Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2187 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

flaxeflax

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

Puritas changed it: 487 times in 218 works
Consistency: 87.7% (487 of 555)
Reach if approved: ~583 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: flax
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 555 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (487 changes in 218 works, 87.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 487)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… through faith vn…o ſaluation. A bruiſed reede ſhall he not breake, and ſmoking flaxeflax ſhall hee not quench, till he ſende forth iudgement into victorie: his power ſhall …
With rule
… through faith vn…o ſaluation. A bruiſed reede ſhall he not breake, and ſmoking flaxeflax ſhall hee not quench, till he ſende forth iudgement into victorie: his power ſhall …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 296 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpeeche, I will goe after my louers that gaue me my wooll and my flaxeflax, mine oyle and my drink.
With rule
… ſpeeche, I will goe after my louers that gaue me my wooll and my flaxeflax, mine oyle and my drink.
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… duckes: of bees, hony, waxe: of hay also as often as it neweth: of flaxeflax & hemp: of windmils, and of all manner mils: of all manner of marchaundise of …
With rule
… duckes: of bees, hony, waxe: of hay also as often as it neweth: of flaxeflax & hemp: of windmils, and of all manner mils: of all manner of marchaundise of …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 238 · Open in the reader
Printed
… breake them though they be but as weake and bruised reedes, and as smoaking flaxeflax.
With rule
… breake them though they be but as weake and bruised reedes, and as smoaking flaxeflax.
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the tinder of Lady Venus, suddenly it is set on fire as towe or flaxeflax. Many doe read the verses which Lycoris the Strumpet, the Paramour of Gallus the …
With rule
… the tinder of Lady Venus, suddenly it is set on fire as towe or flaxeflax. Many doe read the verses which Lycoris the Strumpet, the Paramour of Gallus the …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 913 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whom we heard something already out of the 31. of the Prouerbs, seeketh wooll and flaxeflax, layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaffe. But cui …
With rule
… whom we heard something already out of the 31. of the Prouerbs, seeketh wooll and flaxeflax, layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaffe. But cui …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 414 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of thy ſight: there is ſmoake in the flaxeflax, yet was not the flaxeflax quenched; for he addeth, yet thou heardeſt the voice of my prayer. Jonas in …
With rule
… out of thy ſight: there is ſmoake in the flaxeflax, yet was not the flaxeflax quenched; for he addeth, yet thou heardeſt the voice of my prayer. Jonas in …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be regarded, how much a man hath, but how it proſpereth. Corne, hempe, flaxeflax, trees, hearbs grow in a ſhortſpace, but no man ſeeth how; ſo is it …
With rule
… to be regarded, how much a man hath, but how it proſpereth. Corne, hempe, flaxeflax, trees, hearbs grow in a ſhortſpace, but no man ſeeth how; ſo is it …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 289 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (68)

39 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 31 are listed here. 29 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
The ſmoaking FlaxeFlax. page 12. A Sermon preached at Lambeth before his Grace, the Lord Biſhop of London …
With rule
The ſmoaking FlaxeFlax. page 12. A Sermon preached at Lambeth before his Grace, the Lord Biſhop of London …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… ut, and quench the ſmoaking, or (as the Hebrew beares it) the dimly burning FlaxeFlax of their brethrens obſcurer parts and labours. A bruiſed Reed, &c.
With rule
… ut, and quench the ſmoaking, or (as the Hebrew beares it) the dimly burning FlaxeFlax of their brethrens obſcurer parts and labours. A bruiſed Reed, &c.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conceive the wavering faith of the Jewes to bee meant; and by the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax, the momentary fervour of the Gentiles, which is Tertullians expoſition, ſeconded by Rhemigius: or …
With rule
… conceive the wavering faith of the Jewes to bee meant; and by the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax, the momentary fervour of the Gentiles, which is Tertullians expoſition, ſeconded by Rhemigius: or …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo much as a bruiſed Reed, nor trode out a ſmothering Week, or ſmoaking FlaxeFlax.
With rule
… ſo much as a bruiſed Reed, nor trode out a ſmothering Week, or ſmoaking FlaxeFlax.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
FlaxeFlax.
With rule
FlaxeFlax.
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 2 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities A09958

