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woldwould

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

Puritas changed it
4,383 times in 600 works
Consistency
99.0% (4,383 of 4,425)
Reach if approved
~4,652 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: would
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,427 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,383 changes in 600 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,383)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … other. They will ſay peraduenture, after this manner, It was a good Sermon, I woldwould we could follow it: he ſaid very well: he is a perfect ready man …
    With rule
    … other. They will ſay peraduenture, after this manner, It was a good Sermon, I woldwould we could follow it: he ſaid very well: he is a perfect ready man …

    George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his sonne: for he knew that the Lord who had made the promise, who woldwould prouide the meanes also to bring it to passe: so if wee be perswaded …
    With rule
    … his sonne: for he knew that the Lord who had made the promise, who woldwould prouide the meanes also to bring it to passe: so if wee be perswaded …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 758 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of contention, if the land manured with bloud; had a tongue to speake, they woldwould all accuse the Tongue for the originall cause of their woe. Slaughter is a …
    With rule
    … of contention, if the land manured with bloud; had a tongue to speake, they woldwould all accuse the Tongue for the originall cause of their woe. Slaughter is a …

    Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vpō hand nothing, but that we be assured of the allowance o… God. I woldwould inquire of them, whereas this office appointed to them, to offer vp Christe to …
    With rule
    … vpō hand nothing, but that we be assured of the allowance o… God. I woldwould inquire of them, whereas this office appointed to them, to offer vp Christe to …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the ſtream, ſtay thē in the time, & let their labor he like his that woldwould repair Iericho To this end bee good to the light of our eies, the …
    With rule
    … the ſtream, ſtay thē in the time, & let their labor he like his that woldwould repair Iericho To this end bee good to the light of our eies, the …

    Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it ſheweth that they goe directlie contrarie to Chriſts inſtitution, & the Apoſtles practiſe, who woldwould haue it a banquet for all that were fit to receiue. Neither is there …
    With rule
    … it ſheweth that they goe directlie contrarie to Chriſts inſtitution, & the Apoſtles practiſe, who woldwould haue it a banquet for all that were fit to receiue. Neither is there …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … was the saying of alprinces to the martyrs in the primitiue church, that they woldwould haue thē confoō them selues in exteriour actions, to other men: & that for obedience …
    With rule
    … was the saying of alprinces to the martyrs in the primitiue church, that they woldwould haue thē confoō them selues in exteriour actions, to other men: & that for obedience …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Antichrist, because he sitteth without the temple of God, as ther be diuers that woldwould haue these things to be vnderstood of Mahomet or Ottomanus: but it is as …
    With rule
    … Antichrist, because he sitteth without the temple of God, as ther be diuers that woldwould haue these things to be vnderstood of Mahomet or Ottomanus: but it is as …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (42)

31 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

  • Printed
    … a promise to one in the company, which he brake within two dayes after. WoldWould any man question whether or not the Prelate was sitting, when he made this …
    With rule
    … a promise to one in the company, which he brake within two dayes after. WoldWould any man question whether or not the Prelate was sitting, when he made this …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Against a Rank Papist A02621

  • Printed
    … earneste what wolde she? Euen that her mother wolde, ye know what I meane. WoldWould she yll in that? yea marry. And why? For she had vowed afore to …
    With rule
    … earneste what wolde she? Euen that her mother wolde, ye know what I meane. WoldWould she yll in that? yea marry. And why? For she had vowed afore to …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass A02831

  • Printed
    WoldWould to God ye vnderstude, what ye haue here said, in the former parte of …
    With rule
    WoldWould to God ye vnderstude, what ye haue here said, in the former parte of …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WoldWould to God, whatsoeuer ye note, vpon the margine of one Obite masse, that ye …
    With rule
    WoldWould to God, whatsoeuer ye note, vpon the margine of one Obite masse, that ye …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

Answer to a Jesuit A04922

  • Printed
    … late yeares, to that Romane Antechrist, and vnto suche as liue be his Merchandice. WoldWould Maister Tyrie (we ask) and his factiō, haue refused the Euā gell, bec…us …
    With rule
    … late yeares, to that Romane Antechrist, and vnto suche as liue be his Merchandice. WoldWould Maister Tyrie (we ask) and his factiō, haue refused the Euā gell, bec…us …

