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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2079 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

steelesteel

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

Puritas changed it
426 times in 253 works
Consistency
80.5% (426 of 529)
Reach if approved
~556 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: steel
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
529 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (426 changes in 253 works, 80.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 426)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … a blessednesse will be found in hope? For, is it not an armour of steelesteel, against all blowes of Fortune, and wrackes of time that I have hope continually …
    With rule
    … a blessednesse will be found in hope? For, is it not an armour of steelesteel, against all blowes of Fortune, and wrackes of time that I have hope continually …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Psalm 1 · p. 68 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … and their fingers to warre, and their armes to breake euen a bow of ſteelesteel. Thus came Dauid furniſhed and encouraged againſt Goliah, thus came the poore ſimple Confeſſor …
    With rule
    … and their fingers to warre, and their armes to breake euen a bow of ſteelesteel. Thus came Dauid furniſhed and encouraged againſt Goliah, thus came the poore ſimple Confeſſor …

    William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … God is forced every where to upbraid them with ſtiffe-neckedneſſe, a necke of ſteelesteel, with hard hearts, hearts like Adamant, with brazen fore-heads; yea, to call them …
    With rule
    … God is forced every where to upbraid them with ſtiffe-neckedneſſe, a necke of ſteelesteel, with hard hearts, hearts like Adamant, with brazen fore-heads; yea, to call them …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they were cut, brought, and laied in their places, they hauing no yron or steelesteel to cut, engines to carrie, nor morter to lay them: and yet they were …
    With rule
    … they were cut, brought, and laied in their places, they hauing no yron or steelesteel to cut, engines to carrie, nor morter to lay them: and yet they were …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 725 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … salvation of his countenance. Wee need reason against reason, and reason upon reason, to steelesteel and strengthen the soule against the on-set of contrary reasons.
    With rule
    … salvation of his countenance. Wee need reason against reason, and reason upon reason, to steelesteel and strengthen the soule against the on-set of contrary reasons.

    Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 463 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Iehouah like vnto fire? It is able to melt and mollifie a heart of ſteelesteel, it is like a hammer that breakes the hardeſt ſtone: euen ſo this Word …
    With rule
    … Iehouah like vnto fire? It is able to melt and mollifie a heart of ſteelesteel, it is like a hammer that breakes the hardeſt ſtone: euen ſo this Word …

    Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … striues first with arguments of reason to conuert him, that arguments of yron and steelesteel may not be vsed against him: and finding his refractarie disposition, culpable of his …
    With rule
    … striues first with arguments of reason to conuert him, that arguments of yron and steelesteel may not be vsed against him: and finding his refractarie disposition, culpable of his …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … some of them are necessarie, as that the Load-stone should attract yron and steelesteel, and direct the needle touched with it Northward, &c. no knowne cause or certaine …
    With rule
    … some of them are necessarie, as that the Load-stone should attract yron and steelesteel, and direct the needle touched with it Northward, &c. no knowne cause or certaine …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (103)

36 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 33 are listed here. 67 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
    … tot armatis reſiſtere? who were able to ſtand againſt ſo many in complete armour? SteeleSteel armour is bullet or musket proofe, but nothing except the feare of God is …
    With rule
    … tot armatis reſiſtere? who were able to ſtand againſt ſo many in complete armour? SteeleSteel armour is bullet or musket proofe, but nothing except the feare of God is …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 115 · Open in the reader

The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture A01743

  • Printed
    … Plato to bee a man, to bee a Philoſopher; this ſword to bee of SteeleSteel, well tempered, two foot and nine inches long; or elſe potentially, and ſo they …
    With rule
    … Plato to bee a man, to bee a Philoſopher; this ſword to bee of SteeleSteel, well tempered, two foot and nine inches long; or elſe potentially, and ſo they …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … before they come to actuall being: and theſe cauſes are either next, as the SteeleSteel out of which the ſword was forged, the Smith that made it, the fire …
    With rule
    … before they come to actuall being: and theſe cauſes are either next, as the SteeleSteel out of which the ſword was forged, the Smith that made it, the fire …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … Trade, and there is the best Armour made in all the East, of Iyron & SteeleSteel, cunningly tempered with the iuice of certaine hearbes.
    With rule
    … Trade, and there is the best Armour made in all the East, of Iyron & SteeleSteel, cunningly tempered with the iuice of certaine hearbes.

