Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2521 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beckebeck

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

Puritas changed it: 347 times in 207 works
Consistency: 96.9% (347 of 358)
Reach if approved: ~376 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: beck
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 358 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (347 changes in 207 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 347)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Bethlehem it ſelfe, & cauſeth the wealthieſt of them all to flie. At ſuch a beckebeck hath the Lord all his creatures, that if he be to bee avenged vpō …
With rule
… Bethlehem it ſelfe, & cauſeth the wealthieſt of them all to flie. At ſuch a beckebeck hath the Lord all his creatures, that if he be to bee avenged vpō …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Here we see, Abraham is at Gods commande; and (as wee say) at his beckebeck: Hee doeth not follow his owne will and pleasure▪ but when God calles, he …
With rule
… Here we see, Abraham is at Gods commande; and (as wee say) at his beckebeck: Hee doeth not follow his owne will and pleasure▪ but when God calles, he …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… word is their Law, they are ruled by his will, and are at his beckebeck: Let him bid a wicked man ſweare, or lye, or prophane the Sabboth, be …
With rule
… word is their Law, they are ruled by his will, and are at his beckebeck: Let him bid a wicked man ſweare, or lye, or prophane the Sabboth, be …
John Randall · Saint Pauls Triumph · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… charettes, like the sandes of the Sea in number. All whiche beeinge at his beckebeck, when he commaundeth, they inclose mightye townes, circumuall huge cities, subuert castels & towers, trench …
With rule
… charettes, like the sandes of the Sea in number. All whiche beeinge at his beckebeck, when he commaundeth, they inclose mightye townes, circumuall huge cities, subuert castels & towers, trench …
Philip Stubbes · The Theater of the Popes Monarchy · Open in the reader
Printed
… their Clergie and Votaries; nay they ſubiect the Scepter of Princes to the Popes beckebeck.
With rule
… their Clergie and Votaries; nay they ſubiect the Scepter of Princes to the Popes beckebeck.
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he trudgeth by and by: if it ſay Come, it hath him at a beckebeck: if it bid him do this, be it neuer ſo vile, vniuſt or vnlawful …
With rule
… he trudgeth by and by: if it ſay Come, it hath him at a beckebeck: if it bid him do this, be it neuer ſo vile, vniuſt or vnlawful …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will attach thee, and arreſt thee of high treaſon; for they are at His beckebeck, He is the Lord of them.
With rule
… will attach thee, and arreſt thee of high treaſon; for they are at His beckebeck, He is the Lord of them.
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… made men to beleue them Other haue only made as it were but a beckebeck, and haue appered moche more worthye to be beleued, thā they which haue so …
With rule
… made men to beleue them Other haue only made as it were but a beckebeck, and haue appered moche more worthye to be beleued, thā they which haue so …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. lxv · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
… rebuketh him for the ſame, and afterward méeting with him at the abbey of BeckeBeck, agreed vnto him in all pointes he deſired. Firſt, that all Churches which were …
With rule
… rebuketh him for the ſame, and afterward méeting with him at the abbey of BeckeBeck, agreed vnto him in all pointes he deſired. Firſt, that all Churches which were …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Gréene yard at Norwich, Richard Herbert, and Emmot Willy of London, alſo Iohn BeckeBeck at London, Iohn Seynons of Lincolnſhire, who was cauſed to reuoke at Canterbury. The …
With rule
… the Gréene yard at Norwich, Richard Herbert, and Emmot Willy of London, alſo Iohn BeckeBeck at London, Iohn Seynons of Lincolnſhire, who was cauſed to reuoke at Canterbury. The …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 299 · Open in the reader
Printed
Iohn du BeckeBeck eadem
With rule
Iohn du BeckeBeck eadem
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader

The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy A56127

Printed
After him Anthony de BeckeBeck, the 17th. Bishop of this See attaining this dignity at the Popes hands. behaved …
With rule
After him Anthony de BeckeBeck, the 17th. Bishop of this See attaining this dignity at the Popes hands. behaved …
William Prynne · The Antipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy · p. 250 · Open in the reader