Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2722 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seedesseeds

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

Puritas changed it: 565 times in 267 works
Consistency: 93.2% (565 of 606)
Reach if approved: ~637 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: seeds
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 606 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (565 changes in 267 works, 93.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 565)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as of one which is Chriſt: the ſeede of the woman, the ſeede of ſeedesseeds, the ſpiritual Iſaack, the ſeede of Abraham, the author of life, the bound of …
With rule
… as of one which is Chriſt: the ſeede of the woman, the ſeede of ſeedesseeds, the ſpiritual Iſaack, the ſeede of Abraham, the author of life, the bound of …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the courſe of the Moone and of the ſtarres, the force of nature in ſeedesseeds, and the encreaſe of our bodies and of the bodies of bruit beaſts: Wee …
With rule
… the courſe of the Moone and of the ſtarres, the force of nature in ſeedesseeds, and the encreaſe of our bodies and of the bodies of bruit beaſts: Wee …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commoditie; and why then should wee bee negligent, and play the sluggards while our seedesseeds▪ time lasteth, and the Lord biddeth vs plough vp the sallow ground of our …
With rule
… commoditie; and why then should wee bee negligent, and play the sluggards while our seedesseeds▪ time lasteth, and the Lord biddeth vs plough vp the sallow ground of our …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 384 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto vs arguing of the forme of the promiſe, he ſayth, not to the ſeedesseeds (as ſpeaking of many) but, and to thy ſeede, as of one, as thoughe …
With rule
… vnto vs arguing of the forme of the promiſe, he ſayth, not to the ſeedesseeds (as ſpeaking of many) but, and to thy ſeede, as of one, as thoughe …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… wretched manne: Not onlye to geue hym libertie to eate all kynde of hearbes, seedesseeds, and frutes, bu… also all maner of fleshe and fyshe. This is with out …
With rule
… wretched manne: Not onlye to geue hym libertie to eate all kynde of hearbes, seedesseeds, and frutes, bu… also all maner of fleshe and fyshe. This is with out …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
… Abraham and to his ſeede were the promiſes made, he ſaith not, & to the ſeedesseeds, as ſpeaking of many: but, and to thy ſeede (as of one) which is …
With rule
… Abraham and to his ſeede were the promiſes made, he ſaith not, & to the ſeedesseeds, as ſpeaking of many: but, and to thy ſeede (as of one) which is …
Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
… graine of mustard seed, which vvhen it is sowne is the least of all seedesseeds: but afterward it groweth up into a tree, that the foules of the heauen …
With rule
… graine of mustard seed, which vvhen it is sowne is the least of all seedesseeds: but afterward it groweth up into a tree, that the foules of the heauen …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stop vp, or at least to lessen this corrupt fountaine. Parents must sow the seedesseeds of grace into the minds of their young children, that if it were possible …
With rule
… stop vp, or at least to lessen this corrupt fountaine. Parents must sow the seedesseeds of grace into the minds of their young children, that if it were possible …
William Perkins · Mans Imaginations · p. 164 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (41)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 25 are listed here. 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
… Corne; but Cockle, Darnell, Tares; Dissention, Rebellion, Lies, Vanities. The Deuill is herein a SeedesSeeds-man, but he sowes corrupt seede; that infects and poysons the heart, which receiues …
With rule
… Corne; but Cockle, Darnell, Tares; Dissention, Rebellion, Lies, Vanities. The Deuill is herein a SeedesSeeds-man, but he sowes corrupt seede; that infects and poysons the heart, which receiues …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 115 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

Printed
… a plentifull increase, either of miserie, or felicitie. When the Papists therefore reason thus: SeedesSeeds are the cause of the fruit, and haue in them a hidden vertue, whereby …
With rule
… a plentifull increase, either of miserie, or felicitie. When the Papists therefore reason thus: SeedesSeeds are the cause of the fruit, and haue in them a hidden vertue, whereby …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 564 · Open in the reader

Refutation of a Puritan-Papist A09885

Printed
… danger of horrible vproars in the Realme. For ſome of theſe curſed and ſeditious SeedeſSeeds-men and ſowers of Rebellion were diſcouered, and being charged with euident points of …
With rule
… danger of horrible vproars in the Realme. For ſome of theſe curſed and ſeditious SeedeſSeeds-men and ſowers of Rebellion were diſcouered, and being charged with euident points of …
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 84 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… ers of Grace, Iugemio…esse, and all manly resolution: the Lectures of obscenitie, the SeedesSeeds of vices, the Foode of wickednesse, yea the Plagues, and Poyson of mens Soules …
With rule
… ers of Grace, Iugemio…esse, and all manly resolution: the Lectures of obscenitie, the SeedesSeeds of vices, the Foode of wickednesse, yea the Plagues, and Poyson of mens Soules …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… the New World, and the rare Creatures therein found, Beasts, Birds, Trees, Hearbs, and SeedesSeeds. pag.609.
With rule
… the New World, and the rare Creatures therein found, Beasts, Birds, Trees, Hearbs, and SeedesSeeds. pag.609.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · Open in the reader
Printed
… either in Graines which they call Pippins, because they are like the Pippins or SeedesSeeds of Melons; which is pure and hath no neede of melting: or in powder …
With rule
… either in Graines which they call Pippins, because they are like the Pippins or SeedesSeeds of Melons; which is pure and hath no neede of melting: or in powder …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 606 · Open in the reader
Printed
For their SeedesSeeds and Graines, Mays is principall, of which they make their bread, which our English …
With rule
For their SeedesSeeds and Graines, Mays is principall, of which they make their bread, which our English …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 616 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is so fattened with a streame therein, that in eight and twentie dayes the SeedesSeeds of Cucumbers, Melons, and Gourds, will ripen their Fruits. There is a Tree in …
With rule
… is so fattened with a streame therein, that in eight and twentie dayes the SeedesSeeds of Cucumbers, Melons, and Gourds, will ripen their Fruits. There is a Tree in …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 693 · Open in the reader

