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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3098 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sloweslow

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

Puritas changed it
334 times in 167 works
Consistency
98.2% (334 of 340)
Reach if approved
~357 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: slow
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
340 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (334 changes in 167 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 334)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … thing to be spoken, and of the ende. Iames requireth that men should be sloweslow to speake, and swift to heare. Salomon saith, Hee that answereth a matter before …
    With rule
    … thing to be spoken, and of the ende. Iames requireth that men should be sloweslow to speake, and swift to heare. Salomon saith, Hee that answereth a matter before …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 716 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    When you ſhalbe ſicke, be not ſloweslow to pray to God, and he will heale thee. Hee healeth thoſe that are …
    With rule
    When you ſhalbe ſicke, be not ſloweslow to pray to God, and he will heale thee. Hee healeth thoſe that are …

    Theodore Beza · Household Prayers · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Wee are as sloweslow to come to the Church, as the Rauen was to come to the Arke …
    With rule
    Wee are as sloweslow to come to the Church, as the Rauen was to come to the Arke …

    Henry Smith · The Sinful Mans Search · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … as euer the seed falls on it, are they good ground that are so sloweslow and heauie to any good fruits, as somtime they are, resoluing seuen and seuen …
    With rule
    … as euer the seed falls on it, are they good ground that are so sloweslow and heauie to any good fruits, as somtime they are, resoluing seuen and seuen …

    Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 385 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … amongst the negligent nomber may be rekoned the Gentiles, of whom many are ouer sloweslow, and sluggish to enter into due consideration of Gods goodnes, but quicksighted enough, to …
    With rule
    … amongst the negligent nomber may be rekoned the Gentiles, of whom many are ouer sloweslow, and sluggish to enter into due consideration of Gods goodnes, but quicksighted enough, to …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … but heauy footed, ripe in the top, dead at the roote, nimble▪chapt, and ſloweslow handed. There is none end of their hearing, new inſtruments, new voyces, new tunes …
    With rule
    … but heauy footed, ripe in the top, dead at the roote, nimble▪chapt, and ſloweslow handed. There is none end of their hearing, new inſtruments, new voyces, new tunes …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 334 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of sinners but would haue al men to repent, and be saued: Thou art sloweslow to anger and redy to forgiue: Thy wrath is consaued in the morning and …
    With rule
    … of sinners but would haue al men to repent, and be saued: Thou art sloweslow to anger and redy to forgiue: Thy wrath is consaued in the morning and …

    Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and ſtones & ſtockes in the ſtede of our neyghbour / & of the ſayd goodꝭ, onely ſloweslow belyes, & ydell ſwyne are fat fedde in the tēples, churches, and monaſteryes. Nowe to …
    With rule
    … and ſtones & ſtockes in the ſtede of our neyghbour / & of the ſayd goodꝭ, onely ſloweslow belyes, & ydell ſwyne are fat fedde in the tēples, churches, and monaſteryes. Nowe to …

    Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 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 Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

  • Printed
    … And if Hee call thee a foole, thou art one. And then Hee ſayes, SloweSlow of heart to beleeue concerning Chriſt the Meſſias. Before I come to the words …
    With rule
    … And if Hee call thee a foole, thou art one. And then Hee ſayes, SloweSlow of heart to beleeue concerning Chriſt the Meſſias. Before I come to the words …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 371 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Titus A13535

  • Printed
    SloweSlow bellies.]
    With rule
    SloweSlow bellies.]

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 253 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    SloweSlow to anger. sig:
    With rule
    SloweSlow to anger. sig:

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 452 · Open in the reader

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

  • Printed
    … he doth yet, becauſe his goodneſſe is immenſurable & infinite. Now there is alſo added, SloweSlow to anger. This flowneſſe to anger declareth that God prouideth for the ſaueguard of …
    With rule
    … he doth yet, becauſe his goodneſſe is immenſurable & infinite. Now there is alſo added, SloweSlow to anger. This flowneſſe to anger declareth that God prouideth for the ſaueguard of …

    John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056