Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2081 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

verminevermin

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

Puritas changed it: 865 times in 494 works
Consistency: 99.8% (865 of 866)
Reach if approved: ~910 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: vermin
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 866 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (865 changes in 494 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 865)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… goe, that the reader as he passeth by, may see what wormes and other verminevermin, lyes vnder it.
With rule
… goe, that the reader as he passeth by, may see what wormes and other verminevermin, lyes vnder it.
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of late dayes the Papiſts haue hatched and brought foorth a ſwarme of ſuch verminevermin as call themſelues Ieſuites, whoſe trauell is like to that of Barieſu, that is …
With rule
… of late dayes the Papiſts haue hatched and brought foorth a ſwarme of ſuch verminevermin as call themſelues Ieſuites, whoſe trauell is like to that of Barieſu, that is …
Thomas Sampson · Warning to Take Heed of Fowlers Psalter · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iriaſis, reſts, nour…ſh…th the natiue colour of the bodie, killeth filth and verminevermin growing on man, cureth the bites of ſerpents, prouoketh appetite, ſharpneth the ſight, is …
With rule
… iriaſis, reſts, nour…ſh…th the natiue colour of the bodie, killeth filth and verminevermin growing on man, cureth the bites of ſerpents, prouoketh appetite, ſharpneth the ſight, is …
Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for mercy, that haue beene lifted vp against their brother in cruelty? Euery base verminevermin can kill, it is true prowesse and honour to giue life, and preserue it …
With rule
… for mercy, that haue beene lifted vp against their brother in cruelty? Euery base verminevermin can kill, it is true prowesse and honour to giue life, and preserue it …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… oxen, horſes and ſwine, ſpirituall ſluggards, drunkards and bedlums; yea, as vnprofitable drones and verminevermin, ſuch as are for waſt, deſtruction and euill. Theſe droſſie ones are moued, rouzed …
With rule
… oxen, horſes and ſwine, ſpirituall ſluggards, drunkards and bedlums; yea, as vnprofitable drones and verminevermin, ſuch as are for waſt, deſtruction and euill. Theſe droſſie ones are moued, rouzed …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 330 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of AEgypt, with graſſe-hoppers, with frogges, flies, lice, to ſtrike perſecuting Herod with verminevermin. We haue heard a long time againſt our Soueraigne Queene Elizabeth, and againſt our …
With rule
… of AEgypt, with graſſe-hoppers, with frogges, flies, lice, to ſtrike perſecuting Herod with verminevermin. We haue heard a long time againſt our Soueraigne Queene Elizabeth, and againſt our …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so that their goodes haue some misfortune, as their corne to be eatē with verminevermin, their wyne to waxe sower, &c. Then are they so vexed in their mindes …
With rule
… so that their goodes haue some misfortune, as their corne to be eatē with verminevermin, their wyne to waxe sower, &c. Then are they so vexed in their mindes …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… hooke to fiſh in a filthy puddle, where nothing can be gotten but venomous verminevermin? and with Syrens ſweete notes wooe vs into the ſalt ſea of perdition? All …
With rule
… hooke to fiſh in a filthy puddle, where nothing can be gotten but venomous verminevermin? and with Syrens ſweete notes wooe vs into the ſalt ſea of perdition? All …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 14 · 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.

Gods Three Arrows A01974

Printed
VErmineVermin conſume corne hoorded up. 170
With rule
VErmineVermin conſume corne hoorded up. 170
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 176 · Open in the reader