Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1789 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

behindebehind

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

Puritas changed it: 4,817 times in 1,470 works
Consistency: 99.9% (4,817 of 4,818)
Reach if approved: ~5,068 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: behind
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,823 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,817 changes in 1,470 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,817)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… good mans praiſe is diſperſit, dedit, he diſperſes his goods, not he left them behindebehind him: and his diſtribution is ſeconded with the retribution of God, His righteouſneſſe endureth …
With rule
… good mans praiſe is diſperſit, dedit, he diſperſes his goods, not he left them behindebehind him: and his diſtribution is ſeconded with the retribution of God, His righteouſneſſe endureth …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 431 · Open in the reader
Printed
… weight is nothing but in her name, wheras a lower place well managed, leaues behindebehind it a deathlesse memory. Like a great winde, he blowes downe all friends that …
With rule
… weight is nothing but in her name, wheras a lower place well managed, leaues behindebehind it a deathlesse memory. Like a great winde, he blowes downe all friends that …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs excommunicate our wrath, that wee may communicate with the Church: leaue our lusts behindebehind vs, and wee are welcome; as Abraham left his Asse when hee went about …
With rule
… vs excommunicate our wrath, that wee may communicate with the Church: leaue our lusts behindebehind vs, and wee are welcome; as Abraham left his Asse when hee went about …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the beastes hathe fitlye expressed, when as they were full of eyes before and behindebehind, which notablye paint forth the cleare sighte of his prouidence most sharpe of all …
With rule
… the beastes hathe fitlye expressed, when as they were full of eyes before and behindebehind, which notablye paint forth the cleare sighte of his prouidence most sharpe of all …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… G^s. last Reason, which like an Orator he amplifieth, to leaue a deepe impression behindebehind. But let it be well considered, as in it selfe, so whether it proue …
With rule
… G^s. last Reason, which like an Orator he amplifieth, to leaue a deepe impression behindebehind. But let it be well considered, as in it selfe, so whether it proue …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt haue my portion. I haue dealt wiſely to get riches, which I leaue behindebehind me in great plentie. It may be they ſhal come into the handes of …
With rule
… muſt haue my portion. I haue dealt wiſely to get riches, which I leaue behindebehind me in great plentie. It may be they ſhal come into the handes of …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… the neerer to an ende, neither can they ſay there is the leſſe torment behindebehind, becauſe that which is infinite, cannot bee diminiſhed. The ſands of the ſea be …
With rule
… the neerer to an ende, neither can they ſay there is the leſſe torment behindebehind, becauſe that which is infinite, cannot bee diminiſhed. The ſands of the ſea be …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader
Printed
… the very touch of the handle of the lock, where Chriſt departing, had left behindebehind him ſuch fragrant ſteppes and impreſſions of his fauour by the bleſſing and ſweet …
With rule
… the very touch of the handle of the lock, where Chriſt departing, had left behindebehind him ſuch fragrant ſteppes and impreſſions of his fauour by the bleſſing and ſweet …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Historical Vindication Part 2 A91269

Printed
… that at leaſt we ſhould have ſome Ehud. This ONE THING ONELY YET REMAINS BEHINDEBEHIND: FOR THEN WE SHALL COMPOSE ALL OUR AFFAIRS VERY WELL, AND AT LAST BRING …
With rule
… that at leaſt we ſhould have ſome Ehud. This ONE THING ONELY YET REMAINS BEHINDEBEHIND: FOR THEN WE SHALL COMPOSE ALL OUR AFFAIRS VERY WELL, AND AT LAST BRING …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 2 · Open in the reader