Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2594 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

speechlessespeechless

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

Puritas changed it: 329 times in 219 works
Consistency: 99.1% (329 of 332)
Reach if approved: ~349 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: speechless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 332 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (329 changes in 219 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 329)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
So sat she, as when speechlessespeechless griefs tormenting
With rule
So sat she, as when speechlessespeechless griefs tormenting
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him into particulars, you ſhall find him like the gueſt in the Goſpel, euen ſpeechleſſespeechless, ſo that he muſt be fain to ſtand aſide till Cuſhi cometh to reſolue …
With rule
… him into particulars, you ſhall find him like the gueſt in the Goſpel, euen ſpeechleſſespeechless, ſo that he muſt be fain to ſtand aſide till Cuſhi cometh to reſolue …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… accuse him: none shall be aduocate to plead his cause: he himselfe shall be speechlessespeechless; he shall at length heare that dreadfull sentence of damnation, Goe ye cursed into …
With rule
… accuse him: none shall be aduocate to plead his cause: he himselfe shall be speechlessespeechless; he shall at length heare that dreadfull sentence of damnation, Goe ye cursed into …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 754 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christian: for where thy treasure is, there also is thy heart; whereupon I grew speechlessespeechless, and being beaten by the Iudges command, and tortured with the fire of conscience …
With rule
… Christian: for where thy treasure is, there also is thy heart; whereupon I grew speechlessespeechless, and being beaten by the Iudges command, and tortured with the fire of conscience …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 913 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the filling of our mouthes were the stopping of our throats, so are wee speechlessespeechless and heartlesse. Shame we to bee so clamorous, when we craue from him; and …
With rule
… the filling of our mouthes were the stopping of our throats, so are wee speechlessespeechless and heartlesse. Shame we to bee so clamorous, when we craue from him; and …
Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reason of their faith, call them to account in Catechisme, you would thinke them speechlessespeechless, you can force no answer savouring of judgement or reason; is there then no …
With rule
… reason of their faith, call them to account in Catechisme, you would thinke them speechlessespeechless, you can force no answer savouring of judgement or reason; is there then no …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we ſhall have no excuſe therefrom, none at all, but what will leave us ſpeechleſſespeechless. This by the way, but not from my ſcope. So much to engage our …
With rule
… we ſhall have no excuſe therefrom, none at all, but what will leave us ſpeechleſſespeechless. This by the way, but not from my ſcope. So much to engage our …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue nothing to answer for themselues; as he that wanted his wedding garment, was speechlessespeechless: because Christ knew that hee stood there in our person. Against whom, what accusation …
With rule
… haue nothing to answer for themselues; as he that wanted his wedding garment, was speechlessespeechless: because Christ knew that hee stood there in our person. Against whom, what accusation …
Henry Burton · The Christians Bulwark · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.