Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9788 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

eas'deased

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 75 times in 60 works
Consistency: 97.4% (75 of 77)
Reach if approved: ~81 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: eased
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 77 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (75 changes in 60 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 75)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
As he is never fill'd, ſo never eas'deased.
With rule
As he is never fill'd, ſo never eas'deased.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was as full of grief and anguish as it could hold, and so he eas'deased and breath'd his heart by pouring it out before the Lord in a dolefull …
With rule
… was as full of grief and anguish as it could hold, and so he eas'deased and breath'd his heart by pouring it out before the Lord in a dolefull …
Thomas Ford · Singing the Psalms the Duty of Christians · p. 108 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Devils to be deliver'd from the Witches. And the people that are eas'deased & helped by such meanes, they say, do usually come to unhappy Ends. Let me …
With rule
… to the Devils to be deliver'd from the Witches. And the people that are eas'deased & helped by such meanes, they say, do usually come to unhappy Ends. Let me …
Cotton Mather · Memorable Providences · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Life it ſelf, ſhe deſired to Depart: And that not meerly to be eas'deased of her Pain, but to be with Chriſt, and the bleſſed Society above: or …
With rule
… to Life it ſelf, ſhe deſired to Depart: And that not meerly to be eas'deased of her Pain, but to be with Chriſt, and the bleſſed Society above: or …
John Shower · The Mourners Companion · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that ſhe might come no more to that Well to draw, but might be eas'deased of a great labour and trouble.
With rule
… that ſhe might come no more to that Well to draw, but might be eas'deased of a great labour and trouble.
Samuel Tomlyns · The Absolute Necessity of Spiritual Husbandry · p. 109 · Open in the reader
Printed
He in his troubles eas'deased the bodies paines,
With rule
He in his troubles eas'deased the bodies paines,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
… earth, that juſtice is done, his wickedneſſe at an end, the Church and State eas'deased of ſuch a burthen, rid of ſuch a thorn; and ſhouting in hell, Iſa …
With rule
… earth, that juſtice is done, his wickedneſſe at an end, the Church and State eas'deased of ſuch a burthen, rid of ſuch a thorn; and ſhouting in hell, Iſa …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 1-5 · p. 266 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ever of thy repentance vvith David in a paſſion; or to wiſh thy ſelfe eas'deased of thoſe Love-tokens, which thou feeleſt as thornes in thine eyes, and therefore …
With rule
… ever of thy repentance vvith David in a paſſion; or to wiſh thy ſelfe eas'deased of thoſe Love-tokens, which thou feeleſt as thornes in thine eyes, and therefore …
John Trapp · Gods Love · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Poems in Two Parts A60349

Printed
Eas'dEased of these loads, and from corruption free.
With rule
Eas'dEased of these loads, and from corruption free.
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 31 · Open in the reader