Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8684 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

droppesdrops

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

Puritas changed it: 182 times in 119 works
Consistency: 99.4% (182 of 183)
Reach if approved: ~193 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: drops
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 184 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 1 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (182 changes in 119 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 182)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… was vpon him, and with his stripes we were healed. This appeared by those droppesdrops of bloode, which issued from him, by his cryings to his Father vpon the …
With rule
… was vpon him, and with his stripes we were healed. This appeared by those droppesdrops of bloode, which issued from him, by his cryings to his Father vpon the …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… provoke us to ſorrow, and humiliation for our ſinnes: for what; did Chriſt ſhed droppesdrops of bloud For our ſinnes, and ſhall not wee ſhed teares for them? Thus …
With rule
… provoke us to ſorrow, and humiliation for our ſinnes: for what; did Chriſt ſhed droppesdrops of bloud For our ſinnes, and ſhall not wee ſhed teares for them? Thus …
Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy maſters joy: O bleſſed plaudite, he ſtirres his hands to clappe them, and droppesdrops a crowne of life from betweene them upon my head.
With rule
… thy maſters joy: O bleſſed plaudite, he ſtirres his hands to clappe them, and droppesdrops a crowne of life from betweene them upon my head.
John Stoughton · The Heavenly Conversation and Natural Mans Condition · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet it was neuer so scantly and pinchingly powred vpon them, but that some droppesdrops might ouerflow vnto the Gentils. And althogh the bread was prepared according to Gods …
With rule
… yet it was neuer so scantly and pinchingly powred vpon them, but that some droppesdrops might ouerflow vnto the Gentils. And althogh the bread was prepared according to Gods …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in of the earth, by her magneticall thirſt, and congealed into many diſperſed ſmall droppesdrops, as moiſture attracted through the poroſe and ſupple bladder becommeth a torrent of vrine …
With rule
… in of the earth, by her magneticall thirſt, and congealed into many diſperſed ſmall droppesdrops, as moiſture attracted through the poroſe and ſupple bladder becommeth a torrent of vrine …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſweat ſo plentifully; not a thin faint ſweat, but a ſweat of great droppesdrops, and thoſe of blood and water ſo ſtrong and forcible, that they ranne down …
With rule
… to ſweat ſo plentifully; not a thin faint ſweat, but a ſweat of great droppesdrops, and thoſe of blood and water ſo ſtrong and forcible, that they ranne down …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sweetnesse of these speeches distilled many a day, like as many sweet cleare honie droppesdrops from the gracious lippes of that fairest swanne; euer the heauens, euer the earth …
With rule
… sweetnesse of these speeches distilled many a day, like as many sweet cleare honie droppesdrops from the gracious lippes of that fairest swanne; euer the heauens, euer the earth …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hys passhon was he not in such an agony, y^t his sweat was lyke droppesdrops of bloud tryckelynge downe to the ground? Dyd he not so greatly feare deathe …
With rule
… hys passhon was he not in such an agony, y^t his sweat was lyke droppesdrops of bloud tryckelynge downe to the ground? Dyd he not so greatly feare deathe …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.