Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3015 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fortressefortress

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

Puritas changed it: 575 times in 291 works
Consistency: 99.3% (575 of 579)
Reach if approved: ~608 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fortress
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 579 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (575 changes in 291 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 575)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… all comfort taken away from her: And yet so mighty, and strong, was the fortressefortress of her faith, that this most bitter assault preuailed not to ouerthrow it. For …
With rule
… all comfort taken away from her: And yet so mighty, and strong, was the fortressefortress of her faith, that this most bitter assault preuailed not to ouerthrow it. For …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my God: my ſtrength, my defence, the God of my mercy, my rocke, my fortreſſefortress, my deliuerer, my buckler, the horne of my ſalvation, mine high tower, &c. That …
With rule
… my God: my ſtrength, my defence, the God of my mercy, my rocke, my fortreſſefortress, my deliuerer, my buckler, the horne of my ſalvation, mine high tower, &c. That …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out all; this is the reaſon why the Devill labours to make up this fortreſſefortress above all the reſt, becauſe he knowes, if any man have an unbeleeving heart …
With rule
… out all; this is the reaſon why the Devill labours to make up this fortreſſefortress above all the reſt, becauſe he knowes, if any man have an unbeleeving heart …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaning vnto the hold of their profeſſion of the trueth, as vnto a ſufficient fortreſſefortress: doe not ſubmit themſelues to any often and earneſt vſe of the woorde and …
With rule
… leaning vnto the hold of their profeſſion of the trueth, as vnto a ſufficient fortreſſefortress: doe not ſubmit themſelues to any often and earneſt vſe of the woorde and …
John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sure & …esent cōforte in all necessitie, y^u alone arte oure helpe, our bulworcke, oure fortressefortress and our most mightie and strongly defenced towre. Thou, O God, art oure refuge …
With rule
… sure & …esent cōforte in all necessitie, y^u alone arte oure helpe, our bulworcke, oure fortressefortress and our most mightie and strongly defenced towre. Thou, O God, art oure refuge …
Thomas Becon · The Physic of the Soul · Open in the reader
Printed
… in imitation of the royall Prophet, Pſa. 18.2. The Lord is my rocke, and my fortreſſefortress, and my deliuerer: my God, my ſtrength in whom I will truſt, my buckler …
With rule
… in imitation of the royall Prophet, Pſa. 18.2. The Lord is my rocke, and my fortreſſefortress, and my deliuerer: my God, my ſtrength in whom I will truſt, my buckler …
Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so strong, that when Satan sets upon you, it may be as a strong fortressefortress to hold out against all assaults; why is your faith so weake then? what …
With rule
… so strong, that when Satan sets upon you, it may be as a strong fortressefortress to hold out against all assaults; why is your faith so weake then? what …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of our minde vnto the trueth and promiſe of God, as vnto the only fortreſſefortress of our ſaluation.
With rule
… of our minde vnto the trueth and promiſe of God, as vnto the only fortreſſefortress of our ſaluation.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Englands Fortress A79263

Printed
ENGLANDS FORTRESSEFORTRESS: Exemplified In the moſt Renowned and Victorious, his Excellency, the Lord Fairfax, Commander in …
With rule
ENGLANDS FORTRESSEFORTRESS: Exemplified In the moſt Renowned and Victorious, his Excellency, the Lord Fairfax, Commander in …
Edward Calver · Englands Fortress · Open in the reader