Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2543 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dewedew

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

Puritas changed it: 423 times in 182 works
Consistency: 97.9% (423 of 432)
Reach if approved: ~454 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dew
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 432 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (423 changes in 182 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 423)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… againe, and to restore the beauty thereof. He sendeth downe his small and soft dewedew, the droppes whereof in their descending, are neyther great nor visible, and yet thereby …
With rule
… againe, and to restore the beauty thereof. He sendeth downe his small and soft dewedew, the droppes whereof in their descending, are neyther great nor visible, and yet thereby …
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Kynges Maiestye: the fayethful diligence of the Apostles, vnto the nobilitie: and the dewedew obedyence and hertye thankfulnes of the multitude, vnto all other of the communaltye. Not …
With rule
… the Kynges Maiestye: the fayethful diligence of the Apostles, vnto the nobilitie: and the dewedew obedyence and hertye thankfulnes of the multitude, vnto all other of the communaltye. Not …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… wyl of God our celeſtiall father, that I might aduaunce your loue and honour dewedew vnto God and healthe of your ſoules by teaching, admonyſhing & writinge, I ceaſed not …
With rule
… wyl of God our celeſtiall father, that I might aduaunce your loue and honour dewedew vnto God and healthe of your ſoules by teaching, admonyſhing & writinge, I ceaſed not …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then menne. And Christ commaundeth here not onely to geue to Cesar, that is dewedew to Cesar, but also to geue to God that is due to God.
With rule
… then menne. And Christ commaundeth here not onely to geue to Cesar, that is dewedew to Cesar, but also to geue to God that is due to God.
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… is of an earthly Exhalation, & so remayneth, when the moyster is drawē away: this dewedew kylleth herbes.
With rule
… is of an earthly Exhalation, & so remayneth, when the moyster is drawē away: this dewedew kylleth herbes.
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader
Printed
… thereof, and is afterward ſet forth by the ſecond compariſon, that is, of the dewedew of Hermon: for that is a thing fruitefull and good. The other is (how …
With rule
… thereof, and is afterward ſet forth by the ſecond compariſon, that is, of the dewedew of Hermon: for that is a thing fruitefull and good. The other is (how …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for so moche as it doth depriue the name of the lord of his dewedew reuerence and feare. And so moch vanite of wordes is in our dayly commoninge …
With rule
… for so moche as it doth depriue the name of the lord of his dewedew reuerence and feare. And so moch vanite of wordes is in our dayly commoninge …
Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beaten vpon by mercies and iudgements the worſe it is, til God by the dewedew of his grace moyſten it, and the fyre of his ſpirit ſoften it.
With rule
… beaten vpon by mercies and iudgements the worſe it is, til God by the dewedew of his grace moyſten it, and the fyre of his ſpirit ſoften it.
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · p. 61 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

4 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.

A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel A01304

Printed
DeweDew obiections made againste the premisses. For wheras ye haue saiede the religion of this …
With rule
DeweDew obiections made againste the premisses. For wheras ye haue saiede the religion of this …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 74 · Open in the reader

A Goodly Gallery A01313

Printed
¶ Of DeweDew.
With rule
¶ Of DeweDew.
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
DEweDew is that vapore, whiche in spring and Autumne, is drawen vp by the sunne …
With rule
DEweDew is that vapore, whiche in spring and Autumne, is drawen vp by the sunne …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… Spirite in you, till it spread into a big flame: GOD with a little DeweDew of newe Grace can so bl…sse & prosper another Grace alreadie giuen, that Hee …
With rule
… Spirite in you, till it spread into a big flame: GOD with a little DeweDew of newe Grace can so bl…sse & prosper another Grace alreadie giuen, that Hee …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 563 · Open in the reader