Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2212 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

straitestrait

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

Puritas changed it: 680 times in 327 works
Consistency: 98.2% (680 of 692)
Reach if approved: ~727 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: strait
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 692 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (680 changes in 327 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 680)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… home, but such as shoulde in al pointes feede his owne humour: he gaue straitestrait charge to the Cardinals so to do, saying y^t …e & all other Ecclesiastical parsons …
With rule
… home, but such as shoulde in al pointes feede his owne humour: he gaue straitestrait charge to the Cardinals so to do, saying y^t …e & all other Ecclesiastical parsons …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the like or greater inconuenience, till, pent vp with their last sickenesse, or the straitestrait bed, as it were siege, of their vnquiet consciences, they be ready to be …
With rule
… the like or greater inconuenience, till, pent vp with their last sickenesse, or the straitestrait bed, as it were siege, of their vnquiet consciences, they be ready to be …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… therfore by God be putte at libertie, but rather be thruste into a more straitestrait, greuous, & stronger yocke, where they shall be sure neuer to haue libertie nor ease …
With rule
… therfore by God be putte at libertie, but rather be thruste into a more straitestrait, greuous, & stronger yocke, where they shall be sure neuer to haue libertie nor ease …
Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… Latine Seruice, the holy Bread and holy Water, and their other Ceremonies againe: Wherefore straitestrait commaundement was sent to the Bishops of the Dioces, to warne the Parsons, Uicars …
With rule
… Latine Seruice, the holy Bread and holy Water, and their other Ceremonies againe: Wherefore straitestrait commaundement was sent to the Bishops of the Dioces, to warne the Parsons, Uicars …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
REceiue wholſome inſtruction thou that readeſt. If thou bee deſirous to walke in a ſtraitestrait way, yet let it not be framed after thine own wil, but look it …
With rule
REceiue wholſome inſtruction thou that readeſt. If thou bee deſirous to walke in a ſtraitestrait way, yet let it not be framed after thine own wil, but look it …
Richard Bernard · The Seven Golden Candlesticks · Open in the reader
Printed
… meanes be cut off; and therefore would haue the distinctions of Tribes obserued; with straitestrait prohibition, that no Iew (except the Leuite) should marry out of his owne Tribe …
With rule
… meanes be cut off; and therefore would haue the distinctions of Tribes obserued; with straitestrait prohibition, that no Iew (except the Leuite) should marry out of his owne Tribe …
William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the holy Scriptures? But the faithfull, (you thinke) for all that were not so straitestrait laced, but beleeued them vppon their owne worde, both Christ and his Apostles, because …
With rule
… the holy Scriptures? But the faithfull, (you thinke) for all that were not so straitestrait laced, but beleeued them vppon their owne worde, both Christ and his Apostles, because …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… himselfe the waye of Gods iudgements. God layde before him two wayes, the one straitestrait, the other wide: the one of life, the other of death: the one of …
With rule
… himselfe the waye of Gods iudgements. God layde before him two wayes, the one straitestrait, the other wide: the one of life, the other of death: the one of …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 412 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Black Devil A00564

Printed
… the Cape of Bona Speranza, and they must of necessity passe through these Straights. StraiteStrait and narrow is the way that leadeth vnto life, and few there bee that …
With rule
… the Cape of Bona Speranza, and they must of necessity passe through these Straights. StraiteStrait and narrow is the way that leadeth vnto life, and few there bee that …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 27 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed A13547

Printed
… multitude being as false a note of the Church, as the former externall prosperity. StraiteStrait is the way that leads vnto life, and few there be that finde it …
With rule
… multitude being as false a note of the Church, as the former externall prosperity. StraiteStrait is the way that leads vnto life, and few there be that finde it …
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 134 · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

Printed
StraiteStrait plund'g in woefull wise,
With rule
StraiteStrait plund'g in woefull wise,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

The Drunkards Character A15845

Printed
StraiteStrait, what a straitestrait, the godly are in, 383.
With rule
StraiteStrait, what a straitestrait, the godly are in, 383.
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

Printed
StraiteStrait, what a ſtraitestrait, the godly are in, 383.
With rule
StraiteStrait, what a ſtraitestrait, the godly are in, 383.
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

Printed
… the Promontory of Good hope? Yet another way opened it ſelf to Magellan; a StraiteStrait; it is true; but yet a way thither; and who knows yet, whether there …
With rule
… the Promontory of Good hope? Yet another way opened it ſelf to Magellan; a StraiteStrait; it is true; but yet a way thither; and who knows yet, whether there …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
StraiteStrait, even walkes (Gods ſacred Lawes, Word, Wayes)
With rule
StraiteStrait, even walkes (Gods ſacred Lawes, Word, Wayes)
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 169 · Open in the reader