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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2087 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

frailefrail

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

Puritas changed it
1,099 times in 500 works
Consistency
98.5% (1,099 of 1,115)
Reach if approved
~1,172 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: frail
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,115 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,099 changes in 500 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,099)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … should be often affected with mourning and the bitternesse of sorowe, as this oure frailefrail life is. Therefore the heauenlye voice dothe expresse by name, that all sorow and …
    With rule
    … should be often affected with mourning and the bitternesse of sorowe, as this oure frailefrail life is. Therefore the heauenlye voice dothe expresse by name, that all sorow and …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … are divine. The ſoule being ſeparate, becauſe it is freed from that variable and frailefrail companion of the fantaſie, which followes the appetite, and dieth with the body, Pſalm …
    With rule
    … are divine. The ſoule being ſeparate, becauſe it is freed from that variable and frailefrail companion of the fantaſie, which followes the appetite, and dieth with the body, Pſalm …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … canst beare with a frailefrail body that thou must much more beare with a frailefrail minde. Consider that this his pettishnes dooth more wound him at the heart, than …
    With rule
    … canst beare with a frailefrail body that thou must much more beare with a frailefrail minde. Consider that this his pettishnes dooth more wound him at the heart, than …

    Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and the number of my dayes what it is, that I may know how frailefrail I am. Because they knew well, on the one side, how usefull and necessary …
    With rule
    … and the number of my dayes what it is, that I may know how frailefrail I am. Because they knew well, on the one side, how usefull and necessary …

    Arthur Hildersham · The Doctrine of Fasting and Prayer · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … wounded, in which case we will rather forsake the earth than heauen, and our frailefrail and transitorie houses rather than the heauenly mansons. But hetherto, the lawe of nature …
    With rule
    … wounded, in which case we will rather forsake the earth than heauen, and our frailefrail and transitorie houses rather than the heauenly mansons. But hetherto, the lawe of nature …

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CXXXVIII · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſhoulde be called ſinners, onely for the condition of their nature, becauſe it is frailefrail: and not for any thing that is in their will, by inclining in any …
    With rule
    … ſhoulde be called ſinners, onely for the condition of their nature, becauſe it is frailefrail: and not for any thing that is in their will, by inclining in any …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    …vve vveake, hovve vaine, hovve frailefrail, hovve fond,
    With rule
    …vve vveake, hovve vaine, hovve frailefrail, hovve fond,

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the riche of this worlde do not trust in the liuing GOD, but in frailefrail riches, so that at length thei departe voide of all godlines, and haue riches …
    With rule
    … the riche of this worlde do not trust in the liuing GOD, but in frailefrail riches, so that at length thei departe voide of all godlines, and haue riches …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

  • Printed
    FraileFrail is this lump that hath an hourelie necessitie of so frailefrail things, and the …
    With rule
    FraileFrail is this lump that hath an hourelie necessitie of so frailefrail things, and the …

    William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 2 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    FraileFrail and vanishing men, which flourish for a while, and suddenly vanish like a Flower …
    With rule
    FraileFrail and vanishing men, which flourish for a while, and suddenly vanish like a Flower …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 167 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FraileFrail and brittle men, subiect to mortality. 2. Cor. 4, 7. We haue this Treasure in earthen Vessels.
    With rule
    FraileFrail and brittle men, subiect to mortality. 2. Cor. 4, 7. We haue this Treasure in earthen Vessels.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 505 · Open in the reader

Comforting Afflicted Consciences A16330

  • Printed
    … worst, with Divels: but in this transcendent misery, wee conflict immediately with God Himselfe: FraileFrail Man with Almighty God; sinfull Man with that most holy God, Whose eyes are …
    With rule
    … worst, with Divels: but in this transcendent misery, wee conflict immediately with God Himselfe: FraileFrail Man with Almighty God; sinfull Man with that most holy God, Whose eyes are …

    Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 78 · Open in the reader

Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind A20947

  • Printed
    THE MISERY OF MANS FRAILEFRAIL AND NATVRALL INCLINATION AND Of the Wickedneſſe and Peruerſeneſſe that now raigneth in this …
    With rule
    THE MISERY OF MANS FRAILEFRAIL AND NATVRALL INCLINATION AND Of the Wickedneſſe and Peruerſeneſſe that now raigneth in this …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind · p. 113 · Open in the reader

Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age A32323

  • Printed
    FraileFrail fleſh what meanſt thou, why art in this paſſion?
    With rule
    FraileFrail fleſh what meanſt thou, why art in this paſſion?

    Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 15 · Open in the reader

History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland A47584

  • Printed
    … not ignorant, That the most noble Wine is inclosed within the Tun made of FraileFrail wood, and that the precious oyntment is often kept within the pot made of …
    With rule
    … not ignorant, That the most noble Wine is inclosed within the Tun made of FraileFrail wood, and that the precious oyntment is often kept within the pot made of …

    John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 84 · Open in the reader

A Golden Topaz A65629

  • Printed
    … you cannot be above Ordinances, which will be as long as you carry your FraileFrail Tabernacles about you. They are more neceſſary then your Appointed food; More to be …
    With rule
    … you cannot be above Ordinances, which will be as long as you carry your FraileFrail Tabernacles about you. They are more neceſſary then your Appointed food; More to be …

    Francis Whiddon · A Golden Topaz · Open in the reader

Certain Godly and Very Comfortable Letters B12393

  • Printed
    … other whome the Spirite nameth Saintes and Holy ones, were they not as wee? FraileFrail and weake as wee, and our faith as theirs? But wee feele a great …
    With rule
    … other whome the Spirite nameth Saintes and Holy ones, were they not as wee? FraileFrail and weake as wee, and our faith as theirs? But wee feele a great …

    Edward Dering · Certain Godly and Very Comfortable Letters · Open in the reader