Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2968 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beseechebeseech

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

Puritas changed it: 390 times in 102 works
Consistency: 99.7% (390 of 391)
Reach if approved: ~411 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: beseech
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 391 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (390 changes in 102 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 390)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… called of God, to be his Ambaſſador, to be in ſteede of Chriſt to beſeechebeseech vs to be reconciled vnto God, 2. Cor. 5.20. it remayneth that he of neceſſitie be …
With rule
… called of God, to be his Ambaſſador, to be in ſteede of Chriſt to beſeechebeseech vs to be reconciled vnto God, 2. Cor. 5.20. it remayneth that he of neceſſitie be …
Dudley Fenner · The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
… vertue shall vnto the end manifest it selfe in your weakenes. Nowe therefore I beseechebeseech him to preserue your body, soule, & spirite, vnto his most glorious appearing; Faithfull is …
With rule
… vertue shall vnto the end manifest it selfe in your weakenes. Nowe therefore I beseechebeseech him to preserue your body, soule, & spirite, vnto his most glorious appearing; Faithfull is …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader
Printed
THe Elders which are emong you, I beſeechebeseech whiche am alſo an Elder, and a witneſſe of the ſuffrynges of Chriſte, and …
With rule
THe Elders which are emong you, I beſeechebeseech whiche am alſo an Elder, and a witneſſe of the ſuffrynges of Chriſte, and …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beene all thylke men and women, that I shall speake of. And therefore I beseechebeseech you, and charge you for the loue of god almighty and for the saluation …
With rule
… beene all thylke men and women, that I shall speake of. And therefore I beseechebeseech you, and charge you for the loue of god almighty and for the saluation …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome what more fully of this matter, than heretofore I haue done) what I beſeechebeseech you, can a man finde, in the Popiſhe cleargie, but that Image of the …
With rule
… ſome what more fully of this matter, than heretofore I haue done) what I beſeechebeseech you, can a man finde, in the Popiſhe cleargie, but that Image of the …
Theodore Beza · The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue a care euen of your selfe and for your selfe also, we instantly beseechebeseech you, to keepe thys sin far from you by admitting no counsail that may …
With rule
… haue a care euen of your selfe and for your selfe also, we instantly beseechebeseech you, to keepe thys sin far from you by admitting no counsail that may …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… wildernes, and spend his dais in mourning for the desolation of Syon. Let vs beseechebeseech the Lord our God, euen for his beloued son Christs sake, to pardon the …
With rule
… wildernes, and spend his dais in mourning for the desolation of Syon. Let vs beseechebeseech the Lord our God, euen for his beloued son Christs sake, to pardon the …
John Udall · True Remedy Against Famine and Wars · Open in the reader
Printed
… In the laſt chapter of his firſt Epiſtle to the Theſſalonians, he ſaith: We beſeechebeseech you brethren to knowe them which labour among you, and haue the ouerſight of …
With rule
… In the laſt chapter of his firſt Epiſtle to the Theſſalonians, he ſaith: We beſeechebeseech you brethren to knowe them which labour among you, and haue the ouerſight of …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 154 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.