Printed
… punish them for their failings, hee will not in this case quench the smoaking FlaxeFlax; nor breake the bruised Reede: Hee will not put new Wine into old vessels …
With rule
… punish them for their failings, hee will not in this case quench the smoaking FlaxeFlax; nor breake the bruised Reede: Hee will not put new Wine into old vessels …
John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not a strong tree; yet this a broken one, none of the strongest: So FlaxeFlax, that takes the fire a great deale sooner than a Reed will, especially if …
With rule
… not a strong tree; yet this a broken one, none of the strongest: So FlaxeFlax, that takes the fire a great deale sooner than a Reed will, especially if …
John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And though we be as weake as a bruised Reed, or as the smoaking FlaxeFlax, yet let us not faint, nor give over, but bee encouraged to strive, and …
With rule
… And though we be as weake as a bruised Reed, or as the smoaking FlaxeFlax, yet let us not faint, nor give over, but bee encouraged to strive, and …
John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 215 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… or ſmoake of grace that ſhewes in them. Our Sauior quencheth not the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax.
With rule
… or ſmoake of grace that ſhewes in them. Our Sauior quencheth not the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax.
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 484 · Open in the reader

Christs Last Supper A12509

Printed
… to refreſh them, and not to breake the bruiſed Reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax.
With rule
… to refreſh them, and not to breake the bruiſed Reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax.
Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 53 · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

Printed
Also a FlaxeFlax-woman at Kimstat in France, dressing her FlaxeFlax commonly on the Sabboth, for meere …
With rule
Also a FlaxeFlax-woman at Kimstat in France, dressing her FlaxeFlax commonly on the Sabboth, for meere …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
Also a FlaxeFlax-woman at Kimstat in France, dressing her FlaxeFlax commonly on the Sabboth, for meere couetousnesse and eager greedinesse vpon the world, after …
With rule
Also a FlaxeFlax-woman at Kimstat in France, dressing her FlaxeFlax commonly on the Sabboth, for meere couetousnesse and eager greedinesse vpon the world, after …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… admonitions on two Sabboths together by fire, was the third day burnt with her FlaxeFlax and two children. A warning for women, who on the Lords day minde their …
With rule
… admonitions on two Sabboths together by fire, was the third day burnt with her FlaxeFlax and two children. A warning for women, who on the Lords day minde their …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 227 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
FlaxeFlax.
With rule
FlaxeFlax.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 48 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
… in this place openly to represent that mildnesse of Christe, which Isaias commendeth Smoking FlaxeFlax shall hee not quenche, and a …haken reede shall hee not breake. For the …
With rule
… in this place openly to represent that mildnesse of Christe, which Isaias commendeth Smoking FlaxeFlax shall hee not quenche, and a …haken reede shall hee not breake. For the …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… these seeds that were sowne in Egypt, when the plague of haile came, the FlaxeFlax and the Barley were smitten, saith the Scripture, for the Barley was in the …
With rule
… these seeds that were sowne in Egypt, when the plague of haile came, the FlaxeFlax and the Barley were smitten, saith the Scripture, for the Barley was in the …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were smitten, saith the Scripture, for the Barley was in the eare, and the FlaxeFlax was bolled: But the Wheat and the Rye were not smitten, for they were …
With rule
… were smitten, saith the Scripture, for the Barley was in the eare, and the FlaxeFlax was bolled: But the Wheat and the Rye were not smitten, for they were …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for they were not grown vp: The wicked in time of wrath are lik FlaxeFlax & Barley, because they are lifted vp, they are smitten, they are in the eare …
With rule
… for they were not grown vp: The wicked in time of wrath are lik FlaxeFlax & Barley, because they are lifted vp, they are smitten, they are in the eare …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 138 · Open in the reader

A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 A17385

Printed
… all tendernesse and compassion. A bruised Reed he will not breake, and the smoaking FlaxeFlax he will not quench. The particulars are metaphorically handled before, in the consideration of …
With rule
… all tendernesse and compassion. A bruised Reed he will not breake, and the smoaking FlaxeFlax he will not quench. The particulars are metaphorically handled before, in the consideration of …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 567 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

Printed
… and office to prouide, that the bruised Reede be not broken, or the smoaking FlaxeFlax quenched, till iudgement be brought forth vnto victory. And at all times the weakest …
With rule
… and office to prouide, that the bruised Reede be not broken, or the smoaking FlaxeFlax quenched, till iudgement be brought forth vnto victory. And at all times the weakest …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine A21036

