Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3449 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

quicknessequickness

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

Puritas changed it: 312 times in 205 works
Consistency: 97.2% (312 of 321)
Reach if approved: ~337 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: quickness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 321 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (312 changes in 205 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 312)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… a troubled conſcience, and, 2. a benummed conſcience. The tenderneſſe of the conſcience, is its quickneſſequickness in apprehending its owne eſtate, and iudging of its owne doings: Whereto is oppoſed …
With rule
… a troubled conſcience, and, 2. a benummed conſcience. The tenderneſſe of the conſcience, is its quickneſſequickness in apprehending its owne eſtate, and iudging of its owne doings: Whereto is oppoſed …
Robert Harris · Pauls Confidence · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… allotted to meditation, is to be iudged from euerie mans induſtrie, and abilitie in quickneſſequickness of conceit, and firmeneſſe of memorie to retaine, which is more or leſſe in …
With rule
… allotted to meditation, is to be iudged from euerie mans induſtrie, and abilitie in quickneſſequickness of conceit, and firmeneſſe of memorie to retaine, which is more or leſſe in …
Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but they haue no taste, no relish, thou dost them not with liuelinesse and quicknessequickness, thou dost them as one that must doe them of necessity and preforce; but …
With rule
… but they haue no taste, no relish, thou dost them not with liuelinesse and quicknessequickness, thou dost them as one that must doe them of necessity and preforce; but …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… poysoneth it; so especially into the endowments of the vnderstanding part. Sharpnesse of wit, quicknessequickness of conceit, faithfulnesse of memory, facility of discourse, propriety of elocution, concinnitie of gesture …
With rule
… poysoneth it; so especially into the endowments of the vnderstanding part. Sharpnesse of wit, quicknessequickness of conceit, faithfulnesse of memory, facility of discourse, propriety of elocution, concinnitie of gesture …
Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
God giveth some larger spirits, and so their sorowes become larger. Some upon quicknessequickness of apprehension, and the ready passages betwixt the braine and the heart, are quickly …
With rule
God giveth some larger spirits, and so their sorowes become larger. Some upon quicknessequickness of apprehension, and the ready passages betwixt the braine and the heart, are quickly …
Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 374 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such seruice in the body, if sound, than to bee an eye of admirable quicknessequickness, and vse, for the guiding of the body, if vnsound, darke, or ready to …
With rule
… such seruice in the body, if sound, than to bee an eye of admirable quicknessequickness, and vse, for the guiding of the body, if vnsound, darke, or ready to …
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 378 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the faithfull are so few, because no man commeth vnto faith by his owne quicknessequickness of witte: for all men are blinde vntyll they bee illuminated by the spirite …
With rule
… the faithfull are so few, because no man commeth vnto faith by his owne quicknessequickness of witte: for all men are blinde vntyll they bee illuminated by the spirite …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a ſort reſembleth them which in clearneſſe, beautie, and incorruptibleneſſe, and alſo in ſwiftneſſe, quickneſſequickness, and brightneſſe, are y^• moſt beautiful and excellent creatures. The … definitions gro…ely enoughe …
With rule
… a ſort reſembleth them which in clearneſſe, beautie, and incorruptibleneſſe, and alſo in ſwiftneſſe, quickneſſequickness, and brightneſſe, are y^• moſt beautiful and excellent creatures. The … definitions gro…ely enoughe …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 733 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
… Desires are not to be Wavering and In constant, but Resolute and full of QuicknesseQuickness and Perseverance: First, because though we be poore and shallow vessels; yet so narrow …
With rule
… Desires are not to be Wavering and In constant, but Resolute and full of QuicknesseQuickness and Perseverance: First, because though we be poore and shallow vessels; yet so narrow …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 194 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

Printed
… be both quicke and diligent in their ſeruice: for theſe are effects of willingneſſe. QuickneſſeQuickness hath reſpect to the time of doing a thing. Diligence to the paines that …
With rule
… be both quicke and diligent in their ſeruice: for theſe are effects of willingneſſe. QuickneſſeQuickness hath reſpect to the time of doing a thing. Diligence to the paines that …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 619 · Open in the reader