Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2579 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

owleowl

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

Puritas changed it: 325 times in 202 works
Consistency: 100% (325 of 325)
Reach if approved: ~341 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: owl
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 325 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (325 changes in 202 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 325)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… worde of GOD; the triall whereof they can no more abide, then can the owleowl the light.
With rule
… worde of GOD; the triall whereof they can no more abide, then can the owleowl the light.
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot ſee this light. Anſw. Not becauſe it is not light, but becauſe thy owleowl-like eyes are not able to looke againſt the brightneſſe of it.
With rule
… cannot ſee this light. Anſw. Not becauſe it is not light, but becauſe thy owleowl-like eyes are not able to looke againſt the brightneſſe of it.
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the warres, as the Samians set vpon an Athenian captiue the signe of an owleowl: and the Athenians vpon a Samian the signe of a shippe. Or vpon malefactours …
With rule
… the warres, as the Samians set vpon an Athenian captiue the signe of an owleowl: and the Athenians vpon a Samian the signe of a shippe. Or vpon malefactours …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 648 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which it selfe comprehendeth, and accountes a transcendent wisdome to bee foolishnesse. So the OwleOwl thinkes day to bee night, and the sunne to bee a cause of blindnesse …
With rule
… which it selfe comprehendeth, and accountes a transcendent wisdome to bee foolishnesse. So the OwleOwl thinkes day to bee night, and the sunne to bee a cause of blindnesse …
Francis Rous · The Doctrine of King James · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… must it grope as in the darke, and shut up it selfe as an owleowl eye against the shine of mysteries in grace: How absurd and contrary to reason …
With rule
… must it grope as in the darke, and shut up it selfe as an owleowl eye against the shine of mysteries in grace: How absurd and contrary to reason …
Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… n, that this was the fountaine of all heresie. Ambrose cōpareth heretikes to the OwleOwl, Quae grandibus oculis tenebrarum caligines diligit, splendorem solis horrescit: Which doth with great eyes …
With rule
… n, that this was the fountaine of all heresie. Ambrose cōpareth heretikes to the OwleOwl, Quae grandibus oculis tenebrarum caligines diligit, splendorem solis horrescit: Which doth with great eyes …
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · Open in the reader
Printed
For, as an OwleOwl mewes up her ſelfe by Day,
With rule
For, as an OwleOwl mewes up her ſelfe by Day,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vntuned schreeching of the dolefull OwleOwl,
With rule
Vntuned schreeching of the dolefull OwleOwl,
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · 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.