Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3102 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stairesstairs

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

Puritas changed it: 491 times in 269 works
Consistency: 100% (491 of 491)
Reach if approved: ~516 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stairs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 491 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (491 changes in 269 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 491)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſelfe in the holes of the rocke, and in the ſecret places of the ſtairesstairs, Cant. 2.14. yet condemne her not raſhly: for her, and our beſt beloved, is ſo …
With rule
… ſelfe in the holes of the rocke, and in the ſecret places of the ſtairesstairs, Cant. 2.14. yet condemne her not raſhly: for her, and our beſt beloved, is ſo …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her ſelfe in the corners, not of the deſcent, but of the aſcent and ſtairesstairs of the rocke, although that in diuerſe reſpectes the ſide of a mountaine hath …
With rule
… her ſelfe in the corners, not of the deſcent, but of the aſcent and ſtairesstairs of the rocke, although that in diuerſe reſpectes the ſide of a mountaine hath …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe headlong from the pinacle of the temple, when hee might come downe the ſtairesstairs: for God will not haue vs neglect or deſpiſe the meanes which he hath …
With rule
… downe headlong from the pinacle of the temple, when hee might come downe the ſtairesstairs: for God will not haue vs neglect or deſpiſe the meanes which he hath …
John Smyth · A Pattern of True Prayer · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… first, second, and third grace of Christians) would keep the heart from these high stairesstairs, and straines of pride; it would fetch them off such mounted thoughts, and change …
With rule
… first, second, and third grace of Christians) would keep the heart from these high stairesstairs, and straines of pride; it would fetch them off such mounted thoughts, and change …
Thomas Taylor · The Rule of the Law Under the Gospel · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet dangerous for them to ſhoote the Bridge. At the length, comming to the ſtairesstairs, when ſhe lāded, and comming out of the barge, hauing one foote vpon the …
With rule
… yet dangerous for them to ſhoote the Bridge. At the length, comming to the ſtairesstairs, when ſhe lāded, and comming out of the barge, hauing one foote vpon the …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 270 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not the Pulpit a Philosophy, Logicke, Poetry, and Schoole, but all these so many StairesStairs to the Pulpit. Will you haue it? The Foxe dispraiseth the Grapes he cannot …
With rule
… not the Pulpit a Philosophy, Logicke, Poetry, and Schoole, but all these so many StairesStairs to the Pulpit. Will you haue it? The Foxe dispraiseth the Grapes he cannot …
Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſit in darknes, yet the faithful Miniſters of ſeuerall congregations are ſaid to be ſtairesstairs in his right hand, by which he giueth light vnto his church. If this …
With rule
… ſit in darknes, yet the faithful Miniſters of ſeuerall congregations are ſaid to be ſtairesstairs in his right hand, by which he giueth light vnto his church. If this …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
Let temples, stairesstairs, the porchis, and the ports,
With rule
Let temples, stairesstairs, the porchis, and the ports,
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.