Rules
All candidates
Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1319 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beholdebehold

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
4,364 times in 577 works
Consistency
99.7% (4,364 of 4,377)
Reach if approved
~4,604 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: behold
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,382 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,364 changes in 577 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,364)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … we muſt firſte ſeek the kingdom of God; wherof this is a part, [Eſa 32.1. BeholdeBehold, a king ſhall rule juſtlie, and excellent ones ſhal govern according to the rule …
    With rule
    … we muſt firſte ſeek the kingdom of God; wherof this is a part, [Eſa 32.1. BeholdeBehold, a king ſhall rule juſtlie, and excellent ones ſhal govern according to the rule …

    Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Latimer would not beholdebehold the proceſsion ead.
    With rule
    Latimer would not beholdebehold the proceſsion ead.

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … worde of confessing. And if you can proue any Sacrament out of that texte, beholdebehold, you haue the Greeke and Latine vntouched and the English answereable to both: make …
    With rule
    … worde of confessing. And if you can proue any Sacrament out of that texte, beholdebehold, you haue the Greeke and Latine vntouched and the English answereable to both: make …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 388 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to the purpose, except Martial can declare vnto vs, with what eyes the diuelles beholdebehold the crosse, he shall haue much a doe to perswade vs, that this author …
    With rule
    … to the purpose, except Martial can declare vnto vs, with what eyes the diuelles beholdebehold the crosse, he shall haue much a doe to perswade vs, that this author …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 142 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … looketh home to the welſpring of all this foule and beaſtly ſinne, and ſaith, BeholdeBehold I was borne in wickedneſſe, and in ſinne hath my mother conceiued mee: as …
    With rule
    … looketh home to the welſpring of all this foule and beaſtly ſinne, and ſaith, BeholdeBehold I was borne in wickedneſſe, and in ſinne hath my mother conceiued mee: as …

    George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … which ariseth out of it? Put away the Ceremonies, cast out this Ionus, and beholdebehold, the storme will cease. A wise Pilot, will in a urgent storme, cast out …
    With rule
    … which ariseth out of it? Put away the Ceremonies, cast out this Ionus, and beholdebehold, the storme will cease. A wise Pilot, will in a urgent storme, cast out …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … that great number that ſhall bée ſaued, with that nota ſtellifera, that ſtarry note, BeholdeBehold, I ſaw a great multitude of all Nations and Kinreds, and People, and Tongues …
    With rule
    … that great number that ſhall bée ſaued, with that nota ſtellifera, that ſtarry note, BeholdeBehold, I ſaw a great multitude of all Nations and Kinreds, and People, and Tongues …

    Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Serpent, as the onely obiect set vp to the same purpose for them to beholdebehold. So our Fayth in lyke case, directed to the body of Iesus our Sauiour …
    With rule
    … Serpent, as the onely obiect set vp to the same purpose for them to beholdebehold. So our Fayth in lyke case, directed to the body of Iesus our Sauiour …

    Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

13 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.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

  • Printed
    … his abhominations whych he did, and CARVED IMAGES THAT VVERE LAID TO HIS CHARGE, BEHOLDEBEHOLD THEY ARE VVRITTEN, &c, these words, carued images laid to his charge, are more …
    With rule
    … his abhominations whych he did, and CARVED IMAGES THAT VVERE LAID TO HIS CHARGE, BEHOLDEBEHOLD THEY ARE VVRITTEN, &c, these words, carued images laid to his charge, are more …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 483 · Open in the reader

The Christian Exercise of Fasting A03464

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold here arguments of great ſympathie and loue, conſidering his ſtate, for Iob infected with …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold here arguments of great ſympathie and loue, conſidering his ſtate, for Iob infected with …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 229 · Open in the reader

Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies A04901

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold and conſider, ye dearely beloued, how that God after the mans falling away, hath …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold and conſider, ye dearely beloued, how that God after the mans falling away, hath …

    John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader

Treatise of Good Works A06515

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold nowe this is ye worke of the fyrſte cōmaundement / wherby it is cōmaunded that …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold nowe this is ye worke of the fyrſte cōmaundement / wherby it is cōmaunded that …

    Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold here it is. Let euery manne looke not for his oVVne profit, but for …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold here it is. Let euery manne looke not for his oVVne profit, but for …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

The Pomander of Prayer A07044

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold (O pitiful father) thy most pitifull sōne, which suffred for me being so wicked …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold (O pitiful father) thy most pitifull sōne, which suffred for me being so wicked …

    Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader

Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ A17690

  • Printed
    13 BEholdeBehold my ſeruaunt ſhall proſper: he ſhalbe exalted, and extolled, and be very high.
    With rule
    13 BEholdeBehold my ſeruaunt ſhall proſper: he ſhalbe exalted, and extolled, and be very high.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold / I am wyth you al the dayes vnto the worldes ende: thys promyse was …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold / I am wyth you al the dayes vnto the worldes ende: thys promyse was …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader

Sum of the Christian Faith A68595

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold in generall the pryncypall pointes which theſe twoo thinges haue in common. And followeth …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold in generall the pryncypall pointes which theſe twoo thinges haue in common. And followeth …

    Theodore Beza · Sum of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold brefely the verie ende and marke whereunto the Councelles ought to haue regarde. But …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold brefely the verie ende and marke whereunto the Councelles ought to haue regarde. But …

    Theodore Beza · Sum of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    1. 7. BEholdeBehold hee commeth vvyth cloudes, and euery eye ſhall ſee him: yea euen they which …
    With rule
    1. 7. BEholdeBehold hee commeth vvyth cloudes, and euery eye ſhall ſee him: yea euen they which …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Controversy Concerning the Holy Supper and the Mass A73348

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold then here one great trumpery, the which proceedeth either of the ignorance or of …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold then here one great trumpery, the which proceedeth either of the ignorance or of …

    Pierre Viret · Controversy Concerning the Holy Supper and the Mass · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

  • Printed
    BEholdeBehold I ſtande at the dore and knocke: If any man heare my voice and …
    With rule
    BEholdeBehold I ſtande at the dore and knocke: If any man heare my voice and …

    Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 134 · Open in the reader