Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1777 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pearlespearls

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

Puritas changed it: 1,634 times in 687 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,634 of 1,636)
Reach if approved: ~1,721 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pearls
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,638 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,634 changes in 687 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,634)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by the name of Sancla Ciuit…s: an holy Citie, built with moſt precious pearlespearls: becauſe the company that dwell therein are holy and pure, ſhining in holineſſe, and …
With rule
… by the name of Sancla Ciuit…s: an holy Citie, built with moſt precious pearlespearls: becauſe the company that dwell therein are holy and pure, ſhining in holineſſe, and …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fayre ladyes with their pearlespearls.
With rule
Fayre ladyes with their pearlespearls.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſuch matter and mettall (as Solomon ſpeaks of) which is more precious than pearlespearls, and with which all that can be deſired, doth not deſerue to be compared …
With rule
… of ſuch matter and mettall (as Solomon ſpeaks of) which is more precious than pearlespearls, and with which all that can be deſired, doth not deſerue to be compared …
Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then the Lord doth free thee from thy counſelling of him; doe not caſt pearlespearls before ſwines, but yet though thou needſt not counſell him publickly, yet go into …
With rule
… then the Lord doth free thee from thy counſelling of him; doe not caſt pearlespearls before ſwines, but yet though thou needſt not counſell him publickly, yet go into …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and dung, but in a pallace in heauen built with Saphyrs, and founded vpon pearlespearls; not receiuing a present of gold from men, but wearing a crowne of gold …
With rule
… and dung, but in a pallace in heauen built with Saphyrs, and founded vpon pearlespearls; not receiuing a present of gold from men, but wearing a crowne of gold …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thrust together, iniquities pressed downe and yet running ouer. Like Hogges we slauer his pearlespearls, turne his graces into wantonnesse, and turne againe to rend in pieces the bringers.
With rule
… thrust together, iniquities pressed downe and yet running ouer. Like Hogges we slauer his pearlespearls, turne his graces into wantonnesse, and turne againe to rend in pieces the bringers.
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 234 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wise and a discreet woman is better then wealth; her price is far aboue pearlespearls: For House and possessions are the inheritance of the Fathers; but a prudent wife …
With rule
… wise and a discreet woman is better then wealth; her price is far aboue pearlespearls: For House and possessions are the inheritance of the Fathers; but a prudent wife …
Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which) Wee muſt not giue that which is holy to dogges, nor caſt our pearlespearls before ſwine. Matth. the ſeauenth, and the ſixt. The pretious treaſure of the Goſpell …
With rule
Which) Wee muſt not giue that which is holy to dogges, nor caſt our pearlespearls before ſwine. Matth. the ſeauenth, and the ſixt. The pretious treaſure of the Goſpell …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 128 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.