Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1855 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prevaileprevail

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

Puritas changed it: 4,606 times in 1,254 works
Consistency: 99.8% (4,606 of 4,612)
Reach if approved: ~4,847 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prevail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,613 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,606 changes in 1,254 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,606)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hatred of persons, and not the regard of Cause simplie, so in these to prevaileprevail, that we may loose hope, that wee can availe them.
With rule
… hatred of persons, and not the regard of Cause simplie, so in these to prevaileprevail, that we may loose hope, that wee can availe them.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the shame of the world might shift of? how much more should Gods ſpirit prevaileprevail heerevnto! thinke on the gaine you get by ſpirituall promotions, joyned with ſpirituall …ſtructions …
With rule
… the shame of the world might shift of? how much more should Gods ſpirit prevaileprevail heerevnto! thinke on the gaine you get by ſpirituall promotions, joyned with ſpirituall …ſtructions …
Samuel Hieron · Aarons Bells · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be dry: have recourſe to the fountaine, which is Chriſt. 1 Sam. 2.9, 10. No man ſhall prevaileprevail by his owne ſtrength. Say, as David, Pſalm. 51.14. Stabliſh mee with thy free Spirit …
With rule
… be dry: have recourſe to the fountaine, which is Chriſt. 1 Sam. 2.9, 10. No man ſhall prevaileprevail by his owne ſtrength. Say, as David, Pſalm. 51.14. Stabliſh mee with thy free Spirit …
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 244 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not suffer you much to censure, nor your modesty to commend, if they should prevaileprevail with you both ad veniam, and ad gratiam; which they will the sooner doe …
With rule
… not suffer you much to censure, nor your modesty to commend, if they should prevaileprevail with you both ad veniam, and ad gratiam; which they will the sooner doe …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… began to set himself to be an enemie of this Church and could not prevaileprevail as he desired, he then began to make question about apostasie, whether any such …
With rule
… began to set himself to be an enemie of this Church and could not prevaileprevail as he desired, he then began to make question about apostasie, whether any such …
Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any meanes (without the power of God concurring and working with it) which can prevaileprevail. Are they smitten? they fall away more and more: they breake out to blasphemie …
With rule
… any meanes (without the power of God concurring and working with it) which can prevaileprevail. Are they smitten? they fall away more and more: they breake out to blasphemie …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be with us, who can be against us? They must overcome God himſelfe, that prevaileprevail againſt us, ſaith Auguſtine: and with the Pſalmist, Though I walke through the vale …
With rule
… be with us, who can be against us? They must overcome God himſelfe, that prevaileprevail againſt us, ſaith Auguſtine: and with the Pſalmist, Though I walke through the vale …
Thomas Gataker · Saint Stephens Last Will and Testament · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… riſing many may be eſtabliſhed. If by private meanes thou canſt not ſo farre prevaileprevail with ſuch as thou knoweſt to be Renegadoes, as to bring them voluntarily to …
With rule
… riſing many may be eſtabliſhed. If by private meanes thou canſt not ſo farre prevaileprevail with ſuch as thou knoweſt to be Renegadoes, as to bring them voluntarily to …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 89 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Looking Glass of the Holy War A05289

Printed
… forces: for pray well, and repent well, and you cannot chuſe but fight well. PrevailePrevail once with God, and it muſt needs follow that you ſhall prevaileprevail with men.
With rule
… forces: for pray well, and repent well, and you cannot chuſe but fight well. PrevailePrevail once with God, and it muſt needs follow that you ſhall prevaileprevail with men.
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 208 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
PrevailePrevail in your Deſires, you might:
With rule
PrevailePrevail in your Deſires, you might:
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 194 · Open in the reader

Defense from the Imputation of Self Contradiction by Daniel Cawdry A34675

Printed
… more declarations in this case, It would Adde rather more Fewell to contention, then PrevailePrevail with the Spirits of men, contrary minded to Receive satisfaction.
With rule
… more declarations in this case, It would Adde rather more Fewell to contention, then PrevailePrevail with the Spirits of men, contrary minded to Receive satisfaction.
John Cotton · Defense from the Imputation of Self Contradiction by Daniel Cawdry · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

Printed
Yea, are mighty in power.] Or, PrevailePrevail in wealth, which maketh them mighty: for money is the Monarch of this preſent …
With rule
Yea, are mighty in power.] Or, PrevailePrevail in wealth, which maketh them mighty: for money is the Monarch of this preſent …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Christ and Moses Excellency A90893

Printed
PrevailePrevail.
With rule
PrevailePrevail.
Vavasor Powell · Christ and Moses Excellency · p. 421 · Open in the reader