Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3444 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

imaginimagine

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

Puritas changed it: 1,002 times in 403 works
Consistency: 96.7% (1,002 of 1,036)
Reach if approved: ~1,089 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: imagine
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,036 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,002 changes in 403 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,002)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… doe erre, for they seek it after the course that their owne fancies doe imaginimagine: but they that wil séeke the truth truly, & in truth: they that euer shal …
With rule
… doe erre, for they seek it after the course that their owne fancies doe imaginimagine: but they that wil séeke the truth truly, & in truth: they that euer shal …
John Udall · Obedience to the Gospel · Open in the reader
Printed
… may thereby by the merits of the Virgin bee made more fit, &c. You imaginimagine then, that her merits are greater because of her sinlesse conception, and so are …
With rule
… may thereby by the merits of the Virgin bee made more fit, &c. You imaginimagine then, that her merits are greater because of her sinlesse conception, and so are …
Andrew Willet · Discovery of a False Detection · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
Why doe the heathen rage continually, and the people imaginimagine a vaine thing. Psal. 2. 1.
With rule
Why doe the heathen rage continually, and the people imaginimagine a vaine thing. Psal. 2. 1.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… none other in presence eyther heareth or seeth, some are so melancholike that they imaginimagine they heare and see that which they doe not, for Sathan deludeth the phantasie …
With rule
… none other in presence eyther heareth or seeth, some are so melancholike that they imaginimagine they heare and see that which they doe not, for Sathan deludeth the phantasie …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… ioined with them. Other ioining then this with any man here I cā not imaginimagine: It may be I haue talked or walked or caten or interchangeably vsed the …
With rule
… ioined with them. Other ioining then this with any man here I cā not imaginimagine: It may be I haue talked or walked or caten or interchangeably vsed the …
Richard Hooker · Answer to Supplication Preferred by Walter Tavers · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reuerent receiuing of the Sacrament, as Antichriſt and his diſciples which were raſheneſſe to imaginimagine. But of kneeling there is altum ſilentium, not a word, the apoſtle leaues them …
With rule
… reuerent receiuing of the Sacrament, as Antichriſt and his diſciples which were raſheneſſe to imaginimagine. But of kneeling there is altum ſilentium, not a word, the apoſtle leaues them …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yet must we not imaginimagine that God will indeed giue vnto vs whatsoeuer we doe vpon our owne heads …
With rule
Yet must we not imaginimagine that God will indeed giue vnto vs whatsoeuer we doe vpon our owne heads …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 538 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore free stageplayers are approved by Ulpian: and it is a wandring fansie to imaginimagine why it should be so, when the question is whether it bee so or …
With rule
… therefore free stageplayers are approved by Ulpian: and it is a wandring fansie to imaginimagine why it should be so, when the question is whether it bee so or …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 61 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist A04920

Printed
… fre grace, and eternall purpose, and also to his most depe and profounde iudgements. ImaginImagine what shift so euer ye can, ye shall neuer be able to auoid this …
With rule
… fre grace, and eternall purpose, and also to his most depe and profounde iudgements. ImaginImagine what shift so euer ye can, ye shall neuer be able to auoid this …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 132 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… office to iudge and condemne. This is the greatest wickednes that is, that they ImaginImagine that Christe is crueller then death. Wherfore when they heare of the day of …
With rule
… office to iudge and condemne. This is the greatest wickednes that is, that they ImaginImagine that Christe is crueller then death. Wherfore when they heare of the day of …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage A13109

Printed
… of their own mariage portions. vvhich Impositions I neyther dravv from old Tyrans: nor ImaginImagine here of myne own head: but they are such as the french king very …
With rule
… of their own mariage portions. vvhich Impositions I neyther dravv from old Tyrans: nor ImaginImagine here of myne own head: but they are such as the french king very …
John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon John 1 A15738

Printed
… reuelation, for the vnderſtanding of it. What ſhould then be their reaſon for it? ImaginImagine what you will, or can, their conceit paſſeth all abſurdity. Forſooth, the Euangeliſt hath …
With rule
… reuelation, for the vnderſtanding of it. What ſhould then be their reaſon for it? ImaginImagine what you will, or can, their conceit paſſeth all abſurdity. Forſooth, the Euangeliſt hath …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you conceiue how theſe things may bee, without the creation of any new quality? ImaginImagine the like of that corruption, which poſſeſſeth the ſoule of man. Certainely, putrefaction, and …
With rule
… you conceiue how theſe things may bee, without the creation of any new quality? ImaginImagine the like of that corruption, which poſſeſſeth the ſoule of man. Certainely, putrefaction, and …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 147 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

