Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2520 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bandesbands

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

Puritas changed it: 381 times in 182 works
Consistency: 95.4% (381 of 399)
Reach if approved: ~419 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bands
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 399 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (381 changes in 182 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 381)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his mothers wombe, whēce fyrſt he parted, nor his firſt wrallyng Cradles, or ſwathing bandesbands.
With rule
… his mothers wombe, whēce fyrſt he parted, nor his firſt wrallyng Cradles, or ſwathing bandesbands.
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… corrupted, and vnpure: that the Pope bound mennes consciences with to streit lawes, and bandesbands: againe, that Luther lowsed those bandesbands, but yet finned on the contrarie parte, in …
With rule
… corrupted, and vnpure: that the Pope bound mennes consciences with to streit lawes, and bandesbands: againe, that Luther lowsed those bandesbands, but yet finned on the contrarie parte, in …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 408 · Open in the reader
Printed
The holy ghost witnesseth in euery city saying, that bandesbands and trouble abide me. But none of these things moue me, neyther is my …
With rule
The holy ghost witnesseth in euery city saying, that bandesbands and trouble abide me. But none of these things moue me, neyther is my …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… repelled boldlye theſe rages, and not onely adorned, but alſo corroborated the dygnitye and bandesbands of politicke order and ciuill gouernement.
With rule
… repelled boldlye theſe rages, and not onely adorned, but alſo corroborated the dygnitye and bandesbands of politicke order and ciuill gouernement.
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… giuing Church-liuings and offices vnto whom they list. An other, of breaking the bandesbands of al Councels with dispensations and decrées. An other, of reseruing cases to their …
With rule
… giuing Church-liuings and offices vnto whom they list. An other, of breaking the bandesbands of al Councels with dispensations and decrées. An other, of reseruing cases to their …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 630 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them. Sende for Paule out of priſon to inſtruct Agrippa, and he is in bandesbands which ſhould conuert. O that ſuch Doctors might preach vnto the Romiſh Princes of …
With rule
… them. Sende for Paule out of priſon to inſtruct Agrippa, and he is in bandesbands which ſhould conuert. O that ſuch Doctors might preach vnto the Romiſh Princes of …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 929 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as much or more vnknowen, it is vayne, superfluous, and ridiculous. Wherfore, whom any bandesbands of reason wyll hold in, they must be satisfied with the expositiō of the …
With rule
… as much or more vnknowen, it is vayne, superfluous, and ridiculous. Wherfore, whom any bandesbands of reason wyll hold in, they must be satisfied with the expositiō of the …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and therefore, in many wordes the Saintes of God haue vowed, and entred into bandesbands with the Lord to paye this oblation; both to prevent the vntowardnes of nature …
With rule
… and therefore, in many wordes the Saintes of God haue vowed, and entred into bandesbands with the Lord to paye this oblation; both to prevent the vntowardnes of nature …
Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christian Observations and Resolutions A13075

Printed
… with euerlasting loue, and betrouthed mee to himselfe, in righteousnesse and trueth: And our BandesBands are daylie proclaimed in his worshippe, his Gospel preached is the signification of his …
With rule
… with euerlasting loue, and betrouthed mee to himselfe, in righteousnesse and trueth: And our BandesBands are daylie proclaimed in his worshippe, his Gospel preached is the signification of his …
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Abuses A13086

Printed
… doth weare alike: so as it may be thoght, our Forefathers, haue made their BandesBands & Ruffes (if they had any at all) of grosser cloth, and baser stuffe, than …
With rule
… doth weare alike: so as it may be thoght, our Forefathers, haue made their BandesBands & Ruffes (if they had any at all) of grosser cloth, and baser stuffe, than …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
Cords of mā, and BandesBands of Loue. Sig
With rule
Cords of mā, and BandesBands of Loue. Sig
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 68 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
BandesBands.
With rule
BandesBands.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are by God tourned to the preferment of the Gospell. When we see broken BandesBands, then are we to thinke of them, who when they haue knowne the way …
With rule
… are by God tourned to the preferment of the Gospell. When we see broken BandesBands, then are we to thinke of them, who when they haue knowne the way …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 11 · Open in the reader

King Solomons Solace A18017

Printed
… from the kinges Treaſure, pay for many more then they haue had in their BandesBands. And to paſſe ouer other particular faultes, committed by them whome the king hath …
With rule
… from the kinges Treaſure, pay for many more then they haue had in their BandesBands. And to paſſe ouer other particular faultes, committed by them whome the king hath …
John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… libertie, it can be hindred by no Chaines, it can be reſtrained by no BandesBands and Boults, it can be ſhut vp by no barres of Iron, and Gates …
With rule
… libertie, it can be hindred by no Chaines, it can be reſtrained by no BandesBands and Boults, it can be ſhut vp by no barres of Iron, and Gates …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 1 · Open in the reader