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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1922 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

progresseprogress

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

Puritas changed it
2,496 times in 963 works
Consistency
99.6% (2,496 of 2,506)
Reach if approved
~2,633 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: progress
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,506 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,496 changes in 963 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,496)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of God; to lay lumber in, or things out of the way, in a ProgresseProgress time to serve for a Wardrobe, in the countrey for Iuries of Leets to …
    With rule
    … of God; to lay lumber in, or things out of the way, in a ProgresseProgress time to serve for a Wardrobe, in the countrey for Iuries of Leets to …

    Walter Balcanquhall · The Honor of Christian Churches · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … by hys peramoure Stephana) of hys breames and vysyons for the tyme of hys progresseprogress, desyeryng hys power agaynst the prestes also, with manye other wonders. Iohānes Capgraue in …
    With rule
    … by hys peramoure Stephana) of hys breames and vysyons for the tyme of hys progresseprogress, desyeryng hys power agaynst the prestes also, with manye other wonders. Iohānes Capgraue in …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſhall be admitted to an Inheritance immortall and vndefiled ? Mercy the beginning mercy the progreſſeprogress, the concluſion mercy. In diſcourſing heereof the burden of our ſong muſt ſtill bee …
    With rule
    … ſhall be admitted to an Inheritance immortall and vndefiled ? Mercy the beginning mercy the progreſſeprogress, the concluſion mercy. In diſcourſing heereof the burden of our ſong muſt ſtill bee …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … his arme ſhortened? Doth any arrow miſſe that he ſhoots? and he that went progreſſeprogress from Dan to Berſheba, in a running plague, and in leſſe time then three …
    With rule
    … his arme ſhortened? Doth any arrow miſſe that he ſhoots? and he that went progreſſeprogress from Dan to Berſheba, in a running plague, and in leſſe time then three …

    Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in the text. Habebit secum &c. He shal haue it wt hym in hys progresseprogress, he muste haue a man to carrye it, that when he is haukynge and …
    With rule
    … in the text. Habebit secum &c. He shal haue it wt hym in hys progresseprogress, he muste haue a man to carrye it, that when he is haukynge and …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as Saint Augustine speaketh, In actione profectu que iustitiae; Still in the action and progresseprogress of righteousnesse: and of such perseuerance the Saints are not certaine in this life.
    With rule
    … as Saint Augustine speaketh, In actione profectu que iustitiae; Still in the action and progresseprogress of righteousnesse: and of such perseuerance the Saints are not certaine in this life.

    Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Comet: Because, for-sooth, their weake Eyes had not continuallie perceived, all the particular progresseprogress of it. VVhereas, in anie true Sparkle of a Godlie, and Christian Disposition, and …
    With rule
    … Comet: Because, for-sooth, their weake Eyes had not continuallie perceived, all the particular progresseprogress of it. VVhereas, in anie true Sparkle of a Godlie, and Christian Disposition, and …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … be found there: and how much the benefit of our standing house transcends our progresseprogress!
    With rule
    … be found there: and how much the benefit of our standing house transcends our progresseprogress!

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness A13554

  • Printed
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF SAINTS TO FVLL HOLINESSE: Described In sundry Apostolicall Aphorismes, or short precepts tending …
    With rule
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF SAINTS TO FVLL HOLINESSE: Described In sundry Apostolicall Aphorismes, or short precepts tending …

    Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF SAINTS TO FVLL HOLINESSE.
    With rule
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF SAINTS TO FVLL HOLINESSE.

    Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

  • Printed
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF THE SOULE.
    With rule
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF THE SOULE.

    John Donne · Poems · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    OF THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF THE SOULE.
    With rule
    OF THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF THE SOULE.

    John Donne · Poems · p. 257 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The Harbinger to the PROGRESSEPROGRESS.
    With rule
    The Harbinger to the PROGRESSEPROGRESS.

    John Donne · Poems · p. 257 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    OF THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF THE SOULE.
    With rule
    OF THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF THE SOULE.

    John Donne · Poems · p. 260 · Open in the reader

The Progress of Divine Providence A85485

  • Printed
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF Divine Providence, SET OVT IN A SERMON PREACHED In the Abbey Church of …
    With rule
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF Divine Providence, SET OVT IN A SERMON PREACHED In the Abbey Church of …

    William Gouge · The Progress of Divine Providence · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF GODS Providence.
    With rule
    THE PROGRESSEPROGRESS OF GODS Providence.

    William Gouge · The Progress of Divine Providence · p. 1 · Open in the reader