Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2166 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

virginevirgin

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

Puritas changed it: 763 times in 266 works
Consistency: 46.6% (763 of 1,637)
Reach if approved: ~1,720 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: virgin
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,637 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: virgins (873)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (763 changes in 266 works, 46.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 763)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reall blood of our Sauiour Christe, that he receaued of the substance of the VirgineVirgin, and that he shed vpon the croice. The Sacrifice of the croice is called …
With rule
… reall blood of our Sauiour Christe, that he receaued of the substance of the VirgineVirgin, and that he shed vpon the croice. The Sacrifice of the croice is called …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… nature, which before he had not: So Chriſt when hee was borne of the VirgineVirgin, continuing the ſame perfect perſon which he had beene from eternity, aſſumeth neuertheleſſe a …
With rule
… nature, which before he had not: So Chriſt when hee was borne of the VirgineVirgin, continuing the ſame perfect perſon which he had beene from eternity, aſſumeth neuertheleſſe a …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… GOD from his Father, together with his birth, out of the pure and vndefiled VirgineVirgin Marie vnto the Bees: whiche were in verie deede a great blasphemie, if the …
With rule
… GOD from his Father, together with his birth, out of the pure and vndefiled VirgineVirgin Marie vnto the Bees: whiche were in verie deede a great blasphemie, if the …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath he from time to time ſett him out to the vttmoſt like a VirgineVirgin of Moab. Theodora confecrateth two Croſſe of pure golde to Saint Sergius Church at …
With rule
… hath he from time to time ſett him out to the vttmoſt like a VirgineVirgin of Moab. Theodora confecrateth two Croſſe of pure golde to Saint Sergius Church at …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or ſhoulde name the ſonne inequal, or ſhould baptiſe in the name of the VirgineVirgin Mary, or in ſteed of water, ſhould vſe (ſpecially, wittingly, and willingly) I can …
With rule
… or ſhoulde name the ſonne inequal, or ſhould baptiſe in the name of the VirgineVirgin Mary, or in ſteed of water, ſhould vſe (ſpecially, wittingly, and willingly) I can …
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after them: and by it we are made partakers of them, as the bleſſed VirgineVirgin ſaith in her ſong: The Lord filleth the hungry with good things, and ſendeth …
With rule
… after them: and by it we are made partakers of them, as the bleſſed VirgineVirgin ſaith in her ſong: The Lord filleth the hungry with good things, and ſendeth …
Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… against the Antidicomarians, and Collyridians, for vsyng, and worshippyng the Image of Marie the VirgineVirgin. As for your testimonies, out of Gregorie Nyssene, and Chrysostome, serue nothyng to the …
With rule
… against the Antidicomarians, and Collyridians, for vsyng, and worshippyng the Image of Marie the VirgineVirgin. As for your testimonies, out of Gregorie Nyssene, and Chrysostome, serue nothyng to the …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader
Printed
… He was Sonne to both God and Mary. Non alter ex Patre, alter ex VirgineVirgin: sed aliter ex Patre, aliter ex virginevirgin.
With rule
… He was Sonne to both God and Mary. Non alter ex Patre, alter ex VirgineVirgin: sed aliter ex Patre, aliter ex virginevirgin.
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 288 · 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.

Exposition of the Festival Epistles and Gospels A16556

Printed
THE PVRIFICATION OF SAINT MARIE THE VIRGINEVIRGIN.
With rule
THE PVRIFICATION OF SAINT MARIE THE VIRGINEVIRGIN.
John Boys · Exposition of the Festival Epistles and Gospels · Open in the reader