Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3386 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

swearesswears

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

Puritas changed it: 389 times in 201 works
Consistency: 98.2% (389 of 396)
Reach if approved: ~416 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: swears
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 396 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (389 changes in 201 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 389)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The cities honors first he ſwearesswears:
With rule
The cities honors first he ſwearesswears:
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… middle of all this trouble he sinnes as much as euer he did, he swearesswears, he drinkes, and consens his neighbour as much as euer, he is as irreligeous …
With rule
… middle of all this trouble he sinnes as much as euer he did, he swearesswears, he drinkes, and consens his neighbour as much as euer, he is as irreligeous …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… difficult thing, you shall finde a need of all these helpes; for certainly God swearesswears not in vaine, he would not have bound himselfe with an oath, to be …
With rule
… difficult thing, you shall finde a need of all these helpes; for certainly God swearesswears not in vaine, he would not have bound himselfe with an oath, to be …
John Preston · The Saints Qualification · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much offended, and that diuers wayes. One is, when the Taker of the oath swearesswears against knowne trueth, for which indeed there is a penaltie which can hardly be …
With rule
… much offended, and that diuers wayes. One is, when the Taker of the oath swearesswears against knowne trueth, for which indeed there is a penaltie which can hardly be …
Francis Rous · Oil of Scorpions · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Alasse the profanesse of our dayes, that he that is drunke, diceth, cardeth, or swearesswears on the Saboth is counted honest and religious enough; and those that passe their …
With rule
… Alasse the profanesse of our dayes, that he that is drunke, diceth, cardeth, or swearesswears on the Saboth is counted honest and religious enough; and those that passe their …
Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · p. 119 · Open in the reader
Printed
To him, that, ſwearesswears What is untrue.
With rule
To him, that, ſwearesswears What is untrue.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he swore to a lye: for he that swearesswears, acknowledgeth the Being that he swearesswears by, greater then himselfe; which the Deuill scornes to doe. The Flatterer in auouching …
With rule
… he swore to a lye: for he that swearesswears, acknowledgeth the Being that he swearesswears by, greater then himselfe; which the Deuill scornes to doe. The Flatterer in auouching …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his forwardneſſe, to entertaine any pretence of ſheathing vp the ſwords of Iſrael; and ſwearesswears to Abner, that if it had not beene for his proud irritation, the people …
With rule
… his forwardneſſe, to entertaine any pretence of ſheathing vp the ſwords of Iſrael; and ſwearesswears to Abner, that if it had not beene for his proud irritation, the people …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 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 Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
SwearesSwears her cheekes roſes and her boſome ſnow,
With rule
SwearesSwears her cheekes roſes and her boſome ſnow,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
SwearesSwears he will thence with all the speed he can,
With rule
SwearesSwears he will thence with all the speed he can,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
SwearesSwears what's deni'd, and straight denyes what's sworne
With rule
SwearesSwears what's deni'd, and straight denyes what's sworne
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
That falſely SwearesSwears, or willingly Deceives.
With rule
That falſely SwearesSwears, or willingly Deceives.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Sermon Concerning Swearing A61835

Printed
… if expresly terminated on God, (as S^t Paul terminates the Rejoycing, by which he SwearesSwears, in Christ Jesus, 1. Cor. 15.31.) may be used in a secondary way of Attestation; that …
With rule
… if expresly terminated on God, (as S^t Paul terminates the Rejoycing, by which he SwearesSwears, in Christ Jesus, 1. Cor. 15.31.) may be used in a secondary way of Attestation; that …
William Strode · Sermon Concerning Swearing · p. 3 · Open in the reader