Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12225 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stolnestolen

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

Puritas changed it: 583 times in 321 works
Consistency: 98.3% (583 of 593)
Reach if approved: ~623 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stolen
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 593 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (583 changes in 321 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 583)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… his part in the matter) muſt holde him ſelfe contented therewith. If it were ſtolnestolen from him to whom it was giuen to keepe, hee muſt make reſtitution to …
With rule
… his part in the matter) muſt holde him ſelfe contented therewith. If it were ſtolnestolen from him to whom it was giuen to keepe, hee muſt make reſtitution to …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the good begun. They therefore that extenuate grace, to apparell nature with her stolnestolen plumes, that obscure Gods glory to leaue matter of glorying in themselues, never learned …
With rule
… in the good begun. They therefore that extenuate grace, to apparell nature with her stolnestolen plumes, that obscure Gods glory to leaue matter of glorying in themselues, never learned …
Robert Mandevill · Timothys Task · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as I shewed before out of M. Edmunds giuing ouer his practice to finde stolnestolen goods. And Satan, wee reade, would accuse Iob to God himselfe to bee an …
With rule
… as I shewed before out of M. Edmunds giuing ouer his practice to finde stolnestolen goods. And Satan, wee reade, would accuse Iob to God himselfe to bee an …
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which was deuoured by a wolfe, infecteth and annoyeth the wearer. So the goods stolnestolen from the Minister, though neuer so closely, is an infectious contagion, and a deuouring …
With rule
… which was deuoured by a wolfe, infecteth and annoyeth the wearer. So the goods stolnestolen from the Minister, though neuer so closely, is an infectious contagion, and a deuouring …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they coulde not proue, they laide vnto his charge the writings that they had ſtolnestolen out of his Studie.
With rule
… they coulde not proue, they laide vnto his charge the writings that they had ſtolnestolen out of his Studie.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hold by the violent force of perſecuting terrour, but haue been willingly and wilfully ſtolnestolen away by mine owne corrupt and carnall paſſions. For which mine obliquitie and grieuous …
With rule
… Hold by the violent force of perſecuting terrour, but haue been willingly and wilfully ſtolnestolen away by mine owne corrupt and carnall paſſions. For which mine obliquitie and grieuous …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the liking of prayer, the delighting in the Sacramēts, the care of discipline be stolnestolen out of our hearts; if we can now sweare, that could sometimes not suffer …
With rule
… the liking of prayer, the delighting in the Sacramēts, the care of discipline be stolnestolen out of our hearts; if we can now sweare, that could sometimes not suffer …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 514 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fast from euill workes, abstaine from euill wordes: ſuppreſſe euill thoughts, touch not the ſtolnestolen bread of falſe doctrine; deſire not the meates of euill and corrupt philoſophie to …
With rule
… fast from euill workes, abstaine from euill wordes: ſuppreſſe euill thoughts, touch not the ſtolnestolen bread of falſe doctrine; deſire not the meates of euill and corrupt philoſophie to …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

7 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.

Timothys Task A06810

Printed
… is an antidote against crosses, the fruite of sinne, as Moses makes them, Deut. 28. StolneStolen waters are counted sweet, and hid bread is pleasant, but this pleasantnesse ends in …
With rule
… is an antidote against crosses, the fruite of sinne, as Moses makes them, Deut. 28. StolneStolen waters are counted sweet, and hid bread is pleasant, but this pleasantnesse ends in …
Robert Mandevill · Timothys Task · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Proverbs A07874

Printed
17 StolneStolen waters are ſweete, and hidden bread is pleaſant.
With rule
17 StolneStolen waters are ſweete, and hidden bread is pleaſant.
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 80 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

Printed
… for ſeed: Hee ſhall poure out his water out of buckets, Num. 25.59. and Prov. 7.9. StolneStolen waters are ſweete: ſo foreign, to goe together. Matt. 1.19. ſo to touch, I ſuffered thee …
With rule
… for ſeed: Hee ſhall poure out his water out of buckets, Num. 25.59. and Prov. 7.9. StolneStolen waters are ſweete: ſo foreign, to goe together. Matt. 1.19. ſo to touch, I ſuffered thee …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 152 · Open in the reader

The Handmaid of Repentance A20184

Printed
StolneStolen goods conceal'd,
With rule
StolneStolen goods conceal'd,
Arthur Dent · The Handmaid of Repentance · Open in the reader
Printed
StolneStolen goods bought with an euill conſcience, ought to be reſtored: yea although by Law …
With rule
StolneStolen goods bought with an euill conſcience, ought to be reſtored: yea although by Law …
Arthur Dent · The Handmaid of Repentance · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
V. 30. StolneStolen my gods] It is not probable that Laban having had for twenty yeares together …
With rule
V. 30. StolneStolen my gods] It is not probable that Laban having had for twenty yeares together …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
… Savour, Gen. 8. 21. (Heb. a savour of rest, marg.) Sleep, Eccl. 5. 12. Smell, Isa. 3. 24. Spices, Exod 30. 34. StolneStolen waters, Prov. 9. 17. Voice, Cant. 2. 14. Water, Jam. 3. 11. Waters, Exod. 15. 25. Wickedness, Job 20. 12. Wine, Isa. 49. 26. Words, Psal. 119. 103. & 141. 6.
With rule
… Savour, Gen. 8. 21. (Heb. a savour of rest, marg.) Sleep, Eccl. 5. 12. Smell, Isa. 3. 24. Spices, Exod 30. 34. StolneStolen waters, Prov. 9. 17. Voice, Cant. 2. 14. Water, Jam. 3. 11. Waters, Exod. 15. 25. Wickedness, Job 20. 12. Wine, Isa. 49. 26. Words, Psal. 119. 103. & 141. 6.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 632 · Open in the reader