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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1745 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pluckepluck

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

Puritas changed it
1,917 times in 666 works
Consistency
98.6% (1,917 of 1,944)
Reach if approved
~2,043 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pluck
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,944 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,917 changes in 666 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,917)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … great labour to and fro this Gentlewoman, and every one of them began to pluckepluck a feather from the plume of her eſtate.
    With rule
    … great labour to and fro this Gentlewoman, and every one of them began to pluckepluck a feather from the plume of her eſtate.

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … feare of the ſouldiers, or all together, would not have given them time to pluckepluck off, when all places were full of feare, the earth it ſelfe trembling and …
    With rule
    … feare of the ſouldiers, or all together, would not have given them time to pluckepluck off, when all places were full of feare, the earth it ſelfe trembling and …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his wrath vpon them. If God ſhould preſently ſend his hangman, the Deuill, to pluckepluck the thiefe by the throat, and flye away to hell with him, hee would …
    With rule
    … his wrath vpon them. If God ſhould preſently ſend his hangman, the Deuill, to pluckepluck the thiefe by the throat, and flye away to hell with him, hee would …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … go from that is bredde by the bone. A sore matter is it to pluckepluck awaye that hath bene sucked out of yowthe / and that hath taken rote of …
    With rule
    … go from that is bredde by the bone. A sore matter is it to pluckepluck awaye that hath bene sucked out of yowthe / and that hath taken rote of …

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … so hygh ye styffnecked Antichristes / for the hornes of the vngodly wyll the lorde pluckepluck downe / and exalte the hornes of the ryghtous / in the howse of Dauid hys …
    With rule
    … so hygh ye styffnecked Antichristes / for the hornes of the vngodly wyll the lorde pluckepluck downe / and exalte the hornes of the ryghtous / in the howse of Dauid hys …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the heretiques in his time, why did he not say water but wine? to pluckepluck up by the routes another wicked heresie, for seeing that there are some who …
    With rule
    … the heretiques in his time, why did he not say water but wine? to pluckepluck up by the routes another wicked heresie, for seeing that there are some who …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 205 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſhall not prevayle against them. And that they shall never periſh, neither ſhall any pluckepluck them out of his hande.
    With rule
    … ſhall not prevayle against them. And that they shall never periſh, neither ſhall any pluckepluck them out of his hande.

    John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in 1. Cor. 14. where you cal idiota of the vulgar sorte, or the vulgar, and pluckepluck your selfe first by the nose, for false translating, beefore you finde fault with …
    With rule
    … in 1. Cor. 14. where you cal idiota of the vulgar sorte, or the vulgar, and pluckepluck your selfe first by the nose, for false translating, beefore you finde fault with …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 393 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

  • Printed
    … the myſticall body of Chriſt, That diviſion tends to corruption, and diſſolution to death. PluckePluck a beame if you can from the body of the ſunne, it will have …
    With rule
    … the myſticall body of Chriſt, That diviſion tends to corruption, and diſſolution to death. PluckePluck a beame if you can from the body of the ſunne, it will have …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 223 · Open in the reader

A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen A02796

  • Printed
    PluckePluck vp your hearts therefore, and be ſtrong: Dread not, nor bee afraide of them …
    With rule
    PluckePluck vp your hearts therefore, and be ſtrong: Dread not, nor bee afraide of them …

    Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

  • Printed
    11 PluckePluck from those belly Gods, byshops and priestes their pompes, & lecherous pleasures, & from those yt …
    With rule
    11 PluckePluck from those belly Gods, byshops and priestes their pompes, & lecherous pleasures, & from those yt …

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

Mans Active Obedience A08055

  • Printed
    … faith is that which doth animate all other vertues beſide that are in vs. PluckePluck this faith away and deſtroy faith which is the life of the ſoule, and …
    With rule
    … faith is that which doth animate all other vertues beſide that are in vs. PluckePluck this faith away and deſtroy faith which is the life of the ſoule, and …

    William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 147 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

  • Printed
    … much as a graine of mustard seed, and should saie vnto this mulberrie tree, PluckePluck thy selfe vp by the rootes, and plant thy selfe in the sea, it …
    With rule
    … much as a graine of mustard seed, and should saie vnto this mulberrie tree, PluckePluck thy selfe vp by the rootes, and plant thy selfe in the sea, it …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 120 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

  • Printed
    … cause thee to sinne, & to faile in the way of obedience vnto Gods commandements: PluckePluck it out, & cast it frō thee:] these words are a loftie kind of speech …
    With rule
    … cause thee to sinne, & to faile in the way of obedience vnto Gods commandements: PluckePluck it out, & cast it frō thee:] these words are a loftie kind of speech …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 118 · Open in the reader

Conference Between Rainolds and Hart A10345

  • Printed
    … off, and sawe a litle caraine left, said, Thou art a voice, nought else. PluckePluck off the feathers of your tale: the body is a poore carkase, and hath …
    With rule
    … off, and sawe a litle caraine left, said, Thou art a voice, nought else. PluckePluck off the feathers of your tale: the body is a poore carkase, and hath …

