Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3602 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

eyseyes

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

Puritas changed it: 553 times in 259 works
Consistency: 92.4% (553 of 598)
Reach if approved: ~629 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: eyes
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 599 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (553 changes in 259 works, 92.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 553)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… drew not a few, but many brinish tears, yea rivers of them, from the eyseyes of holy David, professing that rivers of tears ran down his eyes, because men …
With rule
… drew not a few, but many brinish tears, yea rivers of them, from the eyseyes of holy David, professing that rivers of tears ran down his eyes, because men …
Fulk Bellers · Abrahams Interment · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… So a holy Chriſtian layes his mouth to the mouth of Chriſt, and his eyseyes to the eyes of Chriſt, and his hands to the hands of Chriſt, and …
With rule
… So a holy Chriſtian layes his mouth to the mouth of Chriſt, and his eyseyes to the eyes of Chriſt, and his hands to the hands of Chriſt, and …
Thomas Brooks · The Crown and Glory of Christianity · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe we tell you there is a wonderfulneſs in him, let this draw your eyseyes and your hearts to him: Many men are of contemplative ſpirits, who delight to …
With rule
… becauſe we tell you there is a wonderfulneſs in him, let this draw your eyseyes and your hearts to him: Many men are of contemplative ſpirits, who delight to …
Matthew Barker · Jesus Christ the Great Wonder Discovered · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… here in Job. Jeſus Chriſt ſpeaks there as if he would call off our eyseyes and hearts from all things in the world, to behold himſelf; and in compariſon …
With rule
… here in Job. Jeſus Chriſt ſpeaks there as if he would call off our eyseyes and hearts from all things in the world, to behold himſelf; and in compariſon …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 38-42 · p. 607 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perceiue him in theyr mynd, much les can they ſee him with theyr bodely eyseyes. And ſo doth he alſo blynd and wyche oure prynces hartes, puttyng in to …
With rule
… perceiue him in theyr mynd, much les can they ſee him with theyr bodely eyseyes. And ſo doth he alſo blynd and wyche oure prynces hartes, puttyng in to …
Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holye Ghoſte: Let vs then paſſe ouer all thoſe outwarde ſignes and fixe our eyseyes vpon the operation of the ſpirite, and deſire the ſame continually with moſt feruente …
With rule
… holye Ghoſte: Let vs then paſſe ouer all thoſe outwarde ſignes and fixe our eyseyes vpon the operation of the ſpirite, and deſire the ſame continually with moſt feruente …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… life: but also execute his vengeance vppon them aforehande to the sight of mens eyseyes, so as we shalbe prouoked to feare him, by y^e sight of y^e punishments …
With rule
… life: but also execute his vengeance vppon them aforehande to the sight of mens eyseyes, so as we shalbe prouoked to feare him, by y^e sight of y^e punishments …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 319 · Open in the reader
Printed
… irony, Eccl. 11. 9 Walk in the ways of thine heart & in the sight of thine eyseyes, encouraging and animating men to all Sensuality; and if they discern any begin to …
With rule
… irony, Eccl. 11. 9 Walk in the ways of thine heart & in the sight of thine eyseyes, encouraging and animating men to all Sensuality; and if they discern any begin to …
Richard Allestree · The Gentlemans Calling · p. 135 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (45)

23 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. 22 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

Printed
Bodies their Surface offers to our EysEyes;
With rule
Bodies their Surface offers to our EysEyes;
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · Open in the reader

Works of Hooker A44334

Printed
… Superstitions, inasmuch as they sinned ignorantly: but the Truth is now laid before our EysEyes. The former part of this last Sentence, namely, these words: I doubt not, but …
With rule
… Superstitions, inasmuch as they sinned ignorantly: but the Truth is now laid before our EysEyes. The former part of this last Sentence, namely, these words: I doubt not, but …
Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 515 · Open in the reader

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
So blinded were their EysEyes, their Hearts ſo hard.
With rule
So blinded were their EysEyes, their Hearts ſo hard.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
Their canker'd Breaſts lay open to his EysEyes.
With rule
Their canker'd Breaſts lay open to his EysEyes.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
They fly to God for ſalve to o'pe their EysEyes;
With rule
They fly to God for ſalve to o'pe their EysEyes;
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
I do preſent one now before thine EysEyes,
With rule
I do preſent one now before thine EysEyes,
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
Open their ghaſtly mouths before mine EysEyes.
With rule
Open their ghaſtly mouths before mine EysEyes.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 248 · Open in the reader

