Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2265 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

surpassesurpass

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

Puritas changed it: 454 times in 283 works
Consistency: 98.9% (454 of 459)
Reach if approved: ~482 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: surpass
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 459 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (454 changes in 283 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 454)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… were the brauest workmen in the world. But as they séeke to excell and surpassesurpass al other nations, in finenes of workmanship, so now and than they reape the …
With rule
… were the brauest workmen in the world. But as they séeke to excell and surpassesurpass al other nations, in finenes of workmanship, so now and than they reape the …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Our Parties Pryde, surpassesurpass…h that Exemple:
With rule
Our Parties Pryde, surpassesurpass…h that Exemple:
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being vaine, left a sting and pricke behinde in conscience, which did counteruaile and surpassesurpass all the former delights. So then, Salomon returning into the fauour of God, condemneth …
With rule
… being vaine, left a sting and pricke behinde in conscience, which did counteruaile and surpassesurpass all the former delights. So then, Salomon returning into the fauour of God, condemneth …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 628 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be ſufficient enough to foreſee ſuch things as Oracles haue foretold, and which farre ſurpaſſesurpass the reach of mans foreſight. Therefore let vs conſider theſe two points, which are …
With rule
… be ſufficient enough to foreſee ſuch things as Oracles haue foretold, and which farre ſurpaſſesurpass the reach of mans foreſight. Therefore let vs conſider theſe two points, which are …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fathers and Pope of Rome? It is euen a verie bottomles poole, whiche doeth surpassesurpass mans capacitie. Insomuch as wee neede not maruell, that Pope Iohn the 22. after his …
With rule
… fathers and Pope of Rome? It is euen a verie bottomles poole, whiche doeth surpassesurpass mans capacitie. Insomuch as wee neede not maruell, that Pope Iohn the 22. after his …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… his other Writings, so I might say (perhaps more truly then discreetly) that they surpassesurpass in this kinde, all the moderne writers that haue gone before them: so that …
With rule
… his other Writings, so I might say (perhaps more truly then discreetly) that they surpassesurpass in this kinde, all the moderne writers that haue gone before them: so that …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Script…res) transcends my narrow expressions; so the eternall tormens alotted to it, doe surpassesurpass mens largest thoughts. And yet it now acts it's Part so frequently, so pla …
With rule
… Script…res) transcends my narrow expressions; so the eternall tormens alotted to it, doe surpassesurpass mens largest thoughts. And yet it now acts it's Part so frequently, so pla …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a ſight of his glorious Majeſty: that ioye that ſhall ſhine from him, ſhall ſurpaſſesurpass a thouſand times all the ioy we ſhall get in this world. Lord, how …
With rule
… a ſight of his glorious Majeſty: that ioye that ſhall ſhine from him, ſhall ſurpaſſesurpass a thouſand times all the ioy we ſhall get in this world. Lord, how …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
SurpasseSurpass the worst; and by degrees proceed,
With rule
SurpasseSurpass the worst; and by degrees proceed,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
SurpaſſeSurpass all ſpeed, by him are winged too:
With rule
SurpaſſeSurpass all ſpeed, by him are winged too:
John Donne · Poems · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America A77237

Printed
SurpaſſeSurpass, or parallel, the beſt of man.
With rule
SurpaſſeSurpass, or parallel, the beſt of man.
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Trees, Lillies, flow'rs, In beauty farre SurpaſſeSurpass
With rule
Trees, Lillies, flow'rs, In beauty farre SurpaſſeSurpass
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 118 · Open in the reader