Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2363 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

eateseats

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

Puritas changed it: 615 times in 341 works
Consistency: 98.7% (615 of 623)
Reach if approved: ~655 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: eats
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 623 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (615 changes in 341 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 615)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ridiculous to Pagans that we drinke the blood of a killed man. c. 6. One eateseats the flesh of Christ spiritually and drinkes his bloode, another seemes to receiue not …
With rule
… ridiculous to Pagans that we drinke the blood of a killed man. c. 6. One eateseats the flesh of Christ spiritually and drinkes his bloode, another seemes to receiue not …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and be strengthened by them, but be as a man in an Atrophy, that eateseats verie much, & yet is as leane, and as meager, as if he had eat …
With rule
… and be strengthened by them, but be as a man in an Atrophy, that eateseats verie much, & yet is as leane, and as meager, as if he had eat …
John Preston · Spiritual Life and Death · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
1 The lay Papiſt is a kinde of zealot; for his zeale eateseats up his time and his eſtate too: yet hee is not zealous, becauſe his …
With rule
1 The lay Papiſt is a kinde of zealot; for his zeale eateseats up his time and his eſtate too: yet hee is not zealous, becauſe his …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in which the Prince did ſit to grow before the Lord, as he that eateseats bread; even untill the time of His birth when He ſhould goe out thence …
With rule
… in which the Prince did ſit to grow before the Lord, as he that eateseats bread; even untill the time of His birth when He ſhould goe out thence …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did eate vp Polici…, and the Church deuoured the Common-wealth, but now, Polici… eateseats vp religion, & the Common-wealth deuoures the Church. Men are profest Politicians; Floreat respublica …
With rule
… did eate vp Polici…, and the Church deuoured the Common-wealth, but now, Polici… eateseats vp religion, & the Common-wealth deuoures the Church. Men are profest Politicians; Floreat respublica …
Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe into his ſtomack̄. A wicked man may taſte of Gods ordinances, but hee eateseats them not, hee feeds not vpon them, hee doth not digeſt them, they make …
With rule
… downe into his ſtomack̄. A wicked man may taſte of Gods ordinances, but hee eateseats them not, hee feeds not vpon them, hee doth not digeſt them, they make …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 295 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bodye of Christ, that takes it vnworthely, he fetcheth greate comforte at it, that eateseats it worthely, He doothe eate it worthelye, that doeth eate it in fayth. In …
With rule
… bodye of Christ, that takes it vnworthely, he fetcheth greate comforte at it, that eateseats it worthely, He doothe eate it worthelye, that doeth eate it in fayth. In …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo much as doth a man, yet that little which he takes weakely and eateseats, nouriſheth him, as well as more meat doth a man. So though thou be …
With rule
… ſo much as doth a man, yet that little which he takes weakely and eateseats, nouriſheth him, as well as more meat doth a man. So though thou be …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 270 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Excellency of Holy Courage in Evil Times A30570

Printed
… effects of the ſinful feare of man. 1. It diſtracts our thoughts. 2. Weakens the heart. 3. EatesEats out the true feare of God. 4. It indiſpoſeth us to any ſervice. 5. Inſnares a …
With rule
… effects of the ſinful feare of man. 1. It diſtracts our thoughts. 2. Weakens the heart. 3. EatesEats out the true feare of God. 4. It indiſpoſeth us to any ſervice. 5. Inſnares a …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Excellency of Holy Courage in Evil Times · p. 78 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
EatesEats, drinkes, damnation to himſelfe thereby;
With rule
EatesEats, drinkes, damnation to himſelfe thereby;
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 135 · Open in the reader