Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1762 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tearetear

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

Puritas changed it: 1,687 times in 821 works
Consistency: 98.4% (1,687 of 1,714)
Reach if approved: ~1,802 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: tear
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,715 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,687 changes in 821 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,687)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
In them give me a third, and with a tearetear
With rule
In them give me a third, and with a tearetear
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Worthies of the world, not matchable in his times; yet he weepes. Did hee tearetear in pieces a beare like a kid? rescue a lambe with the death of …
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… Worthies of the world, not matchable in his times; yet he weepes. Did hee tearetear in pieces a beare like a kid? rescue a lambe with the death of …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Wheate Math. 13. You dare, and that in moſt ſauage and deſperate manner, rend and tearetear vp the weake plants: yée doo it vnto whole aſſemblyes, in which there be …
With rule
… Wheate Math. 13. You dare, and that in moſt ſauage and deſperate manner, rend and tearetear vp the weake plants: yée doo it vnto whole aſſemblyes, in which there be …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… idolatry, ſpare not their fleſh. The Baalits cut themſelues with kniues and launces. Papiſts tearetear their fleſh with whips, and ſundry other wayes macerate their bodies: whereof it may …
With rule
… idolatry, ſpare not their fleſh. The Baalits cut themſelues with kniues and launces. Papiſts tearetear their fleſh with whips, and ſundry other wayes macerate their bodies: whereof it may …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that plentifully shed and powre them out. Many now and then will drop a tearetear vpon the present occasion; as in extremitie of heate, you shall see sometimes a …
With rule
… that plentifully shed and powre them out. Many now and then will drop a tearetear vpon the present occasion; as in extremitie of heate, you shall see sometimes a …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Worthies of the world, not matchable in his times; yet he weepes. Did hee tearetear in pieces a beare like a kid? reſcue a lambe with the death of …
With rule
… Worthies of the world, not matchable in his times; yet he weepes. Did hee tearetear in pieces a beare like a kid? reſcue a lambe with the death of …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and continue therein. The Lord will heare a ſigh or groane, bottle vp a tearetear, and gratiouſly accept poore and meane ſeruice from a ſick childe. I perceiue the …
With rule
… and continue therein. The Lord will heare a ſigh or groane, bottle vp a tearetear, and gratiouſly accept poore and meane ſeruice from a ſick childe. I perceiue the …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 317 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this▪ I will ſe… them in order before thee, and then the Lord will tearetear thee in pieces. You muſt not thinke to deſpiſe God and his ſervants, and …
With rule
… this▪ I will ſe… them in order before thee, and then the Lord will tearetear thee in pieces. You muſt not thinke to deſpiſe God and his ſervants, and …
Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 66 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

23 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
… according to the teaching of the Spirit, is for their great good. Euery Sob, TeareTear, euery good deede hitcheth them neerer to Heauen. Euery Prayer they make, euery Sermon …
With rule
… according to the teaching of the Spirit, is for their great good. Euery Sob, TeareTear, euery good deede hitcheth them neerer to Heauen. Euery Prayer they make, euery Sermon …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms A14352

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… which the prince of darkeneſſe hath of ſuch long time and ſo ſharpely aſſayled. TeareTear in péeces the deuils curſed engines, & mad outrage wherewith the infernall powers kéepeth hir …
With rule
… which the prince of darkeneſſe hath of ſuch long time and ſo ſharpely aſſayled. TeareTear in péeces the deuils curſed engines, & mad outrage wherewith the infernall powers kéepeth hir …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
TeareTear. sig: pro
With rule
TeareTear. sig: pro
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 479 · Open in the reader
Printed
to TeareTear in péeces. sig:
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to TeareTear in péeces. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 480 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Lamb is torne in peeces of a Lyon or Beare. Psalm 50, 22. Least I TeareTear you in peeces.
With rule
… a Lamb is torne in peeces of a Lyon or Beare. Psalm 50, 22. Least I TeareTear you in peeces.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 480 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

Printed
… shall not a litle helpe to the vnderstandinge of the reste, where he sayth: TeareTear your heartes and not your garmēts. Also both those pointes are expressed in these …
With rule
… shall not a litle helpe to the vnderstandinge of the reste, where he sayth: TeareTear your heartes and not your garmēts. Also both those pointes are expressed in these …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 1 A20641

Printed
… repentant Teares: And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If …
With rule
… repentant Teares: And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If thou thinke …
With rule
… And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If thou thinke …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Five Sermons 2 A20642

Printed
… repentant Teares: And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If …
With rule
… repentant Teares: And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If …
John Donne · Five Sermons 2 · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If thou thinke …
With rule
… And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If thou thinke …
John Donne · Five Sermons 2 · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

Printed
The Hebrew word Taraph is neer in ſound to our Engliſh TeareTear, and it ſignifieth to tearetear as a Lyon his prey (Gen. 49.9.) Judah is a …
With rule
The Hebrew word Taraph is neer in ſound to our Engliſh TeareTear, and it ſignifieth to tearetear as a Lyon his prey (Gen. 49.9.) Judah is a …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 264 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… tyrannizing Prince and his Forces with a Praier, or with a Sword? with a TeareTear, or with a Speare? Are they not all one in substance? By the Statutes …
With rule
… tyrannizing Prince and his Forces with a Praier, or with a Sword? with a TeareTear, or with a Speare? Are they not all one in substance? By the Statutes …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 137 · Open in the reader

The Disabled Debtor Discharged A57544

Printed
… inſtances. Gen. 27.3, 4. 1 Sam. 24.17. Mala. 2.13. Teares are deceitfull things, nothing ſooner dryed up that a TeareTear, and therfore not to be truſted too far: For a man may as well …
With rule
… inſtances. Gen. 27.3, 4. 1 Sam. 24.17. Mala. 2.13. Teares are deceitfull things, nothing ſooner dryed up that a TeareTear, and therfore not to be truſted too far: For a man may as well …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their Eye-water will he ſuffer to run in waſte, He catcheth every TeareTear before it comes to the ground, and till death cloſe up thoſe two Fountains …
With rule
… of their Eye-water will he ſuffer to run in waſte, He catcheth every TeareTear before it comes to the ground, and till death cloſe up thoſe two Fountains …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 175 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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… ouer vs, ſo as we muſt obey hym. Behold (I ſay) what this word TeareTear importeth: that is to ſay, that we ſhould learne to direct our whole life …
With rule
… ouer vs, ſo as we muſt obey hym. Behold (I ſay) what this word TeareTear importeth: that is to ſay, that we ſhould learne to direct our whole life …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 291 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Of joy, a TeareTear; ſo quencht, thou maiſt impart,
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Of joy, a TeareTear; ſo quencht, thou maiſt impart,
John Donne · Poems · p. 129 · Open in the reader

The First Sermon Preached to King Charles 3 April 1625 A73848

Printed
… repentant Teares: And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If …
With rule
… repentant Teares: And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If …
John Donne · The First Sermon Preached to King Charles 3 April 1625 · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If thou thinke …
With rule
… And remember ſtill, that when Ezechias wept, Vidit lachrymam, God ſaw his TeareTear, His TeareTear in the Singular; God ſawe his firſt tearetear, euery ſeuerall tearetear: If thou thinke …
John Donne · The First Sermon Preached to King Charles 3 April 1625 · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Duty for Received Mercies A85657

Printed
… the word translated Teares, is well observed to be in the Hebrew, Lachryma, a TeareTear; It may bee either to shew that there should be so much compassion towards …
With rule
… the word translated Teares, is well observed to be in the Hebrew, Lachryma, a TeareTear; It may bee either to shew that there should be so much compassion towards …
John Greene · The Churchs Duty for Received Mercies · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298

Printed
… tyrannizing Prince and his Forces with a Praier, or with a Sword? with a TeareTear, or with a Speare? Are they not all one in ſubſtance? By the Statutes …
With rule
… tyrannizing Prince and his Forces with a Praier, or with a Sword? with a TeareTear, or with a Speare? Are they not all one in ſubſtance? By the Statutes …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 137 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

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TeareTear down the Piles, and breake the old Foundation,
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TeareTear down the Piles, and breake the old Foundation,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
TeareTear from him, that poore honour which he hath.
With rule
TeareTear from him, that poore honour which he hath.
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 194 · Open in the reader

On the Sad Loss of Robert Lord Brook A97063

Printed
Think but, 'Tis Hard, to put a TeareTear in Tune.
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Think but, 'Tis Hard, to put a TeareTear in Tune.
John Wallis · On the Sad Loss of Robert Lord Brook · Open in the reader