Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2169 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

assaultesassaults

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

Puritas changed it: 389 times in 153 works
Consistency: 99.2% (389 of 392)
Reach if approved: ~412 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: assaults
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 392 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (389 changes in 153 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 389)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Senate of Zuricke determined in re…u…ſe theſe iniuries, and c…u…lius aſſaultesassaults. I had nede to wryte a large volume, to ſuche as deſyre to vnderſtande …
With rule
… Senate of Zuricke determined in re…u…ſe theſe iniuries, and c…u…lius aſſaultesassaults. I had nede to wryte a large volume, to ſuche as deſyre to vnderſtande …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… for you, and will kepe you in his safe custody, free from all the assaultesassaults of your cruel aduersarie: thoughe in hys myscheuous members he doe transforme himself into …
With rule
… for you, and will kepe you in his safe custody, free from all the assaultesassaults of your cruel aduersarie: thoughe in hys myscheuous members he doe transforme himself into …
Nicholas Ridley · A Piteous Lamentation of the Miserable Estate of the Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… which he exhorteth other men to put on as sufficient to withstande all the assaultesassaults of the diuell, sufficient for him selfe without the signe of the crosse But …
With rule
… which he exhorteth other men to put on as sufficient to withstande all the assaultesassaults of the diuell, sufficient for him selfe without the signe of the crosse But …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… servants you are to whome you giue your selves obedient? David feeling the great assaultesassaults of sinne in his flesh / and his inhabilitie to keepe the Lawe of GOD …
With rule
… servants you are to whome you giue your selves obedient? David feeling the great assaultesassaults of sinne in his flesh / and his inhabilitie to keepe the Lawe of GOD …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… traueiled in this matter, by longe experience haue found out and beaten downe the assaultesassaults and strokes of oure aduersaryes. So that the former booke ioyned with our historye …
With rule
… traueiled in this matter, by longe experience haue found out and beaten downe the assaultesassaults and strokes of oure aduersaryes. So that the former booke ioyned with our historye …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… as for the church, which Sathan maliceth infinitly more, and therefore maketh many ſorer aſſaultesassaults againſt the ſame: how ſlenderly in all ſuch aſſemblies is her eſtate thought vpon …
With rule
… as for the church, which Sathan maliceth infinitly more, and therefore maketh many ſorer aſſaultesassaults againſt the ſame: how ſlenderly in all ſuch aſſemblies is her eſtate thought vpon …
John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… there were foure thouſande ſlayne, and ſomtyme tenne thouſande, to that they had alwayes aſſaultesassaults, and enemitie. It foloweth nowe further in the Prophete.
With rule
… there were foure thouſande ſlayne, and ſomtyme tenne thouſande, to that they had alwayes aſſaultesassaults, and enemitie. It foloweth nowe further in the Prophete.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hytherto, & shall continually preserue his moost gracious maieste from all the craftye conspiraciōs & subtyle assaultesassaults of all his enemies, so that they shal neuer preuayle agaynste hym, but hys …
With rule
… hytherto, & shall continually preserue his moost gracious maieste from all the craftye conspiraciōs & subtyle assaultesassaults of all his enemies, so that they shal neuer preuayle agaynste hym, but hys …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · 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.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

Printed
In all AssaultesAssaults, I may haue Hope, and Hearting:
With rule
In all AssaultesAssaults, I may haue Hope, and Hearting:
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 165 · Open in the reader