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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2259 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sayingessayings

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

Puritas changed it
538 times in 150 works
Consistency
99.8% (538 of 539)
Reach if approved
~566 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sayings
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
539 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (538 changes in 150 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 538)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that ſame cup the communion of his blood, doeth altogether ſhewe that bothe theſe ſayingessayings are figuratiue, or at leaſt wiſe one of them too witte, eyther that of …
    With rule
    … that ſame cup the communion of his blood, doeth altogether ſhewe that bothe theſe ſayingessayings are figuratiue, or at leaſt wiſe one of them too witte, eyther that of …

    Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Councells, where lacketh any necessarie confirmation? This is a shamelesse eluding of the Doctors sayingessayings. For first Augustine includeth all catholike Bishops, in possibility of erring in doctrine, not …
    With rule
    … Councells, where lacketh any necessarie confirmation? This is a shamelesse eluding of the Doctors sayingessayings. For first Augustine includeth all catholike Bishops, in possibility of erring in doctrine, not …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 309 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that you call you no maiſter vpon earth to be ſworne into any mans ſayingessayings, but haue you eye vnto the heauenly maiſter onely, vpon whom onely reſteth all …
    With rule
    … that you call you no maiſter vpon earth to be ſworne into any mans ſayingessayings, but haue you eye vnto the heauenly maiſter onely, vpon whom onely reſteth all …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxvii · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the felovv seruaunt of thy brethen the Prophetes, 11. and of them vvhich keepe the sayingessayings of this booke. 12. Worship God.
    With rule
    … the felovv seruaunt of thy brethen the Prophetes, 11. and of them vvhich keepe the sayingessayings of this booke. 12. Worship God.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … he saieth Non, we cannot make it yea: yf we do contrarye vnto his sayingessayings, we shall repente it. Beware therefore of chambering. what is this: Marye he vnderstandeth …
    With rule
    … he saieth Non, we cannot make it yea: yf we do contrarye vnto his sayingessayings, we shall repente it. Beware therefore of chambering. what is this: Marye he vnderstandeth …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … doe wee tary vpon thinges ſo ſmall, ſeeyng the holy ſcriptures and all ye ſayingessayings of the auncient fathers, the actes of all the holy faithfull ſaintes and ſeruauntꝭ …
    With rule
    … doe wee tary vpon thinges ſo ſmall, ſeeyng the holy ſcriptures and all ye ſayingessayings of the auncient fathers, the actes of all the holy faithfull ſaintes and ſeruauntꝭ …

    Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſometyme, affection gouerned Iuſtice and not Iuſtice affection / And ſometyme by the dictes and ſayingessayings of the lawe ſo craftely wreſted, Iuſtice beare no rule, but nowe, ſence that …
    With rule
    … ſometyme, affection gouerned Iuſtice and not Iuſtice affection / And ſometyme by the dictes and ſayingessayings of the lawe ſo craftely wreſted, Iuſtice beare no rule, but nowe, ſence that …

    Philipp Melanchthon · A Civil Nosegay · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … was taken away by iudgement: Therefore he muſt come into iudgement. With theſe Propheticall ſayingessayings, agreeth truely that Propheticall explication of Chriſt, which is extant in the 18. of Luke …
    With rule
    … was taken away by iudgement: Therefore he muſt come into iudgement. With theſe Propheticall ſayingessayings, agreeth truely that Propheticall explication of Chriſt, which is extant in the 18. of Luke …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 150 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    SayingesSayings.
    With rule
    SayingesSayings.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader