Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2334 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

climbeclimb

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

Puritas changed it: 751 times in 431 works
Consistency: 97.5% (751 of 770)
Reach if approved: ~810 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: climb
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 771 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (751 changes in 431 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 751)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Duke of the forked order, and ſo forward: but my ambition is not to climbeclimb ſo high, therefore i'le ſtay at home and prevent that promotion.
With rule
… Duke of the forked order, and ſo forward: but my ambition is not to climbeclimb ſo high, therefore i'le ſtay at home and prevent that promotion.
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… a tombe, Ahab all, and yet be baſe and contemptible. Doeg may fawne, Diotrephes climbeclimb, Iezabel paint, Abſalom plot, and yet leaue their name as a curſe: theſe, theſe …
With rule
… a tombe, Ahab all, and yet be baſe and contemptible. Doeg may fawne, Diotrephes climbeclimb, Iezabel paint, Abſalom plot, and yet leaue their name as a curſe: theſe, theſe …
Robert Harris · Samuels Funeral · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lesson also howe oure Sayuoure Christe fled from glory. Yf these ambyciouse parsons, that climbeclimb to honour by by walkes inordinatly, would cōsider thys example of Iesus christ, they …
With rule
… lesson also howe oure Sayuoure Christe fled from glory. Yf these ambyciouse parsons, that climbeclimb to honour by by walkes inordinatly, would cōsider thys example of Iesus christ, they …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… weight or thereabout: then a ladder is to be ſet for the Biſhop to climbeclimb vp to the top of the croſſes: then a veſſell full of water to …
With rule
… weight or thereabout: then a ladder is to be ſet for the Biſhop to climbeclimb vp to the top of the croſſes: then a veſſell full of water to …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the daily crosse without stooping, to carry the cup of prosperity without spilling, to climbeclimb the hill of good duties without fainting, to abstaine from the waters of pleasure …
With rule
… the daily crosse without stooping, to carry the cup of prosperity without spilling, to climbeclimb the hill of good duties without fainting, to abstaine from the waters of pleasure …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
I will not come within the Tabernacle of mine house, nor climbeclimb vp into my bed. Psal. 132 3.
With rule
I will not come within the Tabernacle of mine house, nor climbeclimb vp into my bed. Psal. 132 3.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
I haue no minde to climbeclimb these Mountaines, I begin to bee short-winded already, I shall neuer hold out …
With rule
I haue no minde to climbeclimb these Mountaines, I begin to bee short-winded already, I shall neuer hold out …
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… should forsake thee: Thus Tyrants often times cut off those staires, by which they climbeclimb up to their Throne: Yea, good Princes have often times justly sacrificed those their …
With rule
… should forsake thee: Thus Tyrants often times cut off those staires, by which they climbeclimb up to their Throne: Yea, good Princes have often times justly sacrificed those their …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 133 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
ClimbeClimb to th' empyreall court, where these states reign,
With rule
ClimbeClimb to th' empyreall court, where these states reign,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 67 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
ClimbeClimb the Hill that braues the starres.
With rule
ClimbeClimb the Hill that braues the starres.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Light of Faith A17419

Printed
4 ClimbeClimb not at all, no not into the deſires of thy heart, into the throne …
With rule
4 ClimbeClimb not at all, no not into the deſires of thy heart, into the throne …
Richard Byfield · The Light of Faith · p. 175 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
ClimbeClimb up my ſoul, climbeclimb up to be embrac'd
With rule
ClimbeClimb up my ſoul, climbeclimb up to be embrac'd
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

Printed
… In the Church, and in the execution of those decrees, he speakes to thee. ClimbeClimb not up, to the search of unsearchable things, to the finding out of investigable …
With rule
… In the Church, and in the execution of those decrees, he speakes to thee. ClimbeClimb not up, to the search of unsearchable things, to the finding out of investigable …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 238 · Open in the reader

Grapes from Canaan A63574

Printed
ClimbeClimb thither in thy Contemplation;
With rule
ClimbeClimb thither in thy Contemplation;
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
ClimbeClimb]
With rule
ClimbeClimb]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 106 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… dignitie is gone; whiles Achitophel ſayes to Abſalom, Thy dignitie ſhall ariſe from inceſt; ClimbeClimb vp to thy fathers bed, if thou wilt ſit in his throne; If Achitophel …
With rule
… dignitie is gone; whiles Achitophel ſayes to Abſalom, Thy dignitie ſhall ariſe from inceſt; ClimbeClimb vp to thy fathers bed, if thou wilt ſit in his throne; If Achitophel …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1235 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

Printed
… to cry them down, All, and without choyse, by which their most hated Adversaries ClimbeClimb up, and could not cry up themselves, and their Cause, as they doe, but …
With rule
… to cry them down, All, and without choyse, by which their most hated Adversaries ClimbeClimb up, and could not cry up themselves, and their Cause, as they doe, but …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to cry them downe, All, and without Choyce, by which their most hated Adversaries ClimbeClimb up, and could not cry up themselves, and their Cause, as they doe, but …
With rule
… to cry them downe, All, and without Choyce, by which their most hated Adversaries ClimbeClimb up, and could not cry up themselves, and their Cause, as they doe, but …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… good Ministers, and all true Religion. This, this is the Ladder, by which Jesuites ClimbeClimb up, not now to the top of Tyburne, but to the top of their …
With rule
… good Ministers, and all true Religion. This, this is the Ladder, by which Jesuites ClimbeClimb up, not now to the top of Tyburne, but to the top of their …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 108 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
That, none, with Eaſe, with Paines, few can Him ClimbeClimb,
With rule
That, none, with Eaſe, with Paines, few can Him ClimbeClimb,
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
That, none, with Eaſe, with Paines, few can Him (ClimbeClimb,
With rule
That, none, with Eaſe, with Paines, few can Him (ClimbeClimb,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 9 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Pentateuch A94797

Printed
… oft break his head with his own rib; or as Saint Gregory hath it, ClimbeClimb ſo oft by h…s rib to his heart, as by a ladder. A …
With rule
… oft break his head with his own rib; or as Saint Gregory hath it, ClimbeClimb ſo oft by h…s rib to his heart, as by a ladder. A …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 27 · Open in the reader