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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2843 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hymnehymn

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

Puritas changed it
590 times in 213 works
Consistency
97.5% (590 of 605)
Reach if approved
~636 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: hymn
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
605 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (590 changes in 213 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 590)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … that after meate also, when Supper was ended, he and his Disciples sang an hymnehymn, before they departed the roome. And St. Luke relateth of St. Paul, Act. 27. when …
    With rule
    … that after meate also, when Supper was ended, he and his Disciples sang an hymnehymn, before they departed the roome. And St. Luke relateth of St. Paul, Act. 27. when …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons at Pauls Cross · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … masse of the holy Spirit. As they were singing, according to their custome, the HymneHymn, Veni sancte spiritus, there was at the same time, a certaine paper set vp …
    With rule
    … masse of the holy Spirit. As they were singing, according to their custome, the HymneHymn, Veni sancte spiritus, there was at the same time, a certaine paper set vp …

    Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 690 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … whome thou haſt redeemed by the tree of thy holy Croce. And in a hymnehymn, O Croce, haile O Croce, only hope, increaſe, righteouſneſſe to the godlie, and forgiue …
    With rule
    … whome thou haſt redeemed by the tree of thy holy Croce. And in a hymnehymn, O Croce, haile O Croce, only hope, increaſe, righteouſneſſe to the godlie, and forgiue …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 264 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ex Nichol. Clemang. In the beginning of the Councel of Constāce after the accustomed hymnehymn song, veni sancte spiritus, a bil was set vp with these wordes, alijs rebus …
    With rule
    … ex Nichol. Clemang. In the beginning of the Councel of Constāce after the accustomed hymnehymn song, veni sancte spiritus, a bil was set vp with these wordes, alijs rebus …

    Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … testifieth that Daniel in the Hebrew, hath neither the story of Susanna, nor the hymnehymn of the 3. children, nor the fable of Bel & the Dragon: which we (saith he …
    With rule
    … testifieth that Daniel in the Hebrew, hath neither the story of Susanna, nor the hymnehymn of the 3. children, nor the fable of Bel & the Dragon: which we (saith he …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the generall of the field. Now when as in the latter part of this hymnehymn, Deborah (who, I suppose was the cōpiler of it) had after a most cloquent …
    With rule
    … the generall of the field. Now when as in the latter part of this hymnehymn, Deborah (who, I suppose was the cōpiler of it) had after a most cloquent …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    THIS hymnehymn consysteth of three partes. The fyrst parte is not only so to be taken …
    With rule
    THIS hymnehymn consysteth of three partes. The fyrst parte is not only so to be taken …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … quanto crebrius efformaretur. One of our Oppoſites referreth alſo a peece of the laſt hymnehymn, morbos ſanat & languores, deprimit damonia euen to the aerial Croſſe. Conſider all theſe premiſſes …
    With rule
    … quanto crebrius efformaretur. One of our Oppoſites referreth alſo a peece of the laſt hymnehymn, morbos ſanat & languores, deprimit damonia euen to the aerial Croſſe. Conſider all theſe premiſſes …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 168 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

  • Printed
    THE MORNING HYMNEHYMN for the Sabbath, or the Lords day:
    With rule
    THE MORNING HYMNEHYMN for the Sabbath, or the Lords day:

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE HYMNEHYMN FOR Whitsunday.
    With rule
    THE HYMNEHYMN FOR Whitsunday.

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE HYMNEHYMN.
    With rule
    THE HYMNEHYMN.

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 326 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE HYMNEHYMN alluding to the worke of God on this day in the Allegory.
    With rule
    THE HYMNEHYMN alluding to the worke of God on this day in the Allegory.

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 356 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    THE HYMNEHYMN.
    With rule
    THE HYMNEHYMN.

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 423 · Open in the reader

Collected Sermons A06521

  • Printed
    A SERMON OF D. MARTIN LVTHER VPON THE HYMNEHYMN OF ZACHARIAS, COMMONLY CALLED BENEDICTVS.
    With rule
    A SERMON OF D. MARTIN LVTHER VPON THE HYMNEHYMN OF ZACHARIAS, COMMONLY CALLED BENEDICTVS.

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 45 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

  • Printed
    A HYMNEHYMN Of CONFESSION and PRAISE.
    With rule
    A HYMNEHYMN Of CONFESSION and PRAISE.

    George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 77 · Open in the reader