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 324 · Open in the reader

A Gleaning in Gods Harvest A10384

  • Printed
    … are alive, rayſed from the dead. Sinewes of Braſſe, a heart of Adamant and SteeleSteel, muſt needs relent in the ſence and memory of ſuch a mercy, to bend …
    With rule
    … are alive, rayſed from the dead. Sinewes of Braſſe, a heart of Adamant and SteeleSteel, muſt needs relent in the ſence and memory of ſuch a mercy, to bend …

    Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 197 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience A14732

  • Printed
    … seare their Consciences with an hot Iron, harden them of purpose, as men doe SteeleSteel, by quenching the motions of them; brand them with often sinning against their checking …
    With rule
    … seare their Consciences with an hot Iron, harden them of purpose, as men doe SteeleSteel, by quenching the motions of them; brand them with often sinning against their checking …

    Samuel Ward · Balm from Gilead to Recover Conscience · p. 28 · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

  • Printed
    … Rhetorick once failed, Carters Logicke should doe the feate; their Arguments should be all SteeleSteel, and Iron, they would speake Daggers points, as Ioab discoursed with Amasa in the …
    With rule
    … Rhetorick once failed, Carters Logicke should doe the feate; their Arguments should be all SteeleSteel, and Iron, they would speake Daggers points, as Ioab discoursed with Amasa in the …

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 399 · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

  • Printed
    … Rhetorick once failed, Carters Logicke ſhould doe the feate; their Arguments ſhould be all SteeleSteel, and Iron, they would ſpeake Daggers points, as Ioab diſcourſed with Amaſa in the …
    With rule
    … Rhetorick once failed, Carters Logicke ſhould doe the feate; their Arguments ſhould be all SteeleSteel, and Iron, they would ſpeake Daggers points, as Ioab diſcourſed with Amaſa in the …

    Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 399 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

  • Printed
    3 As the Razor, though it be tempered with due proportion of SteeleSteel, yet if it paſſe not by the Grind-ſtone, or Whet-ſtone, is neuertheleſſe …
    With rule
    3 As the Razor, though it be tempered with due proportion of SteeleSteel, yet if it paſſe not by the Grind-ſtone, or Whet-ſtone, is neuertheleſſe …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 364 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Gold which is of a pure ſubſtance, ſooner receiueth anye forme then the ſturdie SteeleSteel, which is a groſſe and maſſie mettall: So Womens effeminate minds, are more ſubiect …
    With rule
    … Gold which is of a pure ſubſtance, ſooner receiueth anye forme then the ſturdie SteeleSteel, which is a groſſe and maſſie mettall: So Womens effeminate minds, are more ſubiect …

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 828 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

  • Printed
    … de conditione ſua miratur, ſayes Tertullian; and in that he deſcribes a patience of SteeleSteel, and an invincible temper. He meanes that the Chriſtians in thoſe times of Perſecution …
    With rule
    … de conditione ſua miratur, ſayes Tertullian; and in that he deſcribes a patience of SteeleSteel, and an invincible temper. He meanes that the Chriſtians in thoſe times of Perſecution …

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 504 · Open in the reader

Stand Still A29529

  • Printed
    … the wicked man; He shall flee from the Iron weapon, and the Bow of SteeleSteel shall strike him through. Those that flee from the Ironweapon, the Sword of Persecution …
    With rule
    … the wicked man; He shall flee from the Iron weapon, and the Bow of SteeleSteel shall strike him through. Those that flee from the Ironweapon, the Sword of Persecution …

    John Brinsley · Stand Still · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Unfortunate Politician A40648

  • Printed
    … done so good service, they would make hilts of Gold, for their Blades of SteeleSteel.
    With rule
    … done so good service, they would make hilts of Gold, for their Blades of SteeleSteel.

    Thomas Fuller · The Unfortunate Politician · Open in the reader

The Hearse of the Renowned Robert Earl A65063

  • Printed
    … this poore Kingdome, knew not for the moſt part, how to weare Buffe and SteeleSteel, untill taught by him; in whom that ancient Chivalry and Valour of England (which …
    With rule
    … this poore Kingdome, knew not for the moſt part, how to weare Buffe and SteeleSteel, untill taught by him; in whom that ancient Chivalry and Valour of England (which …

    Richard Vines · The Hearse of the Renowned Robert Earl · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Sermons A65074

  • Printed
    … this poore Kingdome, knew not for the moſt part, how to weare Buffe and SteeleSteel, untill taught by him; in whom that ancient Chivalry and Valour of England (which …
    With rule
    … this poore Kingdome, knew not for the moſt part, how to weare Buffe and SteeleSteel, untill taught by him; in whom that ancient Chivalry and Valour of England (which …

