Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2125 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thickethick

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

Puritas changed it: 1,264 times in 522 works
Consistency: 98.9% (1,264 of 1,277)
Reach if approved: ~1,342 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thick
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,277 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,264 changes in 522 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,264)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… man of Sarum can do that for need, and that I warrant you so thickethick and in so good order, that if he coulde but handsomly turne to them …
With rule
… man of Sarum can do that for need, and that I warrant you so thickethick and in so good order, that if he coulde but handsomly turne to them …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were, of ignorance, wickednesse and vnbeliefe spred ouer the eye of his soule, a thickethick curtaine drawn betwixt him and the face of God, so that he cannot see …
With rule
… were, of ignorance, wickednesse and vnbeliefe spred ouer the eye of his soule, a thickethick curtaine drawn betwixt him and the face of God, so that he cannot see …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and is neuer well in his Conceipt, till he hath euen laded himſelfe with thickethick Clay: and we are all trudging like this woman with our pitchers in our …
With rule
… and is neuer well in his Conceipt, till he hath euen laded himſelfe with thickethick Clay: and we are all trudging like this woman with our pitchers in our …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and parched ground: as heate I ſay is ſlaked with the ſhadow of a thickethick cloud. which heate anſwered, and was a life to the branches and ſpreading boughes …
With rule
… and parched ground: as heate I ſay is ſlaked with the ſhadow of a thickethick cloud. which heate anſwered, and was a life to the branches and ſpreading boughes …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
Popiſh prelates die thickethick about the death of queene Mary 280
With rule
Popiſh prelates die thickethick about the death of queene Mary 280
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader
Printed
… all trueth, and besides that some errours, which haue encreased in processe of time, thickethick and threefolde, Protestants were worthie of thankes for remouing the errours, though they brought …
With rule
… all trueth, and besides that some errours, which haue encreased in processe of time, thickethick and threefolde, Protestants were worthie of thankes for remouing the errours, though they brought …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… indeuour againſt God, no wiſelier, then if one ſhould run his head againſt a thickethick wall of braſſe to breake through it. They applie all their ſtudie, wiſdome and …
With rule
… indeuour againſt God, no wiſelier, then if one ſhould run his head againſt a thickethick wall of braſſe to breake through it. They applie all their ſtudie, wiſdome and …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… children and fooles doe thinke there is no light in the Sun when a thickethick cloud hath overſpread the face of the skie, and hindereth the beames of the …
With rule
… children and fooles doe thinke there is no light in the Sun when a thickethick cloud hath overſpread the face of the skie, and hindereth the beames of the …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Four Great Liars Striving A09431

Printed
F ThickeThick ayre disposed to snow
With rule
F ThickeThick ayre disposed to snow
William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader
Printed
B ThickeThick ayre and windie weather.
With rule
B ThickeThick ayre and windie weather.
William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader
Printed
B ThickeThick ayre and windie weather.
With rule
B ThickeThick ayre and windie weather.
William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

Printed
… their wickedneſſe, ſaying; How doth God know? can he iudge thorow the darke cloud? ThickeThick cloudes are a couering to him, that he ſeeth not, and he walketh in …
With rule
… their wickedneſſe, ſaying; How doth God know? can he iudge thorow the darke cloud? ThickeThick cloudes are a couering to him, that he ſeeth not, and he walketh in …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 620 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
ThickeThick sowen, and thin come vp.
With rule
ThickeThick sowen, and thin come vp.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 15-17 A35473

Printed
The word which we tranſlate ThickeThick, ſignifies alſo Fat, becauſe fat is thick: Hence the Vulgar Latine tranſlates, He is …
With rule
The word which we tranſlate ThickeThick, ſignifies alſo Fat, becauſe fat is thick: Hence the Vulgar Latine tranſlates, He is …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 15-17 · p. 143 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

Printed
… thinke and ſay, How doth God know? can he iudge thorow the darke cloud? ThickeThick clouds are a couering to him that he ſeeth not, and he walketh in …
With rule
… thinke and ſay, How doth God know? can he iudge thorow the darke cloud? ThickeThick clouds are a couering to him that he ſeeth not, and he walketh in …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 176 · Open in the reader