Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3418 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

weareswears

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

Puritas changed it: 332 times in 214 works
Consistency: 96.5% (332 of 344)
Reach if approved: ~361 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wears
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 344 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (332 changes in 214 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 332)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… onely Loafe, Coate, or Cottage of our poore brother? Woe to the Backe that weareswears the Garment, to the Bellies that deuowers the Food, they neuer sweate for; I …
With rule
… onely Loafe, Coate, or Cottage of our poore brother? Woe to the Backe that weareswears the Garment, to the Bellies that deuowers the Food, they neuer sweate for; I …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader
Printed
… hazard he will run none. He uſually requires intolerable aſſurance, morgage, &c. His money weareswears not. And for that ſame valor aut proventus qui manet poſt ſubſtantiam, & ſubſiſtit ſaepe …
With rule
… hazard he will run none. He uſually requires intolerable aſſurance, morgage, &c. His money weareswears not. And for that ſame valor aut proventus qui manet poſt ſubſtantiam, & ſubſiſtit ſaepe …
Nathanael Homes · Usury is Injury Cleared · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my father ſhoulde ſay nay, that Iohn Bridges deſerues to haue his place that weareswears the wooden dagger, the cockeſcombe, and the copper chaine at Lawbehith. Iſe abide by …
With rule
… my father ſhoulde ſay nay, that Iohn Bridges deſerues to haue his place that weareswears the wooden dagger, the cockeſcombe, and the copper chaine at Lawbehith. Iſe abide by …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
Printed
… against you, by doing something. A law not execured is antiquated, and weakened, and weareswears out, and custome strengthens a law; the lesse obedience you yield to these lusts …
With rule
… against you, by doing something. A law not execured is antiquated, and weakened, and weareswears out, and custome strengthens a law; the lesse obedience you yield to these lusts …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is permitted to the Iewes. They liue in exceeding contempt, not being permitted to weareswears shooes, but in steed thereof vse socks made of rushes. They weare a black …
With rule
… is permitted to the Iewes. They liue in exceeding contempt, not being permitted to weareswears shooes, but in steed thereof vse socks made of rushes. They weare a black …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 515 · Open in the reader
Printed
And if upon a serious consideration hee finde himself disgraced for good things, he weareswears it as a Crowne, and as a Garland upon his head, Rejoycing that he …
With rule
And if upon a serious consideration hee finde himself disgraced for good things, he weareswears it as a Crowne, and as a Garland upon his head, Rejoycing that he …
Richard Sibbes · Yea and Amen · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… promiſſio. For that wee are grieued, in this we are comforted: for that weakeneſſe weareswears, in this faith reuiues vs: for that, our fraile nature mourneth: but in this …
With rule
… promiſſio. For that wee are grieued, in this we are comforted: for that weakeneſſe weareswears, in this faith reuiues vs: for that, our fraile nature mourneth: but in this …
William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
Deceitfull fauour, quicklie weareswears,
With rule
Deceitfull fauour, quicklie weareswears,
George Wither · The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.