Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2303 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

haireshairs

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

Puritas changed it: 1,235 times in 646 works
Consistency: 98.0% (1,235 of 1,259)
Reach if approved: ~1,323 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hairs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,259 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,235 changes in 646 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,235)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hee was walking, and falling into a certain ditch, was preſently caught by the haireshairs of his head by an Angell, and ſo deliuered; that an Image was crucified …
With rule
… hee was walking, and falling into a certain ditch, was preſently caught by the haireshairs of his head by an Angell, and ſo deliuered; that an Image was crucified …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the number of our ſinnes it is innumerable. They are moe then the haireshairs of our head. No man can do ſo many wrongs to vs as we …
With rule
… for the number of our ſinnes it is innumerable. They are moe then the haireshairs of our head. No man can do ſo many wrongs to vs as we …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whoſe ſtrength was devoured by ſtrangers, and he knew it not, that had gray haireshairs here and there, and much weakeneſſe comming upon him, and yet he knew it …
With rule
… whoſe ſtrength was devoured by ſtrangers, and he knew it not, that had gray haireshairs here and there, and much weakeneſſe comming upon him, and yet he knew it …
Alexander Grosse · Deaths Deliverance and Elijahs Fiery Chariot · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be not with all thy heart, by ſuch a Faith thou art not one haireshairs bredth neerer to ſaluation, ſo that the very nature of the ſpeach preſuppoſeth an …
With rule
… be not with all thy heart, by ſuch a Faith thou art not one haireshairs bredth neerer to ſaluation, ſo that the very nature of the ſpeach preſuppoſeth an …
Samuel Hieron · The Baptizing of the Eunuch · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will pleade, though they had not grace by nature, yet grace is within a haireshairs breadth of them, they have grace at command; and as it is with a …
With rule
… will pleade, though they had not grace by nature, yet grace is within a haireshairs breadth of them, they have grace at command; and as it is with a …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Law, which was either doe or die, either keepe it to a haireshairs-breadth or bee accurſed for euer, yet leauing it a rule of our endeauours …
With rule
… of the Law, which was either doe or die, either keepe it to a haireshairs-breadth or bee accurſed for euer, yet leauing it a rule of our endeauours …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 404 · Open in the reader
Printed
And euen in particuler matters, as Sparrowes and haireshairs, much more in mens crosses; so as that it shall be needlesse further to …
With rule
And euen in particuler matters, as Sparrowes and haireshairs, much more in mens crosses; so as that it shall be needlesse further to …
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
OVr Sauiour Chriſt extendeth the carefull prouidence of God to Sparrowes, and to the haireshairs of our head, to the ende no mā ſhoulde thinke or imagine that it …
With rule
OVr Sauiour Chriſt extendeth the carefull prouidence of God to Sparrowes, and to the haireshairs of our head, to the ende no mā ſhoulde thinke or imagine that it …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 209 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

Printed
… world, it is cleere, Gen, 18 25, Pſalm, 98, 9, and euen in particuler matters, as ſparrowes and HairesHairs, much more in mens croſſes: ſo as that it ſhall be needleſſe further to …
With rule
… world, it is cleere, Gen, 18 25, Pſalm, 98, 9, and euen in particuler matters, as ſparrowes and HairesHairs, much more in mens croſſes: ſo as that it ſhall be needleſſe further to …
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
HairesHairs.
With rule
HairesHairs.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
WHo can nomber the HairesHairs of his head, but his sinnes in number farre exceedeth them: how great then …
With rule
WHo can nomber the HairesHairs of his head, but his sinnes in number farre exceedeth them: how great then …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
Mens HairesHairs are numbred: what shall befall it's decreed,
With rule
Mens HairesHairs are numbred: what shall befall it's decreed,
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Cursed Family A57346

Printed
… What a woefull thing is it, to find Governours of Families in their Gray HairesHairs taking pleasure to discourse of the sins of their youth? Doe they not hereby …
With rule
… What a woefull thing is it, to find Governours of Families in their Gray HairesHairs taking pleasure to discourse of the sins of their youth? Doe they not hereby …
Thomas Risley · The Cursed Family · p. 25 · Open in the reader

The Disabled Debtor Discharged A57544

Printed
Secondly, Her Humiliation or Abjection. And wiped them with the HairesHairs of her Head. Firſt of Her Contrition.
With rule
Secondly, Her Humiliation or Abjection. And wiped them with the HairesHairs of her Head. Firſt of Her Contrition.
Nehemiah Rogers · The Disabled Debtor Discharged · p. 164 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
Of Nailes and HairesHairs, doſt thou know which to praiſe?
With rule
Of Nailes and HairesHairs, doſt thou know which to praiſe?
John Donne · Poems · p. 269 · Open in the reader