Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8960 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scarresscars

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 96 works
Consistency: 94.0% (111 of 118)
Reach if approved: ~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scars
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 96 works, 94.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
We read that C…sar's young men were loth to fight, and so have scarresscars, only least the women should mislike them; so our younge Christians, for the most …
With rule
We read that C…sar's young men were loth to fight, and so have scarresscars, only least the women should mislike them; so our younge Christians, for the most …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 752 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the voyce of faith, confessing Christ, in his death and resurrection, testified by those scarresscars in his sacred side, My Lord, and my God.
With rule
… the voyce of faith, confessing Christ, in his death and resurrection, testified by those scarresscars in his sacred side, My Lord, and my God.
Henry Burton · Truths Triumph Over Trent · p. 216 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not alwayes burne vp all our drosse; Thou healst our woūds, and yet leauest scarresscars; Thou purgest the blood, and yet leauest spots. But the spots that thou hatest …
With rule
… not alwayes burne vp all our drosse; Thou healst our woūds, and yet leauest scarresscars; Thou purgest the blood, and yet leauest spots. But the spots that thou hatest …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 320 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Individuall accidents of the body, wounds, ſcarresscars or ſingular comelineſſe of feature, theſe are ſo in the parent, that they are …
With rule
1. Individuall accidents of the body, wounds, ſcarresscars or ſingular comelineſſe of feature, theſe are ſo in the parent, that they are …
Thomas Blake · The Birth Privilege · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
Search either Inde, vaunt of their scarresscars and wounds;
With rule
Search either Inde, vaunt of their scarresscars and wounds;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in GODS worde, or careleſneſſe of his glorie, and their ſhoulders full of the ſcarresscars of couetouſneſſe, or ſuche other like grieuous woundes.
With rule
… in GODS worde, or careleſneſſe of his glorie, and their ſhoulders full of the ſcarresscars of couetouſneſſe, or ſuche other like grieuous woundes.
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would rather obscure, neglect, and quite deface their naturall Beauties, by inflicting wounds and scarresscars vpon their faces, to make them more deformed, for feare least others should be …
With rule
… would rather obscure, neglect, and quite deface their naturall Beauties, by inflicting wounds and scarresscars vpon their faces, to make them more deformed, for feare least others should be …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For thy death is my birth: thy crowne of Thornes is my garland the ſcarresscars of thy body, are the ſtarres of my firmament. Thy gracious wounds are my …
With rule
… For thy death is my birth: thy crowne of Thornes is my garland the ſcarresscars of thy body, are the ſtarres of my firmament. Thy gracious wounds are my …
Thomas Sorocold · Supplications of Saints · p. 121 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Drunkards Character A15845

Printed
… be eclipsed, all the Almanacks of all nations write of it; whereas the small ScarresScars of the Galaxy are not heeded; all the country runnes to a Beakon on …
With rule
… be eclipsed, all the Almanacks of all nations write of it; whereas the small ScarresScars of the Galaxy are not heeded; all the country runnes to a Beakon on …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 176 · Open in the reader