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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2726 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

solicitesolicit

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

Puritas changed it
483 times in 304 works
Consistency
98.7% (483 of 489)
Reach if approved
~514 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: solicit
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
489 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (483 changes in 304 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 483)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … enriched them with giftes and yearly pentions. By ſundry deuiſes and driftes did they ſolicitesolicit the Queene of Scots (being then priſoner) to worke ſome new trecherous deuiſe: they …
    With rule
    … enriched them with giftes and yearly pentions. By ſundry deuiſes and driftes did they ſolicitesolicit the Queene of Scots (being then priſoner) to worke ſome new trecherous deuiſe: they …

    Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to mortify them, when they are unruly, to bring them under; if strong affections solicitesolicit us, give them a peremptory deniall; hearken to the Physician rather then to the …
    With rule
    … to mortify them, when they are unruly, to bring them under; if strong affections solicitesolicit us, give them a peremptory deniall; hearken to the Physician rather then to the …

    John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 224 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his thig…, cast away his rags, crouch and crawle unto the throne of grace, solicitesolicit Gods mercy with strong cries for one drop of that blood which is never …
    With rule
    … his thig…, cast away his rags, crouch and crawle unto the throne of grace, solicitesolicit Gods mercy with strong cries for one drop of that blood which is never …

    Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Lords Supper · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God, be neuer out of his court, or from the preſence chamber, but ſtill ſolicitesolicit him with prayer, till hee haue a protection and a defence againſt Satan, and …
    With rule
    … God, be neuer out of his court, or from the preſence chamber, but ſtill ſolicitesolicit him with prayer, till hee haue a protection and a defence againſt Satan, and …

    Richard Stock · The Doctrine and Use of Repentance · p. 213 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … with unlawfull, and unruly deſires, as to pollute thoſe before marriage, or aſſay to ſolicitesolicit them whom they pretend to love ſo, as to make them their wives. If …
    With rule
    … with unlawfull, and unruly deſires, as to pollute thoſe before marriage, or aſſay to ſolicitesolicit them whom they pretend to love ſo, as to make them their wives. If …

    William Whately · Prototypes · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … whom (as by the ſequell in the ſtory it appeared) he then intended to ſolicitesolicit; touching the re-edifying of the Cittie and houſe of God.
    With rule
    … whom (as by the ſequell in the ſtory it appeared) he then intended to ſolicitesolicit; touching the re-edifying of the Cittie and houſe of God.

    George Wither · The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … they have many in heaven, to whom they addreſſe their prayers in generall, & often ſolicitesolicit them upon ſpeciall occaſions: as for raine, for faire weather, in a common plague …
    With rule
    … they have many in heaven, to whom they addreſſe their prayers in generall, & often ſolicitesolicit them upon ſpeciall occaſions: as for raine, for faire weather, in a common plague …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 546 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … time come, he ſeemeth not to heare vs, and yet expecteth that wee ſhould ſolicitesolicit and ply him with our prayers, not becauſe he needeth ſoliciters, and remembrancers, but …
    With rule
    … time come, he ſeemeth not to heare vs, and yet expecteth that wee ſhould ſolicitesolicit and ply him with our prayers, not becauſe he needeth ſoliciters, and remembrancers, but …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 501 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

0 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.