Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2615 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lockelock

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

Puritas changed it: 455 times in 265 works
Consistency: 86.6% (455 of 525)
Reach if approved: ~552 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lock
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 525 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (455 changes in 265 works, 86.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 455)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… y^e Northgate where he was priſoner, who came with thē moſt méekly with a lockelock on his foot, & being at the place of his death, he refuſed the pardon …
With rule
… y^e Northgate where he was priſoner, who came with thē moſt méekly with a lockelock on his foot, & being at the place of his death, he refuſed the pardon …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… taught here, that whatsoeuer good things we haue, we haue them not, as to lockelock them vp in our possession, but seeing wee may shrinke away and make shipwracke …
With rule
… taught here, that whatsoeuer good things we haue, we haue them not, as to lockelock them vp in our possession, but seeing wee may shrinke away and make shipwracke …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 510 · Open in the reader
Printed
… temptation) but doe you repriue him: you haue a key that will open any lockelock, a medicine that will heale any wound, a weapon that will prevaile in any …
With rule
… temptation) but doe you repriue him: you haue a key that will open any lockelock, a medicine that will heale any wound, a weapon that will prevaile in any …
Robert Harris · Peters Enlargement · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Priuities: their Haire is generally blacke, and cut before like our Gentlewomen, and one lockelock longer then the rest, much like to our Gentlemen, which fashion I thinke came …
With rule
… Priuities: their Haire is generally blacke, and cut before like our Gentlewomen, and one lockelock longer then the rest, much like to our Gentlemen, which fashion I thinke came …
Francis Higginson · New Englands Plantation · Open in the reader
Printed
… that youth muſt haue a time, &c. yet euery day they ſhould ſet Ioſephs lockelock vpon them of not hearkning vnto them, nor of being in their company, Gen …
With rule
… that youth muſt haue a time, &c. yet euery day they ſhould ſet Ioſephs lockelock vpon them of not hearkning vnto them, nor of being in their company, Gen …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtone, which ſhee finding and lamenting the loſſe thereof, wrapt it vp in a lockelock of wooll, and nouriſhed it vp vnder her arme-hole till it was a …
With rule
… ſtone, which ſhee finding and lamenting the loſſe thereof, wrapt it vp in a lockelock of wooll, and nouriſhed it vp vnder her arme-hole till it was a …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 382 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lastlie, for the lockelock of this quarter, can not be found anie more fitte than Iulius the second …
With rule
Lastlie, for the lockelock of this quarter, can not be found anie more fitte than Iulius the second …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Credulity breake not out) with the key of Trying before we truſt. To lockelock vp Seeing (that Vncleanneſſe breake not out) with the key of Continencie; and to …
With rule
… that Credulity breake not out) with the key of Trying before we truſt. To lockelock vp Seeing (that Vncleanneſſe breake not out) with the key of Continencie; and to …
Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 101 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (70)

27 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 are listed here. 43 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

Printed
OR, A SVMMARIE DISCOVRSE, proouing: The wearing, and nourishing of a LockeLock, or Loue-LockeLock, to be altogether vnseemely, and vnlawfull vnto Christians.
With rule
OR, A SVMMARIE DISCOVRSE, proouing: The wearing, and nourishing of a LockeLock, or Loue-LockeLock, to be altogether vnseemely, and vnlawfull vnto Christians.
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · Open in the reader
Printed
… euer any Saints of God, that wee can heare, or read of, weare a LockeLock? or Frizle, Powder, Frounce, Adorne, or Decke their Haire? or wast their thoughts, and …
With rule
… euer any Saints of God, that wee can heare, or read of, weare a LockeLock? or Frizle, Powder, Frounce, Adorne, or Decke their Haire? or wast their thoughts, and …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · Open in the reader
Printed
… who vsually appeared to them in …e of a man, with a long blacke LockeLock on the left side of … head, hanging downe to his feete: so that if …
With rule
… who vsually appeared to them in …e of a man, with a long blacke LockeLock on the left side of … head, hanging downe to his feete: so that if …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… So that a man must neitheir weare a naturall, no… artificiall, borrowed, or aduenticious LockeLock, because it is contrary to the Word of God, and Law of Nature: which …
With rule
… So that a man must neitheir weare a naturall, no… artificiall, borrowed, or aduenticious LockeLock, because it is contrary to the Word of God, and Law of Nature: which …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him famous, (I should say infamous,) but an Effeminate, Ruffianly, Vgly, and d…formed LockeLock. And is not this a sure Badge, and Character, of Singularitie, and Auersnesse: is …
With rule
… him famous, (I should say infamous,) but an Effeminate, Ruffianly, Vgly, and d…formed LockeLock. And is not this a sure Badge, and Character, of Singularitie, and Auersnesse: is …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 24 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed A13547

