Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2052 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

basenessebaseness

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

Puritas changed it: 1,330 times in 620 works
Consistency: 99.7% (1,330 of 1,333)
Reach if approved: ~1,401 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: baseness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,333 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,330 changes in 620 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,330)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… grace he were ſuperior to all, inferiour to none: but, in my judgement, in baſeneſſebaseness and badneſſe, the Turke himſelfe goes not beyond him. Their curſed Kingdomes began much …
With rule
… grace he were ſuperior to all, inferiour to none: but, in my judgement, in baſeneſſebaseness and badneſſe, the Turke himſelfe goes not beyond him. Their curſed Kingdomes began much …
Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dead dog as I am? 1. King. 9.8. If the apprehenſion of ones outward miſerie and baſeneſſebaseness can ſo abaſe our mindes, and endeare the curteſies and fauours of other men …
With rule
… dead dog as I am? 1. King. 9.8. If the apprehenſion of ones outward miſerie and baſeneſſebaseness can ſo abaſe our mindes, and endeare the curteſies and fauours of other men …
Paul Baynes · Epitome of Mans Misery and Delivery · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Gods grace, which is an argument of our full deliuerance from mortality and baſeneſſebaseness, into perfect glory of ſoule and body, and this onely is the ſcope of …
With rule
… of Gods grace, which is an argument of our full deliuerance from mortality and baſeneſſebaseness, into perfect glory of ſoule and body, and this onely is the ſcope of …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 425 · Open in the reader
Printed
… those thinges which the Lorde shewed vnto him. Here wee are taught that the basenessebaseness or deformitie of anye place, can not let but that the godly minde, may …
With rule
… those thinges which the Lorde shewed vnto him. Here wee are taught that the basenessebaseness or deformitie of anye place, can not let but that the godly minde, may …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… a matter of great manhood, whereas in truth it is a part of much baſeneſſebaseness, and great puſilanimitie.
With rule
… a matter of great manhood, whereas in truth it is a part of much baſeneſſebaseness, and great puſilanimitie.
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
God did euer so strangely qualifie the basenessebaseness of Christ, that though hee seemed in mens eyes a contemptible obiect, and abiect …
With rule
God did euer so strangely qualifie the basenessebaseness of Christ, that though hee seemed in mens eyes a contemptible obiect, and abiect …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… place of Eccl. 5. that the consideration of Gods glorious greatnesse, and of our owne basenessebaseness, may bee effectuall to humble us, whensoever wee are to goe to God, and …
With rule
… place of Eccl. 5. that the consideration of Gods glorious greatnesse, and of our owne basenessebaseness, may bee effectuall to humble us, whensoever wee are to goe to God, and …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God may be better honoured by others than by our ſelves. This is our baſeneſſebaseness of ſpirit; we can bee content to lift up Chriſt upon our ſhoulders, that …
With rule
… God may be better honoured by others than by our ſelves. This is our baſeneſſebaseness of ſpirit; we can bee content to lift up Chriſt upon our ſhoulders, that …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 228 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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 Anatomy of Baseness A19444

Printed
THE ANATOMIE Of BASENESSEBASENESS. Or The foure quarters of a Knaue;
With rule
THE ANATOMIE Of BASENESSEBASENESS. Or The foure quarters of a Knaue;
John Andrewes · The Anatomy of Baseness · Open in the reader

The Dignity of Gods Children A73267

Printed
THE DIGNITY of Gods children: AND THE BASENESSEBASENESS of all other.
With rule
THE DIGNITY of Gods children: AND THE BASENESSEBASENESS of all other.
Thomas Stoughton · The Dignity of Gods Children · p. 1 · Open in the reader

John Lilb Tried and Cast A86094

Printed
… declare: He or they hold it lawfull to commit ANY MANNER OF WICKEDNES OR BASENESSEBASENESS WHATSOEVER THAT CAN BE NAMED UNDER THE SUN, for the accompliſhment of his or …
With rule
… declare: He or they hold it lawfull to commit ANY MANNER OF WICKEDNES OR BASENESSEBASENESS WHATSOEVER THAT CAN BE NAMED UNDER THE SUN, for the accompliſhment of his or …
Arthur Hesilrige · John Lilb Tried and Cast · p. 104 · Open in the reader