Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2595 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spotlessespotless

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

Puritas changed it: 404 times in 231 works
Consistency: 98.5% (404 of 410)
Reach if approved: ~431 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: spotless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 410 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (404 changes in 231 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 404)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… heart coms evill practiſes, ſo that if a Paſtour his heart be kept pure & ſpotleſſespotless, he will embrace nothing but the trueth of God, hee will ſuffer nothing to …
With rule
… heart coms evill practiſes, ſo that if a Paſtour his heart be kept pure & ſpotleſſespotless, he will embrace nothing but the trueth of God, hee will ſuffer nothing to …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
A pure and ſpotleſſespotless Sacrifice.
With rule
A pure and ſpotleſſespotless Sacrifice.
Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader
Printed
… heart, and reſt not in holy ſhewes with Hypocrites, get white cloathing of a ſpotleſſespotless conuerſation, and to be lifted vp in thy heart to things aboue, that thou …
With rule
… heart, and reſt not in holy ſhewes with Hypocrites, get white cloathing of a ſpotleſſespotless conuerſation, and to be lifted vp in thy heart to things aboue, that thou …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 294 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and it is a great matter to keepe your selves blamelesse with God and spotlessespotless with the world.
With rule
… and it is a great matter to keepe your selves blamelesse with God and spotlessespotless with the world.
John Preston · Grace to the Humble · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thus; That ye may be blamelesse and sincere, the children of God, unblemished (or spotlessespotless) in the midst of a crooked and perverso generation, among whom shine ye as …
With rule
… thus; That ye may be blamelesse and sincere, the children of God, unblemished (or spotlessespotless) in the midst of a crooked and perverso generation, among whom shine ye as …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
The spotlessespotless Spouse, th'immaculate chaste Bride,
With rule
The spotlessespotless Spouse, th'immaculate chaste Bride,
John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… righteousnesse; we, who are fallen from our first Integrity, may bee regenerated, and made spotlessespotless againe, in thy sight. Sanctifie our polluted hearts, that they may no more wander …
With rule
… righteousnesse; we, who are fallen from our first Integrity, may bee regenerated, and made spotlessespotless againe, in thy sight. Sanctifie our polluted hearts, that they may no more wander …
George Wither · Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my Saluation sealed with that most pure and purifying Blood of the immaculate and spotlessespotless Lambe that came to take away the monstrous and menstrous sin…es of the …
With rule
… my Saluation sealed with that most pure and purifying Blood of the immaculate and spotlessespotless Lambe that came to take away the monstrous and menstrous sin…es of the …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1126 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

1 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.

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

Printed
SpotlesseSpotless-faire in eu'ry part.
With rule
SpotlesseSpotless-faire in eu'ry part.
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 43 · Open in the reader