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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1827 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

frefree

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

Puritas changed it
861 times in 249 works
Consistency
94.6% (861 of 910)
Reach if approved
~956 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: from
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
910 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (861 changes in 249 works, 94.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 861)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    In frefree waitd was Makferland seisit,
    With rule
    In frefree waitd was Makferland seisit,

    David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Although it be true, & nothynge more true, yt God of his owne mere mercy & frefree goodnes & vndeserued benignite saued vs whan we ware so vtterly loste, that by no …
    With rule
    Although it be true, & nothynge more true, yt God of his owne mere mercy & frefree goodnes & vndeserued benignite saued vs whan we ware so vtterly loste, that by no …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … howe many euels shoulde we faull? Howe were it possible for vs to be frefree from the captiuitie of Satan, to be pure from the fylthynesse of the flesshe …
    With rule
    … howe many euels shoulde we faull? Howe were it possible for vs to be frefree from the captiuitie of Satan, to be pure from the fylthynesse of the flesshe …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … wyll may prefar one before another for as true vertue is then, when iudgement & frefree wil be adhibit, ſo the chife degre is of delictes or fautes when a …
    With rule
    … wyll may prefar one before another for as true vertue is then, when iudgement & frefree wil be adhibit, ſo the chife degre is of delictes or fautes when a …

    Philipp Melanchthon · A Civil Nosegay · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … right spirit. Restore to me the ioy of my saluatiō, establish me with thy frefree spirit: doth he not coūt his hart vnclean, his spirit croked, the ioy of …
    With rule
    … right spirit. Restore to me the ioy of my saluatiō, establish me with thy frefree spirit: doth he not coūt his hart vnclean, his spirit croked, the ioy of …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    I desyre therfor, to haue frefree audyence.
    With rule
    I desyre therfor, to haue frefree audyence.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    My worde beynge flesh, from hens shall set hym frefree.
    With rule
    My worde beynge flesh, from hens shall set hym frefree.

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … obeyed and ciuyll ordynaunce, I wyll follow outwardlye, but my hearte in religyon is frefree to thinke as I wyll, So sayde Fryer Forest halfe a papyst, yea worse …
    With rule
    … obeyed and ciuyll ordynaunce, I wyll follow outwardlye, but my hearte in religyon is frefree to thinke as I wyll, So sayde Fryer Forest halfe a papyst, yea worse …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (49)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 39 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

  • Printed
    FreFree wyll of manne, what yt ys. 61. b
    With rule
    FreFree wyll of manne, what yt ys. 61. b

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

  • Printed
    FreFree or yet bonde
    With rule
    FreFree or yet bonde

    Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

  • Printed
    FreFree…nesse of speache.
    With rule
    FreFree…nesse of speache.

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown A19671

  • Printed
    FreFree from thy Landlordes tyranny:
    With rule
    FreFree from thy Landlordes tyranny:

    Robert Crowley · The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown · Open in the reader

The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet A19855

  • Printed
    … Mai… was that therby … Commiſſioners that whatſoeuer he had done … counterfeyted, or as M FreFree … and the … them and was aſked be … fell down, did he anſwer that a …
    With rule
    … Mai… was that therby … Commiſſioners that whatſoeuer he had done … counterfeyted, or as M FreFree … and the … them and was aſked be … fell down, did he anſwer that a …

    John Darrell · The Sinful Shameful Lying and Ridiculous Discourse of Samuel Harshnet · p. 137 · Open in the reader

The True Idea of Jansenism Both Historic and Dogmatic A41769

  • Printed
    … rule, by which the Propositions in question, and all other generally whatever, concerning Grace, FreFree… Will and Divine Predestination, may be examined, with certaintie, and also by right ought …
    With rule
    … rule, by which the Propositions in question, and all other generally whatever, concerning Grace, FreFree… Will and Divine Predestination, may be examined, with certaintie, and also by right ought …

    Theophilus Gale · The True Idea of Jansenism Both Historic and Dogmatic · p. 52 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 A42015

  • Printed
    … Revertimini & avertite. Revertite & avertite Caſtal. Redite & vos revocate, Returne and call back your ſelves. FreFree. Returne and repent. Of theſe words was ſpoken, Chap. 14.6. where the ſame words are …
    With rule
    … Revertimini & avertite. Revertite & avertite Caſtal. Redite & vos revocate, Returne and call back your ſelves. FreFree. Returne and repent. Of theſe words was ſpoken, Chap. 14.6. where the ſame words are …

    William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 569 · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

  • Printed
    … Royall Hoast and mighty Navie to revenge his forraine losses and wrongs on the FreFree…h King, Hubert the Arch-Bishop (who con…ederated with the Pope and French …
    With rule
    … Royall Hoast and mighty Navie to revenge his forraine losses and wrongs on the FreFree…h King, Hubert the Arch-Bishop (who con…ederated with the Pope and French …

    William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Rejoinder to Mr Drake A86890

  • Printed
    … that they had no other than the ſame privileges with the Iews, in their FreFree-admiſſion. If he ſhould ſay I make no more of your coming freely hither …
    With rule
    … that they had no other than the ſame privileges with the Iews, in their FreFree-admiſſion. If he ſhould ſay I make no more of your coming freely hither …

    John Humfrey · A Rejoinder to Mr Drake · p. 50 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

  • Printed
    … it to his Hand, to accep… of his Chaſ…ring, and to avoid all FreFree… a… Murmuri…g at him: much m…re charging of him, wi…h the …
    With rule
    … it to his Hand, to accep… of his Chaſ…ring, and to avoid all FreFree… a… Murmuri…g at him: much m…re charging of him, wi…h the …

    Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 638 · Open in the reader