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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #21468 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

askesasks

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

Puritas changed it
564 times in 298 works
Consistency
99.4% (564 of 567)
Reach if approved
~596 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: asks
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
567 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (564 changes in 298 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 564)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Lord, the great God, our soveraigne Creatour: But now when the Lord comes and askesasks no more at our hands but this, you shall love mee, will you deny …
    With rule
    … Lord, the great God, our soveraigne Creatour: But now when the Lord comes and askesasks no more at our hands but this, you shall love mee, will you deny …

    John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … sayth he? How doe you? with many termes of his best Rhetoricke: and then askesasks, if he be hungrie; and if he be, sets his cheare before him on …
    With rule
    … sayth he? How doe you? with many termes of his best Rhetoricke: and then askesasks, if he be hungrie; and if he be, sets his cheare before him on …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 710 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … therein ſhall bee burnt vp. To what other Vſe it then ſerues, who ſo askesasks, may thus be informed. 1. To purge the creature from the droſſe it hath contracted …
    With rule
    … therein ſhall bee burnt vp. To what other Vſe it then ſerues, who ſo askesasks, may thus be informed. 1. To purge the creature from the droſſe it hath contracted …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … The theefe on the Crosse asking Christ to remember him in his Kingdome, Augustine askesasks him: What Royalty doest thou see? Seest thou any other crowne then that of …
    With rule
    … The theefe on the Crosse asking Christ to remember him in his Kingdome, Augustine askesasks him: What Royalty doest thou see? Seest thou any other crowne then that of …

    Thomas Taylor · Christ Revealed · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … pray to God for it, who is very liberall of comfort to him that askesasks it; the good theef on the Croſſe did but aske Chriſt to remember him …
    With rule
    … pray to God for it, who is very liberall of comfort to him that askesasks it; the good theef on the Croſſe did but aske Chriſt to remember him …

    William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and ſo prevail. For a vehement ſuiter cannot but ſpeed with God, whatſoever he askesasks. If our prayers want ſucceſſe, it is becauſe they want mettall and heart, their …
    With rule
    … and ſo prevail. For a vehement ſuiter cannot but ſpeed with God, whatſoever he askesasks. If our prayers want ſucceſſe, it is becauſe they want mettall and heart, their …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in Chriſt … name, to come immediately into his preſence, and to receiue what he askesasks; for any I ſay, not to come, not to aske, not to pray, is …
    With rule
    … in Chriſt … name, to come immediately into his preſence, and to receiue what he askesasks; for any I ſay, not to come, not to aske, not to pray, is …

    Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 174 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … a ſpoone keeching water out of the ſea into a little hole: Saint Auguſtine askesasks the childe why he did ſo; he anſwered, to emptie the ſea into that …
    With rule
    … a ſpoone keeching water out of the ſea into a little hole: Saint Auguſtine askesasks the childe why he did ſo; he anſwered, to emptie the ſea into that …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

  • Printed
    … reade it. 1. Be ready alwaies to giue anſwer, or 2. Apologie to euery one that, 3. AskesAsks you a Reaſon of the hope that is in you. The Rules are three …
    With rule
    … reade it. 1. Be ready alwaies to giue anſwer, or 2. Apologie to euery one that, 3. AskesAsks you a Reaſon of the hope that is in you. The Rules are three …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 73 · Open in the reader