Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2211 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stayesstays

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

Puritas changed it: 914 times in 561 works
Consistency: 98.1% (914 of 931)
Reach if approved: ~978 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stays
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 931 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (914 changes in 561 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 914)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
No, the ground why Chriſt ſtayesstays is, that hee may come at the fitteſt time; and then he will come …
With rule
No, the ground why Chriſt ſtayesstays is, that hee may come at the fitteſt time; and then he will come …
Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath finished it: or if our unworthines should discomfort us, we see that Christ stayesstays not till we can deserve him; but as hee died for us when we …
With rule
… hath finished it: or if our unworthines should discomfort us, we see that Christ stayesstays not till we can deserve him; but as hee died for us when we …
William Pemble · The Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no, he that beleeves makes no haste: That is, he waits upon God, he stayesstays himselfe upon God, he is content to have it in that time, in that …
With rule
… no, he that beleeves makes no haste: That is, he waits upon God, he stayesstays himselfe upon God, he is content to have it in that time, in that …
John Preston · Four Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 327 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to shake their pleasant sound out of their mindes: for it followes them, it stayesstays with them, and recoiles backe againe into their mindes and tongues after some little …
With rule
… to shake their pleasant sound out of their mindes: for it followes them, it stayesstays with them, and recoiles backe againe into their mindes and tongues after some little …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 520 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Ministers of God. 1 Tim. 1. 10. and 6. 3. 2 Tim. 1.13. Tit. 1.9. and 2. 1. So likewise it continues and stayesstays by us: when this seed is sowen it abideth in us, It shall not …
With rule
… the Ministers of God. 1 Tim. 1. 10. and 6. 3. 2 Tim. 1.13. Tit. 1.9. and 2. 1. So likewise it continues and stayesstays by us: when this seed is sowen it abideth in us, It shall not …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aske forgiveneſſe, and is rather a ſuitour to us to take a pardon, then ſtayesstays for us to bee ſuitours to have a pardon.
With rule
… aske forgiveneſſe, and is rather a ſuitour to us to take a pardon, then ſtayesstays for us to bee ſuitours to have a pardon.
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Seven Psalms of David · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus wee ſee how the ſtayesstays and props of the wicked are but like reeds, or Aegyptian ſtaves which cannot …
With rule
Thus wee ſee how the ſtayesstays and props of the wicked are but like reeds, or Aegyptian ſtaves which cannot …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 253 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them: if they draw backe, it is their cold affection and bad leading that stayesstays them. Besides, true godlinesse doth (naturally) communicate it selfe. It cannot shut vp it …
With rule
… them: if they draw backe, it is their cold affection and bad leading that stayesstays them. Besides, true godlinesse doth (naturally) communicate it selfe. It cannot shut vp it …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Souls Conflict With Itself A12198

Printed
… her selfe, especially when higher matches are offered. Earthly things are not given for StayesStays wholly to rest on, but for Comforts in our way to Heaven; they are …
With rule
… her selfe, especially when higher matches are offered. Earthly things are not given for StayesStays wholly to rest on, but for Comforts in our way to Heaven; they are …
Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 321 · Open in the reader

The Temple of Solomon Portrayed A49971

Printed
… the ſame thing is rendred foreign, we read in the Text Terriſes, in the Margin, StayesStays, and (that which ſuits beſt of all) High-wayes, to the houſe of the …
With rule
… the ſame thing is rendred foreign, we read in the Text Terriſes, in the Margin, StayesStays, and (that which ſuits beſt of all) High-wayes, to the houſe of the …
Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 52 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
StayesStays]
With rule
StayesStays]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 618 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
StayesStays in his court, at his owne net, and there
With rule
StayesStays in his court, at his owne net, and there
John Donne · Poems · p. 17 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Then when all Friends, Helpes, StayesStays, Hopes elſe faile, He
With rule
Then when all Friends, Helpes, StayesStays, Hopes elſe faile, He
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
As if their Props and StayesStays ſhould ſtill endure.
With rule
As if their Props and StayesStays ſhould ſtill endure.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 46 · Open in the reader