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woldewould

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
2,009 times in 153 works
Consistency
98.6% (2,009 of 2,037)
Reach if approved
~2,140 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: would
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,037 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,009 changes in 153 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,009)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … yf you shuld therwyth be content lying vpon it, and loke for no more, woldewould not fynde one man.
    With rule
    … yf you shuld therwyth be content lying vpon it, and loke for no more, woldewould not fynde one man.

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … table before hym agaynſt thoſe his enemyes. Is not this a wonderfull defender? I woldewould haue thought he ſhulde haue prepared before hym a ſtronge wall, a myghtye hulworke …
    With rule
    … table before hym agaynſt thoſe his enemyes. Is not this a wonderfull defender? I woldewould haue thought he ſhulde haue prepared before hym a ſtronge wall, a myghtye hulworke …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of know ledge, thet thē selues enter not in, nether suffer they other yt woldewould to enter in. They are those same Babilonical backslideds, & …yng childrē, which wyll not …
    With rule
    … of know ledge, thet thē selues enter not in, nether suffer they other yt woldewould to enter in. They are those same Babilonical backslideds, & …yng childrē, which wyll not …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … man to be as a felowſhyppe and company togyther, to the entente that he woldewould be knowen amonge men, and to teache one an other the doctryne and knowledge …
    With rule
    … man to be as a felowſhyppe and company togyther, to the entente that he woldewould be knowen amonge men, and to teache one an other the doctryne and knowledge …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … down theſe haute and highe lookes, wherwith they ouerloke euerye pore man whome they woldewould oppreſſe, but beware you proude of the earthe whiche huffe vp youre noſes into …
    With rule
    … down theſe haute and highe lookes, wherwith they ouerloke euerye pore man whome they woldewould oppreſſe, but beware you proude of the earthe whiche huffe vp youre noſes into …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The Seytheanes & Partheaues with other Heythen peple had lawes ageynst lyenge & swearinge / whom they woldewould in no wyse dysobeye. We haue the great commandement of God with the gospel …
    With rule
    The Seytheanes & Partheaues with other Heythen peple had lawes ageynst lyenge & swearinge / whom they woldewould in no wyse dysobeye. We haue the great commandement of God with the gospel …

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … this be not spoken of youre fylthye generacion / I report me to you. ye woldewould fayne haue it serue for Frith & Lambert. As who shuld saye: They were confounded …
    With rule
    … this be not spoken of youre fylthye generacion / I report me to you. ye woldewould fayne haue it serue for Frith & Lambert. As who shuld saye: They were confounded …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Of Saul it is plaine that God so lefte him, that neither woldewould he geue him aunswere by prophete, by dreame, nor by vision.
    With rule
    Of Saul it is plaine that God so lefte him, that neither woldewould he geue him aunswere by prophete, by dreame, nor by vision.

    John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (28)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 24 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … necessary that those vowes shuld be also bannyshed wyth them, whych made them relygions? WoldeWould ye haue men in one poynte to be the kynges true subiectes, and in …
    With rule
    … necessary that those vowes shuld be also bannyshed wyth them, whych made them relygions? WoldeWould ye haue men in one poynte to be the kynges true subiectes, and in …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. xxv · Open in the reader

An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist A02807

  • Printed
    … and heade of that churche, by the space of more thā, ii. yeares after. WoldeWould not hys syght serue hym to se so fowle a blot, in so long …
    With rule
    … and heade of that churche, by the space of more thā, ii. yeares after. WoldeWould not hys syght serue hym to se so fowle a blot, in so long …

    John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader

Answer to a Jesuit A04922

  • Printed
    … at no tyme should shaw pietie vpon the patient suffering of his afflicted kirk? WoldeWould they that the sworde should still deuor? Wold they that the flaming fyres should …
    With rule
    … at no tyme should shaw pietie vpon the patient suffering of his afflicted kirk? WoldeWould they that the sworde should still deuor? Wold they that the flaming fyres should …

    John Knox · Answer to a Jesuit · Open in the reader

Letter to Lady Mary A04924

  • Printed
    WoldeWould ye heare glad tidinges? what, if that I ſhoulde permytte vnto you (as one …
    With rule
    WoldeWould ye heare glad tidinges? what, if that I ſhoulde permytte vnto you (as one …

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay A05547

  • Printed
    WoldeWould thou euery day study but half an houre
    With rule
    WoldeWould thou euery day study but half an houre

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WoldeWould god that prince had bene that day comfortid
    With rule
    WoldeWould god that prince had bene that day comfortid

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger A06772

  • Printed
    WoldeWould god we had many such gē tlemen.
    With rule
    WoldeWould god we had many such gē tlemen.

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WoldeWould god all they which wyll be taken for gentlemē were gentlemen in dede. Then …
    With rule
    WoldeWould god all they which wyll be taken for gentlemē were gentlemen in dede. Then …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … neuer to eate fleshe nor drinke wyne, then he shuld offend his weake brother▪ WoldeWould he then thinke you, trouble an whole comon weale, make vproures, rayse vp commocions …
    With rule
    … neuer to eate fleshe nor drinke wyne, then he shuld offend his weake brother▪ WoldeWould he then thinke you, trouble an whole comon weale, make vproures, rayse vp commocions …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

  • Printed
    WoldeWould God, woldewould God, she dyd not also thorowe her vnryghteous violence & churlysh malice thyrst …
    With rule
    WoldeWould God, woldewould God, she dyd not also thorowe her vnryghteous violence & churlysh malice thyrst …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … also thorowe her vnryghteous violence & churlysh malice thyrst, shede, and sucke vp innocent bloud. WoldeWould God that thorowe her false wytnes bearyng, true men were not put vnto deathe …
    With rule
    … also thorowe her vnryghteous violence & churlysh malice thyrst, shede, and sucke vp innocent bloud. WoldeWould God that thorowe her false wytnes bearyng, true men were not put vnto deathe …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WoldeWould not here be a redresse in thys behalfe. De…er…ethe this malicious periury …
    With rule
    WoldeWould not here be a redresse in thys behalfe. De…er…ethe this malicious periury …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xlvi · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WoldeWould God all masters were of this mynde.
    With rule
    WoldeWould God all masters were of this mynde.

