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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1974 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

woundeswounds

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

Puritas changed it
522 times in 224 works
Consistency
98.8% (522 of 528)
Reach if approved
~555 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wounds
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
528 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (522 changes in 224 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 522)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … heare not others reading them vnto vs, our verie medicine shall be turned vnto woundeswounds vnto vs: and of that we shall reape condemnation, of the which we might …
    With rule
    … heare not others reading them vnto vs, our verie medicine shall be turned vnto woundeswounds vnto vs: and of that we shall reape condemnation, of the which we might …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 413 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … touched with care of the woūded man, hath compaſſion on him, byndeth vp his woundeswounds, bringeth him with him into an Inne, prouideth for him, that pertaineth vnto vs …
    With rule
    … touched with care of the woūded man, hath compaſſion on him, byndeth vp his woundeswounds, bringeth him with him into an Inne, prouideth for him, that pertaineth vnto vs …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 400 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … sawe him, he had compassion on him, and went to, and bounde vp his woundeswounds, and powred in oyle and wine, and sett hym on his owne beast, and …
    With rule
    … sawe him, he had compassion on him, and went to, and bounde vp his woundeswounds, and powred in oyle and wine, and sett hym on his owne beast, and …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Churche but of eſtabliſhing tyranny, doo not bende their indeuoures too heale vppe the woundeswounds of the Churche, but they buſie themſelues about ciuill broyles, the deſolation of Churches …
    With rule
    … Churche but of eſtabliſhing tyranny, doo not bende their indeuoures too heale vppe the woundeswounds of the Churche, but they buſie themſelues about ciuill broyles, the deſolation of Churches …

    Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … thirtie siluerlings of the traytour Iudas for the which he solde Christ: not the woundeswounds of his pearced bodie: not the print of the nailes in his handes and …
    With rule
    … thirtie siluerlings of the traytour Iudas for the which he solde Christ: not the woundeswounds of his pearced bodie: not the print of the nailes in his handes and …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to put hys fynger in hys ſyde, to ſee h…s handes and the woundeswounds of the nayles, that thei al might knowe it to be his natural bodye …
    With rule
    … to put hys fynger in hys ſyde, to ſee h…s handes and the woundeswounds of the nayles, that thei al might knowe it to be his natural bodye …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … shall lacke his dewe circumstance / vnlesse it be myred with othes. As with bloode / woundeswounds / death / and sydes / with cursinges and bannynges / as poxe / pestil…ce / fowle euyll / shame …
    With rule
    … shall lacke his dewe circumstance / vnlesse it be myred with othes. As with bloode / woundeswounds / death / and sydes / with cursinges and bannynges / as poxe / pestil…ce / fowle euyll / shame …

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … before I ſaid conſequently even this was for our ſinne alſo, namely becauſe theſe woundeswounds were given him for our ſinne. And thus, though it made for our redemption …
    With rule
    … before I ſaid conſequently even this was for our ſinne alſo, namely becauſe theſe woundeswounds were given him for our ſinne. And thus, though it made for our redemption …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Sinners Indictment A14766

  • Printed
    … wounded, but hee also went to him, hee poured Wine and Oyle into his WoundesWounds, set him on his owne Beast, brought him to a common Inne, and made …
    With rule
    … wounded, but hee also went to him, hee poured Wine and Oyle into his WoundesWounds, set him on his owne Beast, brought him to a common Inne, and made …

    William Ward · A Sinners Indictment · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

  • Printed
    … in the ende; That open rebuke is better then ſecret loue; yea, that the WoundesWounds of a Louer are faithfull, and the Kiſſes of an Enemy are pleaſant.
    With rule
    … in the ende; That open rebuke is better then ſecret loue; yea, that the WoundesWounds of a Louer are faithfull, and the Kiſſes of an Enemy are pleaſant.

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 27 · Open in the reader