Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2914 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

textestexts

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

Puritas changed it: 596 times in 120 works
Consistency: 99.6% (596 of 598)
Reach if approved: ~628 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: texts
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 598 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (596 changes in 120 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 596)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Congregations made vpon Ioſue, gathered euen as hee did entreate of and handle the textestexts.
With rule
… Congregations made vpon Ioſue, gathered euen as hee did entreate of and handle the textestexts.
Theodore Beza · The Life and Death of John Calvin · Open in the reader
Printed
… not whether wee ſhall preache againe, my care is to chooſe fit and proper textestexts to ſpeake that which I would ſpeake, and that whiche is neceſſarie for you …
With rule
… not whether wee ſhall preache againe, my care is to chooſe fit and proper textestexts to ſpeake that which I would ſpeake, and that whiche is neceſſarie for you …
Henry Smith · The Benefit of Contention · Open in the reader
Printed
Lyke wyſe mayſt thou ſoyle all other textestexts which ſounde as though it were betwene vs and God as it is in …
With rule
Lyke wyſe mayſt thou ſoyle all other textestexts which ſounde as though it were betwene vs and God as it is in …
William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be counted so heinous a sinne: we see the holy Apostles in citing textestexts of Scripture, doe not alwaies binde themselues to the very wordes, as Act. 7.43. Heb …
With rule
… to be counted so heinous a sinne: we see the holy Apostles in citing textestexts of Scripture, doe not alwaies binde themselues to the very wordes, as Act. 7.43. Heb …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 411 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lib. 2. cap. 4. & cōtra Iulianum lib. 1. cap. 2. Furthermore the ſecond Councell of Nice, how many textestexts of ſcripture doth it falſely interprete, which it were to tedious to repete, yet …
With rule
… lib. 2. cap. 4. & cōtra Iulianum lib. 1. cap. 2. Furthermore the ſecond Councell of Nice, how many textestexts of ſcripture doth it falſely interprete, which it were to tedious to repete, yet …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhewe of trueth or reaſon, yet I ſee not why you ſhould cite theſe textestexts, vnles you meant ſo: neither can I ſee what els you meane, where you …
With rule
… ſhewe of trueth or reaſon, yet I ſee not why you ſhould cite theſe textestexts, vnles you meant ſo: neither can I ſee what els you meane, where you …
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as the ministers of Christ, and stewardes of y^• secretes of God. All these textestexts declare manifestlye, that priestes, if they be true ministers, and not rather idolles, are …
With rule
… as the ministers of Christ, and stewardes of y^• secretes of God. All these textestexts declare manifestlye, that priestes, if they be true ministers, and not rather idolles, are …
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
… be a Purgatorie. But nowe let vs bring forth (for the proofe hereof) speciall textestexts of scripture. First note, howe there is written by Paule to the Corinthians, That …
With rule
… be a Purgatorie. But nowe let vs bring forth (for the proofe hereof) speciall textestexts of scripture. First note, howe there is written by Paule to the Corinthians, That …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 144 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Texts of Scripture Chaining the Holy Chronicle A17005

Printed
TEXTESTEXTS of Scripture, Chayning the holy Chronicle vntyll the Sunne loſt his lyght, and the …
With rule
TEXTESTEXTS of Scripture, Chayning the holy Chronicle vntyll the Sunne loſt his lyght, and the …
Hugh Broughton · Texts of Scripture Chaining the Holy Chronicle · Open in the reader