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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2779 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bellowesbellows

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

Puritas changed it
408 times in 287 works
Consistency
100% (408 of 408)
Reach if approved
~429 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bellows
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
408 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (408 changes in 287 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 408)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … happen vnto vs. Make vs to deteſt Poperie, the poyſon of Authoritie; Ieſuites, the bellowesbellows of ſedition; Papiſts, the plotters of rebellion, & to thinke better of our Chriſtian Brethren …
    With rule
    … happen vnto vs. Make vs to deteſt Poperie, the poyſon of Authoritie; Ieſuites, the bellowesbellows of ſedition; Papiſts, the plotters of rebellion, & to thinke better of our Chriſtian Brethren …

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 335 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … but to be blowne vp and made to flame: prayer is in ſtead of bellowesbellows to the fier; the Word and Sacraments rightly and reuerently vſed, are as oyle …
    With rule
    … but to be blowne vp and made to flame: prayer is in ſtead of bellowesbellows to the fier; the Word and Sacraments rightly and reuerently vſed, are as oyle …

    William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Crowne: yea the ou… ragious pompe of that seate is as a paire o… bellowesbellows to kindle the concupiscence, and to make the hidden sparkes of pride to breake …
    With rule
    … Crowne: yea the ou… ragious pompe of that seate is as a paire o… bellowesbellows to kindle the concupiscence, and to make the hidden sparkes of pride to breake …

    William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 310 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … from the title, and thing. Symon the Sadler, To…k… the Taylour, Belly the BellowesBellows-maker must be no Church men, nor meddle with Ch: matters. As though it …
    With rule
    … from the title, and thing. Symon the Sadler, To…k… the Taylour, Belly the BellowesBellows-maker must be no Church men, nor meddle with Ch: matters. As though it …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 369 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … kindled by Meditation. And thus if wee kindle the fire of Grace by the BellowesBellows of Meditation, this fire that now guideth, moueth, and comforteth our soules in the …
    With rule
    … kindled by Meditation. And thus if wee kindle the fire of Grace by the BellowesBellows of Meditation, this fire that now guideth, moueth, and comforteth our soules in the …

    Francis Rous · The Art of Happiness · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … there is a kinde of borrowers in this Cittie, which feede vſurers as the bellowesbellows kindle the fire, ſo they haue no need to borrow but becauſe they would …
    With rule
    … there is a kinde of borrowers in this Cittie, which feede vſurers as the bellowesbellows kindle the fire, ſo they haue no need to borrow but becauſe they would …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … separateth chiefe friends. Whethersoever hee commeth, he bringeth with him, the fire, fuel, and bellowesbellows of contention.
    With rule
    … separateth chiefe friends. Whethersoever hee commeth, he bringeth with him, the fire, fuel, and bellowesbellows of contention.

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … in with it, for it in flameth the deſire; and the diuell bloweth the bellowesbellows, and they that are in loue with it, are beaſts, Idolaters, the children of …
    With rule
    … in with it, for it in flameth the deſire; and the diuell bloweth the bellowesbellows, and they that are in loue with it, are beaſts, Idolaters, the children of …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 275 · 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.