Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2752 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

eggeseggs

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

Puritas changed it: 452 times in 246 works
Consistency: 82.7% (452 of 546)
Reach if approved: ~576 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: eggs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 548 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (452 changes in 246 works, 82.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 452)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Great peynes he taketh to weue the ſpyders webbe, and to hatche the coccatryce eggeseggs, but all wyll not helpe.
With rule
… Great peynes he taketh to weue the ſpyders webbe, and to hatche the coccatryce eggeseggs, but all wyll not helpe.
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… them religiouſly refrained, as comming from an evill beginning: Thus the Papiſts forbid fleſh, eggeseggs and white meats, though not as evill in their nature, yet as defiling the …
With rule
… them religiouſly refrained, as comming from an evill beginning: Thus the Papiſts forbid fleſh, eggeseggs and white meats, though not as evill in their nature, yet as defiling the …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome vnderſtand indefinitely, this being the whole time of the Locuſts which lay their eggeseggs in Autumne, and being kept all winter in a thin coat, they are hatched …
With rule
… ſome vnderſtand indefinitely, this being the whole time of the Locuſts which lay their eggeseggs in Autumne, and being kept all winter in a thin coat, they are hatched …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 343 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what kind of bird each egge will bring forth, vnlesse he know what the eggeseggs were particularly. For a generall and common cause, doth not immediately produce a particular …
With rule
… what kind of bird each egge will bring forth, vnlesse he know what the eggeseggs were particularly. For a generall and common cause, doth not immediately produce a particular …
William Perkins · The Damned Art of Witchcraft · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eggeseggs and hatcheth them not, (shee is either caught by the fowler, or her eggeseggs are broken) so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them …
With rule
… eggeseggs and hatcheth them not, (shee is either caught by the fowler, or her eggeseggs are broken) so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but not to abuse it in weauing the spider webbe, or hatching the Cockatrice eggeseggs. Isa. 59.
With rule
… but not to abuse it in weauing the spider webbe, or hatching the Cockatrice eggeseggs. Isa. 59.
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no wiser with your fiue pointes, than he that came forth with his fiue eggeseggs, & neuer a good of them all. But you aske, if it were not easie …
With rule
… no wiser with your fiue pointes, than he that came forth with his fiue eggeseggs, & neuer a good of them all. But you aske, if it were not easie …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… birds that houer their wings ouer their young ones, or that ſit vpon their eggeseggs. We ſee how tenderly they doe it.
With rule
… birds that houer their wings ouer their young ones, or that ſit vpon their eggeseggs. We ſee how tenderly they doe it.
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 56 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (94)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 24 are listed here. 68 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 A05999

Printed
… ſay with the little boy, Mother when ſhall we faſt againe? they abſteyne from EggesEggs and Cheeſe, but eate dainty fruites, and quaffe in wine liberally: yet if they …
With rule
… ſay with the little boy, Mother when ſhall we faſt againe? they abſteyne from EggesEggs and Cheeſe, but eate dainty fruites, and quaffe in wine liberally: yet if they …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 374 · Open in the reader

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

Printed
… in the kitchen bible, or else hath learned of his Cooke: namely, that of EggesEggs fride in a frying panne, come no ill chickens. I omitte the goodly Sermons …
With rule
… in the kitchen bible, or else hath learned of his Cooke: namely, that of EggesEggs fride in a frying panne, come no ill chickens. I omitte the goodly Sermons …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all, and make it as great a matter to eate fishe, as fleshe, and EggesEggs: which is a great heresie, like as is shewed before. Where againe (notwithstanding) they …
With rule
… all, and make it as great a matter to eate fishe, as fleshe, and EggesEggs: which is a great heresie, like as is shewed before. Where againe (notwithstanding) they …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 273 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… mixt with others, all are prohibited. But hee which killeth a Henne, and findes EggesEggs in the bellie, may eate them. According to the number of the three Patriarchs …
With rule
… mixt with others, all are prohibited. But hee which killeth a Henne, and findes EggesEggs in the bellie, may eate them. According to the number of the three Patriarchs …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vp the Waters, and burne vp the Earth. In the ashes shall remaine two EggesEggs, whence shall come forth one man and one woman, which shall renew the World …
With rule
… vp the Waters, and burne vp the Earth. In the ashes shall remaine two EggesEggs, whence shall come forth one man and one woman, which shall renew the World …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 387 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euery one, that passeth by, washeth his feete, and then worshippeth and offereth Rice, EggesEggs, or what else their deuotion will afford: which the Bramen… eateth. When they are …
With rule
… euery one, that passeth by, washeth his feete, and then worshippeth and offereth Rice, EggesEggs, or what else their deuotion will afford: which the Bramen… eateth. When they are …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 414 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cockes at Zirizea, killed by the people, which had found them sitting on such EggesEggs.
With rule
… Cockes at Zirizea, killed by the people, which had found them sitting on such EggesEggs.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 467 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Carauans of Marchants: a foolish Bird, that forgetteth his Nest, and leaueth his EggesEggs for the Sunne and Sands to hatch, that eateth any thing, euen the hardest …
With rule
… the Carauans of Marchants: a foolish Bird, that forgetteth his Nest, and leaueth his EggesEggs for the Sunne and Sands to hatch, that eateth any thing, euen the hardest …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 468 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
AS the EggesEggs of the Cockatrice hatched, are full of poyſon: Euen ſo are the deuiſes of …
With rule
AS the EggesEggs of the Cockatrice hatched, are full of poyſon: Euen ſo are the deuiſes of …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
AS the Hen is borne of her EggesEggs, and ſitteth vppon them, and ſo hatcheth her young: Euen ſo the holy Ghoſt …
With rule
AS the Hen is borne of her EggesEggs, and ſitteth vppon them, and ſo hatcheth her young: Euen ſo the holy Ghoſt …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 343 · Open in the reader
Printed
6 As EggesEggs that be ful, doo ſinke in the water, but thoſe that are emptie, doo …
With rule
6 As EggesEggs that be ful, doo ſinke in the water, but thoſe that are emptie, doo …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 367 · Open in the reader
Printed
23 Euen as ſome Birdes hatch other EggesEggs, forgetting their owne; in like manner Hypocrites hatch other mens diſcredit vpon little or …
With rule
23 Euen as ſome Birdes hatch other EggesEggs, forgetting their owne; in like manner Hypocrites hatch other mens diſcredit vpon little or …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 373 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet they were plunged ouer head and eares in Idolatrie, and then they had 24. EggesEggs for a penny. Iere. 44.17.18.
With rule
… yet they were plunged ouer head and eares in Idolatrie, and then they had 24. EggesEggs for a penny. Iere. 44.17.18.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 558 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

