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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3093 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

showesshows

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

Puritas changed it
746 times in 257 works
Consistency
98.5% (746 of 757)
Reach if approved
~795 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: shows
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
757 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (746 changes in 257 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 746)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be proued ſo to be out of other places. Of the ſame minde Hierome ſhowesshows himſelfe to haue beene in his 19. Homilie vpon Eſay, noting that therefore it is …
    With rule
    … be proued ſo to be out of other places. Of the ſame minde Hierome ſhowesshows himſelfe to haue beene in his 19. Homilie vpon Eſay, noting that therefore it is …

    Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 307 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … iourney of gentelmen arayed all together in sylk, so much as th…ir very showesshows and lynynge of theyr boutes, much more lyke their mothers then mē of warre …
    With rule
    … iourney of gentelmen arayed all together in sylk, so much as th…ir very showesshows and lynynge of theyr boutes, much more lyke their mothers then mē of warre …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    The pioust showesshows have …earce beene voluntary.
    With rule
    The pioust showesshows have …earce beene voluntary.

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Who, wickedly pretending goodly showesshows,
    With rule
    Who, wickedly pretending goodly showesshows,

    George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … me to immortalyte, in case I perseuer in fayth to the ende. He putteth showesshows vpon my fete, so sequesteringe my carnall affecciōs & so preparyng my pathwayes into the …
    With rule
    … me to immortalyte, in case I perseuer in fayth to the ende. He putteth showesshows vpon my fete, so sequesteringe my carnall affecciōs & so preparyng my pathwayes into the …

    John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … brag, that a pearle is a womans serjeant to wait upon her, when shee showesshows her selfe abroad?
    With rule
    … brag, that a pearle is a womans serjeant to wait upon her, when shee showesshows her selfe abroad?

    William Loe · The Incomparable Jewel · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Schooles of Lecherie and Ribaudrie: Or for that they had not made their wonted showesshows of Fensers and Swordplayers; that is to say, of men that slewe one another …
    With rule
    … Schooles of Lecherie and Ribaudrie: Or for that they had not made their wonted showesshows of Fensers and Swordplayers; that is to say, of men that slewe one another …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 397 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Where with continuall showesshows and pleasant sights,
    With rule
    Where with continuall showesshows and pleasant sights,

    Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

  • Printed
    … ought so much the more to shunne his fellowship, lest they bee deceived with ShowesShows.
    With rule
    … ought so much the more to shunne his fellowship, lest they bee deceived with ShowesShows.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … Maiestie of God, but also inferiour to the discretion of a man? as Gamings, ShowesShows, Stageplayes, Ronnings of Horses, Iusts, a thousand sorts of Combats, Swordplayings, Wrestlings, Buffetings and …
    With rule
    … Maiestie of God, but also inferiour to the discretion of a man? as Gamings, ShowesShows, Stageplayes, Ronnings of Horses, Iusts, a thousand sorts of Combats, Swordplayings, Wrestlings, Buffetings and …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 360 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … was eyther because some Dauncer or Gambolder had displeased them at the Gamings and ShowesShows in the Kirke, or because some Malefactor had bin conueyed that way to the …
    With rule
    … was eyther because some Dauncer or Gambolder had displeased them at the Gamings and ShowesShows in the Kirke, or because some Malefactor had bin conueyed that way to the …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 397 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

  • Printed
    For d…efull ShowesShows: yea, DEATH on them did sit.
    With rule
    For d…efull ShowesShows: yea, DEATH on them did sit.

    George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

  • Printed
    When ShowesShows no show retaine,
    With rule
    When ShowesShows no show retaine,

    George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 186 · Open in the reader

Of Relics A17729

  • Printed
    … already ſayde, doth ſufficiently ſhew what impudencye it is, to brynge forth nowe the ShowesShows of Chriſt whyche the Apoſtles them ſelues had not in their time.
    With rule
    … already ſayde, doth ſufficiently ſhew what impudencye it is, to brynge forth nowe the ShowesShows of Chriſt whyche the Apoſtles them ſelues had not in their time.

    John Calvin · Of Relics · Open in the reader