Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2090 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

barrennessebarrenness

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

Puritas changed it: 970 times in 432 works
Consistency: 100% (970 of 970)
Reach if approved: ~1,019 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: barrenness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 970 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (970 changes in 432 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 970)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… God, hath most comforts, most life; Take heed of the contraries. Idlenesse, sencelessenesse, and barrennessebarrenness are contrary to life; take heed of them; take heed of sadnesse that rusts …
With rule
… God, hath most comforts, most life; Take heed of the contraries. Idlenesse, sencelessenesse, and barrennessebarrenness are contrary to life; take heed of them; take heed of sadnesse that rusts …
John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the fire, that yeelds not good fruites, although it yeeld no euill. Euen infructuous barrennessebarrenness brought Christs curse on the figge-tree. Sowre grapes are not onely displeasing to …
With rule
… the fire, that yeelds not good fruites, although it yeeld no euill. Euen infructuous barrennessebarrenness brought Christs curse on the figge-tree. Sowre grapes are not onely displeasing to …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Countesse of Sicilie) yet he had no child, God commonly punishing wantonnesse with barrennessebarrenness. For the rest, we referre the reader to the dull Epitaph written on his …
With rule
… the Countesse of Sicilie) yet he had no child, God commonly punishing wantonnesse with barrennessebarrenness. For the rest, we referre the reader to the dull Epitaph written on his …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euen an hundred children alſo, euen children (eſteemed the greateſt bleſſing, as orbity and barrenneſſebarrenness was a reproch) according to his deſire, which he may ſend out like flocks …
With rule
… euen an hundred children alſo, euen children (eſteemed the greateſt bleſſing, as orbity and barrenneſſebarrenness was a reproch) according to his deſire, which he may ſend out like flocks …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… makes it to bring forth, and bud, that it may giue ſeed, &c. The barrenneſſebarrenness of many ſouls proceeds from the want of the Word to make them fruitfull …
With rule
… makes it to bring forth, and bud, that it may giue ſeed, &c. The barrenneſſebarrenness of many ſouls proceeds from the want of the Word to make them fruitfull …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there is no ground here to beare up his confidence; if hee conſiders Sarahs barrenneſſebarrenness, there is no childe to be looked for; if hee looke upon his owne …
With rule
… there is no ground here to beare up his confidence; if hee conſiders Sarahs barrenneſſebarrenness, there is no childe to be looked for; if hee looke upon his owne …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 552 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and not vnlike to the Figge tree vvithout fruite, vvhich Christ cursed for her barrennessebarrenness.
With rule
… and not vnlike to the Figge tree vvithout fruite, vvhich Christ cursed for her barrennessebarrenness.
Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… which all creatures reioyce: ſo the preaching of the Goſpell turnes our Winter like barrenneſſebarrenness into fruitfulneſſe, making vs to flouriſh with heauenly graces and vertues.
With rule
… which all creatures reioyce: ſo the preaching of the Goſpell turnes our Winter like barrenneſſebarrenness into fruitfulneſſe, making vs to flouriſh with heauenly graces and vertues.
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 286 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.