    Richard Vines · Sermons · p. 26 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience A66445

  • Printed
    … thousands of false Prophets in the World by any materiall sword of Iron or SteeleSteel: for as that passage was miraculous, so finde we not any such commission given …
    With rule
    … thousands of false Prophets in the World by any materiall sword of Iron or SteeleSteel: for as that passage was miraculous, so finde we not any such commission given …

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    An Arme of Flesh, and Sword of SteeleSteel cannot reach to cut the darknesse of the Mind, the hardnesse and unbeleefe of …
    With rule
    An Arme of Flesh, and Sword of SteeleSteel cannot reach to cut the darknesse of the Mind, the hardnesse and unbeleefe of …

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience · p. 202 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in these cases, the strongest arme of flesh and most conquering bloody sword of SteeleSteel can alone decide the Question.
    With rule
    … in these cases, the strongest arme of flesh and most conquering bloody sword of SteeleSteel can alone decide the Question.

    Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant of Persecution for the Cause of Conscience · p. 215 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

  • Printed
    How had ſhe raged at my laſh of SteeleSteel?
    With rule
    How had ſhe raged at my laſh of SteeleSteel?

    George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

  • Printed
    SteeleSteel thee to dare complaine; Alas, thou goeſt
    With rule
    SteeleSteel thee to dare complaine; Alas, thou goeſt

    John Donne · Poems · p. 347 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

  • Printed
    Serves but to turne them into harder SteeleSteel,
    With rule
    Serves but to turne them into harder SteeleSteel,

    William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    And Tooles of SteeleSteel, though they no Part nor ſhare
    With rule
    And Tooles of SteeleSteel, though they no Part nor ſhare

    William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    O Hearts more hard than any Rocke, Flint, SteeleSteel,
    With rule
    O Hearts more hard than any Rocke, Flint, SteeleSteel,

    William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    When ſmote, or cut with Tooles of SteeleSteel or I're:
    With rule
    When ſmote, or cut with Tooles of SteeleSteel or I're:

    William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Milk for Babes A75934

  • Printed
    … ſword of a good Magiſtrate, for vertue, and againſt vice is a back of SteeleSteel to a good Miniſtery. Some are for admittance of members of the Church by …
    With rule
    … ſword of a good Magiſtrate, for vertue, and againſt vice is a back of SteeleSteel to a good Miniſtery. Some are for admittance of members of the Church by …

    Robert Abbot · Milk for Babes · p. 231 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb A80608

  • Printed
    … all evill doers (and amongſt others, againſt Hereticks) without a Sword of Iron or SteeleSteel. If their be ſtones in the ſtreets, the Magiſtrate need not fetch a Sword …
    With rule
    … all evill doers (and amongſt others, againſt Hereticks) without a Sword of Iron or SteeleSteel. If their be ſtones in the ſtreets, the Magiſtrate need not fetch a Sword …

    John Cotton · The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I Anſwer, As God needs not the help of a materiall Sword of SteeleSteel to aſſiſt the Sword of the Spirit in the affairs of Conſcience: ſo thoſe …
    With rule
    I Anſwer, As God needs not the help of a materiall Sword of SteeleSteel to aſſiſt the Sword of the Spirit in the affairs of Conſcience: ſo thoſe …

    John Cotton · The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb · p. 158 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    God needeth not the help of a materiall Sword of SteeleSteel, to aſſiſt the Sword of his Spirit of righteouſneſſe in the dutyes of the …
    With rule
    God needeth not the help of a materiall Sword of SteeleSteel, to aſſiſt the Sword of his Spirit of righteouſneſſe in the dutyes of the …

    John Cotton · The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb · p. 158 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    And SteeleSteel thy Soule with Faith, Hope, Confidence,
    With rule
    And SteeleSteel thy Soule with Faith, Hope, Confidence,

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    So men of Stony Hearts, have Browes of SteeleSteel,
    With rule
    So men of Stony Hearts, have Browes of SteeleSteel,

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Serves but to turne them into harder SteeleSteel,
    With rule
    Serves but to turne them into harder SteeleSteel,

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    And Tooles of SteeleSteel, though they no Part nor ſhare
    With rule
    And Tooles of SteeleSteel, though they no Part nor ſhare

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    When ſmote, or cut with Tooles of SteeleSteel or I're:
    With rule
    When ſmote, or cut with Tooles of SteeleSteel or I're:

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 48 · Open in the reader