Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5789 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iestersjesters

i standing for j: Iesus → Jesus, iudge → judge.

Puritas changed it: 47 times in 40 works
Consistency: 50.0% (47 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jesters
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (47 changes in 40 works, 50.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 47)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and vnprofitable trades of lifes or callings (if they may be ſo tearmed) as ieſtersjesters, iuglers, Paraſits, carders, dicers, gameſters, players, fortune-tellers, figure-caſters, ſturdy rogues, and ſuch …
With rule
… and vnprofitable trades of lifes or callings (if they may be ſo tearmed) as ieſtersjesters, iuglers, Paraſits, carders, dicers, gameſters, players, fortune-tellers, figure-caſters, ſturdy rogues, and ſuch …
John Ball · A Short Treatise Containing the Principal Grounds of Christian Religion · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
Neither ieſting. Hereby he vnderſtandeth all pleaſaunt ſpeeches, which they whom they call ieſtersjesters are wont to vſe, to make men mery, which by pleaſaunt diſcourſes and mery …
With rule
Neither ieſting. Hereby he vnderſtandeth all pleaſaunt ſpeeches, which they whom they call ieſtersjesters are wont to vſe, to make men mery, which by pleaſaunt diſcourſes and mery …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 357 · Open in the reader
Printed
… idle talke, that tend onely to delight the companie, and conſequently beſeeme Apes and ieſtersjesters, but are not any way conuenient among Chriſtians and the children of God, ſurely …
With rule
… idle talke, that tend onely to delight the companie, and conſequently beſeeme Apes and ieſtersjesters, but are not any way conuenient among Chriſtians and the children of God, ſurely …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will delightfully thrust himselfe into the company of swearers, drunkards, scorners, filthy talkers, prophane iestersjesters, or any fellowes of such infamous ranke? especially sith the soule is a thousand …
With rule
… will delightfully thrust himselfe into the company of swearers, drunkards, scorners, filthy talkers, prophane iestersjesters, or any fellowes of such infamous ranke? especially sith the soule is a thousand …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
Moreouer Zorobabel of Salathiel; not Nehemias of Chilkia, was gouernor at the returne. But ieſtersjesters vpon phraſes, in Iarchi, make Cyrus and Artax all one; becauſe Cyrus end is …
With rule
Moreouer Zorobabel of Salathiel; not Nehemias of Chilkia, was gouernor at the returne. But ieſtersjesters vpon phraſes, in Iarchi, make Cyrus and Artax all one; becauſe Cyrus end is …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 130 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But now kynges regard nothing els but to ſet in authority their baudes, their ieſtersjesters, & their flatterers. So in the meane tyme they ſet none vp but euill men …
With rule
… But now kynges regard nothing els but to ſet in authority their baudes, their ieſtersjesters, & their flatterers. So in the meane tyme they ſet none vp but euill men …
John Calvin · Commentary on Daniel · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
To conclude, all ieſtersjesters, and praters, let them holde theyr tongue, and boaſt not out theyr merie wittie …
With rule
To conclude, all ieſtersjesters, and praters, let them holde theyr tongue, and boaſt not out theyr merie wittie …
John Calvin · Two Godly and Learned Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… prophesie must be fulfilled, There will bee, and will alwaies be, some scoffers, some iestersjesters; Neuerthelesse, saies the Text, there is a Religious constancy vpheld, and maintained by others …
With rule
… prophesie must be fulfilled, There will bee, and will alwaies be, some scoffers, some iestersjesters; Neuerthelesse, saies the Text, there is a Religious constancy vpheld, and maintained by others …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (47)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 40 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Seven Treatises A10945

Printed
… men, as the Apoſtle willeth: and therefore, that they be no idle perſons, Paraſites, IeſtersJesters, Iugglers, ſturdie Rogues, Players, or other gameſters, dicers, carders, and ſuch like. Then, that …
With rule
… men, as the Apoſtle willeth: and therefore, that they be no idle perſons, Paraſites, IeſtersJesters, Iugglers, ſturdie Rogues, Players, or other gameſters, dicers, carders, and ſuch like. Then, that …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 180 · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

Printed
… anye honourable office in a common wealth, the Moriſhdauncers, Maſkers, Iuglers, Players, Mummers, and IeſtersJesters, what honour is that vnto Princes and vnto Chriſtian people to take delyte, not …
With rule
… anye honourable office in a common wealth, the Moriſhdauncers, Maſkers, Iuglers, Players, Mummers, and IeſtersJesters, what honour is that vnto Princes and vnto Chriſtian people to take delyte, not …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

Printed
… all deſcended. But is not the folly of theſe men great, when fooles and IeſtersJesters can perceiue it? Yet this is no new vice, but it is rooted deepe …
With rule
… all deſcended. But is not the folly of theſe men great, when fooles and IeſtersJesters can perceiue it? Yet this is no new vice, but it is rooted deepe …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 191 · Open in the reader

Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable A17694

Printed
… yet they ſhall not ſo pleaſe God. To conclude, let all theſe trifling Spendthriftes IeſtersJesters and Praters holde their tongue, and not caſte foorth their accuſtomed cauills, vnleſſe they …
With rule
… yet they ſhall not ſo pleaſe God. To conclude, let all theſe trifling Spendthriftes IeſtersJesters and Praters holde their tongue, and not caſte foorth their accuſtomed cauills, vnleſſe they …
John Calvin · Four Sermons Entreating of Matters Very Profitable · Open in the reader

Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife A20648

Printed
First then, to shake the constancy of a Christian, there will alwaies be Scorners, IestersJesters, Scoffers, and Mockers at Religion. The Period and Consummation of the Christian Religion, the …
With rule
First then, to shake the constancy of a Christian, there will alwaies be Scorners, IestersJesters, Scoffers, and Mockers at Religion. The Period and Consummation of the Christian Religion, the …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dangerous as it is) is not so dishonourable to God, as the suffering of IestersJesters at Religion: That may induce heresie; but this do…'s establish Atheisme. And as …
With rule
… dangerous as it is) is not so dishonourable to God, as the suffering of IestersJesters at Religion: That may induce heresie; but this do…'s establish Atheisme. And as …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall come; and hee reckons there, diuers kindes of perillous men; but yet, these IestersJesters are not among them. And then 1 Tim 4. 1. The Apostle names more perillous men; Seducing …
With rule
… shall come; and hee reckons there, diuers kindes of perillous men; but yet, these IestersJesters are not among them. And then 1 Tim 4. 1. The Apostle names more perillous men; Seducing …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 20 · Open in the reader