Printed
… Water. The great whore ſitteth upon many waters; ſhe ſits upon them, as upon EggesEggs, and hatches Cockatrices, venomous and ſtinging ſins; and yet pleaſing, though venomous; which is …
With rule
… Water. The great whore ſitteth upon many waters; ſhe ſits upon them, as upon EggesEggs, and hatches Cockatrices, venomous and ſtinging ſins; and yet pleaſing, though venomous; which is …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 310 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
… say, an Hin contained twelve Logges, and a Log contained the quantitie of sixe EggesEggs of Palestine, which are bigger then ordinary; so that an Hin was as much …
With rule
… say, an Hin contained twelve Logges, and a Log contained the quantitie of sixe EggesEggs of Palestine, which are bigger then ordinary; so that an Hin was as much …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader
Printed
… are bigger then ordinary; so that an Hin was as much as seventy two EggesEggs put together.
With rule
… are bigger then ordinary; so that an Hin was as much as seventy two EggesEggs put together.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
… for foure moneths together (pretending Study) dyned onely on Ayre, and supped with two EggesEggs, and a small draught of Wine, fearing he should be too chargable; thus he …
With rule
… for foure moneths together (pretending Study) dyned onely on Ayre, and supped with two EggesEggs, and a small draught of Wine, fearing he should be too chargable; thus he …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 444 · Open in the reader

A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 A45335

Printed
… tis noted as an act of cruelty in the Ostrich, that she leaveth her EggesEggs, Lam. 4.9. Bishop Latimer wondred how men could goe quietly to bed, who had great …
With rule
… tis noted as an act of cruelty in the Ostrich, that she leaveth her EggesEggs, Lam. 4.9. Bishop Latimer wondred how men could goe quietly to bed, who had great …
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 409 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
EggesEggs. A mans name, Ezr. 2. 17.
With rule
EggesEggs. A mans name, Ezr. 2. 17.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
EggesEggs eating made heresye of the Papistes. 1043
With rule
EggesEggs eating made heresye of the Papistes. 1043
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

The Rule of Faith A69028

Printed
… did cheriſh and ſuſtaine that indigeſted matter, as an Hen that ſits vpon her EggesEggs, to make them fit to bee hatched.
With rule
… did cheriſh and ſuſtaine that indigeſted matter, as an Hen that ſits vpon her EggesEggs, to make them fit to bee hatched.
Nicholas Byfield · The Rule of Faith · p. 107 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… foreſayd generall leſſon, that God worketh throughout, as ſhall bee ſayd hereafter of the EggesEggs which fowles do lay, and whereoutof their yong birdes do come: for euen there …
With rule
… foreſayd generall leſſon, that God worketh throughout, as ſhall bee ſayd hereafter of the EggesEggs which fowles do lay, and whereoutof their yong birdes do come: for euen there …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 774 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe Birdbeaſts [in defending themſelues,] and on the otherſide their fooliſhneſſe in hiding their EggesEggs: ſhall hee not ſee a wonderfull worke of God in guyding all after that …
With rule
… theſe Birdbeaſts [in defending themſelues,] and on the otherſide their fooliſhneſſe in hiding their EggesEggs: ſhall hee not ſee a wonderfull worke of God in guyding all after that …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 780 · Open in the reader

The Christian Synagogue B16291

Printed
A Metaphrase, Deut. 22. 6. Ye shall not kill the dam vpon the EggesEggs. Ionathan Paraphraseth it thus; As our Father in heaven is mercifull, so be yee …
With rule
A Metaphrase, Deut. 22. 6. Ye shall not kill the dam vpon the EggesEggs. Ionathan Paraphraseth it thus; As our Father in heaven is mercifull, so be yee …
John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 56 · Open in the reader