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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2736 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

veinesveins

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

Puritas changed it
637 times in 370 works
Consistency
93.5% (637 of 681)
Reach if approved
~716 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: veins
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
681 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (637 changes in 370 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 637)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … are but wind. Let the violence of wind in a mans head, ſtomach, belly, veinesveins, guts, or other parts of his body, yea and in the open aire, on …
    With rule
    … are but wind. Let the violence of wind in a mans head, ſtomach, belly, veinesveins, guts, or other parts of his body, yea and in the open aire, on …

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the sense of their destruction, that before they had shed that blood from his veinesveins, for which they were to be destroied, he sheddeth first teares from his eyes …
    With rule
    … the sense of their destruction, that before they had shed that blood from his veinesveins, for which they were to be destroied, he sheddeth first teares from his eyes …

    Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    5 The wine ſignifieth not Chriſts blood in his veinesveins, but that blood which was powred out.
    With rule
    5 The wine ſignifieth not Chriſts blood in his veinesveins, but that blood which was powred out.

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … tis the vitall blood of the ſoule; which that it may runne in the veinesveins of you all, unto your eternall happineſſe, have I choſen this Text to inſiſt …
    With rule
    … tis the vitall blood of the ſoule; which that it may runne in the veinesveins of you all, unto your eternall happineſſe, have I choſen this Text to inſiſt …

    Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … on Christ a burden so heavie, that it pressed the bloud out of his veinesveins, the soule out of his body? Oh how would these meditations dash in peeces …
    With rule
    … on Christ a burden so heavie, that it pressed the bloud out of his veinesveins, the soule out of his body? Oh how would these meditations dash in peeces …

    William Pemble · The Worthy Receiving the Lords Supper · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … not of witchcraft, and possessions, as people commonly thinke, but of choller in the veinesveins. And wheras some when they are dead, become as black as pitch (as Bonner …
    With rule
    … not of witchcraft, and possessions, as people commonly thinke, but of choller in the veinesveins. And wheras some when they are dead, become as black as pitch (as Bonner …

    William Perkins · A Salve for a Sick Man · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not receive the blood of Chriſt as it is contained within the veſſell and veinesveins of his body; but we receive the blood of Chriſt that is ſhed for …
    With rule
    … not receive the blood of Chriſt as it is contained within the veſſell and veinesveins of his body; but we receive the blood of Chriſt that is ſhed for …

    John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … bigge, as if the riuer of his bloud would not bee banked within his veinesveins. His tongue is flabellum Diaboli, and flagellum iusti: bent to scourge some, flatter others …
    With rule
    … bigge, as if the riuer of his bloud would not bee banked within his veinesveins. His tongue is flabellum Diaboli, and flagellum iusti: bent to scourge some, flatter others …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (44)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 29 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Sacrifice of Thankfulness A02367

  • Printed
    … of Charitie. The roote of Loue is in the Heart; but it sendes foorth VeinesVeins into the Hands, and giues them an actiue and nimble dexteritie to good Workes …
    With rule
    … of Charitie. The roote of Loue is in the Heart; but it sendes foorth VeinesVeins into the Hands, and giues them an actiue and nimble dexteritie to good Workes …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … their Births; or as if the originary blood of enemies had run in their VeinesVeins. It is S. Augustines Preclusion of all Star-predictions out of this place. And …
    With rule
    … their Births; or as if the originary blood of enemies had run in their VeinesVeins. It is S. Augustines Preclusion of all Star-predictions out of this place. And …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … but deeyng bredde inwardlie, ragingly raigneth and lyeth in the Bloud, Fleſhe, Marrowe and VeinesVeins. Therefore it is not the beſte waie, with outwarde thinges to goe aboute to …
    With rule
    … but deeyng bredde inwardlie, ragingly raigneth and lyeth in the Bloud, Fleſhe, Marrowe and VeinesVeins. Therefore it is not the beſte waie, with outwarde thinges to goe aboute to …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … in their mouth, it attracteth this quicke and willing metall to it, from the VeinesVeins and inward parts, into which it had secretly and dangerously conueyed it selfe: the …
    With rule
    … in their mouth, it attracteth this quicke and willing metall to it, from the VeinesVeins and inward parts, into which it had secretly and dangerously conueyed it selfe: the …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 607 · Open in the reader

