Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3133 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

worthlesseworthless

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

Puritas changed it: 486 times in 246 works
Consistency: 98.1% (486 of 495)
Reach if approved: ~520 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: worthless
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 495 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (486 changes in 246 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 486)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… appeares the greatnesse of his loue▪ that he loued the world mundum immundism, the worthlesseworthless world lying in wickednesse, casting out its malice (saith the Prophet) as the fountaine …
With rule
… appeares the greatnesse of his loue▪ that he loued the world mundum immundism, the worthlesseworthless world lying in wickednesse, casting out its malice (saith the Prophet) as the fountaine …
John Boys · Exposition of the Festival Epistles and Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ptolemais) he had no longer right to the Kingdome; they objected he was a worthlesseworthless man, and unfortunate. On the other side, it was alledged for him, that to …
With rule
… Ptolemais) he had no longer right to the Kingdome; they objected he was a worthlesseworthless man, and unfortunate. On the other side, it was alledged for him, that to …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a glaſſe in place of a pearle, that is, ſheweth forth his counterfeit and worthleſſeworthless performances as if they were precious things, and if hee hath committed ſinne, with …
With rule
… a glaſſe in place of a pearle, that is, ſheweth forth his counterfeit and worthleſſeworthless performances as if they were precious things, and if hee hath committed ſinne, with …
Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so deare, else would he rid the world of a burthen, & himself of his worthlesseworthless life. But whether hath Tantalus carried me? Take heed (reader) he do not carry …
With rule
… so deare, else would he rid the world of a burthen, & himself of his worthlesseworthless life. But whether hath Tantalus carried me? Take heed (reader) he do not carry …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 274 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sorrow and misery. Briefly, as they are in every respect false, vile, vain, and worthlesseworthless: so cary they the titles of Vanities, lies, unprofitable, false-vanities, leasings; and Aven …
With rule
… sorrow and misery. Briefly, as they are in every respect false, vile, vain, and worthlesseworthless: so cary they the titles of Vanities, lies, unprofitable, false-vanities, leasings; and Aven …
Henry Ainsworth · An Arrow Against Idolatry · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to maintaine theſe or the like Scruples: Will God looke upon ſuch poore abject worthleſſeworthless Wretches? If I ſhould offer any Service, would he not contemne both it and …
With rule
… to maintaine theſe or the like Scruples: Will God looke upon ſuch poore abject worthleſſeworthless Wretches? If I ſhould offer any Service, would he not contemne both it and …
Samuel Torshell · The Saints Humiliation · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it good morrow, or good even; I meane, he paſſeth it by as a worthleſſeworthless, and a neglected thing. What great deſire have many to viſit farre Countries, and …
With rule
… it good morrow, or good even; I meane, he paſſeth it by as a worthleſſeworthless, and a neglected thing. What great deſire have many to viſit farre Countries, and …
Henry Whitfield · Helps to Stir Up to Christian Duties · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… penny wise, and pound foolish; they know how to set high prises upon the worthlesseworthless trash of this world, but for heavenly things, or the God that owes them …
With rule
… penny wise, and pound foolish; they know how to set high prises upon the worthlesseworthless trash of this world, but for heavenly things, or the God that owes them …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 634 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

6 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.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
… ſtates, the heavieſt bodies will aſcend ad ſupplendum vacuum, to fill up a vacuity. WorthleſſeWorthless men, like Apes and Monkies, will not be quiet till they have got to …
With rule
… ſtates, the heavieſt bodies will aſcend ad ſupplendum vacuum, to fill up a vacuity. WorthleſſeWorthless men, like Apes and Monkies, will not be quiet till they have got to …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 737 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
THough, WorthleſſeWorthless in my owne repute I am;
With rule
THough, WorthleſſeWorthless in my owne repute I am;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

A Cordial for a Fainting Soul A33955

Printed
The WorthleſſeWorthless Ambaſſadour of Ieſus Chriſt for thy ſouls good, and peace. IOH: COLLINGS. From my …
With rule
The WorthleſſeWorthless Ambaſſadour of Ieſus Chriſt for thy ſouls good, and peace. IOH: COLLINGS. From my …
John Collinges · A Cordial for a Fainting Soul · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John A63065

Printed
Verſe 21. As though we had been weak] i. e. WorthleſſeWorthless and ſpiritleſſe. But miſtake not your ſelves; I am another manner of man then …
With rule
Verſe 21. As though we had been weak] i. e. WorthleſſeWorthless and ſpiritleſſe. But miſtake not your ſelves; I am another manner of man then …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John · p. 172 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

Printed
for thou art vile] WorthleſſeWorthless, and weightleſſe. All wicked men are ſo, be they never ſo great, Pſal. 15.4. Dan …
With rule
for thou art vile] WorthleſſeWorthless, and weightleſſe. All wicked men are ſo, be they never ſo great, Pſal. 15.4. Dan …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 399 · Open in the reader

The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured A94758

Printed
… men but of God. No matter though ye he hid to all but God. WorthleſſeWorthless dayſes grow in ſight upon the ſurface, but pretious richeſt rarities are hid within …
With rule
… men but of God. No matter though ye he hid to all but God. WorthleſſeWorthless dayſes grow in ſight upon the ſurface, but pretious richeſt rarities are hid within …
Samuel Torshell · The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured · p. 150 · Open in the reader