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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2903 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

spoilesspoils

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

Puritas changed it
698 times in 381 works
Consistency
97.4% (698 of 716)
Reach if approved
~753 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: spoils
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
717 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (698 changes in 381 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 698)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hovv to fit his humour, if he inueigh againſt Puritans, & cry out againſt the ſpoilesspoils of the Church, &c. and diuers other like deuiſes haue they to delude them …
    With rule
    … hovv to fit his humour, if he inueigh againſt Puritans, & cry out againſt the ſpoilesspoils of the Church, &c. and diuers other like deuiſes haue they to delude them …

    Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … or facultie to vse either the land or the commodities of it, but all spoilesspoils, rots, and is marred for want of manuring, gathering, ordering, &c. As the ancient …
    With rule
    … or facultie to vse either the land or the commodities of it, but all spoilesspoils, rots, and is marred for want of manuring, gathering, ordering, &c. As the ancient …

    William Bradford · Journal of the Beginning of the English Plantation at Plymouth · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … with the sacriledge of Acan: to take gold & siluer, and Babylonish garments, of the spoilesspoils of Iericho consecrated to God. Or, if not with so foule sacrilege as his …
    With rule
    … with the sacriledge of Acan: to take gold & siluer, and Babylonish garments, of the spoilesspoils of Iericho consecrated to God. Or, if not with so foule sacrilege as his …

    John Rainolds · Sermon Upon Obadiah · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … him a maſſie garment of gold, which Hiero had dedicated to him of the ſpoilesspoils of Carthage, and gaue him a woollen cloake, ſaying that the other was too …
    With rule
    … him a maſſie garment of gold, which Hiero had dedicated to him of the ſpoilesspoils of Carthage, and gaue him a woollen cloake, ſaying that the other was too …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 302 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    I tooke them as spoilesspoils from a slaine enemio,
    With rule
    I tooke them as spoilesspoils from a slaine enemio,

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … It destroyes the honey of Bees Stellio saepe fauos ignotus adedit. So the extortioner spoilesspoils the hiues, & deuours al the honey of pooremens gathering. It is a beast full …
    With rule
    … It destroyes the honey of Bees Stellio saepe fauos ignotus adedit. So the extortioner spoilesspoils the hiues, & deuours al the honey of pooremens gathering. It is a beast full …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 325 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the sonne of Zeruiah; were wont to dededicate of their substance and of the spoilesspoils that they won in battaile, to maintaine the house of the Lord and his …
    With rule
    … the sonne of Zeruiah; were wont to dededicate of their substance and of the spoilesspoils that they won in battaile, to maintaine the house of the Lord and his …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 317 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … that laying them vnder his pillow he ſlept on them. And when among the ſpoilesspoils of King Darius there was found a moſt pretious casket for Iewels, and doubt …
    With rule
    … that laying them vnder his pillow he ſlept on them. And when among the ſpoilesspoils of King Darius there was found a moſt pretious casket for Iewels, and doubt …

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 A08311

  • Printed
    … is Robbery. So, ſee ſtored vp in the ſecond place, Miſery, Rauine, Preyes, Booties, SpoilesSpoils, Waſting, Ranſacking, Polling, Pilling, Robberie.
    With rule
    … is Robbery. So, ſee ſtored vp in the ſecond place, Miſery, Rauine, Preyes, Booties, SpoilesSpoils, Waſting, Ranſacking, Polling, Pilling, Robberie.

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 211 · Open in the reader

Harmony Upon 2 Samuel A15403

  • Printed
    SpoilesSpoils.
    With rule
    SpoilesSpoils.

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 2 Samuel · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    SpoilesSpoils of enemies consecrated to God.
    With rule
    SpoilesSpoils of enemies consecrated to God.

    Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 2 Samuel · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

  • Printed
    By Symony, by Bribe…y, by SpoilesSpoils,
    With rule
    By Symony, by Bribe…y, by SpoilesSpoils,

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 99 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

  • Printed
    SpoilesSpoils the souls of others: God will spoile the soul of him.
    With rule
    SpoilesSpoils the souls of others: God will spoile the soul of him.

    Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 99 · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Hannibal A33320

  • Printed
    … his Army in New Carthage, or Carthagena, imparting liberally to his Souldiers of the SpoilesSpoils that he had gotten in his late Conquests.
    With rule
    … his Army in New Carthage, or Carthagena, imparting liberally to his Souldiers of the SpoilesSpoils that he had gotten in his late Conquests.

    Samuel Clarke · The Life and Death of Hannibal · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Davids Harp Strung and Tuned A52303

  • Printed
    … people, is, that he brought them not out Beggars, but enriched them with the SpoilesSpoils of Aegypt; nor in a ſickly, but healthful condition.
    With rule
    … people, is, that he brought them not out Beggars, but enriched them with the SpoilesSpoils of Aegypt; nor in a ſickly, but healthful condition.

    William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 331 · Open in the reader

The Annals of the World A64619

  • Printed
    SpoilesSpoils the fields of the Abydens. id. ib.
    With rule
    SpoilesSpoils the fields of the Abydens. id. ib.

    James Ussher · The Annals of the World · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

  • Printed
    … Robbery. So, ſee ſtored vp in the ſecond place, Miſery, R…uine, Preyes, Booties, SpoilesSpoils, Waſting, Ranſacking, Polling, Pi…ling, Robberie.
    With rule
    … Robbery. So, ſee ſtored vp in the ſecond place, Miſery, R…uine, Preyes, Booties, SpoilesSpoils, Waſting, Ranſacking, Polling, Pi…ling, Robberie.

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 211 · Open in the reader