Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2644 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

blossomesblossoms

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

Puritas changed it: 343 times in 201 works
Consistency: 93.4% (343 of 367)
Reach if approved: ~386 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: blossoms
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 367 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (343 changes in 201 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 343)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… workes, it is easie to know the tree by the fruit, not by the blossomesblossoms, often repeating in his Oration that this admonition was giuen of singular good will …
With rule
… workes, it is easie to know the tree by the fruit, not by the blossomesblossoms, often repeating in his Oration that this admonition was giuen of singular good will …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… In the winter season, we see the most trees voide of leaues, buddes, and blossomesblossoms: so as they seeme to vs to be dead, and yet neuerthelesse, there is …
With rule
… In the winter season, we see the most trees voide of leaues, buddes, and blossomesblossoms: so as they seeme to vs to be dead, and yet neuerthelesse, there is …
William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
Cloues grow in the Moluccos on trees, like Bay-trees, yeelding blossomesblossoms, first white, then greene (at which time they yield the pleasantest smell in the …
With rule
Cloues grow in the Moluccos on trees, like Bay-trees, yeelding blossomesblossoms, first white, then greene (at which time they yield the pleasantest smell in the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 433 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when in Summer, in ſight, above ground, it ſheweth his growth in the branches, bloſſomesblossoms and fruit thereof. He that groweth inwardly in humilitie, and in a greater love …
With rule
… when in Summer, in ſight, above ground, it ſheweth his growth in the branches, bloſſomesblossoms and fruit thereof. He that groweth inwardly in humilitie, and in a greater love …
Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · p. 676 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mother to them, and a little unkindneſſe of the ayre will ſoone nippe the bloſſomesblossoms, if wee have not ſo much the more care of them; in watering of …
With rule
… mother to them, and a little unkindneſſe of the ayre will ſoone nippe the bloſſomesblossoms, if wee have not ſo much the more care of them; in watering of …
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… appointed me the moſt vnskilfull of all other to ſet out; hath cauſed other bloſſomesblossoms and fruite from the tree of life to ſpring forth, which the cold of …
With rule
… appointed me the moſt vnskilfull of all other to ſet out; hath cauſed other bloſſomesblossoms and fruite from the tree of life to ſpring forth, which the cold of …
William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · Open in the reader
Printed
… and worldly pleaſures to thornes, for as thornes haue fayre greene leaues, and beautifull bloſſomesblossoms, and flowers, that may allure a man to reach at them, ſo if he …
With rule
… and worldly pleaſures to thornes, for as thornes haue fayre greene leaues, and beautifull bloſſomesblossoms, and flowers, that may allure a man to reach at them, ſo if he …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
Laſtly, for that the bloſſomesblossoms of this Apologie ſhall I hope in ſhort time by Gods grace yeeld ſome …
With rule
Laſtly, for that the bloſſomesblossoms of this Apologie ſhall I hope in ſhort time by Gods grace yeeld ſome …
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
… these raw Essayes of my very unripe yeares, and almost childehood. How unseasonable are BlossomesBlossoms in Autumne! (unlesse perhaps in this age, where are more flowers then fruit) I …
With rule
… these raw Essayes of my very unripe yeares, and almost childehood. How unseasonable are BlossomesBlossoms in Autumne! (unlesse perhaps in this age, where are more flowers then fruit) I …
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
We ſee both Leaves and BloſſomesBlossoms on the Tree,
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We ſee both Leaves and BloſſomesBlossoms on the Tree,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Looking Unto Jesus A25241

Printed
… Butler, you know, dreamed of a Vine, that not only budded, but Bloſſomed; Her BloſſomesBlossoms ſhot forth: and thus Chriſt, our Vine, both Budded and Bloſſomed; he was full …
With rule
… Butler, you know, dreamed of a Vine, that not only budded, but Bloſſomed; Her BloſſomesBlossoms ſhot forth: and thus Chriſt, our Vine, both Budded and Bloſſomed; he was full …
Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 137 · Open in the reader

