Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2139 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

creepecreep

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

Puritas changed it: 884 times in 486 works
Consistency: 99.2% (884 of 891)
Reach if approved: ~936 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: creep
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 891 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (884 changes in 486 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 884)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… long after this time, ambition, pride, corruption of doctrine, ſuperſtition and hypocriſie beganne to creepecreep againe into the Church of God. The firſt 6. hundreth yeares, (as the ſtories of …
With rule
… long after this time, ambition, pride, corruption of doctrine, ſuperſtition and hypocriſie beganne to creepecreep againe into the Church of God. The firſt 6. hundreth yeares, (as the ſtories of …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if euery man by this example ſhould defer if death ſhould intercept, Anabaptiſtrie might creepecreep in and ſcarſe any child be baptized. The Primitiue Church ſuffered them to want …
With rule
… if euery man by this example ſhould defer if death ſhould intercept, Anabaptiſtrie might creepecreep in and ſcarſe any child be baptized. The Primitiue Church ſuffered them to want …
William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into thoſe hatefuller abſurdities. And this is a right ſerpentine tricke, which doth ſerpere, creepecreep on and in by littles, as errour hath euermore done.
With rule
… into thoſe hatefuller abſurdities. And this is a right ſerpentine tricke, which doth ſerpere, creepecreep on and in by littles, as errour hath euermore done.
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing amiſſe which is eſpied, for Gods glorie and their good, and leaſt it creepecreep further. Contrarie to this is, that many corruptions are not accompted of, that they …
With rule
… thing amiſſe which is eſpied, for Gods glorie and their good, and leaſt it creepecreep further. Contrarie to this is, that many corruptions are not accompted of, that they …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… of images, forbidden by the seconde commaundemēt, or before images? for so you would creepecreep vpon poore mens consciences, first, to worshippe before images, then to worshippe images, thirdly …
With rule
… of images, forbidden by the seconde commaundemēt, or before images? for so you would creepecreep vpon poore mens consciences, first, to worshippe before images, then to worshippe images, thirdly …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 476 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that thy boughes and limmes be not ſtollen away by night, by thoſe that creepecreep through the hedge into the vineyard. Take heed, that the little foxes do not …
With rule
… that thy boughes and limmes be not ſtollen away by night, by thoſe that creepecreep through the hedge into the vineyard. Take heed, that the little foxes do not …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come, as well as to ſeeke redreſſe for ſinne paſt: otherwiſe ſinne will ſoone creepecreep vpon vs againe. If Satan be caſt out of a man, he will endeuour …
With rule
… come, as well as to ſeeke redreſſe for ſinne paſt: otherwiſe ſinne will ſoone creepecreep vpon vs againe. If Satan be caſt out of a man, he will endeuour …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lowest step of the staires of sinne and perdition, and in age hee may creepecreep vp from thence, & flie to the highest step of Iacobs Ladder. Neither that in …
With rule
… lowest step of the staires of sinne and perdition, and in age hee may creepecreep vp from thence, & flie to the highest step of Iacobs Ladder. Neither that in …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 60 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

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

Josephs Party-Colored Coat A01344

Printed
… them, first wins them, first come first served. Old Seducers, as it is 2 Tim. 3.6. CreepeCreep into houses, and leade captive silly women laden with sinnes, led away with divers …
With rule
… them, first wins them, first come first served. Old Seducers, as it is 2 Tim. 3.6. CreepeCreep into houses, and leade captive silly women laden with sinnes, led away with divers …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

Printed
… ioyning some other thing with him in the cause of saluation, are said to CreepeCreep in: because in appearance, they maintaine Christ; and yet, because they adde something to …
With rule
… ioyning some other thing with him in the cause of saluation, are said to CreepeCreep in: because in appearance, they maintaine Christ; and yet, because they adde something to …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon Colossians A11011

Printed
… bodie (though it ſeeme ignominious to thee) thou ſhalt haue no life in thee. CreepeCreep then vnto Chriſt, be neuer alone, be euer in the ſociety of the Saints …
With rule
… bodie (though it ſeeme ignominious to thee) thou ſhalt haue no life in thee. CreepeCreep then vnto Chriſt, be neuer alone, be euer in the ſociety of the Saints …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 179 · Open in the reader

A Key into the Language of America A66450

Printed
… Venison. Auchaûtuck. Let us hunt. Nowetauchaûmen. I will hunt with you. Anúmwock. Dogs. Kemehétteas. CreepeCreep. Pitch nkemehétteem I will creepecreep. Pumm púmmoke. Shoote. Uppetetoûa. A man shot accidentally. Ntaumpauchaûmen …
With rule
… Venison. Auchaûtuck. Let us hunt. Nowetauchaûmen. I will hunt with you. Anúmwock. Dogs. Kemehétteas. CreepeCreep. Pitch nkemehétteem I will creepecreep. Pumm púmmoke. Shoote. Uppetetoûa. A man shot accidentally. Ntaumpauchaûmen …
Roger Williams · A Key into the Language of America · p. 164 · Open in the reader