Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10123 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

befool'dbefooled

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

Puritas changed it: 69 times in 56 works
Consistency: 98.5% (69 of 70)
Reach if approved: ~74 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: befooled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 70 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (69 changes in 56 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 69)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… like Faelix, you have diſmiſt your convictions to ſome other opportunity. How hath Satan befool'dbefooled many? perſwading them that there needs not ſo much adoe, that the Miniſter is …
With rule
… like Faelix, you have diſmiſt your convictions to ſome other opportunity. How hath Satan befool'dbefooled many? perſwading them that there needs not ſo much adoe, that the Miniſter is …
Lewis Stuckley · A Gospel Glass · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
… latter end worſe then his beginning. And thus alas! we ſee how ſin hath befool'dbefooled men! But yet
With rule
… latter end worſe then his beginning. And thus alas! we ſee how ſin hath befool'dbefooled men! But yet
Ralph Venning · Sin the Plague of Plagues · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by telling a tale often, at laſt begin to believe themſelves; ſo hath he befool'dbefooled himſelf into a credulity: the farthing Alms he hath given ſhall by a ſtrange …
With rule
… by telling a tale often, at laſt begin to believe themſelves; ſo hath he befool'dbefooled himſelf into a credulity: the farthing Alms he hath given ſhall by a ſtrange …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 610 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heart for it. Oh, ſaith a poor ſoul, I was led by the Devil, befool'dbefooled by the Devil, ſerved the Devil againſt God; And now, what can I challenge …
With rule
… heart for it. Oh, ſaith a poor ſoul, I was led by the Devil, befool'dbefooled by the Devil, ſerved the Devil againſt God; And now, what can I challenge …
Anthony Palmer · The Gospel New-Creature · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Laſt, are giddie-things, that have befool'dbefooled
With rule
The Laſt, are giddie-things, that have befool'dbefooled
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have the liberty of his Ordinances more fully than ever, let us not be befool'dbefooled of it.
With rule
… have the liberty of his Ordinances more fully than ever, let us not be befool'dbefooled of it.
Jeremiah Burroughs · An Exposition of Hosea 8-10 · p. 477 · Open in the reader
Printed
Or Lastly, Did you but consider how often it hath formerly baffled, and befool'dbefooled your selves. Made you retract with shame, your rash headlong censures of it: and …
With rule
Or Lastly, Did you but consider how often it hath formerly baffled, and befool'dbefooled your selves. Made you retract with shame, your rash headlong censures of it: and …
John Flavel · The Fountain of Life · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and more peace by their troubles: the World and all their enemies are exceedingly befool'dbefooled in striving with them, not only can they not undo them, but by all …
With rule
… and more peace by their troubles: the World and all their enemies are exceedingly befool'dbefooled in striving with them, not only can they not undo them, but by all …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 2 · p. 378 · 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.