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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1748 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thiefethief

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

Puritas changed it
1,866 times in 655 works
Consistency
100% (1,866 of 1,866)
Reach if approved
~1,961 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: thief
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,866 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,866 changes in 655 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,866)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he was immediately blessed, and in Paradise, (according to his owne speech to the ThiefeThief on the crosse, This day thou shalt bee with mee in Paradise.) Therefore likewise …
    With rule
    … he was immediately blessed, and in Paradise, (according to his owne speech to the ThiefeThief on the crosse, This day thou shalt bee with mee in Paradise.) Therefore likewise …

    William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … are idle and ſolitarie, Satan hath moſt aduantage to moleſt and diſquiet, as the thiefethief hath to ſteale, when the doore ſtands wide open: but conſcionable imployment ſhutteth the …
    With rule
    … are idle and ſolitarie, Satan hath moſt aduantage to moleſt and diſquiet, as the thiefethief hath to ſteale, when the doore ſtands wide open: but conſcionable imployment ſhutteth the …

    John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 306 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that hates a traitor that would kill him, and a man that hates a thiefethief that would robbe him, they are willing that any man should discover that traitor …
    With rule
    … that hates a traitor that would kill him, and a man that hates a thiefethief that would robbe him, they are willing that any man should discover that traitor …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 250 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … woman: the Lord came againſt thee: the true God ſtole vpon thee as a thiefethief: loſſe of children and widowhood, ſhould haue come vpon thee in one day: the …
    With rule
    … woman: the Lord came againſt thee: the true God ſtole vpon thee as a thiefethief: loſſe of children and widowhood, ſhould haue come vpon thee in one day: the …

    William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … which more come for, then for all the rest. The couetous is a cruell ThiefeThief to himselfe, worse then the Deuill: for the Deuill would giue much for a …
    With rule
    … which more come for, then for all the rest. The couetous is a cruell ThiefeThief to himselfe, worse then the Deuill: for the Deuill would giue much for a …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    17 To conclude; Grace in the good ThiefeThief on the Crosse, like Ionah's Gourd, grew up presently, for hee was an extraordinary …
    With rule
    17 To conclude; Grace in the good ThiefeThief on the Crosse, like Ionah's Gourd, grew up presently, for hee was an extraordinary …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … risen prettily for his time. Thus Popery crept vp in the darke: like a thiefethief putting out the lights, that it might more securely rob the house. Whiles it …
    With rule
    … risen prettily for his time. Thus Popery crept vp in the darke: like a thiefethief putting out the lights, that it might more securely rob the house. Whiles it …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 368 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of men. And therefore Christ, out of this prerogative of God, sayd unto the thiefethief upon the Crosse: This day thou shalt bee with mee in Paradise: hee stands …
    With rule
    … of men. And therefore Christ, out of this prerogative of God, sayd unto the thiefethief upon the Crosse: This day thou shalt bee with mee in Paradise: hee stands …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 175 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.