Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2071 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

recorderecord

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

Puritas changed it: 540 times in 172 works
Consistency: 97.1% (540 of 556)
Reach if approved: ~584 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: record
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 556 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (540 changes in 172 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 540)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… this matter, as Saint Iohn here doth. He ſaith, there be three which beare recorderecord in heauen, and there bee three which beare record in earth. What will you …
With rule
… this matter, as Saint Iohn here doth. He ſaith, there be three which beare recorderecord in heauen, and there bee three which beare record in earth. What will you …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
Nor to slee nor stele, nor yet to beare false recorderecord,
With rule
Nor to slee nor stele, nor yet to beare false recorderecord,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… cyte of London, my lorde mayer, the ſhryues, and the whole commynnalte muſt beare recorderecord, that they maye alſo obeye the ſame, though they haue both godes lawes and …
With rule
… cyte of London, my lorde mayer, the ſhryues, and the whole commynnalte muſt beare recorderecord, that they maye alſo obeye the ſame, though they haue both godes lawes and …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
And here I call my God to recorderecord, that neither profitte too my ſelf, haued of any perſon or perſons, nor affection …
With rule
And here I call my God to recorderecord, that neither profitte too my ſelf, haued of any perſon or perſons, nor affection …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
… M. and all the deuills them ſelues. There ſtandeth (as often hath ben ſayde) recorderecord, Bookes, Bullus, Sealles, Vvrittinges, Mynſters, Cloyſters, ſo that it may be teſtifyed by all …
With rule
… M. and all the deuills them ſelues. There ſtandeth (as often hath ben ſayde) recorderecord, Bookes, Bullus, Sealles, Vvrittinges, Mynſters, Cloyſters, ſo that it may be teſtifyed by all …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… right excellent, our dread ſoueraigne, Queene ELIZABETH; I call euerye one of you to recorderecord, that vpon the perill of my life, I will ſhewe, that you cannot but …
With rule
… right excellent, our dread ſoueraigne, Queene ELIZABETH; I call euerye one of you to recorderecord, that vpon the perill of my life, I will ſhewe, that you cannot but …
John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… right ſo to doe, and our bounden duetie that we ſhould at al times recorderecord his goodneſſe, but eſpecially at the time of this action, to ſhewe foorth his …
With rule
… right ſo to doe, and our bounden duetie that we ſhould at al times recorderecord his goodneſſe, but eſpecially at the time of this action, to ſhewe foorth his …
John Prime · The Sacraments Generally and of Baptism and the Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… his owne life? for what man is able eyther by speach to expresse, or recorderecord in memorie the infinite thousandes of most holy martyres deuoured with vnspeakeable crueltie, and …
With rule
… his owne life? for what man is able eyther by speach to expresse, or recorderecord in memorie the infinite thousandes of most holy martyres deuoured with vnspeakeable crueltie, and …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty A14936

Printed
… their aſſiſtance in that behalfe, ſuch other of the Iudges of the Courtes of RecordeRecord at Weſtminſter as her highneſſe for that purpoſe ſhall aſſigne or appoint, or the …
With rule
… their aſſiſtance in that behalfe, ſuch other of the Iudges of the Courtes of RecordeRecord at Weſtminſter as her highneſſe for that purpoſe ſhall aſſigne or appoint, or the …
Peter Wentworth · A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked A16795

Printed
… there vvas never any such legall punishment by any lavve decreede; and secondlie no RecordeRecord or testimonie is of any such matter, ever done or suffered by Calvine. You …
With rule
… there vvas never any such legall punishment by any lavve decreede; and secondlie no RecordeRecord or testimonie is of any such matter, ever done or suffered by Calvine. You …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 231 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… Men punish falsifiers and forgers: As for example: if a man steale a publike RecordeRecord [as an indenture, deede, bonde, or such like] or falsifie it, he shalbe grieuously …
With rule
… Men punish falsifiers and forgers: As for example: if a man steale a publike RecordeRecord [as an indenture, deede, bonde, or such like] or falsifie it, he shalbe grieuously …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 788 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Lawe was copyed out, yea and to be kept as it were vppon RecordeRecord of authoritie, as which proceeded altogether from the hande of God. And the reason …
With rule
… the Lawe was copyed out, yea and to be kept as it were vppon RecordeRecord of authoritie, as which proceeded altogether from the hande of God. And the reason …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1078 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
… for it by recogniſance [or Statute,] ſo as his deede is inrolled of common RecordeRecord: then is he bounde more ſtraytly than hee was before. Euen ſo is it …
With rule
… for it by recogniſance [or Statute,] ſo as his deede is inrolled of common RecordeRecord: then is he bounde more ſtraytly than hee was before. Euen ſo is it …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 158 · Open in the reader