Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2134 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

applyeapply

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

Puritas changed it: 344 times in 156 works
Consistency: 98.8% (344 of 348)
Reach if approved: ~366 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: apply
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 348 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (344 changes in 156 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 344)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Prestes be more diligent to mayntayne hospitalite. Than shuld the beneficed mē more quietly applyeapply theyr myndes vnto the study of holy scriptures & other godly meditaciōs. Thā shulde seruent …
With rule
… Prestes be more diligent to mayntayne hospitalite. Than shuld the beneficed mē more quietly applyeapply theyr myndes vnto the study of holy scriptures & other godly meditaciōs. Thā shulde seruent …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. lxxxiii · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Gospell, when they hope to set vp their Idolatrie againe: let vs therefore applyeapply the Lord with our prayers, and with Moses set our selues in the breach …
With rule
… the Gospell, when they hope to set vp their Idolatrie againe: let vs therefore applyeapply the Lord with our prayers, and with Moses set our selues in the breach …
William Perkins · Exposition of Zephaniah 2 · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Iustification by Christ: & therefore he vseth all phrases to expresse how wee should applyeapply Christ vnto vs, and in no tearmes he hath shewed it more liuely then …
With rule
… of Iustification by Christ: & therefore he vseth all phrases to expresse how wee should applyeapply Christ vnto vs, and in no tearmes he hath shewed it more liuely then …
Henry Smith · The Wedding Garment · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will ſaye, hee ſpeaketh of particular examples and rules: but I aunſwere he would applyeapply this to generall & perpetuall examples and commaundements ſuch as that Diſcipline ſet downe in …
With rule
… will ſaye, hee ſpeaketh of particular examples and rules: but I aunſwere he would applyeapply this to generall & perpetuall examples and commaundements ſuch as that Diſcipline ſet downe in …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church hath power and authoritie, not onely to expound theſe prayers, but alſo to applyeapply them vnto euerie ſeuerall vſe and neceſſitye. This I adde withall, that the Church …
With rule
… Church hath power and authoritie, not onely to expound theſe prayers, but alſo to applyeapply them vnto euerie ſeuerall vſe and neceſſitye. This I adde withall, that the Church …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
Good christen people, to these thre lawes applyeapply,
With rule
Good christen people, to these thre lawes applyeapply,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… lived, was the child of God and yet he had need of Nathan to applyeapply this word vnto him, and to tell him he was the man. So that …
With rule
… lived, was the child of God and yet he had need of Nathan to applyeapply this word vnto him, and to tell him he was the man. So that …
Samuel Hieron · Aarons Bells · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaie) not I am [called] Chriſte, but I [am] Chriſt. Whereby thei ſnatch and applyeapply vnto themſelues that office, whiche is onely proper and peculier vnto Chriſt: and ſo …
With rule
… ſaie) not I am [called] Chriſte, but I [am] Chriſt. Whereby thei ſnatch and applyeapply vnto themſelues that office, whiche is onely proper and peculier vnto Chriſt: and ſo …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 136 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

Printed
ApplyeApply the apace, thyne offyce to fulfyll.
With rule
ApplyeApply the apace, thyne offyce to fulfyll.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… bee consydered, but the very matter, and the fruict and commoditie that commeth thereof. ApplyeApply all thynges to this poynt, and to none other.
With rule
… bee consydered, but the very matter, and the fruict and commoditie that commeth thereof. ApplyeApply all thynges to this poynt, and to none other.
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… to comfort this houre▪ Bee strong in him now in this time of tryall: ApplyeApply vnto his wounds the Balme of Gilead: Hee is weake▪ and therefore, O LORD …
With rule
… to comfort this houre▪ Bee strong in him now in this time of tryall: ApplyeApply vnto his wounds the Balme of Gilead: Hee is weake▪ and therefore, O LORD …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 902 · Open in the reader