A Door of Hope A28659

Printed
… and if this Honourable Houſe ſhall daigne ſo much as to defend theſe my BloſſomesBlossoms from thoſe Birds, I doe here vow and devote my future fruites, yea, ſtock …
With rule
… and if this Honourable Houſe ſhall daigne ſo much as to defend theſe my BloſſomesBlossoms from thoſe Birds, I doe here vow and devote my future fruites, yea, ſtock …
John Bond · A Door of Hope · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

Printed
… few leaves to hide the Nakednesse of his discourse; or to adorne it with BlossomesBlossoms and flourishes out of some Poetick figment, or Romantick story; but he gathers, eats …
With rule
… few leaves to hide the Nakednesse of his discourse; or to adorne it with BlossomesBlossoms and flourishes out of some Poetick figment, or Romantick story; but he gathers, eats …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… satisfaction; alas, the more he thus tumbles upon them, the sooner will these tender BlossomesBlossoms fade and wither: They are onely scatter'd in his paths, that by their fragrancy …
With rule
… satisfaction; alas, the more he thus tumbles upon them, the sooner will these tender BlossomesBlossoms fade and wither: They are onely scatter'd in his paths, that by their fragrancy …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 249 · Open in the reader

The Temple of Solomon Portrayed A49971

Printed
The Buds nor BloſſomesBlossoms nor Nuts did not periſh but miraculouſly continued on the Rod laid up by …
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The Buds nor BloſſomesBlossoms nor Nuts did not periſh but miraculouſly continued on the Rod laid up by …
Samuel Lee · The Temple of Solomon Portrayed · p. 266 · Open in the reader

The Nonsuch Professor in his Meridian Splendor A74686

Printed
… the world. Son, remember thou in thy life time receivedſt thy good things: Theſe BloſſomesBlossoms will fall off from our Trees, when death ſhakes the boughs.
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… the world. Son, remember thou in thy life time receivedſt thy good things: Theſe BloſſomesBlossoms will fall off from our Trees, when death ſhakes the boughs.
William Secker · The Nonsuch Professor in his Meridian Splendor · p. 259 · Open in the reader

Gods Call from Heaven Echoed A74688

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… Chriſtianity, but the fire and heat will ſoon take off all this Paint; your BloſſomesBlossoms and Buds will fall with an eaſy guſt; you will go back by as …
With rule
… Chriſtianity, but the fire and heat will ſoon take off all this Paint; your BloſſomesBlossoms and Buds will fall with an eaſy guſt; you will go back by as …
James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the eyes of the Lord. God calleth, and careth for early Piety: the BloſſomesBlossoms, Buds, Fruit of Godlineſſe in younger years is grateful to him; a young man …
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… in the eyes of the Lord. God calleth, and careth for early Piety: the BloſſomesBlossoms, Buds, Fruit of Godlineſſe in younger years is grateful to him; a young man …
James Votier · Gods Call from Heaven Echoed · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The Figless Fig Tree A91944

Printed
… are deceived in the World, who think to put God off with Leaves or BloſſomesBlossoms, much leſſe with wild or blaſted fruit.
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… are deceived in the World, who think to put God off with Leaves or BloſſomesBlossoms, much leſſe with wild or blaſted fruit.
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Gratitude is grateful and acceptable to God, whoſe Root is in the Heart, BloſſomesBlossoms in the Tongue, and Fruit in the Hand: whoſe Root is Faith, BloſſomesBlossoms Praiſes …
With rule
… that Gratitude is grateful and acceptable to God, whoſe Root is in the Heart, BloſſomesBlossoms in the Tongue, and Fruit in the Hand: whoſe Root is Faith, BloſſomesBlossoms Praiſes …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Heart, BloſſomesBlossoms in the Tongue, and Fruit in the Hand: whoſe Root is Faith, BloſſomesBlossoms Praiſes, and Fruit, Good Works. Bloſſoms in the lips may ſoon be blowen away …
With rule
… Heart, BloſſomesBlossoms in the Tongue, and Fruit in the Hand: whoſe Root is Faith, BloſſomesBlossoms Praiſes, and Fruit, Good Works. Bloſſoms in the lips may ſoon be blowen away …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 150 · Open in the reader