Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11778 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouldold

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

Puritas changed it: 750 times in 348 works
Consistency: 99.2% (750 of 756)
Reach if approved: ~794 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: old
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 756 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (750 changes in 348 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 750)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… good part. I deſier you would communicates this my writinge with Mr. B. our ouldold Frende, & with whomeſoever els you shal ſee cauſe, that you al whome I take …
With rule
… good part. I deſier you would communicates this my writinge with Mr. B. our ouldold Frende, & with whomeſoever els you shal ſee cauſe, that you al whome I take …
John Smyth · Parallels Censures · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Sa…ament of the altar, &c: and there is no reason, why wee …ouldold be called his mysticall bodie, or flesh of his flesh, and bone … his bone …
With rule
… the Sa…ament of the altar, &c: and there is no reason, why wee …ouldold be called his mysticall bodie, or flesh of his flesh, and bone … his bone …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 641 · Open in the reader
Printed
… also the seruantes of those men, which shall be the heyres of saluation. Where …ouldold they be els than? but about them that feare the Lord, to sée to …
With rule
… also the seruantes of those men, which shall be the heyres of saluation. Where …ouldold they be els than? but about them that feare the Lord, to sée to …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… had reſpect unto them, becauſe of his covenant with Abraham, Iſaac, and Iacob, and …ouldold not deſtroy them, neyther caſt he them from his preſence as yet. 2 Kin. 13, 23. By …
With rule
… had reſpect unto them, becauſe of his covenant with Abraham, Iſaac, and Iacob, and …ouldold not deſtroy them, neyther caſt he them from his preſence as yet. 2 Kin. 13, 23. By …
Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… re, after he had complained, that he …ouldold not finiſhe the good that hee …ouldold doo, but to doo the euil he would …ot: maketh an exclamation, ſaying. … miſerable …
With rule
… re, after he had complained, that he …ouldold not finiſhe the good that hee …ouldold doo, but to doo the euil he would …ot: maketh an exclamation, ſaying. … miſerable …
Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, …o whom mans goodnes is not extended: nor lastly, if any could, and …ouldold not; God should thereby be disprofited; for if one be wicked he …teth not …
With rule
… God, …o whom mans goodnes is not extended: nor lastly, if any could, and …ouldold not; God should thereby be disprofited; for if one be wicked he …teth not …
William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… Deacons (being now no more at their own disposing, but as the Levites of ouldold, the Lords sacred and consecrated ones) to withdraw so lightly from his speciall service …
With rule
… Deacons (being now no more at their own disposing, but as the Levites of ouldold, the Lords sacred and consecrated ones) to withdraw so lightly from his speciall service …
John Robinson · Apology of Certain Christians · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall want that which is necessary, or miscarry any way. When Moses pretended he …ouldold not speake, Who gives a mouth, saith God to him? Therefore let us take …
With rule
… shall want that which is necessary, or miscarry any way. When Moses pretended he …ouldold not speake, Who gives a mouth, saith God to him? Therefore let us take …
Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · p. 83 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

Printed
… it to their owne destruction, in pressing the two dugges of the Scripture, the OuldOld and New Testament, that in steed of milck, they sucke nothing but blood: Others …
With rule
… it to their owne destruction, in pressing the two dugges of the Scripture, the OuldOld and New Testament, that in steed of milck, they sucke nothing but blood: Others …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

Printed
A mind ful of reuengement, 799. OuldOld rancour, 2. Stomackes ſuche, and arrogancy ſo great, 12. Stomacke ſwelling, 109. Boiling, 56. Spirit of yowrs burſteth …
With rule
A mind ful of reuengement, 799. OuldOld rancour, 2. Stomackes ſuche, and arrogancy ſo great, 12. Stomacke ſwelling, 109. Boiling, 56. Spirit of yowrs burſteth …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · Open in the reader