Exposition of 2 Thessalonians A11588

Printed
Thus thinke 1 SeedesSeeds of all ſinnes are in thee. 2 Either thou haſt bin tempted. 3 Or maiſt be …
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Thus thinke 1 SeedesSeeds of all ſinnes are in thee. 2 Either thou haſt bin tempted. 3 Or maiſt be …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 294 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

Printed
SeedesSeeds.
With rule
SeedesSeeds.
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as it were a seed, for the encreasing of his Church, and people againe. SeedesSeeds y^t are sowed, except they corrupt grow not again: so our bodies except they …
With rule
… as it were a seed, for the encreasing of his Church, and people againe. SeedesSeeds y^t are sowed, except they corrupt grow not again: so our bodies except they …
Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 123 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
SeedesSeeds.
With rule
SeedesSeeds.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
What doctrine wee haue to gather by these wordes, Thou shalt not mingle SeedesSeeds together.
With rule
What doctrine wee haue to gather by these wordes, Thou shalt not mingle SeedesSeeds together.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
222. a 10.20. Looke SeedesSeeds.
With rule
222. a 10.20. Looke SeedesSeeds.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

Printed
THere be two kind of SeedesSeeds: the one is of Impietie: the other of Pietie: betweene the which (as alſo …
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THere be two kind of SeedesSeeds: the one is of Impietie: the other of Pietie: betweene the which (as alſo …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… husbandman, for the Seed, one ſaith (which in this I gladlie remember) there be SeedesSeeds, ſome profitable, and ſome barraine: Thoſe barraine or vnprofitable, are the words of vaine …
With rule
… husbandman, for the Seed, one ſaith (which in this I gladlie remember) there be SeedesSeeds, ſome profitable, and ſome barraine: Thoſe barraine or vnprofitable, are the words of vaine …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vaine preachers, as alſo the words of the Philoſophers: But thoſe are right profitable SeedesSeeds, which are neither withered nor conſumed with anie vaine glory or fond curioſitie. And …
With rule
… vaine preachers, as alſo the words of the Philoſophers: But thoſe are right profitable SeedesSeeds, which are neither withered nor conſumed with anie vaine glory or fond curioſitie. And …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a due order & meaſure in his ſteppes: euen ſo the ſowers of the ſpirituall SeedesSeeds ought to be not only well qualified in learning, life, and behauiour, as made …
With rule
… a due order & meaſure in his ſteppes: euen ſo the ſowers of the ſpirituall SeedesSeeds ought to be not only well qualified in learning, life, and behauiour, as made …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath giuen it power to procreate & yeeld forth the happie Fruites of thoſe good SeedesSeeds and Plantes thereon beſtowed. This is a ſpeciall Fallowing of the ſpirituall Land, as …
With rule
… hath giuen it power to procreate & yeeld forth the happie Fruites of thoſe good SeedesSeeds and Plantes thereon beſtowed. This is a ſpeciall Fallowing of the ſpirituall Land, as …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 114 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… common Principles of Good and Euill (ſparkes of that light of Nature) and ſome SeedesSeeds of Conſcience, which notwithſtanding are wholly ſinfull, and doe but ſerue partly to keepe …
With rule
… common Principles of Good and Euill (ſparkes of that light of Nature) and ſome SeedesSeeds of Conſcience, which notwithſtanding are wholly ſinfull, and doe but ſerue partly to keepe …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… ſpeciall duty required of all gouernors, to labour, to plant, and to ſow the SeedesSeeds of true Religion in the heart, as it were in the ground of thoſe …
With rule
… ſpeciall duty required of all gouernors, to labour, to plant, and to ſow the SeedesSeeds of true Religion in the heart, as it were in the ground of thoſe …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pronounce the wordes, they muſt cauſe them to vnderſtand them, they muſt ſow the SeedesSeeds of Chriſtian Religion in their hearts, they muſt inſtruct them with all diligence, they …
With rule
… pronounce the wordes, they muſt cauſe them to vnderſtand them, they muſt ſow the SeedesSeeds of Chriſtian Religion in their hearts, they muſt inſtruct them with all diligence, they …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Makes Trees, Plants, Herbes, Flowres, SeedesSeeds ſpring in due time,
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Makes Trees, Plants, Herbes, Flowres, SeedesSeeds ſpring in due time,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
The SeedesSeeds, Plants, Rootes which we would have to grow.
With rule
The SeedesSeeds, Plants, Rootes which we would have to grow.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
From Gardens, leſt they ſhould good Herbes, Plants SeedesSeeds
With rule
From Gardens, leſt they ſhould good Herbes, Plants SeedesSeeds
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 168 · Open in the reader