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Princes made diuers other mooste holye lawes, for the exchewing of customable swearyng & Periury. WoldeWould god that theyse theyr moost godly actes myght ether be renued among christen men …
    With rule
    … Princes made diuers other mooste holye lawes, for the exchewing of customable swearyng & Periury. WoldeWould god that theyse theyr moost godly actes myght ether be renued among christen men …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xcviii · Open in the reader

The New Policy of War A06920

  • Printed
    … highest were not dishonoured by thy shamefull and abhominable othes, whiche thou dayely vsest. WoldeWould God thou wast not disobedient, but faythfull & true in all poyntes to thy superiours …
    With rule
    … highest were not dishonoured by thy shamefull and abhominable othes, whiche thou dayely vsest. WoldeWould God thou wast not disobedient, but faythfull & true in all poyntes to thy superiours …

    Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader

Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs A10777

  • Printed
    … one thinge to be the churche in dede / another thinge to countrefayte the churche. WoldeWould godde it wer well knowen / what is the forsakynge of the churche. In the …
    With rule
    … one thinge to be the churche in dede / another thinge to countrefayte the churche. WoldeWould godde it wer well knowen / what is the forsakynge of the churche. In the …

    Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader

The Garden of Wisdom A13399

  • Printed
    … out of the treasorie: Lo, ꝙ he, the great theues leade the lyttell thefe. WoldeWould god this coulde not be truely spoken vpon some christen officers, by whom otherwyles …
    With rule
    … out of the treasorie: Lo, ꝙ he, the great theues leade the lyttell thefe. WoldeWould god this coulde not be truely spoken vpon some christen officers, by whom otherwyles …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom · Open in the reader

The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 A13401

  • Printed
    … of lernynge, of prudence, of graue iugement mete for so noble & magnifycent a prince. WoldeWould god al other noble mē of byrth woldewould take exemple of hys Maiestye to …
    With rule
    … of lernynge, of prudence, of graue iugement mete for so noble & magnifycent a prince. WoldeWould god al other noble mē of byrth woldewould take exemple of hys Maiestye to …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · Open in the reader

Images Not to be Suffered in Churches A13931

  • Printed
    … that in this behalfe we do agaynſt the princypall poyntes of the chriſten fayth. WoldeWould god that with this ſuperſtition & vayne honourynge of ymages we dyd nat ſtoppe & kepe …
    With rule
    … that in this behalfe we do agaynſt the princypall poyntes of the chriſten fayth. WoldeWould god that with this ſuperſtition & vayne honourynge of ymages we dyd nat ſtoppe & kepe …

    Martin Bucer · Images Not to be Suffered in Churches · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

  • Printed
    … iuglynge and then cometh christe vnto iudgemente. What saye ye of this crafty convayar? WoldeWould he spare / suppose ye to allege & to wreste other doctours pestilētly / which feareth not …
    With rule
    … iuglynge and then cometh christe vnto iudgemente. What saye ye of this crafty convayar? WoldeWould he spare / suppose ye to allege & to wreste other doctours pestilētly / which feareth not …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxij · Open in the reader

The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith A15880

  • Printed
    Lo, here is a ſolempne open confeſſion. WoldeWould God ye thys exāple of publyke confeſſion of ſynnes were well practiſed through out …
    With rule
    Lo, here is a ſolempne open confeſſion. WoldeWould God ye thys exāple of publyke confeſſion of ſynnes were well practiſed through out …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Account Reckoning and Confession of Faith · p. 68 · Open in the reader

What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do A17688

  • Printed
    … do they not yet make as though they worſhipped it as other men do? WoldeWould not they yt men ſhoulde thynke that they do it of good deuotiō. In …
    With rule
    … do they not yet make as though they worſhipped it as other men do? WoldeWould not they yt men ſhoulde thynke that they do it of good deuotiō. In …

    John Calvin · What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do · Open in the reader

Exposition of Marys Magnificat A68425

  • Printed
    … quarell & ryghteouſneſſe? haue not the holy martyres of God ſuffred much for ye Goſpel? WoldeWould not Chriſt himſelfe haue ryght? For it chaūceth oftymes, that ſuch men defende a …
    With rule
    … quarell & ryghteouſneſſe? haue not the holy martyres of God ſuffred much for ye Goſpel? WoldeWould not Chriſt himſelfe haue ryght? For it chaūceth oftymes, that ſuch men defende a …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … forgo them, ſo that in all chaunces that befall, we cleue only to God. WoldeWould God all princes and powers (as theyr duety is) were not ignoraūte of thys …
    With rule
    … forgo them, ſo that in all chaunces that befall, we cleue only to God. WoldeWould God all princes and powers (as theyr duety is) were not ignoraūte of thys …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader