Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2742 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wrackewrack

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

Puritas changed it: 330 times in 227 works
Consistency: 100% (330 of 330)
Reach if approved: ~347 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wrack
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 330 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (330 changes in 227 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 330)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… againſt infidelity. Saint Agnes for Chaſtity. Saint Leonard for Horſes. Saint Nicholas againſt ſhip-wrackewrack. Saint Iames for Spaine. Saint Denis for France. Saint Marke for Venice, &c. Yea …
With rule
… againſt infidelity. Saint Agnes for Chaſtity. Saint Leonard for Horſes. Saint Nicholas againſt ſhip-wrackewrack. Saint Iames for Spaine. Saint Denis for France. Saint Marke for Venice, &c. Yea …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 326 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ariſing in this age, ſince the yeare of God, 1541. ſhall bringe it to vtter wrackewrack.
With rule
… ariſing in this age, ſince the yeare of God, 1541. ſhall bringe it to vtter wrackewrack.
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the decking of their bodies, and so suffer their soules to goe to wrackewrack; when as apparell should bee an occasion to put vs in minde of a …
With rule
… in the decking of their bodies, and so suffer their soules to goe to wrackewrack; when as apparell should bee an occasion to put vs in minde of a …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is onely, alwayes sure in Gods custodie) quite renounce it, since the vndoubted ship wrackewrack and damnation of mankinde, is the vneuitable consequence, the onely benefit that attends it.
With rule
… is onely, alwayes sure in Gods custodie) quite renounce it, since the vndoubted ship wrackewrack and damnation of mankinde, is the vneuitable consequence, the onely benefit that attends it.
William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… straight liuing, a debility of confidence, a sterility of good works: lacke of faith, wrackewrack of charity. These effects (or rather defects) are produced by two errors in our …
With rule
… straight liuing, a debility of confidence, a sterility of good works: lacke of faith, wrackewrack of charity. These effects (or rather defects) are produced by two errors in our …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and performed by thee: which being heartily done, is as another plancke after ſhip-wrackewrack reached out unto thee, to keep thee from drowning.
With rule
… and performed by thee: which being heartily done, is as another plancke after ſhip-wrackewrack reached out unto thee, to keep thee from drowning.
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with losse of all their tackle and furniture. Finallye euerye thinge wente so to wrackewrack, that (as it was thought) the noble Prince Queene Mary seing her Realme so …
With rule
… with losse of all their tackle and furniture. Finallye euerye thinge wente so to wrackewrack, that (as it was thought) the noble Prince Queene Mary seing her Realme so …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
Calling of Ministers muſt be by the Congregation, or els we ſhall go to wrackewrack. pag. 159. 160. 161. 167.
With rule
Calling of Ministers muſt be by the Congregation, or els we ſhall go to wrackewrack. pag. 159. 160. 161. 167.
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.