Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2369 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gaspegasp

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

Puritas changed it: 331 times in 228 works
Consistency: 99.4% (331 of 333)
Reach if approved: ~350 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: gasp
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 333 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (331 changes in 228 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 331)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… euen with greedineſſe, or proceede in their euill courſe of life vntil the laſt gaſpegasp. But either ſuch do greatly deceiue them ſelues, or the ſpirite here ſetteth down …
With rule
… euen with greedineſſe, or proceede in their euill courſe of life vntil the laſt gaſpegasp. But either ſuch do greatly deceiue them ſelues, or the ſpirite here ſetteth down …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… man, yet he reserues the extremity of his power & malice to a mans last gaspegasp. Indeede he is many times restrained, so as many a childe of God can …
With rule
… man, yet he reserues the extremity of his power & malice to a mans last gaspegasp. Indeede he is many times restrained, so as many a childe of God can …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the feare of damnation ready to breath out their soules into hell at every gaspegasp, they will then turne Puritans in very good earnest, desiring to die such as …
With rule
… the feare of damnation ready to breath out their soules into hell at every gaspegasp, they will then turne Puritans in very good earnest, desiring to die such as …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 802 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thee ay vntill thy breath go out, and vntil thou giueſt vp the laſt gaſpegasp: thou haſt ay neede of the goſpell. Therefore the Apoſtle in that place he …
With rule
… thee ay vntill thy breath go out, and vntil thou giueſt vp the laſt gaſpegasp: thou haſt ay neede of the goſpell. Therefore the Apoſtle in that place he …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… must repent dayly and howrely, and not to deferre our repentaunce to the last gaspegasp as many doo, than which, nothing is more perilous.
With rule
… must repent dayly and howrely, and not to deferre our repentaunce to the last gaspegasp as many doo, than which, nothing is more perilous.
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader
Printed
… that was against vs, nailing it to his Crosse. That moment was their last gaspegasp; they expired with Christ. But d…d all Ceremonies then vtterly die? No: some …
With rule
… that was against vs, nailing it to his Crosse. That moment was their last gaspegasp; they expired with Christ. But d…d all Ceremonies then vtterly die? No: some …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I pray God it may be) that I may haue ſpeech vnto the laſt gaſpegasp, what words are fit for me to vtter?
With rule
… I pray God it may be) that I may haue ſpeech vnto the laſt gaſpegasp, what words are fit for me to vtter?
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gladſome, and therefore (by Gods grace) I will reſiſt vnto bloud, to the laſt gaſpegasp.
With rule
… gladſome, and therefore (by Gods grace) I will reſiſt vnto bloud, to the laſt gaſpegasp.
William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 208 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

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