Of Communion with God A53713

Printed
… Cat. 1. 15. Behold thou art faire my Companion, behold thou art faire, thou hast Doves EysEyes. Let others think what they please, Christ redoubles it that the Soules of his …
With rule
… Cat. 1. 15. Behold thou art faire my Companion, behold thou art faire, thou hast Doves EysEyes. Let others think what they please, Christ redoubles it that the Soules of his …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… art faire; particularly that their Spirituall Light is very Excellent and Glorious, like the EysEyes of a Dove, tender, discerning, cleare and shining. Therefore he addes that Patheticall wish …
With rule
… art faire; particularly that their Spirituall Light is very Excellent and Glorious, like the EysEyes of a Dove, tender, discerning, cleare and shining. Therefore he addes that Patheticall wish …
John Owen · Of Communion with God · p. 61 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of the Whole Body of Divinity A54381

Printed
1. EysEyes full of Adultery, that is, eyseyes which take delight in, and hunt after lascivious …
With rule
1. EysEyes full of Adultery, that is, eyseyes which take delight in, and hunt after lascivious …
William Perkins · Abridgment of the Whole Body of Divinity · p. 103 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Grounded on Proverbs A64282

Printed
… the Fleſh, Thou art Hungry, Make theſe …ones Bread; To the luſt of the EysEyes, …hou art poor, (Thou haſt not a …ole where to lay thy head) All …
With rule
… the Fleſh, Thou art Hungry, Make theſe …ones Bread; To the luſt of the EysEyes, …hou art poor, (Thou haſt not a …ole where to lay thy head) All …
Faithful Teate · A Discourse Grounded on Proverbs · p. 230 · Open in the reader

Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 A76798

Printed
… Your poſterity ſhall be given up to a ſpirit of ſlumber, They ſhall have EysEyes, but not ſee, Ears, but not hear, Hearts, but not underſtand, Rom. 11.8. For though …
With rule
… Your poſterity ſhall be given up to a ſpirit of ſlumber, They ſhall have EysEyes, but not ſee, Ears, but not hear, Hearts, but not underſtand, Rom. 11.8. For though …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
10 Take heed of an adulterous eye, 2 Peter 2.14. Having EysEyes full of Adultery, that cannot ceaſe from ſin. When a City is beſieged care …
With rule
10 Take heed of an adulterous eye, 2 Peter 2.14. Having EysEyes full of Adultery, that cannot ceaſe from ſin. When a City is beſieged care …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
Concupiſcence is the Mother of Luſt, and the EysEyes are the Windovvs to let it in, and as Wrath is the Mother of …
With rule
Concupiſcence is the Mother of Luſt, and the EysEyes are the Windovvs to let it in, and as Wrath is the Mother of …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
Learn vve then Job's Leſſon, cap. 31.1. I have made a Covenant with mine EysEyes, why then ſhould I think upon a Maid? Alſo Prov. 6.25. Luſt not after her …
With rule
Learn vve then Job's Leſſon, cap. 31.1. I have made a Covenant with mine EysEyes, why then ſhould I think upon a Maid? Alſo Prov. 6.25. Luſt not after her …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 255 · Open in the reader
Printed
… love and deſire into the hearts of perſons: therefore if at any time the EysEyes ſhould go out, let the minde call back the EysEyes, as from nets and …
With rule
… love and deſire into the hearts of perſons: therefore if at any time the EysEyes ſhould go out, let the minde call back the EysEyes, as from nets and …
Christopher Blackwood · Expositions Upon Matthew 1-10 · p. 255 · Open in the reader

Sycophancy is a Sin A95612

Printed
… yea, a Backbiting tongue. It is a ſtrange phraſe. you had need, Sirs, carry EysEyes in your head, for the Monſter I ſpeak of carryes Teeth in his Tongue …
With rule
… yea, a Backbiting tongue. It is a ſtrange phraſe. you had need, Sirs, carry EysEyes in your head, for the Monſter I ſpeak of carryes Teeth in his Tongue …
Faithful Teate · Sycophancy is a Sin · p. 58 · Open in the reader