Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2217 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thornethorn

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

Puritas changed it: 743 times in 402 works
Consistency: 99.8% (743 of 744)
Reach if approved: ~782 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thorn
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 744 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (743 changes in 402 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 743)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Chriſt, when he ſuffered for me moſt wretched ſinner, did weare a crown of thornethorn vpon his head, and I for his ſake, in ſtéede of that crowne, will …
With rule
… Chriſt, when he ſuffered for me moſt wretched ſinner, did weare a crown of thornethorn vpon his head, and I for his ſake, in ſtéede of that crowne, will …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 338 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a poore Miniſter, nor honeſt poore man, theſe muſt licke their liuing of the thornethorn, and chew vpon the bridle. They will haue no difference at all of grace …
With rule
… a poore Miniſter, nor honeſt poore man, theſe muſt licke their liuing of the thornethorn, and chew vpon the bridle. They will haue no difference at all of grace …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kindneſſe that a Lion did ſhew vnto a man, who had formerly pulled a thornethorn out of his foot; and will not grace teach a man (thinke you) to …
With rule
… kindneſſe that a Lion did ſhew vnto a man, who had formerly pulled a thornethorn out of his foot; and will not grace teach a man (thinke you) to …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not out of the fleſh. For, we ſhould deale with ſinne as with a thornethorn, which we will plucke vp yong, and in the tender ſpray, and not tarry …
With rule
… not out of the fleſh. For, we ſhould deale with ſinne as with a thornethorn, which we will plucke vp yong, and in the tender ſpray, and not tarry …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
Christ bure ane creuell crown of thornethorn
With rule
Christ bure ane creuell crown of thornethorn
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
¶A crowne of thornethorn
With rule
¶A crowne of thornethorn
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader
Printed
… the fringe of the Lordes ordayning with their inlargementes. What, that it is a thornethorn not in the Fringe of a Phariſeie only, to pricke him ſelfe for his …
With rule
… the fringe of the Lordes ordayning with their inlargementes. What, that it is a thornethorn not in the Fringe of a Phariſeie only, to pricke him ſelfe for his …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
That I should not bee exalted aboue measure, there was giuen me a ThorneThorn in the flesh, 2 Cor. 12.
With rule
That I should not bee exalted aboue measure, there was giuen me a ThorneThorn in the flesh, 2 Cor. 12.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 526 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.