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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1738 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bottomlessebottomless

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

Puritas changed it
1,782 times in 636 works
Consistency
98.5% (1,782 of 1,809)
Reach if approved
~1,901 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bottomless
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,809 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,782 changes in 636 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,782)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … or the greatest multitude thereof he is sayd to be shut vp in the bottomlessebottomless pit and bound with a great chaine.
    With rule
    … or the greatest multitude thereof he is sayd to be shut vp in the bottomlessebottomless pit and bound with a great chaine.

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſinne, holden vnder captiuitie by Satan, euen readie to bee ſwallowed vp of the bottomleſſebottomless gulfe of hell: the cauſe indeede is, that they haue not yet learned to …
    With rule
    … ſinne, holden vnder captiuitie by Satan, euen readie to bee ſwallowed vp of the bottomleſſebottomless gulfe of hell: the cauſe indeede is, that they haue not yet learned to …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 150 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … benefit that we reape thereby, are duely and deeply weighed. They are like a bottomleſſebottomless ſea, which, the farther it is ſounded, the deeper it appeares to be: or …
    With rule
    … benefit that we reape thereby, are duely and deeply weighed. They are like a bottomleſſebottomless ſea, which, the farther it is ſounded, the deeper it appeares to be: or …

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 233 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Vicar of his Power, was that Locust brood, which came out of the bottomlessebottomless Pit; even that numerous and noysome swarme of Monks, & other Popish Clergie: to whome …
    With rule
    … the Vicar of his Power, was that Locust brood, which came out of the bottomlessebottomless Pit; even that numerous and noysome swarme of Monks, & other Popish Clergie: to whome …

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … none other then the aforsayd locustes that crept out of the smoke from the bottomlessebottomless pytt….
    With rule
    … none other then the aforsayd locustes that crept out of the smoke from the bottomlessebottomless pytt….

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … work which the Lord had appointed them, the beast that ascended out of the bottomlessebottomless pit, should not make warre against them, nor overcome and kill them.
    With rule
    … work which the Lord had appointed them, the beast that ascended out of the bottomlessebottomless pit, should not make warre against them, nor overcome and kill them.

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 503 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … you, how eaſie were it for the Lord to daſh us all into the bottomleſſebottomless pit every creature of us: therefore thanke mercy, and patience, and forbearance, that ſtill …
    With rule
    … you, how eaſie were it for the Lord to daſh us all into the bottomleſſebottomless pit every creature of us: therefore thanke mercy, and patience, and forbearance, that ſtill …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … thou dost not quickly draw backe thy foote, thou wilt soone fall into a bottomlessebottomless perdition.
    With rule
    … thou dost not quickly draw backe thy foote, thou wilt soone fall into a bottomlessebottomless perdition.

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 77 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Evangelical Sacrifices A12182

  • Printed
    … such like plots, Hell, Rome, and Sathan, and the Iesuits, those Frogs of the BottomlesseBottomless pit, they are full of devising such attempts. But I rather thought to speak …
    With rule
    … such like plots, Hell, Rome, and Sathan, and the Iesuits, those Frogs of the BottomlesseBottomless pit, they are full of devising such attempts. But I rather thought to speak …

    Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 54 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … the largenesse of the place, and deepenesse of the pain suffered there, is called [BottomlesseBottomless] & a [Pit] because it is below, in the nethermost parts of the world, a …
    With rule
    … the largenesse of the place, and deepenesse of the pain suffered there, is called [BottomlesseBottomless] & a [Pit] because it is below, in the nethermost parts of the world, a …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … into the bottomlessebottomless pit. Comparing this place with Chap. 12. verse 13. It is plaine, that BottomlesseBottomless pit, signifies the earth; that is, earthly minded men, which are but Christians in …
    With rule
    … into the bottomlessebottomless pit. Comparing this place with Chap. 12. verse 13. It is plaine, that BottomlesseBottomless pit, signifies the earth; that is, earthly minded men, which are but Christians in …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Time of the End A33243

  • Printed
    1. By a Beaſt that ſhall not aſcend out of the BottomleſſeBottomless Pit, till the 1260 yeares are neer expir'd. Neither, ſhall his power and dominion (being …
    With rule
    1. By a Beaſt that ſhall not aſcend out of the BottomleſſeBottomless Pit, till the 1260 yeares are neer expir'd. Neither, ſhall his power and dominion (being …

    John Canne · The Time of the End · p. 230 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … That State-Apoſtacy (of which we have ſpoken) out of Entituled which, as the BottomleſſeBottomless Pit,
    With rule
    … That State-Apoſtacy (of which we have ſpoken) out of Entituled which, as the BottomleſſeBottomless Pit,

    John Canne · The Time of the End · p. 261 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Revelation 13 A34679

