Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2994 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

discussediscuss

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

Puritas changed it: 616 times in 377 works
Consistency: 99.3% (616 of 620)
Reach if approved: ~651 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: discuss
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 620 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (616 changes in 377 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 616)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it cannot be, but in one place at once. I am not heere to diſcuſſediscuss theſe points, but onely as falling in by the way, haply heereafter I may …
With rule
… it cannot be, but in one place at once. I am not heere to diſcuſſediscuss theſe points, but onely as falling in by the way, haply heereafter I may …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… knewe it proceeded frō an euill affection. The time will not serue me to discussediscuss the reasōs on both the sides: therfore I will speake of the case briefly …
With rule
… knewe it proceeded frō an euill affection. The time will not serue me to discussediscuss the reasōs on both the sides: therfore I will speake of the case briefly …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… contrary to his owne assertion, and my course with him, who deale with and discussediscuss as well his Ground… as his Arguments. But that I let passe.
With rule
… contrary to his owne assertion, and my course with him, who deale with and discussediscuss as well his Ground… as his Arguments. But that I let passe.
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they account them profound Authors, in regard of the many deepe queſtions which they diſcuſſediscuss: others in ſtudying Aſtrologie, Aſtronomie, Geometrie, and other parts of Mathematiques, becauſe they are …
With rule
… they account them profound Authors, in regard of the many deepe queſtions which they diſcuſſediscuss: others in ſtudying Aſtrologie, Aſtronomie, Geometrie, and other parts of Mathematiques, becauſe they are …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 530 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the church in particular, doth not belong vnto this place. Here we are to discussediscuss onely those generall exceptions, which haue bene taken at any time against them. First …
With rule
… the church in particular, doth not belong vnto this place. Here we are to discussediscuss onely those generall exceptions, which haue bene taken at any time against them. First …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… beleefe and perſeuerance in faith and holineſſe, doe chooſe vs to ſaluation? I will diſcuſſediscuss the queſtion after the former manner, in which I will propoſe diuers Articles.
With rule
… beleefe and perſeuerance in faith and holineſſe, doe chooſe vs to ſaluation? I will diſcuſſediscuss the queſtion after the former manner, in which I will propoſe diuers Articles.
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holy scripture will discussediscuss in one word. Yea and nature it selfe also will discussediscuss it, which requireth to haue the first things brought foorth in their perfect being …
With rule
… holy scripture will discussediscuss in one word. Yea and nature it selfe also will discussediscuss it, which requireth to haue the first things brought foorth in their perfect being …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… spirits, and had the truth inspired by visions, and immediat revelations, did never argue, discussediscuss, or reason of the things they spake and wrote; but only did declare and …
With rule
… spirits, and had the truth inspired by visions, and immediat revelations, did never argue, discussediscuss, or reason of the things they spake and wrote; but only did declare and …
John Preston · Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Gods Eye on His Israel A70158

Printed
3. DiscusseDiscuss the severall branches and tearms of the Text.
With rule
3. DiscusseDiscuss the severall branches and tearms of the Text.
Thomas Gataker · Gods Eye on His Israel · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb A80608

Printed
… ſubſcribe unto: nor doth this touch any concluſion of mine at all, much leſſe DiſcuſſeDiscuss, or ſhake it. For though I ſaid indeed, that for an erroneous and blinde …
With rule
… ſubſcribe unto: nor doth this touch any concluſion of mine at all, much leſſe DiſcuſſeDiscuss, or ſhake it. For though I ſaid indeed, that for an erroneous and blinde …
John Cotton · The Bloody Tenant Washed and Made White in the Blood of the Lamb · p. 32 · Open in the reader