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bestebest

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

Puritas changed it
439 times in 129 works
Consistency
92.8% (439 of 473)
Reach if approved
~497 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: best
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
473 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (439 changes in 129 works, 92.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 439)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be his clothiers: beſides this he ſhall take your fyeldes and your vineyardes, your beſtebest orchardes of oliues and geue to his ſeruaunts, and of your corne and vines …
    With rule
    … be his clothiers: beſides this he ſhall take your fyeldes and your vineyardes, your beſtebest orchardes of oliues and geue to his ſeruaunts, and of your corne and vines …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … father of our LORDE Ieſus Chryſte whoo be thy eternall prouidence / diſpoſes kyngdoms / as beſtebest ſeameth to thy wyſdom / we acknowledge and confeſſe thy iudgemētes to be righteous in …
    With rule
    … father of our LORDE Ieſus Chryſte whoo be thy eternall prouidence / diſpoſes kyngdoms / as beſtebest ſeameth to thy wyſdom / we acknowledge and confeſſe thy iudgemētes to be righteous in …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and can not be ſatiſfied of it, and it is alſo to me the beſtebest prayer, euē aboue the Pſalter (whome not withſtandinge I loue not a littel). Truely …
    With rule
    … and can not be ſatiſfied of it, and it is alſo to me the beſtebest prayer, euē aboue the Pſalter (whome not withſtandinge I loue not a littel). Truely …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … do good, so shalte thou dwell in the earthe, and be fedde wyth the bestebest daynties thereof. Delyghte thou in the lorde, and he shal geue the thy hertes …
    With rule
    … do good, so shalte thou dwell in the earthe, and be fedde wyth the bestebest daynties thereof. Delyghte thou in the lorde, and he shal geue the thy hertes …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … vp to my Lorde: then are ye vndone . Prentyſe. Dooe as ye ſhall thynke beſtebest. Fare ye well maſter perſon: God open youre hearte.
    With rule
    … vp to my Lorde: then are ye vndone . Prentyſe. Dooe as ye ſhall thynke beſtebest. Fare ye well maſter perſon: God open youre hearte.

    Wolfgang Musculus · Lawful and Unlawful Usury Amongst Christians · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … peraduē ture) saye, we shoulde counsell a man alwayes to doe that which is bestebest of all, and of most parfectiō, but boldly in Christes cause to spend a …
    With rule
    … peraduē ture) saye, we shoulde counsell a man alwayes to doe that which is bestebest of all, and of most parfectiō, but boldly in Christes cause to spend a …

    Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … order of elementes, from the singularitie and strangenesse of this heauēly worke. Take the bestebest of this for your purpose, yet can you not come to that you woulde …
    With rule
    … order of elementes, from the singularitie and strangenesse of this heauēly worke. Take the bestebest of this for your purpose, yet can you not come to that you woulde …

    Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Lorde continually, that it woulde please his maiestie so to gouerne vs, as may bestebest tende to his glory, and the comfort of our owne soules. It teacheth vs …
    With rule
    … Lorde continually, that it woulde please his maiestie so to gouerne vs, as may bestebest tende to his glory, and the comfort of our owne soules. It teacheth vs …

    John Udall · Amendment of Life · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort A15145

  • Printed
    Robart BeſteBest
    With rule
    Robart BeſteBest

    William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. CLXXIIII · Open in the reader

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

  • Printed
    BeſteBest porue and ſaye
    With rule
    BeſteBest porue and ſaye

    Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 A41681

  • Printed
    … Vicarious power from Chriſt, had power to give life to the Image of the BeſteBest. foreign, to the image, i.e. to forme an Antichriſtian Church, Worſhip, Ceremonies, and Inſtitutes …
    With rule
    … Vicarious power from Chriſt, had power to give life to the Image of the BeſteBest. foreign, to the image, i.e. to forme an Antichriſtian Church, Worſhip, Ceremonies, and Inſtitutes …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Demon-Doctrines and Superſtitions, under the maſque and vizard of Chriſtianitie. Thence the Antichriſtian BeſteBest, when he came upon the Stage, appeared in the forme, not of a Dragon …
    With rule
    … Demon-Doctrines and Superſtitions, under the maſque and vizard of Chriſtianitie. Thence the Antichriſtian BeſteBest, when he came upon the Stage, appeared in the forme, not of a Dragon …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 184 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of being Chriſt's Vicar; though indeed he gave life to the Image of the BeſteBest; i.e. revived al the Demon-worſhip of the Pagan BeſteBest. And to decipher …
    With rule
    … of being Chriſt's Vicar; though indeed he gave life to the Image of the BeſteBest; i.e. revived al the Demon-worſhip of the Pagan BeſteBest. And to decipher …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 184 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … part of his Character, Rev. 13.12. And he exerciſeth al the power of the firſt BeſteBest before him. So v. 15.
    With rule
    … part of his Character, Rev. 13.12. And he exerciſeth al the power of the firſt BeſteBest before him. So v. 15.

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 224 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Leo Magnus, the firſt of the Antichriſtian line, in whom the Number of the BeſteBest began. And indeed his Arguments to begin the Antichriſtian Tyrannie with Leo Magnus ſeem …
    With rule
    … Leo Magnus, the firſt of the Antichriſtian line, in whom the Number of the BeſteBest began. And indeed his Arguments to begin the Antichriſtian Tyrannie with Leo Magnus ſeem …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 3 · p. 226 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 A41688

  • Printed
    … rightly conjoined, nor ſeparated. As, Some Animal is a Man: Some Animal is a BeſteBest: Therefore ſome BeſteBest is a Man. [4] The Concluſion ever follows the weaker Part. i …
    With rule
    … rightly conjoined, nor ſeparated. As, Some Animal is a Man: Some Animal is a BeſteBest: Therefore ſome BeſteBest is a Man. [4] The Concluſion ever follows the weaker Part. i …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſeparated. As, Some Animal is a Man: Some Animal is a BeſteBest: Therefore ſome BeſteBest is a Man. [4] The Concluſion ever follows the weaker Part. i. e. If any …
    With rule
    … ſeparated. As, Some Animal is a Man: Some Animal is a BeſteBest: Therefore ſome BeſteBest is a Man. [4] The Concluſion ever follows the weaker Part. i. e. If any …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … proviſion for mere Brutes in their indigent caſes? Thus Pſal. 147.9. He giveth to the BeſteBest his food, and to the young Ravens which crie. The laſt clauſe, and to …
    With rule
    … proviſion for mere Brutes in their indigent caſes? Thus Pſal. 147.9. He giveth to the BeſteBest his food, and to the young Ravens which crie. The laſt clauſe, and to …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 466 · Open in the reader