Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3026 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

helplessehelpless

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

Puritas changed it: 444 times in 265 works
Consistency: 99.5% (444 of 446)
Reach if approved: ~469 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: helpless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 446 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (444 changes in 265 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 444)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to be extinct, whom GOD had most miraculously brought vnto the Crowne, being a helplessehelpless Uirgin, naked and vnarmed, had the victory of all pollicies and armed powers, prepared …
With rule
… to be extinct, whom GOD had most miraculously brought vnto the Crowne, being a helplessehelpless Uirgin, naked and vnarmed, had the victory of all pollicies and armed powers, prepared …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 246 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Name is called, Esay 4. 5, 6. Although (saith the Lord) they may seeme to bee helplessehelpless, notwithstanding this (saith the Lord) feare not, I will create a cloud by day …
With rule
… his Name is called, Esay 4. 5, 6. Although (saith the Lord) they may seeme to bee helplessehelpless, notwithstanding this (saith the Lord) feare not, I will create a cloud by day …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deare children of God, yea Chriſt himſelfe was afflicted and deſolate that that is helpleſſehelpless.
With rule
… deare children of God, yea Chriſt himſelfe was afflicted and deſolate that that is helpleſſehelpless.
John Smyth · The Bright Morning Star · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and violence) ſéeke thy peoples deſtruction and vtter vndoing. But let vs (that are helpleſſehelpless and gréeuouſly afflicted) take a little breth and receiue ſome comfort vnder thy ſtrong …
With rule
… and violence) ſéeke thy peoples deſtruction and vtter vndoing. But let vs (that are helpleſſehelpless and gréeuouſly afflicted) take a little breth and receiue ſome comfort vnder thy ſtrong …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
Let it be in my mouth a helplessehelpless sore,
With rule
Let it be in my mouth a helplessehelpless sore,
George Wither · A Satire · Open in the reader
Printed
… your sonne-in-law dieth poore, leauing a poore widow, and so many small helplessehelpless orphanes behind him; is she not now your daughter still, and are not her …
With rule
… your sonne-in-law dieth poore, leauing a poore widow, and so many small helplessehelpless orphanes behind him; is she not now your daughter still, and are not her …
Henry Burton · A Censure of Simony · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, the Soule of a poore ſinner that ſeeth all meanes helpleſſehelpless and hopeleſſe in themſelves, will freely confeſſe and acknowledge (and that openly) that the …
With rule
Firſt, the Soule of a poore ſinner that ſeeth all meanes helpleſſehelpless and hopeleſſe in themſelves, will freely confeſſe and acknowledge (and that openly) that the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Humiliation · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath ingaged you to the ſervice of Sions deliverance: if you ſhould leaue Sion helpleſſehelpless (which God forbid,) it were in a manner hopeleſſe. To inlarge theſe motives to …
With rule
… hath ingaged you to the ſervice of Sions deliverance: if you ſhould leaue Sion helpleſſehelpless (which God forbid,) it were in a manner hopeleſſe. To inlarge theſe motives to …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · 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.

The Tempestuous Soul Calmed by Jesus Christ A90691

Printed
… his own free promiſe, Jer. 31. I will give them a heart to know me; HelpleſſeHelpless ſinner what wouldſt thou have more? Haſt thou not a ſpiritual heart? I will …
With rule
… his own free promiſe, Jer. 31. I will give them a heart to know me; HelpleſſeHelpless ſinner what wouldſt thou have more? Haſt thou not a ſpiritual heart? I will …
Anthony Palmer · The Tempestuous Soul Calmed by Jesus Christ · p. 38 · Open in the reader