Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10130 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bow'dbowed

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

Puritas changed it: 146 times in 75 works
Consistency: 95.4% (146 of 153)
Reach if approved: ~161 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bowed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 153 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (146 changes in 75 works, 95.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 146)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Where the bow'dbowed welkin slow doth bend,
With rule
Where the bow'dbowed welkin slow doth bend,
John Milton · A Mask Presented · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
verse 2 And all my daies will call on him, who bow'dbowed his care to me.
With rule
verse 2 And all my daies will call on him, who bow'dbowed his care to me.
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
That unto him men ſtoopt and bow'dbowed the knee?
With rule
That unto him men ſtoopt and bow'dbowed the knee?
John Griffith · Some Prison Meditations · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but his former Actions, and he laments it, that he had heretofore so often bow'dbowed before that accursed Idol; upon which C…nfession, the Prophet gives him Absolution. I …
With rule
… but his former Actions, and he laments it, that he had heretofore so often bow'dbowed before that accursed Idol; upon which C…nfession, the Prophet gives him Absolution. I …
Cotton Mather · Batteries Upon the Kingdom of the Devil · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
And ſaw this fight, bow'dbowed themſelves with their face
With rule
And ſaw this fight, bow'dbowed themſelves with their face
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ioseph, tho he were a Great Prince, and his Father grown poor, yet he bow'dbowed to him, and behaved himself as humbly as if his Father had been the …
With rule
… Ioseph, tho he were a Great Prince, and his Father grown poor, yet he bow'dbowed to him, and behaved himself as humbly as if his Father had been the …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 354 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſacred Rule, which is the meſure and ſtandard of all rectitude, is it ſelf bow'dbowed and diſtorted to countenance and abet the moſt contrary tenets: and like a variable …
With rule
… ſacred Rule, which is the meſure and ſtandard of all rectitude, is it ſelf bow'dbowed and diſtorted to countenance and abet the moſt contrary tenets: and like a variable …
Richard Allestree · The Lively Oracles Given to Us · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
my ſoul is bow'dbowed with all;
With rule
my ſoul is bow'dbowed with all;
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Song of Solomon Paraphrased A43769

Printed
Bow'dBowed down, fell dead, and rose no more.
With rule
Bow'dBowed down, fell dead, and rose no more.
Arthur Hildersham · The Song of Solomon Paraphrased · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Bow'dBowed down in Battel, sunk before the Spear
With rule
Bow'dBowed down in Battel, sunk before the Spear
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Bow'dBowed their Stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts,
With rule
Bow'dBowed their Stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 100 · Open in the reader

Poems on Several Occasions A63969

Printed
Good Gods! how well she Danc'd? How low she Bow'dBowed?
With rule
Good Gods! how well she Danc'd? How low she Bow'dBowed?
John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 81 · Open in the reader