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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2687 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

harpeharp

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

Puritas changed it
568 times in 322 works
Consistency
100% (568 of 568)
Reach if approved
~597 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: harp
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
568 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (568 changes in 322 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 568)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … by Gods word, nor against the generall Rules) hang together, as we say, like harpeharp and harrow. He would make the world beleeue, that Mr. G. is a strange …
    With rule
    … by Gods word, nor against the generall Rules) hang together, as we say, like harpeharp and harrow. He would make the world beleeue, that Mr. G. is a strange …

    Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … is moſt befitting querulous and mournfull olde age. The hoarſe Graſhopper, and the warbling HarpeHarp, the whiſtling Bird, and the Flute, with all winde inſtruments, inſtrumentall and vocall conſents …
    With rule
    … is moſt befitting querulous and mournfull olde age. The hoarſe Graſhopper, and the warbling HarpeHarp, the whiſtling Bird, and the Flute, with all winde inſtruments, inſtrumentall and vocall conſents …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 323 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    AS Dunstane in the howse of a wydowe was fashyonynge a prestes stoole, hys harpeharp hangynge vpon the wall without towchynge sownded the note of Gaudent in celis. Wherupon …
    With rule
    AS Dunstane in the howse of a wydowe was fashyonynge a prestes stoole, hys harpeharp hangynge vpon the wall without towchynge sownded the note of Gaudent in celis. Wherupon …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and coſtly meates, and cups. Thence come banqueting and droonkennes. Thence are the lute, harpeharp, and pipe. Thence are the ouerflowing winepreſſes, and full ſellers, one filling another. Thence …
    With rule
    … and coſtly meates, and cups. Thence come banqueting and droonkennes. Thence are the lute, harpeharp, and pipe. Thence are the ouerflowing winepreſſes, and full ſellers, one filling another. Thence …

    François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … To which purpose some haue Moses Rod for miracles, Aarons Belles for comfort, Dauids HarpeHarp for the howlings of hell, Salomons Sword for decision of controuersies; others haue Ieremies …
    With rule
    … To which purpose some haue Moses Rod for miracles, Aarons Belles for comfort, Dauids HarpeHarp for the howlings of hell, Salomons Sword for decision of controuersies; others haue Ieremies …

    William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … deliuerance in part obtained, and fully by faith expected to be ere long, with HarpeHarp and ſong ſhe praiſeth God as Moſes then did. And it is called the …
    With rule
    … deliuerance in part obtained, and fully by faith expected to be ere long, with HarpeHarp and ſong ſhe praiſeth God as Moſes then did. And it is called the …

    John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 458 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … his right hand had forgot her cunning as soone as he had layd his HarpeHarp aside. They may aswell denie the one as the other, both are alike ridiculous …
    With rule
    … his right hand had forgot her cunning as soone as he had layd his HarpeHarp aside. They may aswell denie the one as the other, both are alike ridiculous …

    William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the gate with a flaming sword in our mouthes against the obstinate. If we harpeharp somewhat more on the sad string of Iudgement, know that it is, because your …
    With rule
    … the gate with a flaming sword in our mouthes against the obstinate. If we harpeharp somewhat more on the sad string of Iudgement, know that it is, because your …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 324 · 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.