Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3387 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

swiftnesseswiftness

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

Puritas changed it: 482 times in 245 works
Consistency: 99.7% (482 of 483)
Reach if approved: ~507 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: swiftness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 483 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (482 changes in 245 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 482)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… al runne, non pedum celeritate, ſed virtute, pietate, fide: our running is, not by ſwiftneſſeswiftness of foot, but by vertue, piety, and faith. And we runne for a price …
With rule
… al runne, non pedum celeritate, ſed virtute, pietate, fide: our running is, not by ſwiftneſſeswiftness of foot, but by vertue, piety, and faith. And we runne for a price …
Sebastian Benefield · The Haven of the Afflicted · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bring any enterprise to pafse, it would alwayes doe it; If it were the swiftnesseswiftness of him that runs, that could get the race, If it were the strength …
With rule
… bring any enterprise to pafse, it would alwayes doe it; If it were the swiftnesseswiftness of him that runs, that could get the race, If it were the strength …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gifts and qualities of the body; as the Horſe in ſtrength, the Roe in ſwiftneſſeswiftness, the Lion in courage, &c. (wherein wee are not able to compare with them …
With rule
… gifts and qualities of the body; as the Horſe in ſtrength, the Roe in ſwiftneſſeswiftness, the Lion in courage, &c. (wherein wee are not able to compare with them …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God at any time, and his waies are unsearchable, and past finding out. The swiftnesseswiftness of the windes may note Gods omni-presence, who is saide to ride on …
With rule
… God at any time, and his waies are unsearchable, and past finding out. The swiftnesseswiftness of the windes may note Gods omni-presence, who is saide to ride on …
Thomas Taylor · A Man in Christ · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Tigris, not as Hierome thinketh of the beast called the Tiger, because of the swiftnesseswiftness of the streame: but Tigris in the language of the Medes signifieth a shaft …
With rule
… Tigris, not as Hierome thinketh of the beast called the Tiger, because of the swiftnesseswiftness of the streame: but Tigris in the language of the Medes signifieth a shaft …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Judgement, yet he commeth ſurely; and in the end, what hee wanted in ſwiftneſſeswiftness, ſhall be ſupplyed in ſevereneſſe.
With rule
… to Judgement, yet he commeth ſurely; and in the end, what hee wanted in ſwiftneſſeswiftness, ſhall be ſupplyed in ſevereneſſe.
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… feared: yea alſo the enemies of Iſrael were accounted fearefull in regard of their ſwiftneſſeswiftness, That they came hastily with ſpeede. How terrible will all theſe make an enemie …
With rule
… feared: yea alſo the enemies of Iſrael were accounted fearefull in regard of their ſwiftneſſeswiftness, That they came hastily with ſpeede. How terrible will all theſe make an enemie …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… weake profeſſion of the Goſpel, ſuch greate ſucceſſe through the ſmal ſucceſſe therof, ſuch ſwiftneſſeswiftness through the ſlackneſſe in it: that ſetting vpon the mightieſt and moſte warlike nation …
With rule
… weake profeſſion of the Goſpel, ſuch greate ſucceſſe through the ſmal ſucceſſe therof, ſuch ſwiftneſſeswiftness through the ſlackneſſe in it: that ſetting vpon the mightieſt and moſte warlike nation …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture B13871

Printed
SWiftnesseSwiftness of foot shall not availe the nimble, neither shall strength availe the mighty man …
With rule
SWiftnesseSwiftness of foot shall not availe the nimble, neither shall strength availe the mighty man …
Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 412 · Open in the reader