Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2455 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

heapesheaps

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

Puritas changed it: 865 times in 467 works
Consistency: 98.6% (865 of 877)
Reach if approved: ~923 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: heaps
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 878 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (865 changes in 467 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 865)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… peples God. To thys holde they vpp ther handes. To thys ronne they by heapesheaps. And vpon thys wondre they, as though there were non other heauē. Thus yow …
With rule
… peples God. To thys holde they vpp ther handes. To thys ronne they by heapesheaps. And vpon thys wondre they, as though there were non other heauē. Thus yow …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… the lawe of the aſſe in Sampſons hand, which laid the Philiſtimes heapesheaps vpon heapesheaps, Iudg. 15.16. For the world hath ſlaine his thouſands, but theſe haue ſlaine their ten …
With rule
… the lawe of the aſſe in Sampſons hand, which laid the Philiſtimes heapesheaps vpon heapesheaps, Iudg. 15.16. For the world hath ſlaine his thouſands, but theſe haue ſlaine their ten …
Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… both their great and large volumes about this matter, are nothing els but two heapesheaps of equivocations, or ſentences wholy impertinent, & ſuch as we admit with them, or ſome …
With rule
… both their great and large volumes about this matter, are nothing els but two heapesheaps of equivocations, or ſentences wholy impertinent, & ſuch as we admit with them, or ſome …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the welcome, as it hath ſorrow in the farewell. Looke therefore upon theſe heapesheaps, O yee wiſe hearted Citizens, with careleſſe eyes, as thoſe things whoſe parting is …
With rule
… in the welcome, as it hath ſorrow in the farewell. Looke therefore upon theſe heapesheaps, O yee wiſe hearted Citizens, with careleſſe eyes, as thoſe things whoſe parting is …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 428 · Open in the reader
Printed
… encreaſe to their confuſion, and as their money encreaſeth, ſo ſhall they encreaſe the heapesheaps of their ſinnes. He that loueth ſiluer ſhall not bee ſatiſfied with ſiluer, and …
With rule
… encreaſe to their confuſion, and as their money encreaſeth, ſo ſhall they encreaſe the heapesheaps of their ſinnes. He that loueth ſiluer ſhall not bee ſatiſfied with ſiluer, and …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… few of the people did in déed feare God, and yet came all on heapesheaps to the Temple together with the godly. Vnto this you anſwer that at the …
With rule
… few of the people did in déed feare God, and yet came all on heapesheaps to the Temple together with the godly. Vnto this you anſwer that at the …
George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will rot the furniture: the windes are aloft, that will blow his ſeed on heapesheaps; it is ouermoiſt, that will cauſe weeds; it is ouerdrie and froſt-like, the …
With rule
… will rot the furniture: the windes are aloft, that will blow his ſeed on heapesheaps; it is ouermoiſt, that will cauſe weeds; it is ouerdrie and froſt-like, the …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 295 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ghostly counsell of the prelates. They sēt theyr husbandes to Rome on pylgrymage by heapesheaps, whyls they kept them spyrituall cōpanye at home. Ethelburge made great hast and left …
With rule
… ghostly counsell of the prelates. They sēt theyr husbandes to Rome on pylgrymage by heapesheaps, whyls they kept them spyrituall cōpanye at home. Ethelburge made great hast and left …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 43 · 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.

Gods Three Arrows A01974

Printed
7. By warre more bloud uſeth to be ſhed then any other way. HeapesHeaps upon heapesheaps are thereby made of dead corps. We read of 70000 deſtroyed by a …
With rule
7. By warre more bloud uſeth to be ſhed then any other way. HeapesHeaps upon heapesheaps are thereby made of dead corps. We read of 70000 deſtroyed by a …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 344 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… mountaines, vers. 47. In the verse following this place is called onely Ijem, that is, HeapesHeaps.
With rule
… mountaines, vers. 47. In the verse following this place is called onely Ijem, that is, HeapesHeaps.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 196 · Open in the reader

The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness A13554

Printed
… of God witnesseth, 1. That they shall come under Satans standart in great troupes: 2 Tim. 4.3. HeapesHeaps of Teachers. So wee reade, that in the first foure hundred yeares after Christ …
With rule
… of God witnesseth, 1. That they shall come under Satans standart in great troupes: 2 Tim. 4.3. HeapesHeaps of Teachers. So wee reade, that in the first foure hundred yeares after Christ …
Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

Printed
Huge hostile-HeapesHeaps, of foes most fearefull power,
With rule
Huge hostile-HeapesHeaps, of foes most fearefull power,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
WHen we see great HeapesHeaps of rubbishe, and meruailous ruines, where great and famous cities haue beene: we are …
With rule
WHen we see great HeapesHeaps of rubbishe, and meruailous ruines, where great and famous cities haue beene: we are …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The Spiritual Chemist A61207

Printed
… Philiſtims with an Ox Goad; Sampſon with the Jaw-bone of an Aſs laid HeapesHeaps upon HeapesHeaps; and Adino the Tachmonite lifted up his Spear againſt eight hundred, whom …
With rule
… Philiſtims with an Ox Goad; Sampſon with the Jaw-bone of an Aſs laid HeapesHeaps upon HeapesHeaps; and Adino the Tachmonite lifted up his Spear againſt eight hundred, whom …
William Spurstowe · The Spiritual Chemist · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an Ox Goad; Sampſon with the Jaw-bone of an Aſs laid HeapesHeaps upon HeapesHeaps; and Adino the Tachmonite lifted up his Spear againſt eight hundred, whom he ſlew …
With rule
… an Ox Goad; Sampſon with the Jaw-bone of an Aſs laid HeapesHeaps upon HeapesHeaps; and Adino the Tachmonite lifted up his Spear againſt eight hundred, whom he ſlew …
William Spurstowe · The Spiritual Chemist · p. 169 · Open in the reader