Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1549 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foolefool

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

Puritas changed it: 5,152 times in 1,211 works
Consistency: 99.8% (5,152 of 5,158)
Reach if approved: ~5,431 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fool
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,169 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,152 changes in 1,211 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,152)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… up thy lips in silence, say nothing of thy Parents: He is either a FooleFool, or a mad man, who being in much company, and not being urged thereunto …
With rule
… up thy lips in silence, say nothing of thy Parents: He is either a FooleFool, or a mad man, who being in much company, and not being urged thereunto …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Barnes proportionably to his desires, had his Night; hee heard that soule knell, Thou foolefool, this Night, shall they fetch away thy soule. The World it selfe shall haue …
With rule
… Barnes proportionably to his desires, had his Night; hee heard that soule knell, Thou foolefool, this Night, shall they fetch away thy soule. The World it selfe shall haue …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… only wiſe men vnder heauen, but God ſaith to euery one of them, Thou foolefool. And verely their follie is exceeding great in forſaking the Lord God, who is …
With rule
… only wiſe men vnder heauen, but God ſaith to euery one of them, Thou foolefool. And verely their follie is exceeding great in forſaking the Lord God, who is …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eyes thoſe betraying lights put out, that had enſnared him, and himſelfe made a foolefool of, to make his enemies ſport. So as no child of God can take …
With rule
… eyes thoſe betraying lights put out, that had enſnared him, and himſelfe made a foolefool of, to make his enemies ſport. So as no child of God can take …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for why ſhouldeſt thou make thy ſelfe deſolate: Be not too wicked or a foolefool: for why ſhouldeſt thou dye before thy time, Eccle. 7 18.19. For as they are too …
With rule
… for why ſhouldeſt thou make thy ſelfe deſolate: Be not too wicked or a foolefool: for why ſhouldeſt thou dye before thy time, Eccle. 7 18.19. For as they are too …
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
… for it we are wholly ignorant, blind as stones, nay worse, wilfully blinde. What foolefool will let downe a nett for fish in the mountaines, or set a toyle …
With rule
… for it we are wholly ignorant, blind as stones, nay worse, wilfully blinde. What foolefool will let downe a nett for fish in the mountaines, or set a toyle …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… chapter) propound the fearefull & dangerous estate of the wicked man, which is scorneful & a foolefool (as he termes him) and the happy estate of the righteous man, whom he …
With rule
… chapter) propound the fearefull & dangerous estate of the wicked man, which is scorneful & a foolefool (as he termes him) and the happy estate of the righteous man, whom he …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and surgerie is ministred, least hee shoulde bée further infected. So that if a foolefool or a madde man, bée perswaded that the Phisition will kil him, by this …
With rule
… and surgerie is ministred, least hee shoulde bée further infected. So that if a foolefool or a madde man, bée perswaded that the Phisition will kil him, by this …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 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 Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
THE FOOLEFOOL And His Sport.
With rule
THE FOOLEFOOL And His Sport.
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 71 · Open in the reader

The Souls Conflict With Itself A12198

Printed
FOoleFool that I was! to think my easie Pen
With rule
FOoleFool that I was! to think my easie Pen
Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · Open in the reader

The Resurrection Revealed A44277

Printed
… ſhall be in danger of the COUNCIL; and he only that ſhall ſay, THOU FOOLEFOOL, ſhall be in danger of HELL FIRE. But this diſtinction is croſſe to all …
With rule
… ſhall be in danger of the COUNCIL; and he only that ſhall ſay, THOU FOOLEFOOL, ſhall be in danger of HELL FIRE. But this diſtinction is croſſe to all …
Nathanael Homes · The Resurrection Revealed · p. 307 · Open in the reader

The Wisemans Forecast Against the Evil Time A72475

Printed
… to HIS brother (that is) to his neighbour, much more to Chriſt's brother, THOV FOOLEFOOL, ſhall be in danger of hell fire .
With rule
… to HIS brother (that is) to his neighbour, much more to Chriſt's brother, THOV FOOLEFOOL, ſhall be in danger of hell fire .
Thomas Barnes · The Wisemans Forecast Against the Evil Time · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… books, in HIS Records, as the title Simple, in this Text, and the terme FOOLEFOOL, in other places doe declare. And I am ſure this is as great a …
With rule
… books, in HIS Records, as the title Simple, in this Text, and the terme FOOLEFOOL, in other places doe declare. And I am ſure this is as great a …
Thomas Barnes · The Wisemans Forecast Against the Evil Time · p. 74 · Open in the reader

A Shield and a Shaft A96768

Printed
… me: and (as most of my Detracters, and Oppressors, have hitherto proved) is a FOOLEFOOL, a COVVARD, or, a VILLAIN, or ALL.
With rule
… me: and (as most of my Detracters, and Oppressors, have hitherto proved) is a FOOLEFOOL, a COVVARD, or, a VILLAIN, or ALL.
George Wither · A Shield and a Shaft · p. 15 · Open in the reader