Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2143 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

drinkesdrinks

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

Puritas changed it: 958 times in 411 works
Consistency: 99.9% (958 of 959)
Reach if approved: ~1,008 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: drinks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 959 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (958 changes in 411 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 958)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… saith, The arrowes of the Almighty sticke fast in me, and the venome thereof drinkesdrinks up my spirits, and the terrours of the Almighty encampe themselves against me every …
With rule
… saith, The arrowes of the Almighty sticke fast in me, and the venome thereof drinkesdrinks up my spirits, and the terrours of the Almighty encampe themselves against me every …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your hearts and myndes bee not made heauie, harde and dull, vvith meates and drinkesdrinks, vaine pleasures or worldly cares.
With rule
… your hearts and myndes bee not made heauie, harde and dull, vvith meates and drinkesdrinks, vaine pleasures or worldly cares.
Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader
Printed
… man: a fire that burnes inwardly, and conſumes the marrow of the bones, and drinkesdrinks up the ſpirits. The arrowes which conſcience ſhootes in upon a man, upon the …
With rule
… man: a fire that burnes inwardly, and conſumes the marrow of the bones, and drinkesdrinks up the ſpirits. The arrowes which conſcience ſhootes in upon a man, upon the …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and yet keepe my discourse but somewhat euen with the subiect: but the world drinkesdrinks too greedily of these profane waters, which rob God of his glory. Most men …
With rule
… and yet keepe my discourse but somewhat euen with the subiect: but the world drinkesdrinks too greedily of these profane waters, which rob God of his glory. Most men …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
He saith not, they containe meates and drinkesdrinks, syropes and confections, but y^e summe of al mysteries or heauenly, & diuine treasures, But …
With rule
He saith not, they containe meates and drinkesdrinks, syropes and confections, but y^e summe of al mysteries or heauenly, & diuine treasures, But …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 409 · Open in the reader
Printed
I muſt begin to you. drinkesdrinks to him.
With rule
I muſt begin to you. drinkesdrinks to him.
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſimilibus, as Papiſts heale a conſcience with treaſons: ſome preſcribe toyes, as outward things, drinkesdrinks, muſicke, and the like; ſome thinke to out-wraſtle conſcience, as they doe ſickneſſe …
With rule
… ſimilibus, as Papiſts heale a conſcience with treaſons: ſome preſcribe toyes, as outward things, drinkesdrinks, muſicke, and the like; ſome thinke to out-wraſtle conſcience, as they doe ſickneſſe …
Robert Harris · The Blessedness of a Sound Spirit · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… drie and thirſtie ground or ſpunge ſucketh vp much water; ſo the humble ſpirit drinkesdrinks vp much grace, and ſhall be repleniſhed abundantly with the waters of comfort. And …
With rule
… drie and thirſtie ground or ſpunge ſucketh vp much water; ſo the humble ſpirit drinkesdrinks vp much grace, and ſhall be repleniſhed abundantly with the waters of comfort. And …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 187 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
AND DRINKESDRINKS unworthily, eates, AND DRINKETH
With rule
AND DRINKESDRINKS unworthily, eates, AND DRINKETH
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 125 · Open in the reader