Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2386 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prickeprick

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

Puritas changed it: 942 times in 415 works
Consistency: 98.7% (942 of 954)
Reach if approved: ~1,002 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prick
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 954 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (942 changes in 415 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 942)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… this your vanitie (your blasphemies excepted) doth not greately offend vs. For a small prickeprick of of a pinne, or of a nelde shalbe sufficiēt to declare that bladders …
With rule
… this your vanitie (your blasphemies excepted) doth not greately offend vs. For a small prickeprick of of a pinne, or of a nelde shalbe sufficiēt to declare that bladders …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 453 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is undone for ever. This Paul wiſely conſidered, and therefore when he felt this prickeprick in the fleſh, after a ſpeciall manner moleſt him, he ſtill after a ſpeciall …
With rule
… is undone for ever. This Paul wiſely conſidered, and therefore when he felt this prickeprick in the fleſh, after a ſpeciall manner moleſt him, he ſtill after a ſpeciall …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to … men that vvill not be vvilfully blinde, and of mallice kicke against the prickeprick. For vvhere hath there bene greater and more godly …, humble, lowely and faithfull loyalty …
With rule
… to … men that vvill not be vvilfully blinde, and of mallice kicke against the prickeprick. For vvhere hath there bene greater and more godly …, humble, lowely and faithfull loyalty …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue in greatest estimation. But what thinkest thou to gaine by kicking against the prickeprick? Doest thou not perceiue, how God hath made frustrate all thy deuises contrary to …
With rule
… haue in greatest estimation. But what thinkest thou to gaine by kicking against the prickeprick? Doest thou not perceiue, how God hath made frustrate all thy deuises contrary to …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… your Worship; whose religious cariage therefore shall not onely benefit your selfe, but may prickeprick▪on and encourage others, both at home and abroad: And for the furtherance of …
With rule
… your Worship; whose religious cariage therefore shall not onely benefit your selfe, but may prickeprick▪on and encourage others, both at home and abroad: And for the furtherance of …
Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirdly, if it doe begin to gripe him, and to prickeprick his conſcience, then doth it labour to choke this griefe and ſorrow, and ſo …
With rule
Thirdly, if it doe begin to gripe him, and to prickeprick his conſcience, then doth it labour to choke this griefe and ſorrow, and ſo …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being rapt into heaven, God sets one to welcome him to earth againe, a prickeprick in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, &c. Thus Gods Ministers doe but stand …
With rule
… being rapt into heaven, God sets one to welcome him to earth againe, a prickeprick in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, &c. Thus Gods Ministers doe but stand …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enriched Abraham, Gen. 14.22. for such P…s haue Nedles points, and will (one day) prickeprick the conscience in the veine of despayre, with torments of second death. Men must …
With rule
… enriched Abraham, Gen. 14.22. for such P…s haue Nedles points, and will (one day) prickeprick the conscience in the veine of despayre, with torments of second death. Men must …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

7 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.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… all the diuersities which we sée in the whole world, like as from a PrickePrick, procéedeth a Lyne, an outside, and all substantiall bodies. And of vnitie or one …
With rule
… all the diuersities which we sée in the whole world, like as from a PrickePrick, procéedeth a Lyne, an outside, and all substantiall bodies. And of vnitie or one …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… square, and all the multiplicities, proportions, and harmonies which wee sée: sauing that the PrickePrick and the vnitie of nomber are intermingled and interlaced with all things, whereas the …
With rule
… square, and all the multiplicities, proportions, and harmonies which wee sée: sauing that the PrickePrick and the vnitie of nomber are intermingled and interlaced with all things, whereas the …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense A13248

Printed
… is euery Fencer a Maister of Defence; nor euerie Fidler hath not skill in PrickePrick-ſong, and therefore no Muſitian; if a man haue but tenne ſhillings worth of …
With rule
… is euery Fencer a Maister of Defence; nor euerie Fidler hath not skill in PrickePrick-ſong, and therefore no Muſitian; if a man haue but tenne ſhillings worth of …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
PrickePrick. sig: pro
With rule
PrickePrick. sig: pro
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
PrickePrick in the flesh. sig:
With rule
PrickePrick in the flesh. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 373 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vexing vs, by euill motions, as the flesh is galled and pained, with a PrickePrick or sharpe stub sticking in it. 2. Cor. 12. There was giuen vnto me, a PrickePrick …
With rule
… vexing vs, by euill motions, as the flesh is galled and pained, with a PrickePrick or sharpe stub sticking in it. 2. Cor. 12. There was giuen vnto me, a PrickePrick …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 373 · Open in the reader
Printed
… PrickePrick or sharpe stub sticking in it. 2. Cor. 12. There was giuen vnto me, a PrickePrick in the flesh. A Metaphor.
With rule
… PrickePrick or sharpe stub sticking in it. 2. Cor. 12. There was giuen vnto me, a PrickePrick in the flesh. A Metaphor.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 373 · Open in the reader