Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2909 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

streetestreet

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

Puritas changed it: 379 times in 239 works
Consistency: 93.8% (379 of 404)
Reach if approved: ~424 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: street
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 404 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (379 changes in 239 works, 93.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 379)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the twelue gates vvere twelue pearles, and euerie gate is of one pearle, & the ſtreetestreet of the city is pure golde, as ſhining glaſſe.
With rule
… the twelue gates vvere twelue pearles, and euerie gate is of one pearle, & the ſtreetestreet of the city is pure golde, as ſhining glaſſe.
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 249 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kings euery man getteth him vp into a windowe, or goeth out into the ſtreetestreet to ſee him paſſe by, and after that there is an end. But to …
With rule
… kings euery man getteth him vp into a windowe, or goeth out into the ſtreetestreet to ſee him paſſe by, and after that there is an end. But to …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 391 · Open in the reader
Printed
… All men are going, but there is onely one Gods way, the Kings hie ſtreetestreet, many by-wayes. All thinke they are going to Heauen, Iewes, Turkes, Papiſts, Atheiſts …
With rule
… All men are going, but there is onely one Gods way, the Kings hie ſtreetestreet, many by-wayes. All thinke they are going to Heauen, Iewes, Turkes, Papiſts, Atheiſts …
Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeemeth beſt vnto him. He is able to make of the ſtones in the ſtreetestreet children vnto Abraham. The conſideration whereof ought to leade vs to ſeeke helpe and …
With rule
… ſeemeth beſt vnto him. He is able to make of the ſtones in the ſtreetestreet children vnto Abraham. The conſideration whereof ought to leade vs to ſeeke helpe and …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 380 · Open in the reader
Printed
… about his buſineſſe, ſaith, A Lion is without, I ſhall be ſlaine in the ſtreetestreet? ſuch ought to be a Miniſters forwardneſſe in performing his ambaſſage, that he doe …
With rule
… about his buſineſſe, ſaith, A Lion is without, I ſhall be ſlaine in the ſtreetestreet? ſuch ought to be a Miniſters forwardneſſe in performing his ambaſſage, that he doe …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 555 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhops of them that ſell, thou mayſt be cozened? or lie downe in the ſtreetestreet, or by the hedge, becauſe (perhaps) thou maiſt either goe wrong, or ſtumble on …
With rule
… ſhops of them that ſell, thou mayſt be cozened? or lie downe in the ſtreetestreet, or by the hedge, becauſe (perhaps) thou maiſt either goe wrong, or ſtumble on …
Samuel Hieron · The Doctrines Trial · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before) writeth, that As he ſlept in the monasterie of S. Dionyſius in the ſtreetestreet of Paris (theſe be his words) vnder the bels, he ſaw before the altar …
With rule
… before) writeth, that As he ſlept in the monasterie of S. Dionyſius in the ſtreetestreet of Paris (theſe be his words) vnder the bels, he ſaw before the altar …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may go ouer. Thou hast layed thy body as the ground, and as the streetestreet to them that went ouer. These afflictions we must needes suffer and by patience …
With rule
… may go ouer. Thou hast layed thy body as the ground, and as the streetestreet to them that went ouer. These afflictions we must needes suffer and by patience …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 90 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Drunkards Character A15845

Printed
… hee refuse to bee a good fellow (id est, a drunkard) There was a StreeteStreet in Rome called V…cus Sobrius, Sober-street, because there was never a drinking …
With rule
… hee refuse to bee a good fellow (id est, a drunkard) There was a StreeteStreet in Rome called V…cus Sobrius, Sober-street, because there was never a drinking …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 336 · Open in the reader

Sin Stigmatized A15847

Printed
… hee refuſe to bee a good fellow (id eſt, a drunkard) There was a StreeteStreet in Rome called Vicus Sobrius, Sober-ſtreet, becauſe there was never a drinking houſe …
With rule
… hee refuſe to bee a good fellow (id eſt, a drunkard) There was a StreeteStreet in Rome called Vicus Sobrius, Sober-ſtreet, becauſe there was never a drinking houſe …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 336 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… an other woman, a frende of hers, sawe Cluney Boners Somner, commyng in the StreeteStreet towardes her house. Whome when she sawe, she sayed to the other woman standyng …
With rule
… an other woman, a frende of hers, sawe Cluney Boners Somner, commyng in the StreeteStreet towardes her house. Whome when she sawe, she sayed to the other woman standyng …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2031 · Open in the reader
Printed
Iohn StreeteStreet hys trouble. 1473.
With rule
Iohn StreeteStreet hys trouble. 1473.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

A Treatise Against Lying A69235

Printed
… away backeward, and Iustice ſtandeth a farre off; for Truth is fallen in the StreeteStreet, and Equity cannot enter: yea Truth faileth, and hee that departeth from evill, maketh …
With rule
… away backeward, and Iustice ſtandeth a farre off; for Truth is fallen in the StreeteStreet, and Equity cannot enter: yea Truth faileth, and hee that departeth from evill, maketh …
John Downame · A Treatise Against Lying · p. 3 · Open in the reader

Church Government and Church Covenant A88943

Printed
… the Engliſh are of theirs, and yet they dwell promiſcuouſly together in the ſame StreeteStreet of the ſame Towne. Towne-dwelling would not make a man a free-man …
With rule
… the Engliſh are of theirs, and yet they dwell promiſcuouſly together in the ſame StreeteStreet of the ſame Towne. Towne-dwelling would not make a man a free-man …
Richard Mather · Church Government and Church Covenant · p. 20 · Open in the reader