Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7511 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

starresstars

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 6,227 times in 1,237 works
Consistency: 99.9% (6,227 of 6,230)
Reach if approved: ~6,546 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stars
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,230 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,227 changes in 1,237 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,227)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Flies, Lice, Locusts, &c. fought for Gods seruants against Pharao, and his people. The StarresStars from heauen fought in their courses against Sisera: and the riuer Kishon swept his …
With rule
… Flies, Lice, Locusts, &c. fought for Gods seruants against Pharao, and his people. The StarresStars from heauen fought in their courses against Sisera: and the riuer Kishon swept his …
Thomas Gataker · An Anniversary Memorial · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… continually: neither is this the heauen heere meant; their prayer went higher then the ſtarresstars. Thirdly, there is coelum ſupremum, the higheſt heauens, ſometimes called the third heauens, ſometimes …
With rule
… continually: neither is this the heauen heere meant; their prayer went higher then the ſtarresstars. Thirdly, there is coelum ſupremum, the higheſt heauens, ſometimes called the third heauens, ſometimes …
Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Epitome of the whole world; the Index of all the creatures. Sunne, moone, ſtarresstars, are to be found in thee. And yet wretch as thou art, thou art …
With rule
… the Epitome of the whole world; the Index of all the creatures. Sunne, moone, ſtarresstars, are to be found in thee. And yet wretch as thou art, thou art …
Thomas Goodwin · Aggravation of Sin · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sunne was made: For three dayes and three nights were already paſſed, and the ſtarresstars were made on the fourth day, Gen. 1. 14. So the God-head of Chriſt was …
With rule
… Sunne was made: For three dayes and three nights were already paſſed, and the ſtarresstars were made on the fourth day, Gen. 1. 14. So the God-head of Chriſt was …
Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the skie wee ſee ſingle ſtarresstars, in others a conjunction or crowne of many ſtarresstars: the other Diſciples were like ſingle ſtarresstars, ſome were Prophets, ſome were Evangeliſts, ſome …
With rule
… the skie wee ſee ſingle ſtarresstars, in others a conjunction or crowne of many ſtarresstars: the other Diſciples were like ſingle ſtarresstars, ſome were Prophets, ſome were Evangeliſts, ſome …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 387 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when the Sunne of righteousnesse himselfe, comforting thee with his owne, and such his StarresStars presence, and chearefull beames, leadeth and conducteth thee to that inheritance of light, and …
With rule
… when the Sunne of righteousnesse himselfe, comforting thee with his owne, and such his StarresStars presence, and chearefull beames, leadeth and conducteth thee to that inheritance of light, and …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… seene the starresstars in the water, he could not see the water in the starresstars, when hee stumbled into the ditch. Men may behold glory in humilitie, they shall …
With rule
… seene the starresstars in the water, he could not see the water in the starresstars, when hee stumbled into the ditch. Men may behold glory in humilitie, they shall …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muche as many learned men, haue gone about to declare the signification of blasing starresstars, we will omit nothing y^t hath any shadowe of reason, but declare what is …
With rule
… muche as many learned men, haue gone about to declare the signification of blasing starresstars, we will omit nothing y^t hath any shadowe of reason, but declare what is …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… is one glorie of the SVNNE, another of the MOONE, and another of the STARRESSTARS; and one starre differeth from another starre in glory: yet the light of one …
With rule
… is one glorie of the SVNNE, another of the MOONE, and another of the STARRESSTARS; and one starre differeth from another starre in glory: yet the light of one …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 248 · Open in the reader

Demonology and Theology A86498

Printed
… that all Aſtrology is Superſtitious, Heatheniſh, &c. To tell us of the effects of STARRESSTARS in Meteors, Elements, Plants, &c. is onely to Phyſiologie, or Metereologie. To diſcourſe further …
With rule
… that all Aſtrology is Superſtitious, Heatheniſh, &c. To tell us of the effects of STARRESSTARS in Meteors, Elements, Plants, &c. is onely to Phyſiologie, or Metereologie. To diſcourſe further …
Nathanael Homes · Demonology and Theology · p. 168 · Open in the reader