Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1949 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spearespear

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

Puritas changed it: 1,122 times in 508 works
Consistency: 100% (1,122 of 1,122)
Reach if approved: ~1,179 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: spear
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,122 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,122 changes in 508 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,122)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… would touch them, must be defenced with yron, or with the ſhaft of a ſpearespear . This maketh religion, to grow ſo ſlowly as it doth, either Philip doth not …
With rule
… would touch them, must be defenced with yron, or with the ſhaft of a ſpearespear . This maketh religion, to grow ſo ſlowly as it doth, either Philip doth not …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saviour, they were the souldiers that tooke him, the thornes that pierced him, the spearespear that gored him, the Crosse that tooke away his life: The truth is, the …
With rule
… Saviour, they were the souldiers that tooke him, the thornes that pierced him, the spearespear that gored him, the Crosse that tooke away his life: The truth is, the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hatred, whereby I crucifie thée againe, ſo louing a Sauiour: my ſinnes being the ſpearespear that pierced thee, and the nailes that laſtened thée to the Croſſe? How weighty …
With rule
… hatred, whereby I crucifie thée againe, ſo louing a Sauiour: my ſinnes being the ſpearespear that pierced thee, and the nailes that laſtened thée to the Croſſe? How weighty …
Robert Jenison · The Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… from vinegar, nor his hands and feet from piercing, nor his heart from the ſpearespear: yet ſtill the Lord of hoſtes ſaith
With rule
… from vinegar, nor his hands and feet from piercing, nor his heart from the ſpearespear: yet ſtill the Lord of hoſtes ſaith
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 420 · Open in the reader
Printed
… What say you to Zacharie, who mencioneth the pearcing of his side with a spearespear? What say you to Dauid, who describeth the nayling of his hands and feete …
With rule
… What say you to Zacharie, who mencioneth the pearcing of his side with a spearespear? What say you to Dauid, who describeth the nayling of his hands and feete …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
When the souldiers opened Christs side with a spearespear, what saith the Euangelist did then issue ont?
With rule
When the souldiers opened Christs side with a spearespear, what saith the Euangelist did then issue ont?
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Terrours themſelves are amiable: his Tabernacles and his Tents; his Sword, and his SpeareSpear; his Darts, and his Arrowes; all amiable: Terrible no doubt to his Enemies; but …
With rule
… his Terrours themſelves are amiable: his Tabernacles and his Tents; his Sword, and his SpeareSpear; his Darts, and his Arrowes; all amiable: Terrible no doubt to his Enemies; but …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the forces had beene armed, there were some comfort. No, not a shield nor spearespear among many, among a thousand, among many thousand, among fortie thousand: An Host of …
With rule
… the forces had beene armed, there were some comfort. No, not a shield nor spearespear among many, among a thousand, among many thousand, among fortie thousand: An Host of …
Thomas Adams · The Soldiers Honor · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.