The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law A12183

  • Printed
    … the Spirit must goe with the ordinances, as the Arteries goe together with the VeinesVeins. You know in the VeinesVeins in the body there are Arteries that goe with …
    With rule
    … the Spirit must goe with the ordinances, as the Arteries goe together with the VeinesVeins. You know in the VeinesVeins in the body there are Arteries that goe with …

    Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · p. 591 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the ordinances, as the Arteries goe together with the VeinesVeins. You know in the VeinesVeins in the body there are Arteries that goe with them, they convey the spirits …
    With rule
    … the ordinances, as the Arteries goe together with the VeinesVeins. You know in the VeinesVeins in the body there are Arteries that goe with them, they convey the spirits …

    Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · p. 591 · Open in the reader

A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government A29737

  • Printed
    … of Warwicke were come with his forces, would shew too much boldnesse; But his VeinesVeins were so filled with a desire of revengi… his Fathers death, that he thought …
    With rule
    … of Warwicke were come with his forces, would shew too much boldnesse; But his VeinesVeins were so filled with a desire of revengi… his Fathers death, that he thought …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 99 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of the Mass A36867

  • Printed
    … Chriſt is not ſhed out of the body, and goeth not out of the VeinesVeins. He therefore ſpeaketh of a Sacramentall effuſion, which is reſpective to the real effuſion …
    With rule
    … Chriſt is not ſhed out of the body, and goeth not out of the VeinesVeins. He therefore ſpeaketh of a Sacramentall effuſion, which is reſpective to the real effuſion …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Anatomy of the Mass · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Meteors A40528

  • Printed
    … Philosophers make the … of Metallum, from foreign, which signifies a change effected in the Subterranean VeinesVeins with long labour and much difficulty.
    With rule
    … Philosophers make the … of Metallum, from foreign, which signifies a change effected in the Subterranean VeinesVeins with long labour and much difficulty.

    William Fulke · Meteors · p. 161 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

  • Printed
    Within the Hoſt, and VeinesVeins of his body;
    With rule
    Within the Hoſt, and VeinesVeins of his body;

    William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 131 · Open in the reader

The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man A73382

  • Printed
    … hath placed the Naturall, vitall, and animall ſpirits; theſe ſpirits are carried by the VeinesVeins, Arteries, & Nerves: the VeinesVeins carry the vitall ſpirits from the Liver; the Arteries carry …
    With rule
    … hath placed the Naturall, vitall, and animall ſpirits; theſe ſpirits are carried by the VeinesVeins, Arteries, & Nerves: the VeinesVeins carry the vitall ſpirits from the Liver; the Arteries carry …

    John Weemes · The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … vitall, and animall ſpirits; theſe ſpirits are carried by the VeinesVeins, Arteries, & Nerves: the VeinesVeins carry the vitall ſpirits from the Liver; the Arteries carry the naturall ſpirits from …
    With rule
    … vitall, and animall ſpirits; theſe ſpirits are carried by the VeinesVeins, Arteries, & Nerves: the VeinesVeins carry the vitall ſpirits from the Liver; the Arteries carry the naturall ſpirits from …

    John Weemes · The Portraiture of the Image of God in Man · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Poor Mans Case A80410

  • Printed
    … Lord make our Nobles, and Worthies in Parliament, (thoſe that be truly Noble) whoſe VeinesVeins are full of Generous bloud, that are mercifull to the poor, and contribute liberally …
    With rule
    … Lord make our Nobles, and Worthies in Parliament, (thoſe that be truly Noble) whoſe VeinesVeins are full of Generous bloud, that are mercifull to the poor, and contribute liberally …

    John Cook · The Poor Mans Case · p. 72 · Open in the reader

The Power of Godliness B17454

  • Printed
    … the admirable frame of the Earth; as in the body of man there be VeinesVeins and Arteries, humours and marrow: so in the Earth, there be VeinesVeins and Concavities …
    With rule
    … the admirable frame of the Earth; as in the body of man there be VeinesVeins and Arteries, humours and marrow: so in the Earth, there be VeinesVeins and Concavities …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … there be VeinesVeins and Arteries, humours and marrow: so in the Earth, there be VeinesVeins and Concavities by which waters are conveyed from the Sea to all parts of …
    With rule
    … there be VeinesVeins and Arteries, humours and marrow: so in the Earth, there be VeinesVeins and Concavities by which waters are conveyed from the Sea to all parts of …

    John Ball · The Power of Godliness · p. 146 · Open in the reader