Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2657 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

combecomb

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

Puritas changed it: 805 times in 442 works
Consistency: 100% (805 of 805)
Reach if approved: ~846 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: comb
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 805 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (805 changes in 442 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 805)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is more pretious than fine gold, ſweeter alſo, than the hony and the hony combecomb.
With rule
… is more pretious than fine gold, ſweeter alſo, than the hony and the hony combecomb.
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 271 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dranke deepe of a mixed Cup; both had he his ſhare of the honey-combecomb, and withall, was vineger and gall made his portion to drinke: as a large …
With rule
… dranke deepe of a mixed Cup; both had he his ſhare of the honey-combecomb, and withall, was vineger and gall made his portion to drinke: as a large …
John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… grieuous; yea, they are pleaſant, delightfull, and more ſweet then hony and the hony combecomb, to the ſanctified taſte, reuiuing, and quickning the ſoule to eternall life.
With rule
… grieuous; yea, they are pleaſant, delightfull, and more ſweet then hony and the hony combecomb, to the ſanctified taſte, reuiuing, and quickning the ſoule to eternall life.
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · Open in the reader
Printed
… bitter things are ſweet; not for queaſie, and full ſtomacks, which deſpiſe an hony-combecomb. He that is falne into a pit, wil refuſe no hand that may help …
With rule
… bitter things are ſweet; not for queaſie, and full ſtomacks, which deſpiſe an hony-combecomb. He that is falne into a pit, wil refuſe no hand that may help …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · Open in the reader
Printed
… Solomon speaketh of. Proverbs 5.3, 4. The lips of a strange woman, drop as an hony combecomb, there is the first comming of sin, when it commeth to tempt, and allure …
With rule
… Solomon speaketh of. Proverbs 5.3, 4. The lips of a strange woman, drop as an hony combecomb, there is the first comming of sin, when it commeth to tempt, and allure …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much as ſhall be ſweeter vnto thy taſte then the honny and the honny combecomb.
With rule
… much as ſhall be ſweeter vnto thy taſte then the honny and the honny combecomb.
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Spouſe, I have gathered my Mirrh with my Spice; I have eaten my honey combecomb with my honey: I have drunke my wine with my milke. Chriſt we ſee …
With rule
… Spouſe, I have gathered my Mirrh with my Spice; I have eaten my honey combecomb with my honey: I have drunke my wine with my milke. Chriſt we ſee …
Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… maketh hertes mery, lighteneth eies, and is sweter than the ho…ye and honie combecomb. Prophetes also gaue he to man to premo…she and aforewar…e hym if …
With rule
… maketh hertes mery, lighteneth eies, and is sweter than the ho…ye and honie combecomb. Prophetes also gaue he to man to premo…she and aforewar…e hym if …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.