Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2031 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rockesrocks

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

Puritas changed it: 1,440 times in 495 works
Consistency: 99.3% (1,440 of 1,450)
Reach if approved: ~1,524 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: rocks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,450 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,440 changes in 495 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,440)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are so in their foreheads, and all men see them. Many of these are rockesrocks of offence. They make Dauid and Salomon proctors of their sinnes, which I am …
With rule
… are so in their foreheads, and all men see them. Many of these are rockesrocks of offence. They make Dauid and Salomon proctors of their sinnes, which I am …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 637 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Bread in Egipt. Comfort shall come when, and whence wee least expect it. RockesRocks shall yeelde Water, Rauens shall bring Meate, rather then wee shall perish; euen our …
With rule
… of Bread in Egipt. Comfort shall come when, and whence wee least expect it. RockesRocks shall yeelde Water, Rauens shall bring Meate, rather then wee shall perish; euen our …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beleeuer as the best. Thus with theſe and the like charmes, this ſubtile enemy rockesrocks men aſleepe, and encourageth them to feed themſelues with vaine perſwaſions, and to trust …
With rule
… beleeuer as the best. Thus with theſe and the like charmes, this ſubtile enemy rockesrocks men aſleepe, and encourageth them to feed themſelues with vaine perſwaſions, and to trust …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and take away the light of the Goſpell, and make us wander in darkeneſſe, RockesRocks, and Wilderneſſes; if deſolation ſhould come wee muſt be driven from our houſes and …
With rule
… and take away the light of the Goſpell, and make us wander in darkeneſſe, RockesRocks, and Wilderneſſes; if deſolation ſhould come wee muſt be driven from our houſes and …
Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pieces and cloſe the knot againe, let vs ſtand a while and ſée what rockesrocks we haue paſſed, let vs looke backe and view the wonderfull worke of God …
With rule
… pieces and cloſe the knot againe, let vs ſtand a while and ſée what rockesrocks we haue paſſed, let vs looke backe and view the wonderfull worke of God …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… mountaines to helpe and hide our miserie. And they said to the mountaines and rockesrocks, Fall on vs, &c. If we put God to his querelam, controuersie, and make …
With rule
… mountaines to helpe and hide our miserie. And they said to the mountaines and rockesrocks, Fall on vs, &c. If we put God to his querelam, controuersie, and make …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… synketh downe, and swalloweth vp cities, and townes, with castels, and towers, hylles and rockesrocks, ryuers, and floodes, so that they be neuer seen again. Yea the Sea in …
With rule
… synketh downe, and swalloweth vp cities, and townes, with castels, and towers, hylles and rockesrocks, ryuers, and floodes, so that they be neuer seen again. Yea the Sea in …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader
Printed
… How ſhall this bee reconciled? is there no waye but to fall vpon the rockesrocks of Browniſme, and to imagine that the regenerate are ſo fréed, that they be …
With rule
… How ſhall this bee reconciled? is there no waye but to fall vpon the rockesrocks of Browniſme, and to imagine that the regenerate are ſo fréed, that they be …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 45 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

Printed
THREE MOST FEAREFVLL ROCKESROCKS layed in the way of Gods babes, iourneying towards heauen: threatning their present ouerthrow …
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THREE MOST FEAREFVLL ROCKESROCKS layed in the way of Gods babes, iourneying towards heauen: threatning their present ouerthrow …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED, COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality …
With rule
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED, COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality …
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · Open in the reader
Printed
… COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality of ROCKESROCKS; a barren and harſh Soyle; yet a Fruitfull, and Delightfull ſubject of Meditation. By …
With rule
… COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality of ROCKESROCKS; a barren and harſh Soyle; yet a Fruitfull, and Delightfull ſubject of Meditation. By …
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · Open in the reader
Printed
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED. Compriſing certaine Poeticall Meditations, extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Qualities …
With rule
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED. Compriſing certaine Poeticall Meditations, extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Qualities …
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
… AND PROFITABLE MEDITATIONS, RAISED FROM The Contemplation of theſe three Leaves of Natures Volume, 1. ROCKESROCKS, 2. SEAS, 3. GARDENS, digeſted into three diſtinct Poems.
With rule
… AND PROFITABLE MEDITATIONS, RAISED FROM The Contemplation of theſe three Leaves of Natures Volume, 1. ROCKESROCKS, 2. SEAS, 3. GARDENS, digeſted into three diſtinct Poems.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · Open in the reader
Printed
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED, COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality …
With rule
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED, COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality …
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · Open in the reader
Printed
… COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality of ROCKESROCKS; a barren and harſh Soyle, yet a Fruitfull, and Delightfull ſubject of Meditation.
With rule
… COMPRISING CERTAINE POETICALL MEDITATIONS, Extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Quality of ROCKESROCKS; a barren and harſh Soyle, yet a Fruitfull, and Delightfull ſubject of Meditation.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · Open in the reader
Printed
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED. Compriſing certaine Poeticall Meditations, extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Qualities …
With rule
ROCKESROCKS IMPROVED. Compriſing certaine Poeticall Meditations, extracted from the contemplation of the Nature and Qualities …
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent B15350

Printed
… all theſe domeſticall iarres. Specially, becauſe I ſeeme to deſcrie and diſcouer thoſe dangerous ROCKESROCKS, whereat many both heretofore haue been, and at this preſent (alas!) are not a …
With rule
… all theſe domeſticall iarres. Specially, becauſe I ſeeme to deſcrie and diſcouer thoſe dangerous ROCKESROCKS, whereat many both heretofore haue been, and at this preſent (alas!) are not a …
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · Open in the reader
Printed
Theſe be thoſe pernicious ROCKESROCKS, which now I haue plainly diſcouered and detected, to forewarne the weaker and vnlearneder …
With rule
Theſe be thoſe pernicious ROCKESROCKS, which now I haue plainly diſcouered and detected, to forewarne the weaker and vnlearneder …
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · Open in the reader