Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3371 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sowessows

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

Puritas changed it: 393 times in 249 works
Consistency: 96.8% (393 of 406)
Reach if approved: ~427 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sows
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 406 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (393 changes in 249 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 393)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… this ſhould then prove a great ſin, like to that of the huſbandman that ſowessows his field on the Sabath day. To beare a burden vpon the Sabath is …
With rule
… this ſhould then prove a great ſin, like to that of the huſbandman that ſowessows his field on the Sabath day. To beare a burden vpon the Sabath is …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 437 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeed time? Gal. 6. chap. and the 8, verſ. the Apoſtle makes it cleere, He that ſowessows to the fleſh, ſhall of the fleſh reape corruption: but he that ſowessows to …
With rule
… ſeed time? Gal. 6. chap. and the 8, verſ. the Apoſtle makes it cleere, He that ſowessows to the fleſh, ſhall of the fleſh reape corruption: but he that ſowessows to …
John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo, the Paſtor ſhould haue his eye on his ground vpon the which he ſowessows the ſeede of the word, that is, his flock, and ſee how it fructifies …
With rule
… ſo, the Paſtor ſhould haue his eye on his ground vpon the which he ſowessows the ſeede of the word, that is, his flock, and ſee how it fructifies …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reward, we are to be prouoked to the workes of mercie. As a man sowessows, so shall he reape, sowe mercy and reape mercy, sowe liberally, and reape liberally …
With rule
… reward, we are to be prouoked to the workes of mercie. As a man sowessows, so shall he reape, sowe mercy and reape mercy, sowe liberally, and reape liberally …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
Or, there, doth reape the fruit of what he ſowessows,
With rule
Or, there, doth reape the fruit of what he ſowessows,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therein we ſee how the prouidence of God ſhineth: namely, whileſt the husband-man ſowessows, the raine flowes; which miniſtreth moiſture and iuyce vnto the earth: moreouer, before the …
With rule
… therein we ſee how the prouidence of God ſhineth: namely, whileſt the husband-man ſowessows, the raine flowes; which miniſtreth moiſture and iuyce vnto the earth: moreouer, before the …
John Calvin · Lectures on Jeremiah · p. 302 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who sowessows …he seas, or plowes the easy shore?
With rule
Who sowessows …he seas, or plowes the easy shore?
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Prophet, sow to your selues in righteousnesse, reape in mercy, Hos. 10.12. He that sowessows mercy, shall reape mercy, and in the same measure that he sowessows, shall he …
With rule
… the Prophet, sow to your selues in righteousnesse, reape in mercy, Hos. 10.12. He that sowessows mercy, shall reape mercy, and in the same measure that he sowessows, shall he …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 184 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
To performe, and do wicked workes with diligence and pleasure. Pro. He that SowesSows iniquity, shall reape affliction.
With rule
To performe, and do wicked workes with diligence and pleasure. Pro. He that SowesSows iniquity, shall reape affliction.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 458 · Open in the reader
Printed
25 Spirituall exercises, of Prayer, Meditation, hearing, &c. Gala. 6, 8. Hee that SowesSows to the Spirit; that is, he that exerciseth himselfe in spirituall duties.
With rule
25 Spirituall exercises, of Prayer, Meditation, hearing, &c. Gala. 6, 8. Hee that SowesSows to the Spirit; that is, he that exerciseth himselfe in spirituall duties.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 462 · Open in the reader