Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1945 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

missemiss

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

Puritas changed it: 2,224 times in 996 works
Consistency: 98.9% (2,224 of 2,247)
Reach if approved: ~2,361 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: miss
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,247 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,224 changes in 996 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,224)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… good age. Let it not then ſo afflict vs, to thinke how wee may miſſemiss him here on earth, as reioyce vs to expect how we muſt meet him …
With rule
… good age. Let it not then ſo afflict vs, to thinke how wee may miſſemiss him here on earth, as reioyce vs to expect how we muſt meet him …
John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… told Baruch! that theſe arrows ſhould flye round about us, over our heads, and miſſemiss us! that Gods arreſts ſhould ſeize upon men, walking, talking with us, and ſpare …
With rule
… told Baruch! that theſe arrows ſhould flye round about us, over our heads, and miſſemiss us! that Gods arreſts ſhould ſeize upon men, walking, talking with us, and ſpare …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on but what it can get abroad, from day to day: and if it missemiss but a day, the whole body fares the worse for it, God knowes how …
With rule
… on but what it can get abroad, from day to day: and if it missemiss but a day, the whole body fares the worse for it, God knowes how …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
Oh deare Sauiour, who can miſſemiss and not mourne for thee? Neuer any ſoule conceiued thee by faith, that was …
With rule
Oh deare Sauiour, who can miſſemiss and not mourne for thee? Neuer any ſoule conceiued thee by faith, that was …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
You hit not still, but shoote full oft and missemiss.
With rule
You hit not still, but shoote full oft and missemiss.
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… little is done with much adoe; and if wee ſl…cke our hands, and miſſemiss but one ſtroake, we are carried downe with the ſtreame, and caſt further backe …
With rule
… little is done with much adoe; and if wee ſl…cke our hands, and miſſemiss but one ſtroake, we are carried downe with the ſtreame, and caſt further backe …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 770 · Open in the reader
Printed
Wee never shall missemiss Matter for to mourne.
With rule
Wee never shall missemiss Matter for to mourne.
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… high opinion of this man and his directions; as if that arrow could not missemiss the mark which came out of S. Bernards bow. Wherefore this miscarriage came very …
With rule
… high opinion of this man and his directions; as if that arrow could not missemiss the mark which came out of S. Bernards bow. Wherefore this miscarriage came very …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 83 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

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

The Souls Humiliation A03605

Printed
… deceived therein. If you miſſemiss here, never looke to be ſaved nor recovered hereafter. MiſſeMiss now, and you are undone for ever, its as much as your ſoules be …
With rule
… deceived therein. If you miſſemiss here, never looke to be ſaved nor recovered hereafter. MiſſeMiss now, and you are undone for ever, its as much as your ſoules be …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 211 · Open in the reader

Abrahams Faith A08201

Printed
Page. Line. Faults. Corrections. Epistle. 2 19 MiſſeMiss Miſte Epistle. 4 24 is of the is the Contents 2 laſt with with it Booke. 2 8 word …
With rule
Page. Line. Faults. Corrections. Epistle. 2 19 MiſſeMiss Miſte Epistle. 4 24 is of the is the Contents 2 laſt with with it Booke. 2 8 word …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… flumina & arbores & paradisum putent allegoriae legibiss se debere subruere. Such mysticall Mist-all and MisseMiss-all Interpreters are our Familists in these times, by vnseasonable and vnreasonable allegories, raising …
With rule
… flumina & arbores & paradisum putent allegoriae legibiss se debere subruere. Such mysticall Mist-all and MisseMiss-all Interpreters are our Familists in these times, by vnseasonable and vnreasonable allegories, raising …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

Printed
… againe for thee and hope, that, he ſhall come againe to that eternall deliuerance. MiſſeMiss not this hope. Paul to Timothie 2. Epiſt. 4. 8. ſpeaking of that crown of righteouſneſſe he …
With rule
… againe for thee and hope, that, he ſhall come againe to that eternall deliuerance. MiſſeMiss not this hope. Paul to Timothie 2. Epiſt. 4. 8. ſpeaking of that crown of righteouſneſſe he …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 46 · Open in the reader

Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse A15636

Printed
MisseMiss that good Deity, which guide them could:
With rule
MisseMiss that good Deity, which guide them could:
George Wither · Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse · p. 130 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
Such a Man may by that MisseMiss
With rule
Such a Man may by that MisseMiss
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 4-7 A35438

Printed
… what ſhame would have us do, when we have done amiſſe, or when we MiſſeMiss what we would find, then we ſeek covert and hide our ſelves. Hence theſe …
With rule
… what ſhame would have us do, when we have done amiſſe, or when we MiſſeMiss what we would find, then we ſeek covert and hide our ſelves. Hence theſe …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 510 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
sin not] MisseMiss not the mark of Gods law. So the word signifies, Judg. 20. 16.
With rule
sin not] MisseMiss not the mark of Gods law. So the word signifies, Judg. 20. 16.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant A59035

Printed
… if they refuſe it not; how come they to miſſemiss of that obtained ſalvation? MiſſeMiss they ſhall not (lay the Arminians) unleſſe, and untill they refuſe; but refuſe (ſay …
With rule
… if they refuſe it not; how come they to miſſemiss of that obtained ſalvation? MiſſeMiss they ſhall not (lay the Arminians) unleſſe, and untill they refuſe; but refuſe (ſay …
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant · p. 296 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… first creation, for Gods everlasting creature-life, wisdom, righteousnes, and glory, in the second. MisseMiss but the true extent and bounds of the word all, in this saying, all …
With rule
… first creation, for Gods everlasting creature-life, wisdom, righteousnes, and glory, in the second. MisseMiss but the true extent and bounds of the word all, in this saying, all …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

Printed
Shall not erre] MiſſeMiss their way, or miſcarry in it.
With rule
Shall not erre] MiſſeMiss their way, or miſcarry in it.
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 124 · Open in the reader

Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues A68078

Printed
… words, that you may see howe much they make for M. Heskins cause. Celebratio MisseMiss &c. The celebration of the Masse is done in commemoration of the Passion of …
With rule
… words, that you may see howe much they make for M. Heskins cause. Celebratio MisseMiss &c. The celebration of the Masse is done in commemoration of the Passion of …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 416 · Open in the reader

Truth Maintained A70084

Printed
G. You that ſtand in the Horizon of Prelacy, cannot ſee much beyond it.) MiſſeMiss not the matter, to hitt my perſon, if I ſtand in the Horizon of …
With rule
G. You that ſtand in the Horizon of Prelacy, cannot ſee much beyond it.) MiſſeMiss not the matter, to hitt my perſon, if I ſtand in the Horizon of …
Thomas Fuller · Truth Maintained · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Truth Maintained 2 A85036

Printed
G. You that ſtand in the Horizon of Prelacy, cannot ſee much beyond it.) MiſſeMiss not the matter, to h…tt my perſon, if I ſtand in the Horizon …
With rule
G. You that ſtand in the Horizon of Prelacy, cannot ſee much beyond it.) MiſſeMiss not the matter, to h…tt my perſon, if I ſtand in the Horizon …
Thomas Fuller · Truth Maintained 2 · p. 54 · Open in the reader

Good News from New England A85356

Printed
… not furiouſly to breake the glaſſe, moderate thy anger, and I have my deſire. MiſſeMiss not my meaning, by turning my diſcourſe to perſonate any, but many: Its paſt …
With rule
… not furiouſly to breake the glaſſe, moderate thy anger, and I have my deſire. MiſſeMiss not my meaning, by turning my diſcourſe to perſonate any, but many: Its paſt …
Edward Winslow · Good News from New England · Open in the reader