Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3315 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

meannessemeanness

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

Puritas changed it: 322 times in 220 works
Consistency: 97.2% (322 of 331)
Reach if approved: ~348 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: meanness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 331 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (322 changes in 220 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 322)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… I am ready to giue that judgement againſt my ſelfe, when I conſider the meanneſſemeanness of my condition, and the poore talent which I offer vnto you. But none …
With rule
… I am ready to giue that judgement againſt my ſelfe, when I conſider the meanneſſemeanness of my condition, and the poore talent which I offer vnto you. But none …
Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · Open in the reader
Printed
… preferment so high as theirs, Esay 56.4, 5. And this is the greater priviledge, because no meannessemeanness or contemptiblenesse of condition on earth can bar them from the enjoying of this …
With rule
… preferment so high as theirs, Esay 56.4, 5. And this is the greater priviledge, because no meannessemeanness or contemptiblenesse of condition on earth can bar them from the enjoying of this …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 646 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to a King, 2. Kings 7. So is good counſell neuer the worſe for the giuers meanneſſemeanness. Much loy may a Miniſter haue that he hath ſo inriched his flocke, that …
With rule
… to a King, 2. Kings 7. So is good counſell neuer the worſe for the giuers meanneſſemeanness. Much loy may a Miniſter haue that he hath ſo inriched his flocke, that …
Jeremiah Dyke · A Caveat for Archippus · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… SIXTH Duty to God is HUMILITY, that is, such a sense of our own meannessemeanness and his excellency, as may work in us lowly and unfeigned submission to him …
With rule
… SIXTH Duty to God is HUMILITY, that is, such a sense of our own meannessemeanness and his excellency, as may work in us lowly and unfeigned submission to him …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Man · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from contempt; it may not bee so base and niggardly as that the very meannessemeanness of his estate, may make him vile, and contemptible; yea this double honour this …
With rule
… from contempt; it may not bee so base and niggardly as that the very meannessemeanness of his estate, may make him vile, and contemptible; yea this double honour this …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 810 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I should belie mine owne knowledge, and as I suppose, your opinion of my meannessemeanness. Furthermore, for deeper speculations, new-minted Divinity, or elder Heresies buried in hell with …
With rule
… I should belie mine owne knowledge, and as I suppose, your opinion of my meannessemeanness. Furthermore, for deeper speculations, new-minted Divinity, or elder Heresies buried in hell with …
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but consider what great things he workes, by the foolishnesse of Preaching, and the meannessemeanness of his Ordinances the Sacraments, he beates downe strong holds, he builds us up …
With rule
… but consider what great things he workes, by the foolishnesse of Preaching, and the meannessemeanness of his Ordinances the Sacraments, he beates downe strong holds, he builds us up …
Richard Sibbes · Christs Exaltation Purchased by Humiliation · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſlender authoritie or power, by reaſon of their youth, or upon other conſiderations of meanneſſemeanness of eſtate, or the like, that their owne admonitions are not likely to prevaile …
With rule
… ſlender authoritie or power, by reaſon of their youth, or upon other conſiderations of meanneſſemeanness of eſtate, or the like, that their owne admonitions are not likely to prevaile …
William Whately · Prototypes · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Period of the Persian Monarchy A09268

Printed
… minde, and not onely for civill freedome: in the compound euer foreign: in the abstract foreign, MeannesseMeanness, Base, Basenesse: See plenty of instances in Scapula & Stephanus. p. 88. l. 26. r. foreign.
With rule
… minde, and not onely for civill freedome: in the compound euer foreign: in the abstract foreign, MeannesseMeanness, Base, Basenesse: See plenty of instances in Scapula & Stephanus. p. 88. l. 26. r. foreign.
William Pemble · The Period of the Persian Monarchy · Open in the reader

Eighteen Sermons A23716

Printed
… be here in a state of Plenty, Splendor, and Magnificence; but of Poverty, and MeannesseMeanness; giving an Example to his followers, whose condition could not but be such. To …
With rule
… be here in a state of Plenty, Splendor, and Magnificence; but of Poverty, and MeannesseMeanness; giving an Example to his followers, whose condition could not but be such. To …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Love: but to exercise this, God did descend from Glory into the extremity of MeannesseMeanness. 'Tis Bowels that expresse compassion, and tender kindnesse: Now those we know of all …
With rule
… Love: but to exercise this, God did descend from Glory into the extremity of MeannesseMeanness. 'Tis Bowels that expresse compassion, and tender kindnesse: Now those we know of all …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 318 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… ſight of their owne actions, it ſhewes them a falſe glaſſe to looke in. MeanneſſeMeanness of ſtare (that I can finde) hath none ſo great inconuenience. I am no …
With rule
… ſight of their owne actions, it ſhewes them a falſe glaſſe to looke in. MeanneſſeMeanness of ſtare (that I can finde) hath none ſo great inconuenience. I am no …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the earth) comes forth with the bare mention of the place of his birth; MeanneſſeMeanness of deſcent is no blocke in Gods way to the moſt honourable vocations; It …
With rule
… the earth) comes forth with the bare mention of the place of his birth; MeanneſſeMeanness of deſcent is no blocke in Gods way to the moſt honourable vocations; It …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1330 · Open in the reader

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
Let me not for my MeanneſſeMeanness be diſpiſ'd,
With rule
Let me not for my MeanneſſeMeanness be diſpiſ'd,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader

The Mystical Brazen Serpent A77504

Printed
2. The MeanneſſeMeanness of his condition. Thus the phraſe is ſometime uſed in Scripture, carrying a Tapeinôſis …
With rule
2. The MeanneſſeMeanness of his condition. Thus the phraſe is ſometime uſed in Scripture, carrying a Tapeinôſis …
John Brinsley · The Mystical Brazen Serpent · p. 14 · Open in the reader