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

  • Printed
    … bene shed for the testimonie of Christes E…angell, within these thre score yeares. WoldWould they that God at no tyme should shaw pietie vpon the patient suffering of …
    With rule
    … bene shed for the testimonie of Christes E…angell, within these thre score yeares. WoldWould they that God at no tyme should shaw pietie vpon the patient suffering of …

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

  • Printed
    … patient suffering of his afflicted kirk? Wolde they that the sworde should still deuor? WoldWould they that the flaming fyres should neuer be quēched? If that so they woldwould …
    With rule
    … patient suffering of his afflicted kirk? Wolde they that the sworde should still deuor? WoldWould they that the flaming fyres should neuer be quēched? If that so they woldwould …

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

The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women A04928

  • Printed
    WoldWould to god the exāples were not so manifest, to the further declaration of the …
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    WoldWould to god the exāples were not so manifest, to the further declaration of the …

    John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · p. 12 · Open in the reader

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

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    Syr what forme of preachinge woulde you appoynt me to preache before a kynge? WoldWould you haue me for to preache nothynge as concernynge a Kynge, in the Kynges …
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    Syr what forme of preachinge woulde you appoynt me to preache before a kynge? WoldWould you haue me for to preache nothynge as concernynge a Kynge, in the Kynges …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay A05547

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    WoldWould god I were with hym this day confest
    With rule
    WoldWould god I were with hym this day confest

    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

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    … she) that I beleue on the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. WoldWould God the lyke affeccion towarde the Preache…s of Gods woorde were founde in …
    With rule
    … she) that I beleue on the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. WoldWould God the lyke affeccion towarde the Preache…s of Gods woorde were founde in …

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

  • Printed
    WoldWould god that al they which eyther were authors of sedicion, or consented therunto at …
    With rule
    WoldWould god that al they which eyther were authors of sedicion, or consented therunto at …

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

  • Printed
    WoldWould god al mē beleued thys. Then shulde they haue merrye and quiete myndes, where …
    With rule
    WoldWould god al mē beleued thys. Then shulde they haue merrye and quiete myndes, where …

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

A Fruitful Treatise A06783

  • Printed
    … al liue with bread & water, it is not coūted as the publyque & cōmon fast. WoldWould God yt al they that fast, yea & so many as profes Christ woldwould remēber …
    With rule
    … al liue with bread & water, it is not coūted as the publyque & cōmon fast. WoldWould God yt al they that fast, yea & so many as profes Christ woldwould remēber …

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

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    … it is vncorruptible) but euen among the most barbarous, ignorant & beastly people of the WoldWould, I meane the very Caribies and Cannibals; and we shall find this beléefe receiued …
    With rule
    … it is vncorruptible) but euen among the most barbarous, ignorant & beastly people of the WoldWould, I meane the very Caribies and Cannibals; and we shall find this beléefe receiued …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 275 · Open in the reader

Answer to Navarre A09739

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    … of a Coūcell, is rather in danger to be deceiued thē otherwys. What then? WoldWould we yt the doctrine of ye Churche should be vncertain seing it may erre …
    With rule
    … of a Coūcell, is rather in danger to be deceiued thē otherwys. What then? WoldWould we yt the doctrine of ye Churche should be vncertain seing it may erre …

    Theodore Beza · Answer to Navarre · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Abuses A13086

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    WoldWould you not haue one fréend to visite another at certen tymes of the yéer?
    With rule
    WoldWould you not haue one fréend to visite another at certen tymes of the yéer?

    Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

Pictures not to be Worshiped A13932

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    … that in this behalfe we do agaynſt the princypall poyntes of the chriſten …ayth. WoldWould god that with this ſu…erſticyon and vayne honouryng of images / we dyd nat …
    With rule
    … that in this behalfe we do agaynſt the princypall poyntes of the chriſten …ayth. WoldWould god that with this ſu…erſticyon and vayne honouryng of images / we dyd nat …

    Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader

The Rescuing of the Romish Fox A14048

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    … with hym that i myght / as i lay with hym / learn to ſpeake latine / WoldWould not a wiſe father ſay thow fooliſh boy / why haſte thow broken my commandment …
    With rule
    … with hym that i myght / as i lay with hym / learn to ſpeake latine / WoldWould not a wiſe father ſay thow fooliſh boy / why haſte thow broken my commandment …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

The Practice of Prelates A14151

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    … him they myght not slea whom they woldwould, and make what cheuysaunce they lusted. WoldWould not ye bysshop of Wynchester haue fallen vppon him / and oppressed hym openly with …
    With rule
    … him they myght not slea whom they woldwould, and make what cheuysaunce they lusted. WoldWould not ye bysshop of Wynchester haue fallen vppon him / and oppressed hym openly with …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

The Treasure of the Church A15434

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    2. It was the foolish wish of the murmuring and disobedient Israelites: WoldWould God we had died in the land of Aegypt, or in this wildernesse would …
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    2. It was the foolish wish of the murmuring and disobedient Israelites: WoldWould God we had died in the land of Aegypt, or in this wildernesse would …

    Andrew Willet · The Treasure of the Church · p. 126 · Open in the reader

A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church A15739

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    … muſt beleeue all things appointed by God, & propoūded by the Church to be beleeued. WoldWould you not haue ſaid ſo, if you had loued plainneſſe? What if I ſhould …
    With rule
    … muſt beleeue all things appointed by God, & propoūded by the Church to be beleeued. WoldWould you not haue ſaid ſo, if you had loued plainneſſe? What if I ſhould …

    Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked A16795

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    … was wont to be that what God had coupled togither, no mā s… seperate, WoldWould you have vsed this speech against St. Peter, & the brethrē of the Lord, & the …
    With rule
    … was wont to be that what God had coupled togither, no mā s… seperate, WoldWould you have vsed this speech against St. Peter, & the brethrē of the Lord, & the …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 157 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

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    … of it, it far surmounteth our vnderstanding. What maruel? or what absurditie is it? WoldWould he haue the power of God so limited, yt it may be able to …
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    … of it, it far surmounteth our vnderstanding. What maruel? or what absurditie is it? WoldWould he haue the power of God so limited, yt it may be able to …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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    … that it is wickednesse & abhomination to haue images seen in a Chirche of Christians. WoldWould they that so speake, allowe that Councell, if they were aliue at this day …
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    … that it is wickednesse & abhomination to haue images seen in a Chirche of Christians. WoldWould they that so speake, allowe that Councell, if they were aliue at this day …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

The Little Book A17684

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    … an Idoll, & for the which thei knew thēselues to be had in great reputacion. WoldWould God the auncient Doctors had made lesse curtesie to offende suche kinde of men …
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    … an Idoll, & for the which thei knew thēselues to be had in great reputacion. WoldWould God the auncient Doctors had made lesse curtesie to offende suche kinde of men …

    John Calvin · The Little Book · p. 11 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

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    … no matter. Now he raigneth / I praye god long maye he raigne among you. WoldWould god it might pleaſe his grace / to beſtow the ſayd goodes or ſome of …
    With rule
    … no matter. Now he raigneth / I praye god long maye he raigne among you. WoldWould god it might pleaſe his grace / to beſtow the ſayd goodes or ſome of …

    Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    Weld or WoldWould.
    With rule
    Weld or WoldWould.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … degree. For, when the barley is mowed down in Harvest, then this Weld or WoldWould first peeps out of the Earth, where it groweth, till the May following when …
    With rule
    … degree. For, when the barley is mowed down in Harvest, then this Weld or WoldWould first peeps out of the Earth, where it groweth, till the May following when …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Will. WoldWould vel Wild, & Johan. Little.
    With rule
    Will. WoldWould vel Wild, & Johan. Little.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 228 · Open in the reader

The Banders Disbanded A51043

  • Printed
    … or Divine affirme, that they ought to have given such a Bond unto such? WoldWould they not rather that their tongue had cleaved to the roof of their mouth …
    With rule
    … or Divine affirme, that they ought to have given such a Bond unto such? WoldWould they not rather that their tongue had cleaved to the roof of their mouth …

    Robert McWard · The Banders Disbanded · p. 36 · Open in the reader