Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2550 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ensignesensigns

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

Puritas changed it: 623 times in 306 works
Consistency: 100% (623 of 623)
Reach if approved: ~655 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ensigns
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 623 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (623 changes in 306 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 623)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… such defence. We shall bring into the field, pares aquilas, nay, plures aquilas, more ensignesensigns and banners then you, yea incomparably more, for the first and best Ages: and …
With rule
… such defence. We shall bring into the field, pares aquilas, nay, plures aquilas, more ensignesensigns and banners then you, yea incomparably more, for the first and best Ages: and …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in that wonderfull yeare, 88.; that came with an Inuincible Nauy, and implacable fury; the EnsignesEnsigns of whose shippes we…e victoria, victoria; brought ready with them instruments of torture …
With rule
… in that wonderfull yeare, 88.; that came with an Inuincible Nauy, and implacable fury; the EnsignesEnsigns of whose shippes we…e victoria, victoria; brought ready with them instruments of torture …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… works of the deuill, by morning for them, by repentance, by running to the enſignesensigns of Chriſt, and by doing the contrary works, of what kinde ſoeuer: and now …
With rule
… works of the deuill, by morning for them, by repentance, by running to the enſignesensigns of Chriſt, and by doing the contrary works, of what kinde ſoeuer: and now …
William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Morning, bright as the Sunne, pure as the Moone, terrible as an Armie with ensignesensigns.
With rule
… Morning, bright as the Sunne, pure as the Moone, terrible as an Armie with ensignesensigns.
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 272 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the Branch,] id eſt, See in Ioſhua, thus adorned with Prieſtly and Princely EnſignesEnsigns, a plaine ſimilitude and repreſentation of the Meſsias, hoped & looked for by all that …
With rule
… is the Branch,] id eſt, See in Ioſhua, thus adorned with Prieſtly and Princely EnſignesEnsigns, a plaine ſimilitude and repreſentation of the Meſsias, hoped & looked for by all that …
William Pemble · Exposition of Zechariah 1-9 · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the earth, haue nourished very cunningly, by their lessons, their titles, their armes, their ensignesensigns, their pictures, and other legions of policies, all in S. Peters name. And on …
With rule
… the earth, haue nourished very cunningly, by their lessons, their titles, their armes, their ensignesensigns, their pictures, and other legions of policies, all in S. Peters name. And on …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
Paul glories in his bands, and ſhewes his chaynes like his EnſignesEnsigns: theſe are the markes of Chriſt: this is the cogniſance of my Lord, his …
With rule
Paul glories in his bands, and ſhewes his chaynes like his EnſignesEnsigns: theſe are the markes of Chriſt: this is the cogniſance of my Lord, his …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 953 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any manner of way. But howsoeuer it falleth out, sure I am, they are ensignesensigns of pride, allurements to sinne and prouocations to vice. After all this, when they …
With rule
… any manner of way. But howsoeuer it falleth out, sure I am, they are ensignesensigns of pride, allurements to sinne and prouocations to vice. After all this, when they …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.