Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3688 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

meetesmeets

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

Puritas changed it: 308 times in 174 works
Consistency: 99.6% (308 of 309)
Reach if approved: ~325 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: meets
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 309 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (308 changes in 174 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 308)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… am Christs there will be contentment and rest in such a soule, whatsoever it meetesmeets with in the world.
With rule
… am Christs there will be contentment and rest in such a soule, whatsoever it meetesmeets with in the world.
Richard Sibbes · Bowels Opened · p. 449 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hat which goeth off to euerie one which meetesmeets them: ſo euerie temptation which meetesmeets them, makes them forget what they heard, what they promiſed, what they reſolued, and …
With rule
… hat which goeth off to euerie one which meetesmeets them: ſo euerie temptation which meetesmeets them, makes them forget what they heard, what they promiſed, what they reſolued, and …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 335 · Open in the reader
Printed
8. After all this he meetesmeets with very speciall obiections▪ which are brought by aduersaries to preiudice the doctrine of …
With rule
8. After all this he meetesmeets with very speciall obiections▪ which are brought by aduersaries to preiudice the doctrine of …
Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… sinne dwelling in him, the spirituall man, reuiued by the holy Ghost in part, meetesmeets with diuers contrary windes against that Barke of his, vnder sayle, striuing in him …
With rule
… sinne dwelling in him, the spirituall man, reuiued by the holy Ghost in part, meetesmeets with diuers contrary windes against that Barke of his, vnder sayle, striuing in him …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaith, I'le goe to my Father, and ſay to my Father: and his Father meetesmeets him. Hee had an Elder brother, and knew many ſeruants; but he ſeeks onely …
With rule
… ſaith, I'le goe to my Father, and ſay to my Father: and his Father meetesmeets him. Hee had an Elder brother, and knew many ſeruants; but he ſeeks onely …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one may haue both treasure in earth, and treasure in heauen. Here therefore Christ meetesmeets with this carnall conceit of naturall men, and proues it to be impossible that …
With rule
… one may haue both treasure in earth, and treasure in heauen. Here therefore Christ meetesmeets with this carnall conceit of naturall men, and proues it to be impossible that …
William Perkins · The Reformation of Covetousness · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
S. Lactantius, his Scholer, meetesmeets with the same objection, and answers it in this manner: Whosoever shall obey all …
With rule
S. Lactantius, his Scholer, meetesmeets with the same objection, and answers it in this manner: Whosoever shall obey all …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
When Hee meetesmeets vvith theſe vvomen, Hee is not dumbe, and Hee ſpeakes not to the eare …
With rule
When Hee meetesmeets vvith theſe vvomen, Hee is not dumbe, and Hee ſpeakes not to the eare …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 341 · 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.

The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness A13019

Printed
1 MeetesMeets our deſires.
With rule
1 MeetesMeets our deſires.
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · Open in the reader