Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2442 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ebbeebb

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

Puritas changed it: 556 times in 359 works
Consistency: 95.3% (556 of 583)
Reach if approved: ~613 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ebb
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 583 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (556 changes in 359 works, 95.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 556)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… first ages, because our part of the World was not yet sufficiently peopled to ebbeebb backe agayne: but it befell chiefly a little afore or a little after the …
With rule
… first ages, because our part of the World was not yet sufficiently peopled to ebbeebb backe agayne: but it befell chiefly a little afore or a little after the …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the full of the Moone, when all Seas are most full, and doe not ebbeebb and flowe as they vse to▪ doe at other times.
With rule
… the full of the Moone, when all Seas are most full, and doe not ebbeebb and flowe as they vse to▪ doe at other times.
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 468 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Likewiſe in the dayes of Elias, when the Church was brought to a low ebbeebb, the Prophet could ſee no more left but himſelf (and yet he had eyes …
With rule
… Likewiſe in the dayes of Elias, when the Church was brought to a low ebbeebb, the Prophet could ſee no more left but himſelf (and yet he had eyes …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sunne shines on it, so must wee as Christ shines on us, and we ebbeebb and flow as hee flowes upon us, we shine or are darke, as hee …
With rule
… Sunne shines on it, so must wee as Christ shines on us, and we ebbeebb and flow as hee flowes upon us, we shine or are darke, as hee …
Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · p. 606 · Open in the reader
Printed
… place ſet him: going the direct way thither: tarrying there but one floud and ebbeebb if he can haue paſſage: and till he can ſo paſſe going euery day …
With rule
… place ſet him: going the direct way thither: tarrying there but one floud and ebbeebb if he can haue paſſage: and till he can ſo paſſe going euery day …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 389 · Open in the reader
Printed
When thus the reformed Churches in Germany were brought to the loweſt ebbeebb, and ſo neare to the pits brink, as they were upon tumbling downe to …
With rule
When thus the reformed Churches in Germany were brought to the loweſt ebbeebb, and ſo neare to the pits brink, as they were upon tumbling downe to …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 284 · Open in the reader
Printed
The sea doth ebbeebb and flowe
With rule
The sea doth ebbeebb and flowe
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… naturall Sonne, and younger brother in his Fathers house, was brought to that low ebbeebb of necessitie in his poore life, and the house of a stranger, that hee …
With rule
… naturall Sonne, and younger brother in his Fathers house, was brought to that low ebbeebb of necessitie in his poore life, and the house of a stranger, that hee …
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 (27)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 are listed here. 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… fresh Waters, able to driue a Myll. The Floud was there nine houres, the EbbeEbb but three. A strong Current ranne Westwards. The people resemble much the Tartars, or …
With rule
… fresh Waters, able to driue a Myll. The Floud was there nine houres, the EbbeEbb but three. A strong Current ranne Westwards. The people resemble much the Tartars, or …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 622 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
He that is a low EbbeEbb at Newgate, may soon be a Flote at Tieburne.]
With rule
He that is a low EbbeEbb at Newgate, may soon be a Flote at Tieburne.]
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
The loweſt EbbeEbb, hath ſtill the higheſt Flood;
With rule
The loweſt EbbeEbb, hath ſtill the higheſt Flood;
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
At loweſt EbbeEbb, in deepeſt miſery,
With rule
At loweſt EbbeEbb, in deepeſt miſery,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
Some great approaching EbbeEbb to bring thee low.
With rule
Some great approaching EbbeEbb to bring thee low.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nay worſe; ſince flowing Seas ſtill EbbeEbb againe,
With rule
Nay worſe; ſince flowing Seas ſtill EbbeEbb againe,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
Low EbbeEbb at others, Its Juſt ſo with men:
With rule
Low EbbeEbb at others, Its Juſt ſo with men:
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 97 · Open in the reader

Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves A95888

Printed
The low EbbeEbb of the Parliaments Army. 22
With rule
The low EbbeEbb of the Parliaments Army. 22
John Vicars · Gods Ark Overtopping the Worlds Waves · Open in the reader