Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12349 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sholdshould

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

Puritas changed it: 2,697 times in 454 works
Consistency: 99.7% (2,697 of 2,704)
Reach if approved: ~2,841 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: should
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,704 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,697 changes in 454 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,697)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… obey earthly princes, that we disobey not the God of heauen & earth, & therfore Ioab sholdshould haue suffered death rather then to haue obeyed Dauids cō maundement in betraying & murdering …
With rule
… obey earthly princes, that we disobey not the God of heauen & earth, & therfore Ioab sholdshould haue suffered death rather then to haue obeyed Dauids cō maundement in betraying & murdering …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo that men might think there were ſome deepe thing in them, & that they ſholdshould be able euē to iudge, & giue aright verdit, in al matters: but a man …
With rule
… ſo that men might think there were ſome deepe thing in them, & that they ſholdshould be able euē to iudge, & giue aright verdit, in al matters: but a man …
George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gen. xxxiiii. In the dyl…y or generall floude he saued the marryed how sholdshould of Noe, y^e fore… virgines peryshyng therin. Gen. vii. hys blessynge was vpon the …
With rule
… Gen. xxxiiii. In the dyl…y or generall floude he saued the marryed how sholdshould of Noe, y^e fore… virgines peryshyng therin. Gen. vii. hys blessynge was vpon the …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. ci · Open in the reader
Printed
… they were to vſe both prayer and the Sacraments. But yet, that there they ſholdshould be taught, was vſed as the principall motiue; becauſe, as to be taught the …
With rule
… they were to vſe both prayer and the Sacraments. But yet, that there they ſholdshould be taught, was vſed as the principall motiue; becauſe, as to be taught the …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
… godly pray vnto thee. As if for this, & for this only euery godly mā ſholdshould chiefly pray, wherby he, in Chriſt, might be aſſured of Gods fauour: for thus …
With rule
… godly pray vnto thee. As if for this, & for this only euery godly mā ſholdshould chiefly pray, wherby he, in Chriſt, might be aſſured of Gods fauour: for thus …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 468 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come vnto God, he shall deserue that God with long wretchednesse in this worlde, sholdshould destroy him, and plage all that is hys.
With rule
… come vnto God, he shall deserue that God with long wretchednesse in this worlde, sholdshould destroy him, and plage all that is hys.
Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnlesse one haue felt the wound of spirit, he could hardly gesse that it sholdshould haue such terrours.
With rule
… vnlesse one haue felt the wound of spirit, he could hardly gesse that it sholdshould haue such terrours.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… that though we thinke wee know God, yet wee know him not as we ſholdshould, therefore let us every one labour to underſtand this, that God will have us …
With rule
… that though we thinke wee know God, yet wee know him not as we ſholdshould, therefore let us every one labour to underſtand this, that God will have us …
John Forbes · Four Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay A05547

Printed
SholdShould be submytted hole in to my cure
With rule
SholdShould be submytted hole in to my cure
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader
Printed
SholdShould in the kyrk get ony kynde of cure
With rule
SholdShould in the kyrk get ony kynde of cure
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

Printed
… of God. Thys made the Iewes carelesse, so that they thought on this maner: SholdShould this citie come to naught? It will neuer com to passe God can not …
With rule
… of God. Thys made the Iewes carelesse, so that they thought on this maner: SholdShould this citie come to naught? It will neuer com to passe God can not …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… order, whether we respecte duties towards god or mā What sholdshould god now do? SholdShould he dissēble & wincke at such & so great contempte both of himselfe and of his …
With rule
… order, whether we respecte duties towards god or mā What sholdshould god now do? SholdShould he dissēble & wincke at such & so great contempte both of himselfe and of his …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… my name, and to protest that you bee of the felowship of my people? SholdShould this grieue you seing you haue sixe dayes free and whole to doe your …
With rule
… my name, and to protest that you bee of the felowship of my people? SholdShould this grieue you seing you haue sixe dayes free and whole to doe your …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which ought to be his holy temple, & it is a making therof a swinestie. SholdShould filthines lie there? & what a dealing were that? Therefore wee must cut off all …
With rule
… which ought to be his holy temple, & it is a making therof a swinestie. SholdShould filthines lie there? & what a dealing were that? Therefore wee must cut off all …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 730 · Open in the reader
Printed
… although he stretch forth his mightie hand, yet we perceiue it not a whit. SholdShould not this serue mē for some excuse of their ignorance? And in very deede …
With rule
… although he stretch forth his mightie hand, yet we perceiue it not a whit. SholdShould not this serue mē for some excuse of their ignorance? And in very deede …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1015 · Open in the reader