Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1794 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lookeslooks

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

Puritas changed it: 3,885 times in 1,084 works
Consistency: 99.4% (3,885 of 3,906)
Reach if approved: ~4,104 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: looks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,906 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,885 changes in 1,084 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,885)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and fleered so much, as Doctor White did, &c. … for Doctor Featly, both his lookeslooks, speeches, … and gestures were such, as did not become him; … might better haue beseemed …
With rule
… and fleered so much, as Doctor White did, &c. … for Doctor Featly, both his lookeslooks, speeches, … and gestures were such, as did not become him; … might better haue beseemed …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a power to meditate in it, is not a little grieved, yea amazed. He lookeslooks into his soule, findes there many sinfull infirmities, nay fleshly rebellions against the Spirit …
With rule
… a power to meditate in it, is not a little grieved, yea amazed. He lookeslooks into his soule, findes there many sinfull infirmities, nay fleshly rebellions against the Spirit …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so that wee cannot suspect, dare not deny, and must confesse, that their advise lookeslooks straight forward at our good, and squints not aside at any sinister respect. Wherefore …
With rule
… so that wee cannot suspect, dare not deny, and must confesse, that their advise lookeslooks straight forward at our good, and squints not aside at any sinister respect. Wherefore …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… faith is not daſht out of countenance but can reade love in his angry lookeslooks, and truſt God beyond what he ſees, it being the evidence of things not …
With rule
… faith is not daſht out of countenance but can reade love in his angry lookeslooks, and truſt God beyond what he ſees, it being the evidence of things not …
Thomas Goodwin · A Child of Light Walking in Darkness · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and thou remaineſt with ſcorpions: feare not their words, nor be afraid at their lookeslooks, for they are a rebellious houſe.
With rule
… and thou remaineſt with ſcorpions: feare not their words, nor be afraid at their lookeslooks, for they are a rebellious houſe.
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſpirit of humility, grant I may be far from vain thoughts and proud lookeslooks, giue mee to learne of my bleſſed Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt to bee humble and …
With rule
… the ſpirit of humility, grant I may be far from vain thoughts and proud lookeslooks, giue mee to learne of my bleſſed Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt to bee humble and …
Henry Greenwood · The Prisoners Prayers · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſon to expect its death, ſith he was told no leſſe, but here hee lookeslooks for no ſuch matter, he giues in charge that the yong man Abſalom (an …
With rule
… reaſon to expect its death, ſith he was told no leſſe, but here hee lookeslooks for no ſuch matter, he giues in charge that the yong man Abſalom (an …
Robert Harris · Absoloms Funeral · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then manye men vvith lovvlye lookeslooks vvere humbled to my face.
With rule
Then manye men vvith lovvlye lookeslooks vvere humbled to my face.
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Heaven and Earth Reconciled A02054

Printed
… their bodyes. God gaue man an vpright Countenaunce, directing his Minde togeather with his LookesLooks to the Starres; Erectos ad sydera tollere vultus: Looke on them, which walke like …
With rule
… their bodyes. God gaue man an vpright Countenaunce, directing his Minde togeather with his LookesLooks to the Starres; Erectos ad sydera tollere vultus: Looke on them, which walke like …
Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… Whorish, lustfull Parts; those Ribaldrous Songs, and filthie Ditties: those Meretricious, and Vnchast Attires, LookesLooks, and Gestures: those Amorous, and lustfull Complements, Kissings, Clippings, and Embracements: those liuely, if …
With rule
… Whorish, lustfull Parts; those Ribaldrous Songs, and filthie Ditties: those Meretricious, and Vnchast Attires, LookesLooks, and Gestures: those Amorous, and lustfull Complements, Kissings, Clippings, and Embracements: those liuely, if …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
LookesLooks now to be admitted; this is that;
With rule
LookesLooks now to be admitted; this is that;
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
But, keepes his LookesLooks undaunted, ev'n in Death.
With rule
But, keepes his LookesLooks undaunted, ev'n in Death.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
LookesLooks, both before him, and behinde him, too.
With rule
LookesLooks, both before him, and behinde him, too.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
My LookesLooks, my Hearing, and my Wordes confine,
With rule
My LookesLooks, my Hearing, and my Wordes confine,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
LookesLooks so sweetly conquering.
With rule
LookesLooks so sweetly conquering.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

Printed
… the ſtout heart of the King of Aſſiria, and the glory of his high LookesLooks, &c. The Lord taketh reuenge vpon the reuenger, and deſtroyes the deſtroyer. And ſo …
With rule
… the ſtout heart of the King of Aſſiria, and the glory of his high LookesLooks, &c. The Lord taketh reuenge vpon the reuenger, and deſtroyes the deſtroyer. And ſo …
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 156 · Open in the reader

The Application of Redemption A44342

Printed
… peace and comfort, within themselves and then to Christ, and so … his labor and LookesLooks in vaine, but wee should Looke up to Christ the author and finisher of …
With rule
… peace and comfort, within themselves and then to Christ, and so … his labor and LookesLooks in vaine, but wee should Looke up to Christ the author and finisher of …
Thomas Hooker · The Application of Redemption · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
Looking and LookesLooks.
With rule
Looking and LookesLooks.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
Vnchaſt LookesLooks ſhew the corruption of the heart. 577. a 42.
With rule
Vnchaſt LookesLooks ſhew the corruption of the heart. 577. a 42.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Secret Sins A92846

Printed
… ſaw them, yet he felt them: Noe combat, ſerves the Chriſtian but that which LookesLooks to victory, and he thinks the day is not yet won, if he hath …
With rule
… ſaw them, yet he felt them: Noe combat, ſerves the Chriſtian but that which LookesLooks to victory, and he thinks the day is not yet won, if he hath …
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Anatomy of Secret Sins · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Floating Island A94057

Printed
She twits me with my Servants, Favours, LookesLooks,
With rule
She twits me with my Servants, Favours, LookesLooks,
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader
Printed
LookesLooks like a Saint, and I as foule as hell?
With rule
LookesLooks like a Saint, and I as foule as hell?
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
LookesLooks on his legs, ſets his ſtiffe taile right,
With rule
LookesLooks on his legs, ſets his ſtiffe taile right,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 24 · Open in the reader