Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2010 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

browesbrows

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

Puritas changed it: 541 times in 351 works
Consistency: 100% (541 of 541)
Reach if approved: ~568 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: brows
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 541 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (541 changes in 351 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 541)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hauing, and vſing of al his creatures: And that in the ſweate of our browesbrows wee doe eat that bread, which by reaſon thereof, cannot bee called the bread …
With rule
… hauing, and vſing of al his creatures: And that in the ſweate of our browesbrows wee doe eat that bread, which by reaſon thereof, cannot bee called the bread …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and as the Lord saieth their stifneck which hath an yron vaine and their browesbrows of brasse which dispyse the goodnes of God, they became cast awayes, Becaus (as …
With rule
… and as the Lord saieth their stifneck which hath an yron vaine and their browesbrows of brasse which dispyse the goodnes of God, they became cast awayes, Becaus (as …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… teache the contrary. Thus like falſe theues thei abuſe the labors & ſwet of my browesbrows to the maintenans of eher venom & poiſon. What wil they doo (thīke yow) whā …
With rule
… teache the contrary. Thus like falſe theues thei abuſe the labors & ſwet of my browesbrows to the maintenans of eher venom & poiſon. What wil they doo (thīke yow) whā …
Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the labour of other mennes handes, and of the sweate of other mennes browesbrows (as it is to bee feared that a greate number doo at this present …
With rule
… of the labour of other mennes handes, and of the sweate of other mennes browesbrows (as it is to bee feared that a greate number doo at this present …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… from Chriſt and Chriſtianity; will not this in ſome meaſure caſt vs downe? Happily browesbrows of braſſe, necks of yron, and hearts of flint, will here proclaime their ſtubborneſſe …
With rule
… from Chriſt and Chriſtianity; will not this in ſome meaſure caſt vs downe? Happily browesbrows of braſſe, necks of yron, and hearts of flint, will here proclaime their ſtubborneſſe …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… steale: God will haue vs not liue idle, but in the sweat of our browesbrows: loke, 2. Thess. 3. be we of what estate or condition soeuer, Prince, people, one or …
With rule
… steale: God will haue vs not liue idle, but in the sweat of our browesbrows: loke, 2. Thess. 3. be we of what estate or condition soeuer, Prince, people, one or …
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… with most stripes? they worke out a poore lyuing with the sweate of their browesbrows and nerues, these can play out a rich one from the quicknes of their …
With rule
… with most stripes? they worke out a poore lyuing with the sweate of their browesbrows and nerues, these can play out a rich one from the quicknes of their …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader
Printed
… that is, thou ſhalt get thy liuing by labour and the ſweate of the browesbrows.
With rule
… that is, thou ſhalt get thy liuing by labour and the ſweate of the browesbrows.
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 101 · Open in the reader

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