  • Printed
    … Mat. 16. 19. It is verely (as the Text calls it, Rev. 9. 1.) The key of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit; There fell a ſtar from Heaven to the Earth, and to him was …
    With rule
    … Mat. 16. 19. It is verely (as the Text calls it, Rev. 9. 1.) The key of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit; There fell a ſtar from Heaven to the Earth, and to him was …

    John Cotton · Exposition of Revelation 13 · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … from Heaven to the Earth, and to him was given the key of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit: It is he that hath power to let out ſmoak out of the …
    With rule
    … from Heaven to the Earth, and to him was given the key of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit: It is he that hath power to let out ſmoak out of the …

    John Cotton · Exposition of Revelation 13 · p. 28 · Open in the reader

Antichrist Pointed and Painted Out in His True Colors A42310

  • Printed
    … keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven: And, as hee becommeth the Angell of the BottomlesseBottomless Pit; so suteablie he getteth the key thereof. And, from a Starre, which abefore …
    With rule
    … keyes of the Kingdom of Heaven: And, as hee becommeth the Angell of the BottomlesseBottomless Pit; so suteablie he getteth the key thereof. And, from a Starre, which abefore …

    William Guild · Antichrist Pointed and Painted Out in His True Colors · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ordinarie glosse, and the Iesuit Ribera expoundeth. And, therfore, is sayd to open the BottomlesseBottomless Pit; which before by the preaching of the Gospell, in power & puritie was shut …
    With rule
    … ordinarie glosse, and the Iesuit Ribera expoundeth. And, therfore, is sayd to open the BottomlesseBottomless Pit; which before by the preaching of the Gospell, in power & puritie was shut …

    William Guild · Antichrist Pointed and Painted Out in His True Colors · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … sort of governement over that citie; hee sayeth, and shall ascend out of the BottomlesseBottomless pit, &c. Where hee setteth down three things concerning the papall governement, 1. Whence it …
    With rule
    … sort of governement over that citie; hee sayeth, and shall ascend out of the BottomlesseBottomless pit, &c. Where hee setteth down three things concerning the papall governement, 1. Whence it …

    William Guild · Antichrist Pointed and Painted Out in His True Colors · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

  • Printed
    … the Beaſts explication is aenigmatical Chap 17. verſ. 8. When the Beaſt aſcended out of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit 417.
    With rule
    … the Beaſts explication is aenigmatical Chap 17. verſ. 8. When the Beaſt aſcended out of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit 417.

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · Open in the reader

The Bottomless Pit Smoking in Familism A62527

  • Printed
    … ſee my gueſſe anon) then 1. let the World know what to expect, when the BottomleſſeBottomless pit is opened, and the Divell looſed. 2. Let the people of God where ever …
    With rule
    … ſee my gueſſe anon) then 1. let the World know what to expect, when the BottomleſſeBottomless pit is opened, and the Divell looſed. 2. Let the people of God where ever …

    John Tickell · The Bottomless Pit Smoking in Familism · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass A66068

  • Printed
    … in the Grave, viz, 3 dayes and 3 nights are both expreſſed. The ſhame of this BottomleſſeBottomless counſel for a beginning of the Sabbath, I am willing to bear: but I …
    With rule
    … in the Grave, viz, 3 dayes and 3 nights are both expreſſed. The ſhame of this BottomleſſeBottomless counſel for a beginning of the Sabbath, I am willing to bear: but I …

    Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 275 · Open in the reader

Confutation of the Errors of the Brownists A92173

  • Printed
    … and in the 147. page, they have theſe words; Out of the ſmoake of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit all their Miniſters come, whe… that fallen ſt…rre, An chriſt ha… the …
    With rule
    … and in the 147. page, they have theſe words; Out of the ſmoake of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit all their Miniſters come, whe… that fallen ſt…rre, An chriſt ha… the …

    William Rathband · Confutation of the Errors of the Brownists · p. 25 · Open in the reader

The Sinfulness of Evil Thoughts A93062

  • Printed
    … piece, are not ſo hard to deſcribe, and thoſe multiformed locuſts out of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit, mentioned Revel. 9. 7, 8. are not ſo horrid and monſtrous as theſe, who have the …
    With rule
    … piece, are not ſo hard to deſcribe, and thoſe multiformed locuſts out of the BottomleſſeBottomless pit, mentioned Revel. 9. 7, 8. are not ſo horrid and monſtrous as theſe, who have the …

    John Sheffeild · The Sinfulness of Evil Thoughts · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Moses Prayer A93404

  • Printed
    … for many years dead and buried, we have ſeen their reſurrection again from that BottomleſſeBottomless Pit. What age did ever produce the like outrages and abominations that this day …
    With rule
    … for many years dead and buried, we have ſeen their reſurrection again from that BottomleſſeBottomless Pit. What age did ever produce the like outrages and abominations that this day …

    Samuel Smith · Moses Prayer · p. 241 · Open in the reader