Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2452 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

frownesfrowns

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

Puritas changed it: 384 times in 247 works
Consistency: 98.2% (384 of 391)
Reach if approved: ~411 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: frowns
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 391 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (384 changes in 247 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 384)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Subiect to Fortunes frownesfrowns not tyrany.
With rule
Subiect to Fortunes frownesfrowns not tyrany.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… foole, or a …ebell that wil quar…ell with God in his …avours, or frownesfrowns. A foole, if he be ignorant whence bleſſings and croſſes come: a rebell, if …
With rule
… foole, or a …ebell that wil quar…ell with God in his …avours, or frownesfrowns. A foole, if he be ignorant whence bleſſings and croſſes come: a rebell, if …
John Yates · The Saints Sufferings and Sinners Sorrows · Open in the reader
Printed
… displeasure withhold his favour, who then can change his minde and countenance when hee frownesfrowns, whether it be against more or lesse, a single man, or a whole commonwealth?
With rule
… displeasure withhold his favour, who then can change his minde and countenance when hee frownesfrowns, whether it be against more or lesse, a single man, or a whole commonwealth?
George Abbot · Paraphrase on the Book of Job · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… world of deceits. Her apparrell, and euery part theseof, her motion, countenances, lookes, glaunces, frownesfrowns, flickerings, are innumerable. Shee fils the mind full of fancies, & configurateth them as ſhe …
With rule
… world of deceits. Her apparrell, and euery part theseof, her motion, countenances, lookes, glaunces, frownesfrowns, flickerings, are innumerable. Shee fils the mind full of fancies, & configurateth them as ſhe …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath appointed it, Micah 6. 9. For, is it a small matter to haue the Lords frownesfrowns and displeasure? Amos 3. 6. Shall a trumpet be blowne in a City, and the people …
With rule
… hath appointed it, Micah 6. 9. For, is it a small matter to haue the Lords frownesfrowns and displeasure? Amos 3. 6. Shall a trumpet be blowne in a City, and the people …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 403 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but hee cannot hold in his brotherly love alwayes, if wee patiently beare his frownesfrowns, and kindly intreat him, and bring Benjamin to him, his own blood and merits …
With rule
… but hee cannot hold in his brotherly love alwayes, if wee patiently beare his frownesfrowns, and kindly intreat him, and bring Benjamin to him, his own blood and merits …
Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the light of his Word, when he speaketh to vs in his fauors and frownesfrowns. His blessings should bee esteemed, like so many bands of obedience, and thou shouldest …
With rule
… the light of his Word, when he speaketh to vs in his fauors and frownesfrowns. His blessings should bee esteemed, like so many bands of obedience, and thou shouldest …
Francis Rous · The Art of Happiness · p. 383 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and then can do no more: so I say vnto you. Feare not the frownesfrowns of the wicked, for they are not able to hurt your better part: seeke …
With rule
… and then can do no more: so I say vnto you. Feare not the frownesfrowns of the wicked, for they are not able to hurt your better part: seeke …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 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.

The Shepherds Hunting A15656

Printed
FrownesFrowns thy fairest Shepheards Lasse?
With rule
FrownesFrowns thy fairest Shepheards Lasse?
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader

Believers Evidences for Eternal Life A57373

Printed
… inordinate love of the world, pag. 9, 10. 207, 208. Many Signes of overcoming the worlds Smiles, and FrownesFrowns pag. 142 to 162.
With rule
… inordinate love of the world, pag. 9, 10. 207, 208. Many Signes of overcoming the worlds Smiles, and FrownesFrowns pag. 142 to 162.
Francis Roberts · Believers Evidences for Eternal Life · Open in the reader

Practical Divinity A86422

Printed
… us, but howſoever be it known unto thee, wee will not worſhip this Image; FrownesFrowns, nor ſcornes from men, will not turne them out of their way.
With rule
… us, but howſoever be it known unto thee, wee will not worſhip this Image; FrownesFrowns, nor ſcornes from men, will not turne them out of their way.
Paul Hobson · Practical Divinity · p. 36 · Open in the reader

A Dry Rod Blooming and Fruit Bearing A86695

Printed
… alone looks this peace. Now there be theſe ſore evils uſually in Gods ſcourge. 1. FrownesFrowns and diſpleaſure diſcovered in the face of a chaſtiſing God. 2. Smart, and trouble, and …
With rule
… alone looks this peace. Now there be theſe ſore evils uſually in Gods ſcourge. 1. FrownesFrowns and diſpleaſure diſcovered in the face of a chaſtiſing God. 2. Smart, and trouble, and …
George Hughes · A Dry Rod Blooming and Fruit Bearing · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Under the angry FrownesFrowns of their Greatneſſe
With rule
Under the angry FrownesFrowns of their Greatneſſe
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · Open in the reader