Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2075 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sighessighs

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

Puritas changed it: 1,375 times in 570 works
Consistency: 98.0% (1,375 of 1,403)
Reach if approved: ~1,475 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sighs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,404 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,375 changes in 570 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,375)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Beaſt, and now our lord he Kings people cry vnto the King with the ſighessighs and groanes of their ſpirits (and would cry alſo with a lowd voyce, but …
With rule
… Beaſt, and now our lord he Kings people cry vnto the King with the ſighessighs and groanes of their ſpirits (and would cry alſo with a lowd voyce, but …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sword thorow them. If any man were pleasant, their manner was presently with deepe sighessighs to repeate those words of our Sauiour Christ, Wo be to you which now …
With rule
… sword thorow them. If any man were pleasant, their manner was presently with deepe sighessighs to repeate those words of our Sauiour Christ, Wo be to you which now …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Religion, when they see they must not needs be ever encreasing the ayre with sighessighs, and rivers with teares; but that the wayes of wisedome are wayes of pleasure …
With rule
… Religion, when they see they must not needs be ever encreasing the ayre with sighessighs, and rivers with teares; but that the wayes of wisedome are wayes of pleasure …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt be performed, by going along with the ſpirit, who helpeth our infirmites, with ſighessighs and ſobs, that cannot be expreſſed. We muſt not be like to Iulius the …
With rule
… muſt be performed, by going along with the ſpirit, who helpeth our infirmites, with ſighessighs and ſobs, that cannot be expreſſed. We muſt not be like to Iulius the …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
First sighessighs arising from his hearts low center,
With rule
First sighessighs arising from his hearts low center,
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
… coldelye, that they doe not ſighe, and grone in the ſpirit: euen with thoſe ſighessighs and grones which are vnſpeakable, with whiche the holye ſpirite dooth make interceſſion for …
With rule
… coldelye, that they doe not ſighe, and grone in the ſpirit: euen with thoſe ſighessighs and grones which are vnſpeakable, with whiche the holye ſpirite dooth make interceſſion for …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
3 Deepe ſighessighs and grones. My ſighing is not hid from thee, ſaith Dauid to God. The …
With rule
3 Deepe ſighessighs and grones. My ſighing is not hid from thee, ſaith Dauid to God. The …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 441 · Open in the reader
Printed
… groanes in reading instead of praying were not of fayth, seeing in praying the sighessighs and groanes that proceede of faith, minister matter to praye without a booke. Secondly …
With rule
… groanes in reading instead of praying were not of fayth, seeing in praying the sighessighs and groanes that proceede of faith, minister matter to praye without a booke. Secondly …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
1. SighesSighs of deſire, Oh (or if) that thou kneweſt.
With rule
1. SighesSighs of deſire, Oh (or if) that thou kneweſt.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 893 · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

Printed
… the fruite, a man, in this respect more then miserable, must at length reape. SighesSighs thy God ô sinner for thy sinnes, while thou art making merrie with thy …
With rule
… the fruite, a man, in this respect more then miserable, must at length reape. SighesSighs thy God ô sinner for thy sinnes, while thou art making merrie with thy …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 223 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
SighesSighs are prayers: and the voyce not abſolutely neceſſary, being but an accident: the ſubſtance …
With rule
SighesSighs are prayers: and the voyce not abſolutely neceſſary, being but an accident: the ſubſtance …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 103 · Open in the reader

The Souls Conflict With Itself A12198

Printed
… whereas indeed, the lesse wee see it and lament it, the more it is. SighesSighs and groanes of the soule are like the pores of the body, out of …
With rule
… whereas indeed, the lesse wee see it and lament it, the more it is. SighesSighs and groanes of the soule are like the pores of the body, out of …
Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 174 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine and Use of Repentance A12982

Printed
Of SighesSighs and ſobbing. Page 68
With rule
Of SighesSighs and ſobbing. Page 68
Richard Stock · The Doctrine and Use of Repentance · Open in the reader

A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven A14380

Printed
SighesSighs, sues, pursues, her Countrie to recouer,
With rule
SighesSighs, sues, pursues, her Countrie to recouer,
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
SighesSighs and black melancholy vaild her face,
With rule
SighesSighs and black melancholy vaild her face,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 11-12 A20547

Printed
… auoide the iudgements, whereof the ſtroake of pouertie and needines is one among others. SighesSighs and complaints goe vp to God againſt them, but few prayers, and no thankſgiuing …
With rule
… auoide the iudgements, whereof the ſtroake of pouertie and needines is one among others. SighesSighs and complaints goe vp to God againſt them, but few prayers, and no thankſgiuing …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 11-12 · p. 88 · Open in the reader

The Triumph of a True Christian Described A21269

Printed
SighesSighs and grones of Gods children in time of their great diſtreſſes, effectual Prayers to …
With rule
SighesSighs and grones of Gods children in time of their great diſtreſſes, effectual Prayers to …
Edward Elton · The Triumph of a True Christian Described · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
With Love; but endes, with SighesSighs, & Teares for ſins.
With rule
With Love; but endes, with SighesSighs, & Teares for ſins.
John Donne · Poems · Open in the reader

England Faithfully Watched A88417

Printed
… upon you doe what you can, to tell the murtherer at the great day. SighesSighs and groanes are the teares of the heart, the heart venting it ſelfe at …
With rule
… upon you doe what you can, to tell the murtherer at the great day. SighesSighs and groanes are the teares of the heart, the heart venting it ſelfe at …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 550 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you all; now O ſoules, what have you profitted by all Words, Prayers, Teares, SighesSighs, Groanes? As Conſcience can anſwer to this (for nothing elſe may then ſpeake,) ſo …
With rule
… you all; now O ſoules, what have you profitted by all Words, Prayers, Teares, SighesSighs, Groanes? As Conſcience can anſwer to this (for nothing elſe may then ſpeake,) ſo …
Nicholas Lockyer · England Faithfully Watched · p. 550 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
With fervent Prayers, Grones, SighesSighs, Teares; ſo we
With rule
With fervent Prayers, Grones, SighesSighs, Teares; ſo we
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
SighesSighs, Cryes might ſound more loude, ſweete, in Gods eares,
With rule
SighesSighs, Cryes might ſound more loude, ſweete, in Gods eares,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
SighesSighs, laſting gripes of Conſcience, paſt reliefe.
With rule
SighesSighs, laſting gripes of Conſcience, paſt reliefe.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 5 · Open in the reader