Printed
… inlarges it, and hardly will it be extinguished. Alas, how soone would the smoaking FlaxeFlax be quenched, if this winde were not vp to preserue it, and to make …
With rule
… inlarges it, and hardly will it be extinguished. Alas, how soone would the smoaking FlaxeFlax be quenched, if this winde were not vp to preserue it, and to make …
Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… twelue; when Chriſt (who will not breake the bruiſed Reed, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax) had reſpect to the weakeneſſe of his Fayth, and bad him ſee the print …
With rule
… twelue; when Chriſt (who will not breake the bruiſed Reed, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax) had reſpect to the weakeneſſe of his Fayth, and bad him ſee the print …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt Ieſus himſelfe, who did not breake the bruiſed reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax, hee ſayth, Come vnto mee all yee that are weary and heauie laden, and …
With rule
… Chriſt Ieſus himſelfe, who did not breake the bruiſed reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax, hee ſayth, Come vnto mee all yee that are weary and heauie laden, and …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 172 · Open in the reader
Printed
… might be mercifull, he will not breake the bruiſed Reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax: Theſe thinges (ſaith he) haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine …
With rule
… might be mercifull, he will not breake the bruiſed Reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax: Theſe thinges (ſaith he) haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
… example of Chriſt, who will not breake the bruiſed Reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax. And if we be commaunded to leaue ninetie and nine in the Wilderneſſe, ſeeking …
With rule
… example of Chriſt, who will not breake the bruiſed Reede, nor quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax. And if we be commaunded to leaue ninetie and nine in the Wilderneſſe, ſeeking …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 317 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch as haue giuen witneſſe of their true repentance, not to quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax, nor to breake the bruiſed Reed. For ſeeing we are with all mildneſſe to …
With rule
… ſuch as haue giuen witneſſe of their true repentance, not to quench the ſmoaking FlaxeFlax, nor to breake the bruiſed Reed. For ſeeing we are with all mildneſſe to …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 346 · Open in the reader

The Civil Right of Tithes A38604

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… plain Law, speciatim for Corn, Wine, Fruit, breed of Cattle, Wooll, Lamb, Butter, Cheeſe, FlaxeFlax, Hemp, and all that grows and renews yearly, &c. and of what power in …
With rule
… plain Law, speciatim for Corn, Wine, Fruit, breed of Cattle, Wooll, Lamb, Butter, Cheeſe, FlaxeFlax, Hemp, and all that grows and renews yearly, &c. and of what power in …
Christopher Elderfield · The Civil Right of Tithes · p. 123 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

Printed
… up to the roofe of the houſe, and hid them with the ſtalkes of FlaxeFlax, which ſhe had laid upon the roofe in order, Ioſh. 2.6.
With rule
… up to the roofe of the houſe, and hid them with the ſtalkes of FlaxeFlax, which ſhe had laid upon the roofe in order, Ioſh. 2.6.
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · p. 34 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King A96886

Printed
… with the fl…wing in of Oyle and Wine; nor with the recovery of FlaxeFlax and Wooll, of Soape and Salt, and Leather, and the like; She obſerves the …
With rule
… with the fl…wing in of Oyle and Wine; nor with the recovery of FlaxeFlax and Wooll, of Soape and Salt, and Leather, and the like; She obſerves the …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Explication of the Judicial Laws of Moses B16297

Printed
… up to the roofe of the houſe, and hid them with the ſtalkes of FlaxeFlax, which ſhe had laid upon the roofe in order, Ioſh. 2. 6.
With rule
… up to the roofe of the houſe, and hid them with the ſtalkes of FlaxeFlax, which ſhe had laid upon the roofe in order, Ioſh. 2. 6.
John Weemes · Explication of the Judicial Laws of Moses · p. 34 · Open in the reader

Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word B40355

Printed
… profitab… she selleth it afterwards, verse 24. Yea,… ticular worke is described: Shee seeke… and FlaxeFlax, &c. Shee putteth her ha… wheele and her hands handle the spin… maketh Carpets …
With rule
… profitab… she selleth it afterwards, verse 24. Yea,… ticular worke is described: Shee seeke… and FlaxeFlax, &c. Shee putteth her ha… wheele and her hands handle the spin… maketh Carpets …
Henrich Bullinger · Exhortation to the Ministers of Gods Word · p. 75 · Open in the reader