Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1746 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ransomeransom

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

Puritas changed it: 3,979 times in 1,093 works
Consistency: 99.9% (3,979 of 3,981)
Reach if approved: ~4,187 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ransom
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,985 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,979 changes in 1,093 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,979)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… No man can by any means redeeme his brother, nor giue to God a ranſomeransom, that he ſhould liue for euer. Indeed it is no temporall thing, that can …
With rule
… No man can by any means redeeme his brother, nor giue to God a ranſomeransom, that he ſhould liue for euer. Indeed it is no temporall thing, that can …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them to speake after the Catholike maner, that almes & mercifull deeds are a redemption, ransomeransom, and satisfaction for sinnes.
With rule
… them to speake after the Catholike maner, that almes & mercifull deeds are a redemption, ransomeransom, and satisfaction for sinnes.
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… destruction, if he suffered not: he saw the horrors which hee must suffer to ransomeransom vs. Hinc illae lachrymae: hence those grons, teares, cryes, and sweat: yet his loue …
With rule
… destruction, if he suffered not: he saw the horrors which hee must suffer to ransomeransom vs. Hinc illae lachrymae: hence those grons, teares, cryes, and sweat: yet his loue …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that hee might become of us: that being in us, he might be a ransomeransom for us. And therefore, when we say, Forgive us our trespasses: doth not Christ …
With rule
… that hee might become of us: that being in us, he might be a ransomeransom for us. And therefore, when we say, Forgive us our trespasses: doth not Christ …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pſalmiſt) a man by his riches cannot redéeme his brother, he cannot giue his ranſomeransom to God: ſo precious is the redemption of ſoules, and their continuance for euer.
With rule
… Pſalmiſt) a man by his riches cannot redéeme his brother, he cannot giue his ranſomeransom to God: ſo precious is the redemption of ſoules, and their continuance for euer.
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the occaſions of them. And then in the ſecond place, offer to God the ranſomeransom of thy life, as the Law runnes, Exod. 31. I meane, leave ſome ſeale & pawne …
With rule
… the occaſions of them. And then in the ſecond place, offer to God the ranſomeransom of thy life, as the Law runnes, Exod. 31. I meane, leave ſome ſeale & pawne …
Robert Harris · Hezekiahs Recovery · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… marvellous love to his people. I answer, in giving them his only Son to ransomeransom them from hell, and to purchase heaven for them. Herein is love (saith the …
With rule
… marvellous love to his people. I answer, in giving them his only Son to ransomeransom them from hell, and to purchase heaven for them. Herein is love (saith the …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 400 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both in his ſoule and hody the wrath of God a Helliſh torments, to ranſomeransom vs from the ſame.
With rule
… both in his ſoule and hody the wrath of God a Helliſh torments, to ranſomeransom vs from the ſame.
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 84 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

A Philological Commentary A50063

Printed
RANSOMERANSOM.
With rule
RANSOMERANSOM.
Edward Leigh · A Philological Commentary · p. 197 · Open in the reader

Plea for the Lords A91243

Printed
… OFFICE, and COMMITTED PRISONER TO THE FLEET, and that he ſhould MAKE FINE and RANSOMERANSOM AT THE KINGS PLEASURE. Loe here the Lords in Parliament at the Commons requeſt …
With rule
… OFFICE, and COMMITTED PRISONER TO THE FLEET, and that he ſhould MAKE FINE and RANSOMERANSOM AT THE KINGS PLEASURE. Loe here the Lords in Parliament at the Commons requeſt …
William Prynne · Plea for the Lords · p. 46 · Open in the reader