Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3374 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

speechespeech

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

Puritas changed it: 431 times in 99 works
Consistency: 99.0% (431 of 435)
Reach if approved: ~457 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: speech
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 435 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (431 changes in 99 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 431)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… mercie frame thēſelues to helpe their néedie brother. Wherefore (deare Chriſtians) I directe my ſpeechespeech vnto you, whome GOD in great mercie hathe bleſſed with plentifull increaſe of the …
With rule
… mercie frame thēſelues to helpe their néedie brother. Wherefore (deare Chriſtians) I directe my ſpeechespeech vnto you, whome GOD in great mercie hathe bleſſed with plentifull increaſe of the …
John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for one and the ſelfe ſame cauſe. For this were toto groſſe a kinde … ſpeechespeech, to ſay that God, or the bodie of Go… … or the fleſh ſhould be …
With rule
… for one and the ſelfe ſame cauſe. For this were toto groſſe a kinde … ſpeechespeech, to ſay that God, or the bodie of Go… … or the fleſh ſhould be …
Pierre Viret · Ceremonies of the Monstrous Popish Mass · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in order before the afternoone. I anſwere ſuch liberty though God doth take in ſpeechespeech, for inſtance, to goe no farther for an example, ſee Geneſ. 1.2.3.4.5. darkeneſſe was for …
With rule
… in order before the afternoone. I anſwere ſuch liberty though God doth take in ſpeechespeech, for inſtance, to goe no farther for an example, ſee Geneſ. 1.2.3.4.5. darkeneſſe was for …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… turneth himſelf vnto prayer, and by litle & litle draweth toward an ende of his ſpeechespeech: though it be rather an expreſſing of a deſire, then a direct prayer. As …
With rule
… turneth himſelf vnto prayer, and by litle & litle draweth toward an ende of his ſpeechespeech: though it be rather an expreſſing of a deſire, then a direct prayer. As …
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 489 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is in bondage, with her children.) First let vs here obserue, that manner of speechespeech whyche the Apostle vseth, when hee sayeth that Agar is the mount Sinay, whereas …
With rule
… is in bondage, with her children.) First let vs here obserue, that manner of speechespeech whyche the Apostle vseth, when hee sayeth that Agar is the mount Sinay, whereas …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that we ſhoulde ſerue him? This is a ſeconde note of vngodlineſſe, an vſuall ſpeechespeech of vngodly hartes, howeſoeuer the tongue be cleare of it. For in deede they …
With rule
… that we ſhoulde ſerue him? This is a ſeconde note of vngodlineſſe, an vſuall ſpeechespeech of vngodly hartes, howeſoeuer the tongue be cleare of it. For in deede they …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… from it: and he scarsly passeth any one dialog, wherein he hath not some speechespeech thereof; meaning doutlesse to do vs to vnderstand, that without that, all Philosophie and …
With rule
… from it: and he scarsly passeth any one dialog, wherein he hath not some speechespeech thereof; meaning doutlesse to do vs to vnderstand, that without that, all Philosophie and …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 346 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this word of GOD ſome ſignes, with certaine rites and orders, that ſo the ſpeechespeech may not onelie beate orders, but alſo the thinges that are looked vppon may …
With rule
… this word of GOD ſome ſignes, with certaine rites and orders, that ſo the ſpeechespeech may not onelie beate orders, but alſo the thinges that are looked vppon may …
Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 50 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… is alreadie aſſuredlie knowen with God. And this is a phraze or maner of SpeecheSpeech vſuall in the Scriptures, as Epheſ. lj. Ye were ſtrangers from the couenauntes of …
With rule
… is alreadie aſſuredlie knowen with God. And this is a phraze or maner of SpeecheSpeech vſuall in the Scriptures, as Epheſ. lj. Ye were ſtrangers from the couenauntes of …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… vttered first when he founded the world; I adiure thee by the onely begotten SpeecheSpeech, and by the Father who conteyneth all things, &c. There is no man but …
With rule
… vttered first when he founded the world; I adiure thee by the onely begotten SpeecheSpeech, and by the Father who conteyneth all things, &c. There is no man but …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 72 · Open in the reader

Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God A13881

Printed
Now this correction is off two ſortes: and is done either by SpeecheSpeech or wordes only / as when a man is rubuked for ſome fault which he …
With rule
Now this correction is off two ſortes: and is done either by SpeecheSpeech or wordes only / as when a man is rubuked for ſome fault which he …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 163 · Open in the reader