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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1869 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

drownedrown

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

Puritas changed it
1,246 times in 612 works
Consistency
99.6% (1,246 of 1,251)
Reach if approved
~1,314 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: drown
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,251 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,246 changes in 612 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,246)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    It is said, that the ryuer Rhene in Germany wyll drownedrown basterd childrē that be cast in it, but dryue alonde them that be lawfully …
    With rule
    It is said, that the ryuer Rhene in Germany wyll drownedrown basterd childrē that be cast in it, but dryue alonde them that be lawfully …

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … ſuch ſort, as that they doe not quench the light of the mind, and drownedrown it in ſecuritie, and other filthie ſinnes. For God hath geuen men ye lawful …
    With rule
    … ſuch ſort, as that they doe not quench the light of the mind, and drownedrown it in ſecuritie, and other filthie ſinnes. For God hath geuen men ye lawful …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    The ſnares alſo which tempters lay, drownedrown men in perdition and deſtruction, if they be faſt held thereby. And if they …
    With rule
    The ſnares alſo which tempters lay, drownedrown men in perdition and deſtruction, if they be faſt held thereby. And if they …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 241 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … safety of the rest in the Ship, he was cast into the Sea to drownedrown. So for the safety of mankinde, Christ was sent into the world to dye …
    With rule
    … safety of the rest in the Ship, he was cast into the Sea to drownedrown. So for the safety of mankinde, Christ was sent into the world to dye …

    William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … lye & prate, they blaspheme and accuse, they persecute and kill, they hange, burne, and drownedrown, their malice hath none ende.
    With rule
    … lye & prate, they blaspheme and accuse, they persecute and kill, they hange, burne, and drownedrown, their malice hath none ende.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … when thou goeſt thorow the water, I will be with thee, that the waves drownedrown thee not, that the billowes ſwallow thee not up: and when thou goeſt thorow …
    With rule
    … when thou goeſt thorow the water, I will be with thee, that the waves drownedrown thee not, that the billowes ſwallow thee not up: and when thou goeſt thorow …

    Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 303 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … bitternesse: bee gentle in word and …: sit down by wrongs patiently and …, rather then drownedrown their Christian credits (as some Gallants do) in bloud.
    With rule
    … bitternesse: bee gentle in word and …: sit down by wrongs patiently and …, rather then drownedrown their Christian credits (as some Gallants do) in bloud.

    Robert Horne · Points of Instruction for the Ignorant · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and noysome lusts, which drownedrown men in perdition and destruction. For the loue of money is the roote of …
    With rule
    … fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and noysome lusts, which drownedrown men in perdition and destruction. For the loue of money is the roote of …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    to DrowneDrown sig:
    With rule
    to DrowneDrown sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 183 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Church, or hers towardes him. Cant. 8, 7. Much Waters cannot quench loue, neither can flouds DrowneDrown it?
    With rule
    … Church, or hers towardes him. Cant. 8, 7. Much Waters cannot quench loue, neither can flouds DrowneDrown it?

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 183 · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven A20202

  • Printed
    … be reconciled to this land, and diſcharge it of all the horrible ſinnes thereof. DrowneDrown them O Lord in thy infinite mercy through Chriſt, as it were in a …
    With rule
    … be reconciled to this land, and diſcharge it of all the horrible ſinnes thereof. DrowneDrown them O Lord in thy infinite mercy through Chriſt, as it were in a …

    Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

  • Printed
    DrowneDrown the ſinnes of this place, for, for mee
    With rule
    DrowneDrown the ſinnes of this place, for, for mee

    John Donne · Poems · p. 345 · Open in the reader