Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3192 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

boughesboughs

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

Puritas changed it: 520 times in 246 works
Consistency: 95.2% (520 of 546)
Reach if approved: ~574 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: boughs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 546 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (520 changes in 246 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 520)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Sir Iohn Audley knight, and others were moued ſo to do; and cutte downe boughesboughs, and threw them into the fire.
With rule
… Sir Iohn Audley knight, and others were moued ſo to do; and cutte downe boughesboughs, and threw them into the fire.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would deſtroy a tree, and doth no more then lop and ſhred off certain boughesboughs and twigs, leauing the ſtumpe and roote behinde: for ſo long as this doeth …
With rule
… would deſtroy a tree, and doth no more then lop and ſhred off certain boughesboughs and twigs, leauing the ſtumpe and roote behinde: for ſo long as this doeth …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the heathen to plant it, which couereth the mountaines with the shadow of the boughesboughs, & spreads the branches vnto the sea and the riuers: It is like the Sunne …
With rule
… the heathen to plant it, which couereth the mountaines with the shadow of the boughesboughs, & spreads the branches vnto the sea and the riuers: It is like the Sunne …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and meditate, &c. What adoe is here? what, ſo much fruite will breake the boughesboughs. Alas, is this to anſwer the coſt that God hath beſtowed on us? The …
With rule
… and meditate, &c. What adoe is here? what, ſo much fruite will breake the boughesboughs. Alas, is this to anſwer the coſt that God hath beſtowed on us? The …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. He prayed vnto the Lord, and the Lord badde him cut downe boughesboughs, & caft the into the waters, and they were made ſweet.
With rule
A. He prayed vnto the Lord, and the Lord badde him cut downe boughesboughs, & caft the into the waters, and they were made ſweet.
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of all ſeeds in the beginning, but whē it is growne, it maketh great boughesboughs. ſo that the birds of the aire (that is, as Expoſitors interprete, the greateſt …
With rule
… of all ſeeds in the beginning, but whē it is growne, it maketh great boughesboughs. ſo that the birds of the aire (that is, as Expoſitors interprete, the greateſt …
Gabriel Powel · The Papists Reasons of State and Religion · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ivie is faſtned and incor porated into the wall, a man may cut the boughesboughs and branches, but hee can never roote it out except hee pull downe the …
With rule
… Ivie is faſtned and incor porated into the wall, a man may cut the boughesboughs and branches, but hee can never roote it out except hee pull downe the …
Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
In lowest-ground, that …rst on boughesboughs so tall,
With rule
In lowest-ground, that …rst on boughesboughs so tall,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
Palme tree, Exod. 15. 27. BoughesBoughs of Palm-trees and other the like used at the feast of Tabernacles, Lev. 23. 40.
With rule
Palme tree, Exod. 15. 27. BoughesBoughs of Palm-trees and other the like used at the feast of Tabernacles, Lev. 23. 40.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

The Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament Translated Into English A15622

Printed
BoughesBoughs of the palme tree be tokens of triumph and victorie.
With rule
BoughesBoughs of the palme tree be tokens of triumph and victorie.
Clergy George Wither · The Marginal Notes of the Popish Testament Translated Into English · p. 286 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
The BoughesBoughs of Bayes and Olives, doe declare,
With rule
The BoughesBoughs of Bayes and Olives, doe declare,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
14. BoughesBoughs of palme trees, and they went out to meet him. The Palme tree was …
With rule
14. BoughesBoughs of palme trees, and they went out to meet him. The Palme tree was …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 286 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 A42016

Printed
… to cut down which was very great, whoſe top was in the Clouds, whoſe BoughesBoughs extended very farre, in whoſe branches the Fowls did make their Neſts, and under …
With rule
… to cut down which was very great, whoſe top was in the Clouds, whoſe BoughesBoughs extended very farre, in whoſe branches the Fowls did make their Neſts, and under …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 54 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… our preſent purpoſe. Firſt, there's the perplexity of it. And Secondly, there's the agitation. BoughesBoughs they uſually catch, and intangle one in another, and boughesboughs they are eaſily ſhaken …
With rule
… our preſent purpoſe. Firſt, there's the perplexity of it. And Secondly, there's the agitation. BoughesBoughs they uſually catch, and intangle one in another, and boughesboughs they are eaſily ſhaken …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 159 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Gospels and Acts A63067

Printed
… to turn to. Thus the heaviest ears of corn stoop most toward the ground: BoughesBoughs the more laden they …, the more low they hang: and the more direct the …
With rule
… to turn to. Thus the heaviest ears of corn stoop most toward the ground: BoughesBoughs the more laden they …, the more low they hang: and the more direct the …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · p. 45 · Open in the reader

The Right Receiving of Christ A81950

Printed
… is impoſſible a man ſhould perſevere, and continue, unleſſe he be rooted in Chriſt. BoughesBoughs pluckt off from trees, being ſet in water, may looke freſh and greene for …
With rule
… is impoſſible a man ſhould perſevere, and continue, unleſſe he be rooted in Chriſt. BoughesBoughs pluckt off from trees, being ſet in water, may looke freſh and greene for …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Right Receiving of Christ · p. 97 · Open in the reader

The Figless Fig Tree A91944

Printed
Firſt, In reſpect of Shape, A Tree hath its Root, Trunk, or Body, BoughesBoughs, Branches, and ſmaller twiggs iſſuing from thence: Man's Head is his Root, his Body …
With rule
Firſt, In reſpect of Shape, A Tree hath its Root, Trunk, or Body, BoughesBoughs, Branches, and ſmaller twiggs iſſuing from thence: Man's Head is his Root, his Body …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when it is ſtubbed, and cut up by the roots, down falls all, both BoughesBoughs and Body: Of ſuch a nature is the Judgment denounced againſt this Figg-Tree …
With rule
… when it is ſtubbed, and cut up by the roots, down falls all, both BoughesBoughs and Body: Of ſuch a nature is the Judgment denounced againſt this Figg-Tree …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Figless Fig Tree · p. 282 · Open in the reader