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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2653 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cheekescheeks

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

Puritas changed it
395 times in 208 works
Consistency
94.2% (395 of 419)
Reach if approved
~441 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cheeks
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
420 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (395 changes in 208 works, 94.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 395)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of a ſingular bewtie, notwithſtanding the ſpouſe ſpeaketh expreſly in this place of the cheekescheeks and of the neck, that is of the moſt ſightly and apparant part in …
    With rule
    … of a ſingular bewtie, notwithſtanding the ſpouſe ſpeaketh expreſly in this place of the cheekescheeks and of the neck, that is of the moſt ſightly and apparant part in …

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … faith to reſt vpon it, that ſo all teares may be wiped from the cheekescheeks of their ſoule, and they may be ſoundly comforted, or at leaſt ſtayed for …
    With rule
    … faith to reſt vpon it, that ſo all teares may be wiped from the cheekescheeks of their ſoule, and they may be ſoundly comforted, or at leaſt ſtayed for …

    Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Goes with full chests, and thin cheekescheeks to his graue.
    With rule
    Goes with full chests, and thin cheekescheeks to his graue.

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    His cheekescheeks like a bedde of Spice, growne plants of perfume, his lips to Lillies, dropping …
    With rule
    His cheekescheeks like a bedde of Spice, growne plants of perfume, his lips to Lillies, dropping …

    Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … he bad turde in Boners teeth againe and againe, that the flesh of his cheekescheeks beganne to swell and tremble, and that hee looked as if he would haue …
    With rule
    … he bad turde in Boners teeth againe and againe, that the flesh of his cheekescheeks beganne to swell and tremble, and that hee looked as if he would haue …

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Those palefaces and blubbered cheekescheeks, and feeble hearts, and hands of theirs; say thus much unto you, have you …
    With rule
    Those palefaces and blubbered cheekescheeks, and feeble hearts, and hands of theirs; say thus much unto you, have you …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 185 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … his heart to melt & bleed within him for his ſinnes, and to water his cheekescheeks with teares, no leſſe aboundantly, then he hath before laughed merrily and blithely. I …
    With rule
    … his heart to melt & bleed within him for his ſinnes, and to water his cheekescheeks with teares, no leſſe aboundantly, then he hath before laughed merrily and blithely. I …

    Paul Baynes · The Mirror or Miracle of Gods Love Unto the World of His Elect · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſom two, ſom tree croſſes with an hot iron in the forheades, in the cheekescheeks, and aboue the noſes of their children. By proportion from hence we may not …
    With rule
    … ſom two, ſom tree croſſes with an hot iron in the forheades, in the cheekescheeks, and aboue the noſes of their children. By proportion from hence we may not …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 79 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber A05581

  • Printed
    MR. Prynne to be ſtigmatized in the CheekesCheeks with two Letters (S & L) for a Seditious Libeller. To which all the Lord …
    With rule
    MR. Prynne to be ſtigmatized in the CheekesCheeks with two Letters (S & L) for a Seditious Libeller. To which all the Lord …

    John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … heare) theſe tvvo verſes by the vvay, on the Tvvo Charasters branded on his CheekesCheeks.
    With rule
    … heare) theſe tvvo verſes by the vvay, on the Tvvo Charasters branded on his CheekesCheeks.

    John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Bowels Opened A12167

  • Printed
    CheekesCheeks are the grace of the face, they are used here to deno…e the …
    With rule
    CheekesCheeks are the grace of the face, they are used here to deno…e the …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 383 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    But you will say, CheekesCheeks, face, and presence presents colours to the eye, and not smells, as spices and …
    With rule
    But you will say, CheekesCheeks, face, and presence presents colours to the eye, and not smells, as spices and …

    Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 384 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    The incorruprible ornaments and deckings of Christian Soules. Cant. 1, 9. Thy CheekesCheeks are comely with Rowes of stones.
    With rule
    The incorruprible ornaments and deckings of Christian Soules. Cant. 1, 9. Thy CheekesCheeks are comely with Rowes of stones.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 179 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … to the godly Soule, as any thing can bee to the mouth. Cant. 5, 13. His CheekesCheeks are as Sweete flowers.
    With rule
    … to the godly Soule, as any thing can bee to the mouth. Cant. 5, 13. His CheekesCheeks are as Sweete flowers.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 202 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

  • Printed
    Those her smiling CheekesCheeks, whose colour
    With rule
    Those her smiling CheekesCheeks, whose colour

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Downe her CheekesCheeks, the teares did flow,
    With rule
    Downe her CheekesCheeks, the teares did flow,

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

  • Printed
    CheekesCheeks like spicy-beds hath he;
    With rule
    CheekesCheeks like spicy-beds hath he;

    George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 49 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

  • Printed
    … these the Eyes that shall neuer see againe? That Mouth, that Nose, these cherrie CheekesCheeks and lillie Lippes, these Eares and Eyes would I haue kissed tenne thousand times …
    With rule
    … these the Eyes that shall neuer see againe? That Mouth, that Nose, these cherrie CheekesCheeks and lillie Lippes, these Eares and Eyes would I haue kissed tenne thousand times …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · Open in the reader

A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon A34663

  • Printed
    CheekesCheeks implie the outward face of the faithfull Church, for the cheekescheeks are a place …
    With rule
    CheekesCheeks implie the outward face of the faithfull Church, for the cheekescheeks are a place …

    John Cotton · A Brief Exposition of the Book of the Song of Solomon · p. 157 · Open in the reader

The Floating Island A94057

  • Printed
    Tis leſſe to ſterve for Apples then for CheekesCheeks.
    With rule
    Tis leſſe to ſterve for Apples then for CheekesCheeks.

    William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader