Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2207 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

proverbeproverb

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

Puritas changed it: 786 times in 342 works
Consistency: 99.8% (786 of 787)
Reach if approved: ~827 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: proverb
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 787 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (786 changes in 342 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 786)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… place. Of this and such things, it appeares to haue past in a common ProverbeProverb and saying amongst the Romanes, that they desired no more harme to their enemies …
With rule
… place. Of this and such things, it appeares to haue past in a common ProverbeProverb and saying amongst the Romanes, that they desired no more harme to their enemies …
Robert Pont · Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader
Printed
… is good, but there is an enemy within that useth deceit. We have a proverbeproverb, It is good telling of money after ones father; so it is good trying …
With rule
… is good, but there is an enemy within that useth deceit. We have a proverbeproverb, It is good telling of money after ones father; so it is good trying …
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you may be the better provided to encounter them. It is good ſaith the ProverbeProverb, to know the worſt of things before hand, leſt otherwiſe after wee have walked …
With rule
… you may be the better provided to encounter them. It is good ſaith the ProverbeProverb, to know the worſt of things before hand, leſt otherwiſe after wee have walked …
Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dishonoured God. Secondly, this sinne empaires the health of the body: the out-landish ProverbeProverb saith, That the Glutton digs his Grave with his owne teeth, hastens his death …
With rule
… dishonoured God. Secondly, this sinne empaires the health of the body: the out-landish ProverbeProverb saith, That the Glutton digs his Grave with his owne teeth, hastens his death …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The whole Chapter throwe, shewing them how vnjuſtly they accuſed him in vſeing that ProverbeProverb. The Fathers have eaten ſower grapes / and the Childrens feeth are ſet on edge …
With rule
… The whole Chapter throwe, shewing them how vnjuſtly they accuſed him in vſeing that ProverbeProverb. The Fathers have eaten ſower grapes / and the Childrens feeth are ſet on edge …
Thomas Helwys · Gods Decree is Not the Cause of Any Mans Sin or Condemnation · Open in the reader
Printed
… sweet men, they deale kindly and comfortably. Why? The masse bites not; (as the proverbeproverb is) such a kind of ministery workes not at all, and this is the …
With rule
… sweet men, they deale kindly and comfortably. Why? The masse bites not; (as the proverbeproverb is) such a kind of ministery workes not at all, and this is the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. That old proverbeproverb is verified in them, nemo repente fit malus, nothing evill of it selfe comes …
With rule
2. That old proverbeproverb is verified in them, nemo repente fit malus, nothing evill of it selfe comes …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to all the kingdomes of the earth, and for a reproch, and for a proverbeproverb, and for a common talke, & in maledictionem, for a curſe. I will giue them …
With rule
… to all the kingdomes of the earth, and for a reproch, and for a proverbeproverb, and for a common talke, & in maledictionem, for a curſe. I will giue them …
Sebastian Benefield · Sermon Preached 24 March 1610 · p. 6 · 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.

The Christian Synagogue B16291

Printed
… of the Machabees are cited by the Apostles: Obiect. and ben Syrah hath a PRoverbeProverb, Quantulus ignis, Quantam materiam accendit; The more the fire is, the more matter it …
With rule
… of the Machabees are cited by the Apostles: Obiect. and ben Syrah hath a PRoverbeProverb, Quantulus ignis, Quantam materiam accendit; The more the fire is, the more matter it …
John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 268 · Open in the reader