Printed
… them the gouernmente / and direction off the action / there is no reaſonable man can ImaginImagine / that we ſhut them owte off the election. But iff yow thinke / that becauſe …
With rule
… them the gouernmente / and direction off the action / there is no reaſonable man can ImaginImagine / that we ſhut them owte off the election. But iff yow thinke / that becauſe …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CXCVI · Open in the reader
Printed
… as yow aſcribe vnto Euſebius / ſo there can be no ſuche ſenſe as yow ImaginImagine: yt may eaſely and clearly be vnderſtanded off that before / and after. For if …
With rule
… as yow aſcribe vnto Euſebius / ſo there can be no ſuche ſenſe as yow ImaginImagine: yt may eaſely and clearly be vnderſtanded off that before / and after. For if …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DXLII · Open in the reader
Printed
… the times wherin Cyprian / and Cornelius liued / had that Iuriſdiction ouer Egipt which yow ImaginImagine: then by all reaſonable vnderſtanding / yt muſte be eſtemed that this worde (there) owght …
With rule
… the times wherin Cyprian / and Cornelius liued / had that Iuriſdiction ouer Egipt which yow ImaginImagine: then by all reaſonable vnderſtanding / yt muſte be eſtemed that this worde (there) owght …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. DXLII · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… thing which cannot be in any hand, it is very abſurd and prepoſterous to ImaginImagine it. The Lord will give Grace and Glory. And he will give Grace before …
With rule
… thing which cannot be in any hand, it is very abſurd and prepoſterous to ImaginImagine it. The Lord will give Grace and Glory. And he will give Grace before …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that dwell therein. Pſal. 24. verſ. 1. So then if Gods Children do want (as they ImaginImagine) any good thing, as it is not for want of love in God, ſo …
With rule
… that dwell therein. Pſal. 24. verſ. 1. So then if Gods Children do want (as they ImaginImagine) any good thing, as it is not for want of love in God, ſo …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 158 · Open in the reader

A Just Defense of Hearing the Sermons A62876

Printed
… aith, is to be adored with the adoration of Latria: yea Bellarmine l. 2. de ImaginImagine. Sanctorum, c. 21. holds, that the Images of Christ, and the Saints, are to have …
With rule
… aith, is to be adored with the adoration of Latria: yea Bellarmine l. 2. de ImaginImagine. Sanctorum, c. 21. holds, that the Images of Christ, and the Saints, are to have …
John Tombes · A Just Defense of Hearing the Sermons · p. 211 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
… with couered hed ſhameth his hed and his hed is Chriſt: ſhall we therfore ImaginImagine that Chriſt is naturallye in euery mans hed? as your argument cōcludeth For ſoth …
With rule
… with couered hed ſhameth his hed and his hed is Chriſt: ſhall we therfore ImaginImagine that Chriſt is naturallye in euery mans hed? as your argument cōcludeth For ſoth …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 144 · Open in the reader

A Rejoinder to Mr Drake A86890

Printed
… not) to do, then they joyfully went about it, and accompliſhed it. I humbly ImaginImagine, this would have been good policy among us, that the Houſe of our Reformation …
With rule
… not) to do, then they joyfully went about it, and accompliſhed it. I humbly ImaginImagine, this would have been good policy among us, that the Houſe of our Reformation …
John Humfrey · A Rejoinder to Mr Drake · Open in the reader

A Vindication of the Preacher Sent A90624

Printed
… e.) for this that, and the other Commonwealth; Nor is it ha…d to ImaginImagine, how one may have power in, and over two or three, or more, yet …
With rule
… e.) for this that, and the other Commonwealth; Nor is it ha…d to ImaginImagine, how one may have power in, and over two or three, or more, yet …
Frederick Woodall · A Vindication of the Preacher Sent · Open in the reader

Two Books A93277

Printed
… an Image of it and then fel down and worſhipped it: So men do ImaginImagine a ſufficiency in riches, and then their deſires are carried after them. Now what …
With rule
… an Image of it and then fel down and worſhipped it: So men do ImaginImagine a ſufficiency in riches, and then their deſires are carried after them. Now what …
Sidrach Simpson · Two Books · p. 259 · Open in the reader

Romanism Discussed A94737

Printed
… to be given to Images, ut erigerentur & adorarentur, &c. yea if Bellarm. lib. 2. de ImaginImagine, Sanct. c. 21. ſay true, that Council would have them adored not only by accident …
With rule
… to be given to Images, ut erigerentur & adorarentur, &c. yea if Bellarm. lib. 2. de ImaginImagine, Sanct. c. 21. ſay true, that Council would have them adored not only by accident …
John Tombes · Romanism Discussed · p. 125 · Open in the reader