Printed
… theefe. 1. Suspect him, trust him not; onely a watchfull eye preuents an vntrusty fellow. 2. LockeLock that thou hearest, from him: keepe the Word in a safe place, vnder lockelock …
With rule
… theefe. 1. Suspect him, trust him not; onely a watchfull eye preuents an vntrusty fellow. 2. LockeLock that thou hearest, from him: keepe the Word in a safe place, vnder lockelock …
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A13560

Printed
2. LockeLock vp the doctrine and promiſes of the Goſpell in faith full hearts and memories …
With rule
2. LockeLock vp the doctrine and promiſes of the Goſpell in faith full hearts and memories …
Thomas Taylor · Two Treatises · p. 36 · Open in the reader

Three Treatises A13561

Printed
2. LockeLock vp the doctrine and promises of the Gospel in faithful hearts and memories. A …
With rule
2. LockeLock vp the doctrine and promises of the Gospel in faithful hearts and memories. A …
Thomas Taylor · Three Treatises · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith A14750

Printed
… a much rarer to vse Faith. What is a man the better for a LockeLock if he haue not the Key to vse it withall? It is not a …
With rule
… a much rarer to vse Faith. What is a man the better for a LockeLock if he haue not the Key to vse it withall? It is not a …
Samuel Ward · The Life of Faith · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
… onely: yet, doe I take it to bee as a Key to open this LockeLock, both for it selfe, and all the rest; teaching vs thereby to gather, that …
With rule
… onely: yet, doe I take it to bee as a Key to open this LockeLock, both for it selfe, and all the rest; teaching vs thereby to gather, that …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 217 · Open in the reader

A Key into the Language of America A66450

Printed
… upon the pers…n wounded and tearing his head a little aside by hi… LockeLock, they in the twinckling of an eye fetch off his head though but with …
With rule
… upon the pers…n wounded and tearing his head a little aside by hi… LockeLock, they in the twinckling of an eye fetch off his head though but with …
Roger Williams · A Key into the Language of America · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… to apprehend D. Sands. They ariued at Andwerpe, beyng bid to dinner to M. LockeLock. And at dinner tyme one George Gilpin beyng Secretary to the English house, and …
With rule
… to apprehend D. Sands. They ariued at Andwerpe, beyng bid to dinner to M. LockeLock. And at dinner tyme one George Gilpin beyng Secretary to the English house, and …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2089 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… of life ſtand euer ready vpon the pure, and precious tables of our hearts. LockeLock vp thy Law, and thy Manna within vs; and ſpeake comfortably to vs from …
With rule
… of life ſtand euer ready vpon the pure, and precious tables of our hearts. LockeLock vp thy Law, and thy Manna within vs; and ſpeake comfortably to vs from …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1269 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
And God▪ Choyce Tre…ure, ſince you under LockeLock,
With rule
And God▪ Choyce Tre…ure, ſince you under LockeLock,
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
The choyceſt Things Men ever cloſeſt LockeLock▪
With rule
The choyceſt Things Men ever cloſeſt LockeLock▪
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
And Gods Choyce Treaſures, ſince you under LockeLock,
With rule
And Gods Choyce Treaſures, ſince you under LockeLock,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
The choyceſt Things Men ever cloſeſt LockeLock;
With rule
The choyceſt Things Men ever cloſeſt LockeLock;
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
No LockeLock, or haire muſt out of order ſtand,
With rule
No LockeLock, or haire muſt out of order ſtand,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 180 · Open in the reader