Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2702 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

neckesnecks

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

Puritas changed it: 873 times in 406 works
Consistency: 98.7% (873 of 884)
Reach if approved: ~929 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: necks
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 884 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (873 changes in 406 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 873)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Wherfore to mortyfye ſuche our workes and the olde Adam / god layeth vpon our neckesnecks many aduerſyties / mouynge vs to wrathe / many paſſyons prouokynge vs to impacyence / and at …
With rule
… Wherfore to mortyfye ſuche our workes and the olde Adam / god layeth vpon our neckesnecks many aduerſyties / mouynge vs to wrathe / many paſſyons prouokynge vs to impacyence / and at …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… about his necke: what shalbe saide of them, which doe proudely treade vpon the neckesnecks of the mightiest Emperours that beleeue in Christe, which thruste kinges out of their …
With rule
… about his necke: what shalbe saide of them, which doe proudely treade vpon the neckesnecks of the mightiest Emperours that beleeue in Christe, which thruste kinges out of their …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… be quickened in our dull ſpirits, with all humble ſubmiſſion, and bowing downe our neckesnecks, to receiue the doctrine of our Lord, & to open our hearts in ſuch ſort …
With rule
… be quickened in our dull ſpirits, with all humble ſubmiſſion, and bowing downe our neckesnecks, to receiue the doctrine of our Lord, & to open our hearts in ſuch ſort …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vprightly and kept a good conscience, that the wicked should still be neere their neckesnecks. Wherefore if any such thing hereafter happen to vs, we must not be discomforted …
With rule
… vprightly and kept a good conscience, that the wicked should still be neere their neckesnecks. Wherefore if any such thing hereafter happen to vs, we must not be discomforted …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 568 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aright of his dealings towards vs. And from this proceeds willingneſſe to giue our neckesnecks to the yoke, when God is pleaſed to put it on. Feare of hurt …
With rule
… aright of his dealings towards vs. And from this proceeds willingneſſe to giue our neckesnecks to the yoke, when God is pleaſed to put it on. Feare of hurt …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 336 · Open in the reader
Printed
… see the best preferment, that they get by the Diuels Seruice, who put their neckesnecks into his yoake to be commaunded of him. And yet this stray-Sonne had …
With rule
… see the best preferment, that they get by the Diuels Seruice, who put their neckesnecks into his yoake to be commaunded of him. And yet this stray-Sonne had …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnder a lambe the fearful edge of that deuouring sworde was takē from the neckesnecks of the faythful. And the tyranny of those rauenynge and bloude thristye wolues (I …
With rule
… vnder a lambe the fearful edge of that deuouring sworde was takē from the neckesnecks of the faythful. And the tyranny of those rauenynge and bloude thristye wolues (I …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Popes Aſſe to beare all burdens: And laſtly, when they trample vpon their neckesnecks, cauſe them to waite at their gates, Crowne them with their feet, and burne …
With rule
… the Popes Aſſe to beare all burdens: And laſtly, when they trample vpon their neckesnecks, cauſe them to waite at their gates, Crowne them with their feet, and burne …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 295 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

Printed
… Patrimonies on our Heads, and Backes, and hang whole Manners at our Eares, and NeckesNecks at once? to Frizle, Powder, Nourish, and set out our Haire, and Lockes, in …
With rule
… Patrimonies on our Heads, and Backes, and hang whole Manners at our Eares, and NeckesNecks at once? to Frizle, Powder, Nourish, and set out our Haire, and Lockes, in …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… Continens, Promontorium, Isthmus, that is, Shores, Straites, Islands, Bayes, Continent, Capes, or Head-lands, NeckesNecks of Land, and such like: All these (I say) and other things of like …
With rule
… Continens, Promontorium, Isthmus, that is, Shores, Straites, Islands, Bayes, Continent, Capes, or Head-lands, NeckesNecks of Land, and such like: All these (I say) and other things of like …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
… his wayes, and to that end to circumcise their heartes, and to harden their NeckesNecks no more; but also to loue him with all their heart, with all their …
With rule
… his wayes, and to that end to circumcise their heartes, and to harden their NeckesNecks no more; but also to loue him with all their heart, with all their …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… a good conſcience, are greater ornaments, then all the Chaines of Gold about the NeckesNecks of the Men of this World. The Fetters wherewith the faithfull are laden, are …
With rule
… a good conſcience, are greater ornaments, then all the Chaines of Gold about the NeckesNecks of the Men of this World. The Fetters wherewith the faithfull are laden, are …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
NeckesNecks of Emperours trod on by Antichristian Popes. 204.
With rule
NeckesNecks of Emperours trod on by Antichristian Popes. 204.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader