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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2661 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

curbecurb

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

Puritas changed it
394 times in 262 works
Consistency
97.0% (394 of 406)
Reach if approved
~427 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: curb
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
406 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (394 changes in 262 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 394)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … read that when the Emperor Fredericke with a great hoaſt, came into Italy to curbecurb the inſolency and obſtinacy of Pope Alexander the third, and to ſettle the Popedome …
    With rule
    … read that when the Emperor Fredericke with a great hoaſt, came into Italy to curbecurb the inſolency and obſtinacy of Pope Alexander the third, and to ſettle the Popedome …

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … alſo Thomas Archb. of Canterbury, being one of his own ſubiects, did verie greatly curbecurb him. For beſide many other croſſe dealing, whereas An. 1164. the Archbiſh. Biſhops, Abbots, priors …
    With rule
    … alſo Thomas Archb. of Canterbury, being one of his own ſubiects, did verie greatly curbecurb him. For beſide many other croſſe dealing, whereas An. 1164. the Archbiſh. Biſhops, Abbots, priors …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to fauour them all in ſuch ſort as ſtill ſhe might be able to curbecurb the ſtronger by ſupporting the feeble and weaker partie.
    With rule
    … to fauour them all in ſuch ſort as ſtill ſhe might be able to curbecurb the ſtronger by ſupporting the feeble and weaker partie.

    Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … excessive lewdnesse of our moderne Playes and Actors which have no such Surveyers to curbecurb, to censure their abuses; & withall acquaints us, how pernicious Stage-playes are, both to …
    With rule
    … excessive lewdnesse of our moderne Playes and Actors which have no such Surveyers to curbecurb, to censure their abuses; & withall acquaints us, how pernicious Stage-playes are, both to …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 466 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … into of them. And if we thinke it much to be inioined thus to curbecurb vp the old man which moſt hindreth from going forward with delight and readineſſe …
    With rule
    … into of them. And if we thinke it much to be inioined thus to curbecurb vp the old man which moſt hindreth from going forward with delight and readineſſe …

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 509 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … wicked, notwithſtanding this light, they muſt needs ſinne highly, ſeeing there is no other curbecurb for them, as they are men, but this: if he will deale with them …
    With rule
    … wicked, notwithſtanding this light, they muſt needs ſinne highly, ſeeing there is no other curbecurb for them, as they are men, but this: if he will deale with them …

    Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 43 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to vndoe men, but to compell men to doe well: it was made to curbecurb the vnruely, but not to beggar the innocent: it is grown to this ſaying …
    With rule
    … to vndoe men, but to compell men to doe well: it was made to curbecurb the vnruely, but not to beggar the innocent: it is grown to this ſaying …

    Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … as he is a law-giver, and hath given them such lawes as do curbecurb them, and are most crosse and contrary to their nature, as he is their …
    With rule
    … as he is a law-giver, and hath given them such lawes as do curbecurb them, and are most crosse and contrary to their nature, as he is their …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 390 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    … God into wantonnesse; the Apostle, after the reines giuen, puls vs in with the CurbeCurb: though iustified by Christ, take heed that wee bee not found sinners: a checke …
    With rule
    … God into wantonnesse; the Apostle, after the reines giuen, puls vs in with the CurbeCurb: though iustified by Christ, take heed that wee bee not found sinners: a checke …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 440 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    as it were the Raines, and the CurbeCurb. The Perhibition, allowance, or Raines; Be wise as serpents. The Cohibition, correctiue, restraint, or …
    With rule
    as it were the Raines, and the CurbeCurb. The Perhibition, allowance, or Raines; Be wise as serpents. The Cohibition, correctiue, restraint, or …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … The Perhibition, allowance, or Raines; Be wise as serpents. The Cohibition, correctiue, restraint, or CurbeCurb; Be harmelesse as Doues.
    With rule
    … The Perhibition, allowance, or Raines; Be wise as serpents. The Cohibition, correctiue, restraint, or CurbeCurb; Be harmelesse as Doues.

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … for I dare not giue you the Raynes, and let you goe without the CurbeCurb. And yet I shall hold you a little longer from it: for as I …
    With rule
    … for I dare not giue you the Raynes, and let you goe without the CurbeCurb. And yet I shall hold you a little longer from it: for as I …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … giuen you the Raines at large: let me giue but one pull at the CurbeCurb, and you shall goe. The Cohibition is, Be harmelesse as Doues. In Doues there …
    With rule
    … giuen you the Raines at large: let me giue but one pull at the CurbeCurb, and you shall goe. The Cohibition is, Be harmelesse as Doues. In Doues there …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 204 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Titus A13535

  • Printed
    5. CurbeCurb, and couer thy own infirmities, buffet thy bodie, and bring it in subiection.
    With rule
    5. CurbeCurb, and couer thy own infirmities, buffet thy bodie, and bring it in subiection.

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

  • Printed
    … Law, the doctrine of which is as a Tedder, and the threats as a CurbeCurb to contayne them within some bounds.
    With rule
    … Law, the doctrine of which is as a Tedder, and the threats as a CurbeCurb to contayne them within some bounds.

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 360 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A15525

  • Printed
    … as much as they can, thereby at least to lessen their paine. Also, a CurbeCurb euen to the godly, whose sins howsoeuer pardoned so as they shall not dye …
    With rule
    … as much as they can, thereby at least to lessen their paine. Also, a CurbeCurb euen to the godly, whose sins howsoeuer pardoned so as they shall not dye …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 316 · Open in the reader

Catechizing Gods Ordinance A80842

  • Printed
    3. CurbeCurb may grow up with their corruptions: a mention of coming to judgement, gives a …
    With rule
    3. CurbeCurb may grow up with their corruptions: a mention of coming to judgement, gives a …

    Zachary Crofton · Catechizing Gods Ordinance · p. 81 · Open in the reader