Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2433 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

clerkesclerks

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

Puritas changed it: 468 times in 185 works
Consistency: 100% (468 of 468)
Reach if approved: ~492 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: clerks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 468 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (468 changes in 185 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 468)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for to commen of the worde of god / as who ſayth / Chriſt ſpake to clerkesclerks only and ſhewed them onely the ſecretes of his father / and nat to the …
With rule
… for to commen of the worde of god / as who ſayth / Chriſt ſpake to clerkesclerks only and ſhewed them onely the ſecretes of his father / and nat to the …
William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… aliue, thei were not able to tell, what thei say, & yet these fine Englishe clerkesclerks, will saie thei speake in their mother tongue, if a mā should charge thē …
With rule
… aliue, thei were not able to tell, what thei say, & yet these fine Englishe clerkesclerks, will saie thei speake in their mother tongue, if a mā should charge thē …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one my companion sayed it, or those my companions, or those our byshoppes, or clerkesclerks, or laye men, or it is therefore true because Donatus or Pontius or any …
With rule
… one my companion sayed it, or those my companions, or those our byshoppes, or clerkesclerks, or laye men, or it is therefore true because Donatus or Pontius or any …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prieſtes, Commiſſaries, Officialls, Procters, Apparitors; Parſons, Ʋicars, Curates, Ʋagrant or Mercinary preachers, Churchwardens, Sidemen, ClerkesClerks, Sextons, and the rest now had in theſe Cathedrall and pariſhionall aſſemblies be thoſe …
With rule
… prieſtes, Commiſſaries, Officialls, Procters, Apparitors; Parſons, Ʋicars, Curates, Ʋagrant or Mercinary preachers, Churchwardens, Sidemen, ClerkesClerks, Sextons, and the rest now had in theſe Cathedrall and pariſhionall aſſemblies be thoſe …
Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe men affirme it, nor deny any thing in this regard ſimply, becauſe greate ClerkesClerks are of another judgement; though we muſt not on the other extreame paſſe by …
With rule
… becauſe men affirme it, nor deny any thing in this regard ſimply, becauſe greate ClerkesClerks are of another judgement; though we muſt not on the other extreame paſſe by …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
I will not oblige thee to the arguments of ClerkesClerks, since thou art vnable thereto, but I purpose to haue thee obey the determination …
With rule
I will not oblige thee to the arguments of ClerkesClerks, since thou art vnable thereto, but I purpose to haue thee obey the determination …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ex Aug. de verb. Dom. secund. Joan. Serm. 46. It was removeable & carried by the clerkesclerks August. Quaest. vet. & nov. Test. q. 101. Or otherwise as appeareth by Optatus l. 6. Therfore …
With rule
… ex Aug. de verb. Dom. secund. Joan. Serm. 46. It was removeable & carried by the clerkesclerks August. Quaest. vet. & nov. Test. q. 101. Or otherwise as appeareth by Optatus l. 6. Therfore …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And who ſo conſidereth their groſſe ignorance, and errors, that remaine in your great ClerkesClerks, euerie where notwithſtanding theſe ſcriptures (what other learning ſoeuer they pretend) he hath moſt …
With rule
… And who ſo conſidereth their groſſe ignorance, and errors, that remaine in your great ClerkesClerks, euerie where notwithſtanding theſe ſcriptures (what other learning ſoeuer they pretend) he hath moſt …
Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 228 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.