Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2799 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cordescords

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

Puritas changed it: 310 times in 158 works
Consistency: 100% (310 of 310)
Reach if approved: ~326 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cords
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 310 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (310 changes in 158 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 310)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… remoued, the effect muſt ſtill remaine. They lie ſnared and held faſt by the cordescords of their owne iniquities, to thoſe heauie miſeries, plagues and calamities, which God by …
With rule
… remoued, the effect muſt ſtill remaine. They lie ſnared and held faſt by the cordescords of their owne iniquities, to thoſe heauie miſeries, plagues and calamities, which God by …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne iniquities ſhall take the wicked himſelfe, and he ſhall be holden with the cordescords of his owne ſinne.
With rule
… owne iniquities ſhall take the wicked himſelfe, and he ſhall be holden with the cordescords of his owne ſinne.
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · Open in the reader
Printed
… crimsin sinnes of the unconverted part of our life, wherein we drew iniquitie with cordescords of vanitie, and sinne as it were with cart-ropes: If neither iniquitie, transgression …
With rule
… crimsin sinnes of the unconverted part of our life, wherein we drew iniquitie with cordescords of vanitie, and sinne as it were with cart-ropes: If neither iniquitie, transgression …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 446 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lop off their rotten twigs before they can bring forth fruite, theſe are the cordescords which binde the ram vnto the Altar, leaſt when he is brought thither hee …
With rule
… lop off their rotten twigs before they can bring forth fruite, theſe are the cordescords which binde the ram vnto the Altar, leaſt when he is brought thither hee …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 484 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne feet (as the man sicke of the palsie) are lette downe by the cordescords of the churches prayer and sette before Christ. A powerfull and preuayling thing is …
With rule
… owne feet (as the man sicke of the palsie) are lette downe by the cordescords of the churches prayer and sette before Christ. A powerfull and preuayling thing is …
Thomas Taylor · The Beauties of Bethel · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to chaines wherewith the wicked are bound in hell, as in priſon. Frō theſe cordescords of ſin, & chaynes of death eternal, mē are looſed by chriſt, whē their ſins …
With rule
… to chaines wherewith the wicked are bound in hell, as in priſon. Frō theſe cordescords of ſin, & chaynes of death eternal, mē are looſed by chriſt, whē their ſins …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 377 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Theis gameſters shall, without any encouragment from me, draw on their iniquity …ith theis cordescords of vanity; and the rather, becauſe he acknowledgeth that accoumpt is to be given …
With rule
… Theis gameſters shall, without any encouragment from me, draw on their iniquity …ith theis cordescords of vanity; and the rather, becauſe he acknowledgeth that accoumpt is to be given …
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
Whylkes wolde be glad to se you hang in cordescords
With rule
Whylkes wolde be glad to se you hang in cordescords
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · 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.