Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2061 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fatherlessefatherless

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

Puritas changed it: 1,783 times in 592 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,783 of 1,784)
Reach if approved: ~1,876 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fatherless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,785 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,783 changes in 592 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,783)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Pure religion and vndefiled before God, euen the father is this, to viſit the fatherleſſefatherless and widowes in their diſtreſſe, and to keepe himſelfe vnſpotted of the world.
With rule
… Pure religion and vndefiled before God, euen the father is this, to viſit the fatherleſſefatherless and widowes in their diſtreſſe, and to keepe himſelfe vnſpotted of the world.
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heauy laden; to ſuch as pray, heare Gods Word, keepe his Commandements; to the fatherleſſefatherless, widowes, captiues, poore, ſicke, &c. It is not poſſible, neither yet is it needfull …
With rule
… heauy laden; to ſuch as pray, heare Gods Word, keepe his Commandements; to the fatherleſſefatherless, widowes, captiues, poore, ſicke, &c. It is not poſſible, neither yet is it needfull …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and righteous carriage towards great and ſmall, eſpecially towards the oppreſſed, the poore, and fatherleſſefatherless, did furniſh him with ſtrength to undergo the ſoreſt of his ſufferings. Oh be …
With rule
… and righteous carriage towards great and ſmall, eſpecially towards the oppreſſed, the poore, and fatherleſſefatherless, did furniſh him with ſtrength to undergo the ſoreſt of his ſufferings. Oh be …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of my flockes. And yet was he a father to all the poore and fatherleſſefatherless.
With rule
… of my flockes. And yet was he a father to all the poore and fatherleſſefatherless.
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preſerue Gods feare: promote his glory: confeſſe him to be a Father to the fatherleſſefatherless, husband to the widdowe, and a deliuerer of the ſimple and harmeleſſe of the …
With rule
… preſerue Gods feare: promote his glory: confeſſe him to be a Father to the fatherleſſefatherless, husband to the widdowe, and a deliuerer of the ſimple and harmeleſſe of the …
William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · Open in the reader
Printed
… were once appointed by God to the Leuites, to the pore, to the widow, fatherlessefatherless, and straungers, and the lawes of Emperours, Kings and Princes, did after Christ, appoint …
With rule
… were once appointed by God to the Leuites, to the pore, to the widow, fatherlessefatherless, and straungers, and the lawes of Emperours, Kings and Princes, did after Christ, appoint …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euil, learne to do good, Seke to do right, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlessefatherless to his right, defend the widow.
With rule
… euil, learne to do good, Seke to do right, deliuer the oppressed, helpe the fatherlessefatherless to his right, defend the widow.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
He was a father to the fatherlessefatherless,
With rule
He was a father to the fatherlessefatherless,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… first-fruits) and the Heaven-offering of, the tithe: TO THE STRANGER, TO THE FATHERLESSEFATHERLESS, &c. this is the tithe of the poore, and the gleaning, and the forgotten …
With rule
… first-fruits) and the Heaven-offering of, the tithe: TO THE STRANGER, TO THE FATHERLESSEFATHERLESS, &c. this is the tithe of the poore, and the gleaning, and the forgotten …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 121 · Open in the reader