Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2248 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

herselfeherself

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

Puritas changed it: 692 times in 313 works
Consistency: 99.7% (692 of 694)
Reach if approved: ~730 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: herself
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 695 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (692 changes in 313 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 692)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as being spoken, not of Christ Iesu the sonne of God, but of Marie herselfeherself, which should be the promised seede. In summe, all the worshippe which in the …
With rule
… as being spoken, not of Christ Iesu the sonne of God, but of Marie herselfeherself, which should be the promised seede. In summe, all the worshippe which in the …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 248 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their deareſt life. And I doubt not but as Rachel hauing hard labour, died herſelfeherself when Beniamin was borne: ſo ſome may as well die in the throwes of …
With rule
… their deareſt life. And I doubt not but as Rachel hauing hard labour, died herſelfeherself when Beniamin was borne: ſo ſome may as well die in the throwes of …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
Cages herselfeherself and pinions Cupids wings.
With rule
Cages herselfeherself and pinions Cupids wings.
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… to mount aloft into the ayre, and in the streets and high wayes, dasheth herselfeherself into our eyes: as if shee would say, Are you my kinred, and will …
With rule
… to mount aloft into the ayre, and in the streets and high wayes, dasheth herselfeherself into our eyes: as if shee would say, Are you my kinred, and will …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commit this buſineſſe to the fidelity of a meſſenger, but forgetting her ſex, puts herſelfeherself into the errand; Her foot is not ſlow, her hand is not empty; According …
With rule
… commit this buſineſſe to the fidelity of a meſſenger, but forgetting her ſex, puts herſelfeherself into the errand; Her foot is not ſlow, her hand is not empty; According …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Diſciple, that is Dorcas a ſcholer in the ſchoole of Chriſt, a ſubmitter of herſelfeherself to the ordinance of God for the ſauing of her ſoule. Shee was none …
With rule
… Diſciple, that is Dorcas a ſcholer in the ſchoole of Chriſt, a ſubmitter of herſelfeherself to the ordinance of God for the ſauing of her ſoule. Shee was none …
Samuel Hieron · The Life and Death of Dorcas · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all remembrance & solicitude, which the fleshe vseth to take for feeding and defence of herselfeherself. For in euery realme and nation God wil stirre vp some one or other …
With rule
… all remembrance & solicitude, which the fleshe vseth to take for feeding and defence of herselfeherself. For in euery realme and nation God wil stirre vp some one or other …
John Knox · A Fort for the Afflicted · Open in the reader
Printed
… confeſſe the Antiquitie of our Tenets, and the Noueltie of her owne. If ſhe herſelfeherself do not proclaime the vniuerſalitie of our faith: if ſhe do not confeſſe that …
With rule
… confeſſe the Antiquitie of our Tenets, and the Noueltie of her owne. If ſhe herſelfeherself do not proclaime the vniuerſalitie of our faith: if ſhe do not confeſſe that …
Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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 Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
HerſelfeHerself from blame, by urging love, content.
With rule
HerſelfeHerself from blame, by urging love, content.
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
HerſelfeHerself a Monke, put on Conrado's face,
With rule
HerſelfeHerself a Monke, put on Conrado's face,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader