Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2727 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

souresour

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

Puritas changed it: 349 times in 247 works
Consistency: 96.9% (349 of 360)
Reach if approved: ~378 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sour
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 360 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (349 changes in 247 works, 96.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 349)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it is manifeſt by Balaam and the Kings of Midian: alſo by Ahab & his ſouresour hundred falſe Prophets: by Ierohoam and his hedge prieſts: by Zedchia and his falſe …
With rule
… it is manifeſt by Balaam and the Kings of Midian: alſo by Ahab & his ſouresour hundred falſe Prophets: by Ierohoam and his hedge prieſts: by Zedchia and his falſe …
Richard Stock · Sermon 2 November 1606 · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ferther allege. If a mā had geuen me wyne, which wyne did immediately weaxe souresour, I hauyng in my punch…on or vessel thesame beyng now turned into vineagre …
With rule
… ferther allege. If a mā had geuen me wyne, which wyne did immediately weaxe souresour, I hauyng in my punch…on or vessel thesame beyng now turned into vineagre …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. viii · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnskilfull, and persons of meane guifts. This duty of bearing hath in it these souresour actions: First with patience to suffer. Secondly, with compassion to pitty and pardon imperfections …
With rule
… vnskilfull, and persons of meane guifts. This duty of bearing hath in it these souresour actions: First with patience to suffer. Secondly, with compassion to pitty and pardon imperfections …
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 1197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that to God belōgeth all holineſſe: in Ezekiel, ch. 1. the Cherubim be of theſe ſouresour: and Great terrible wheeles full of eyes are there. Here I requeſt you to …
With rule
… that to God belōgeth all holineſſe: in Ezekiel, ch. 1. the Cherubim be of theſe ſouresour: and Great terrible wheeles full of eyes are there. Here I requeſt you to …
Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his fearefull iudgemēts on her: for as when light and darkenes, ſwéete and ſouresour, fire and water, and things contrarie are compared together, either of them is the …
With rule
… of his fearefull iudgemēts on her: for as when light and darkenes, ſwéete and ſouresour, fire and water, and things contrarie are compared together, either of them is the …
John Carpenter · Remember Lots Wife · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the beginning of the same chapter vsed this prouerbe: The fathers haue eaten souresour grapes and the childrens teeth are set on edge, signifying thereby (as before we …
With rule
… in the beginning of the same chapter vsed this prouerbe: The fathers haue eaten souresour grapes and the childrens teeth are set on edge, signifying thereby (as before we …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
Stirring conscience, is that which doth sensibly either accuse or excuse. And it hath souresour differences.
With rule
Stirring conscience, is that which doth sensibly either accuse or excuse. And it hath souresour differences.
William Perkins · Conscience · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… old man: the beſt worke that wee bring out, is partly ſweete, and partly ſouresour, and the worde ſauoureth of bitterneſſe: but and we be highly diſpleaſed for the …
With rule
… old man: the beſt worke that wee bring out, is partly ſweete, and partly ſouresour, and the worde ſauoureth of bitterneſſe: but and we be highly diſpleaſed for the …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 82 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

Printed
… If he giue thee a bit, he will giue thee a buffet with it: SoureSour and bitter is the benefite of the enemie. Indeede it is true, that the …
With rule
… If he giue thee a bit, he will giue thee a buffet with it: SoureSour and bitter is the benefite of the enemie. Indeede it is true, that the …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 218 · Open in the reader

The Sure Mercies of David A43587

Printed
… defective, and imperfect, eſpecially in two reſpects; the fruit they bring forth is, 1. Small. 2. SoureSour fruit.
With rule
… defective, and imperfect, eſpecially in two reſpects; the fruit they bring forth is, 1. Small. 2. SoureSour fruit.
Oliver Heywood · The Sure Mercies of David · p. 162 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

Printed
… ſhe ſhall deſert the Church. Mordecai's meſſage, like Davids ditty, is compoſed of diſcords. SoureSour and ſweet make the beſt-ſauce: Promiſes and menaces mixed will ſooneſt work. God …
With rule
… ſhe ſhall deſert the Church. Mordecai's meſſage, like Davids ditty, is compoſed of diſcords. SoureSour and ſweet make the beſt-ſauce: Promiſes and menaces mixed will ſooneſt work. God …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
Verſe 14. Yet his meat in his bo…els is turned] SoureSour …uce he hath at length to his ſweet meats; viz. Gripes and throbs of …
With rule
Verſe 14. Yet his meat in his bo…els is turned] SoureSour …uce he hath at length to his ſweet meats; viz. Gripes and throbs of …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 180 · Open in the reader

Moses and Aaron A64249

Printed
… inseparable, and that afflictions (as souresour hearbs) are the most wholsome sauce of Christianity: SoureSour indeed, and unpleasing to the flesh, but profitable, 1. To prepare and provoke the appetite …
With rule
… inseparable, and that afflictions (as souresour hearbs) are the most wholsome sauce of Christianity: SoureSour indeed, and unpleasing to the flesh, but profitable, 1. To prepare and provoke the appetite …
Thomas Taylor · Moses and Aaron · p. 211 · Open in the reader

Enochs Walk and Change A87420

Printed
SoureSour grapes there are, I know, in every hedge,
With rule
SoureSour grapes there are, I know, in every hedge,
Thomas Jacombe · Enochs Walk and Change · p. 56 · Open in the reader