Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2258 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ripenesseripeness

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

Puritas changed it: 506 times in 309 works
Consistency: 99.2% (506 of 510)
Reach if approved: ~536 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ripeness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 510 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (506 changes in 309 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 506)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… encrease cōmeth therof? The fourth part (saith he) commeth to good, and groweth to ripenesseripeness.
With rule
… encrease cōmeth therof? The fourth part (saith he) commeth to good, and groweth to ripenesseripeness.
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt; by feeding on the Sacraments & leaues of Gods word, they grow to more ripeneſſeripeness, caſting off the coate of worldly vanities & earthly cares, and are cloathed with the …
With rule
… Chriſt; by feeding on the Sacraments & leaues of Gods word, they grow to more ripeneſſeripeness, caſting off the coate of worldly vanities & earthly cares, and are cloathed with the …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 294 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a time, till at last they bud forth by degrees, and come to perfect ripenesseripeness; and then they are abvious unto all mens view. No wonder therefore if Play …
With rule
… a time, till at last they bud forth by degrees, and come to perfect ripenesseripeness; and then they are abvious unto all mens view. No wonder therefore if Play …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 955 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by reason of the Iesuites tergiuersation, not permitting D. Featly to come to the ripenesseripeness of any Argument; yet it hath not beene fruitlesse: for since that time, the …
With rule
… by reason of the Iesuites tergiuersation, not permitting D. Featly to come to the ripenesseripeness of any Argument; yet it hath not beene fruitlesse: for since that time, the …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and it was I my selfe, that both would, and would not. But our ripenesseripeness of Christianitie must ouergrow fluctuant thoughts.
With rule
… and it was I my selfe, that both would, and would not. But our ripenesseripeness of Christianitie must ouergrow fluctuant thoughts.
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some fruite is plucked violently from the tree, some droppes with ripenesseripeness; all must fall, because the sonnes of men.
With rule
Some fruite is plucked violently from the tree, some droppes with ripenesseripeness; all must fall, because the sonnes of men.
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and such a one, as if he be past a childe, growne to further ripenesseripeness, is able to giue him stronger meate. It is noted for a property of …
With rule
… and such a one, as if he be past a childe, growne to further ripenesseripeness, is able to giue him stronger meate. It is noted for a property of …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 305 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can they be ſaid to die yong, whoſe perfection is growne to a bleſſed ripeneſſeripeness before the Lord. But young, or old, if you haue reioiced in your child …
With rule
… can they be ſaid to die yong, whoſe perfection is growne to a bleſſed ripeneſſeripeness before the Lord. But young, or old, if you haue reioiced in your child …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 133 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Twenty-Nine Lectures A10399

Printed
Fourthly, and laſtly, whereas ſome Churches are growne to ſome RipeneſſeRipeness and perfection, and to ſome ſetled forme of Gouernment; others are in their infancy …
With rule
Fourthly, and laſtly, whereas ſome Churches are growne to ſome RipeneſſeRipeness and perfection, and to ſome ſetled forme of Gouernment; others are in their infancy …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

Printed
1. RipeneſſeRipeness of yeares is abſolutely neceſſary for conſummating a iuſt and lawfull mariage: wherefore as …
With rule
1. RipeneſſeRipeness of yeares is abſolutely neceſſary for conſummating a iuſt and lawfull mariage: wherefore as …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 180 · Open in the reader