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 106 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    to PluckePluck vp. sig:
    With rule
    to PluckePluck vp. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 364 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

  • Printed
    PluckePluck from thy bosome, thy sure striking hand,
    With rule
    PluckePluck from thy bosome, thy sure striking hand,

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

  • Printed
    PluckePluck downe that Pride which puffs thy heart ſo high;
    With rule
    PluckePluck downe that Pride which puffs thy heart ſo high;

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

  • Printed
    PluckePluck her silken skirts aside;
    With rule
    PluckePluck her silken skirts aside;

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon John 1 A15738

  • Printed
    … and childiſh, that thou dareſt not die once, that thou maiſt liue for euer? PluckePluck vp thy ſpirits, and bee no longer a childe, but a man: were it …
    With rule
    … and childiſh, that thou dareſt not die once, that thou maiſt liue for euer? PluckePluck vp thy ſpirits, and bee no longer a childe, but a man: were it …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 183 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … not by th…, aſwell, as by an other? It lights, it inlightneth euery man. PluckePluck vppe thy hearte, wipe the teares from thine eies, that dymme thy ſight. Doe …
    With rule
    … not by th…, aſwell, as by an other? It lights, it inlightneth euery man. PluckePluck vppe thy hearte, wipe the teares from thine eies, that dymme thy ſight. Doe …

    Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 339 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    … increaſed by the aboundance of ſtoare, yet is it but one at the head. PluckePluck a beame of the Sunne from the globe, that one once ſeparated is voide …
    With rule
    … increaſed by the aboundance of ſtoare, yet is it but one at the head. PluckePluck a beame of the Sunne from the globe, that one once ſeparated is voide …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 841 · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven A20202

  • Printed
    … in Chriſt. For there is no condemnation to them which are in Chriſt Ieſus. PluckePluck vp a good heart therfore, be no more heauy and ſadde; for if you …
    With rule
    … in Chriſt. For there is no condemnation to them which are in Chriſt Ieſus. PluckePluck vp a good heart therfore, be no more heauy and ſadde; for if you …

    Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · p. 377 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A21059

  • Printed
    … world on this manner cheering them; why, how now man, where is your heart? PluckePluck up a good heart man, never feare for a little ſicknes, &c. True indeed …
    With rule
    … world on this manner cheering them; why, how now man, where is your heart? PluckePluck up a good heart man, never feare for a little ſicknes, &c. True indeed …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 160 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſting of death that ſtings the conſcience. The ſting of death is ſinne, 1 Cor. 15. PluckePluck then ſin out of the conſcience, and at once the conſcience is made good …
    With rule
    … ſting of death that ſtings the conſcience. The ſting of death is ſinne, 1 Cor. 15. PluckePluck then ſin out of the conſcience, and at once the conſcience is made good …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … would not haue been aſhamed to heare this anſwer from the brother of Moſes, PluckePluck off your Earings? He ſhould haue ſaid, PluckePluck this Idolatrous thought out of your …
    With rule
    … would not haue been aſhamed to heare this anſwer from the brother of Moſes, PluckePluck off your Earings? He ſhould haue ſaid, PluckePluck this Idolatrous thought out of your …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 900 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … anſwer from the brother of Moſes, PluckePluck off your Earings? He ſhould haue ſaid, PluckePluck this Idolatrous thought out of your hearts: and now in ſtead of chiding, he …
    With rule
    … anſwer from the brother of Moſes, PluckePluck off your Earings? He ſhould haue ſaid, PluckePluck this Idolatrous thought out of your hearts: and now in ſtead of chiding, he …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 900 · Open in the reader

Good Conscience B01215

  • Printed
    … world on this maner chearing them; Why, how now man, where is your heart? PluckePluck vp a good heart man, neuer feare for a little ſicknes, &c. True indeed …
    With rule
    … world on this maner chearing them; Why, how now man, where is your heart? PluckePluck vp a good heart man, neuer feare for a little ſicknes, &c. True indeed …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Good Conscience · p. 184 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſting of death that ſtings the conſcience. The ſting of death is ſinne. 1 Cor. 15. PluckePluck then ſinne out of the conſcience, and at once the conſcience is made good …
    With rule
    … ſting of death that ſtings the conſcience. The ſting of death is ſinne. 1 Cor. 15. PluckePluck then ſinne out of the conſcience, and at once the conſcience is made good …

    Jeremiah Dyke · Good Conscience · p. 195 · Open in the reader

Zions Sweets B07186

  • Printed
    … as well liking as theirs that haue more abundance? thou canſt not deny it. PluckePluck vp a good heart then, and ſay with David; The Lord is my feeder …
    With rule
    … as well liking as theirs that haue more abundance? thou canſt not deny it. PluckePluck vp a good heart then, and ſay with David; The Lord is my feeder …

    Thomas Barnes · Zions Sweets · p. 25 · Open in the reader