …
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… is the vndouted word of god cam out of hys pen in to our engliſheenglish tōg willyam tyndale was banniſſhed out of Englond and burnt as an heretike in …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader
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… contrary to the myndes of all Phariſes begone to ſet out the ſeruice in engliſheenglish / Allmyghty god increaſe hys knowledge euery day more and more and gyue hym grace …
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… contrary to the myndes of all Phariſes begone to ſet out the ſeruice in engliſheenglish / Allmyghty god increaſe hys knowledge euery day more and more and gyue hym grace …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

The Sacrament of the Lords Supper A14347

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… secound chapitur of the same epistle called Animalis homo, and it is translated in englisheenglish, a natural man. But the sayd place of S. Paule where… suche a bodye …
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… secound chapitur of the same epistle called Animalis homo, and it is translated in englisheenglish, a natural man. But the sayd place of S. Paule where… suche a bodye …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
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… first booke) is called of Ambrose uerbum operatorium as if ye should saye in englisheenglish a word of workyng & of operaciō, as by the whiche worde the breade & wyne …
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… first booke) is called of Ambrose uerbum operatorium as if ye should saye in englisheenglish a word of workyng & of operaciō, as by the whiche worde the breade & wyne …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

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… them that do them. That which is there turned in latine, Iuſticiam, and in engliſheenglish Righteouſnes, is in the Greke foreign, and ſignifieth in that place a law preſcribed of …
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… them that do them. That which is there turned in latine, Iuſticiam, and in engliſheenglish Righteouſnes, is in the Greke foreign, and ſignifieth in that place a law preſcribed of …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 116 · Open in the reader

Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort A15145

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… that iff the one allowed off the other it was ſufficient.) At lenght / the engliſheenglish order was peruſed / and this by generall conſente was concluded that the anſweringe alowde …
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… that iff the one allowed off the other it was ſufficient.) At lenght / the engliſheenglish order was peruſed / and this by generall conſente was concluded that the anſweringe alowde …
William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. VI · Open in the reader

Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking A15295

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… to Gods glory, her Maiesties singular cōmendation, & y^t exceeding comfort of all true harted englisheenglish mē, her Maiesties natural & most bonden subiects: and many moe yeres may shee raigne …
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… to Gods glory, her Maiesties singular cōmendation, & y^t exceeding comfort of all true harted englisheenglish mē, her Maiesties natural & most bonden subiects: and many moe yeres may shee raigne …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

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… is there, and as Buter saith, that is substancially. Which Catechisme was translated into englisheenglish in this authors name about two yeares past.
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… is there, and as Buter saith, that is substancially. Which Catechisme was translated into englisheenglish in this authors name about two yeares past.
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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After the Duches and he were one englisheenglish mile from the town, there fell a mighty rayne of continuance, wherby a long …
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After the Duches and he were one englisheenglish mile from the town, there fell a mighty rayne of continuance, wherby a long …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2080 · Open in the reader
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… Atkins borne in Hartfordshire an english man came to Rome and hauing found the englisheenglish Colledge, knocked at the dore. To whome diuers of the studentes there came out …
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… Atkins borne in Hartfordshire an english man came to Rome and hauing found the englisheenglish Colledge, knocked at the dore. To whome diuers of the studentes there came out …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2151 · Open in the reader
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… an Asse, without any saddle, he being from the middle vpward naked, hauing some englisheenglish priestes with him to talke with him, but he regarded them not, but spake …
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… an Asse, without any saddle, he being from the middle vpward naked, hauing some englisheenglish priestes with him to talke with him, but he regarded them not, but spake …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2151 · Open in the reader

Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues A68078

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… for many things, as if they be asked why say they not masse in englisheenglish? they will answere, because the Church hath not commanded them. Why doe you not …
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… for many things, as if they be asked why say they not masse in englisheenglish? they will answere, because the Church hath not commanded them. Why doe you not …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 739 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

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An other worde is there in Greeke called Preſbiter, in latin, Senior, in engliſheenglish an elder, and is nothing but an officer to teach, and not to be …
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An other worde is there in Greeke called Preſbiter, in latin, Senior, in engliſheenglish an elder, and is nothing but an officer to teach, and not to be …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 144 · Open in the reader