Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1364 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foundefound

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

Puritas changed it: 3,662 times in 488 works
Consistency: 99.8% (3,662 of 3,667)
Reach if approved: ~3,855 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: found
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,669 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 2 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,662 changes in 488 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,662)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… conſtitute no lawes, or ordinances to our deſtruction, ſo longe as we ſhall be foundefound obedient vnto them. Then is there no power that ruleth accordinge to theſe lawes …
With rule
… conſtitute no lawes, or ordinances to our deſtruction, ſo longe as we ſhall be foundefound obedient vnto them. Then is there no power that ruleth accordinge to theſe lawes …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to beare their chastyte, whose carryage was sumtyme verye comberouse vnto them, and they foundefound not than in all contreyes soche plentye of Nondryes as hath bene sens. Sigebertus …
With rule
… to beare their chastyte, whose carryage was sumtyme verye comberouse vnto them, and they foundefound not than in all contreyes soche plentye of Nondryes as hath bene sens. Sigebertus …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vp of theyr verdy t… / as they haue not hunted after theyr myndes and foundefound out theyr game to the cruell shedynge of poore innocentes blood. To proue this …
With rule
… vp of theyr verdy t… / as they haue not hunted after theyr myndes and foundefound out theyr game to the cruell shedynge of poore innocentes blood. To proue this …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader
Printed
… the rest that ensue: what may seeme darke at the first will afterwardes be foundefound more plaine, euen as the later particular decisions will appeare I doubt not more …
With rule
… the rest that ensue: what may seeme darke at the first will afterwardes be foundefound more plaine, euen as the later particular decisions will appeare I doubt not more …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · Open in the reader
Printed
… anie one. And, in such common Convocations, it is no wonder, though manie bee foundefound, not well appoynted, in their Geare. And, nowe, verilie, I count it straunge, that …
With rule
… anie one. And, in such common Convocations, it is no wonder, though manie bee foundefound, not well appoynted, in their Geare. And, nowe, verilie, I count it straunge, that …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was, and vnderstandyng that it was a Churche, I entered in, to praie, and foundefound there a vaile, or linnen clothe, hangyng at the doore of the saied churche …
With rule
… was, and vnderstandyng that it was a Churche, I entered in, to praie, and foundefound there a vaile, or linnen clothe, hangyng at the doore of the saied churche …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader
Printed
… diligent search, or studie, by no experience, or demonstration of any science can be foundefound out, without the reuelation of God, and the authoritie of his holy word. And …
With rule
… diligent search, or studie, by no experience, or demonstration of any science can be foundefound out, without the reuelation of God, and the authoritie of his holy word. And …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee contented, with ſcant a ſhadowe of theſe thinges, which ſhoulde bee ſo plentifully foundefound in them: Notwithſtanding ſome are ſo blinde, that hauing no ſhadow or ſhewe at …
With rule
… bee contented, with ſcant a ſhadowe of theſe thinges, which ſhoulde bee ſo plentifully foundefound in them: Notwithſtanding ſome are ſo blinde, that hauing no ſhadow or ſhewe at …
George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

Printed
I FoundeFound by experience, that neither wiſdome, nor raſhenes was to be truſted. For before it …
With rule
I FoundeFound by experience, that neither wiſdome, nor raſhenes was to be truſted. For before it …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
… xviij b.c. xx.a. xxvi.b. xxxiij.a. xxxvij c. xxxviij a.b. FoundeFound fauoure in the ſighte of Nebuchadnezar. xxxix.b.c, was ſet at lybertie. xl …
With rule
… xviij b.c. xx.a. xxvi.b. xxxiij.a. xxxvij c. xxxviij a.b. FoundeFound fauoure in the ſighte of Nebuchadnezar. xxxix.b.c, was ſet at lybertie. xl …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader
Printed
Mephiboſeth the ſonne of Ionathas ij. Regum. iiii,a. FoundeFound fauor at the hande of Dauid. ix.*. Was falſelye accuſed to Dauyd. xvi,a …
With rule
Mephiboſeth the ſonne of Ionathas ij. Regum. iiii,a. FoundeFound fauor at the hande of Dauid. ix.*. Was falſelye accuſed to Dauyd. xvi,a …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader