Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1595 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

heldeheld

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

Puritas changed it: 1,079 times in 294 works
Consistency: 100% (1,079 of 1,079)
Reach if approved: ~1,138 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: held
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,083 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: 3 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,079 changes in 294 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,079)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… how ſo ever ſome have ben ſo named. But if any Synod have ben heldeheld for Vniverſall, yet ſuch are exceedingly rare and extraordinarie, in deed in theſe dayes …
With rule
… how ſo ever ſome have ben ſo named. But if any Synod have ben heldeheld for Vniverſall, yet ſuch are exceedingly rare and extraordinarie, in deed in theſe dayes …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the salt of the earth (as his other messengers were before vs.) Alas, why heldeheld we backe the salt, where manifest corrupcion dyd appere? (I accuse none but my …
With rule
… the salt of the earth (as his other messengers were before vs.) Alas, why heldeheld we backe the salt, where manifest corrupcion dyd appere? (I accuse none but my …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Hieruſalem, that with the one hande thei builte the VValles, and with the other heldeheld their ſweard, to bee readie to encounter the enemie: So maie wee ſaie of …
With rule
… Hieruſalem, that with the one hande thei builte the VValles, and with the other heldeheld their ſweard, to bee readie to encounter the enemie: So maie wee ſaie of …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… part of the clergie, & moſt of the Barons which had any thing to looſe, heldeheld with the Pope, eſpecially Stephen Paletz, being the chiefe doer of that ſide: on …
With rule
… part of the clergie, & moſt of the Barons which had any thing to looſe, heldeheld with the Pope, eſpecially Stephen Paletz, being the chiefe doer of that ſide: on …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 319 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he sayth we are ashamed to blesse their memorie. First concerning Iouinian, although he heldeheld an heresie, in not preferring virginitie before mariage in some respect, yet haue we …
With rule
… he sayth we are ashamed to blesse their memorie. First concerning Iouinian, although he heldeheld an heresie, in not preferring virginitie before mariage in some respect, yet haue we …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… was Elias: except we ſhoulde be of the opinion of the fonde Phyloſophers, who heldeheld that the ſoules of men departed went into other newe bodies, and ſo cōtinued …
With rule
… was Elias: except we ſhoulde be of the opinion of the fonde Phyloſophers, who heldeheld that the ſoules of men departed went into other newe bodies, and ſo cōtinued …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader
Printed
IN the yeare of our Lorde DC. and lxxx. heldeheld this Theodorus an other coūsell at hatefelde in the west partyes. Where as he …
With rule
IN the yeare of our Lorde DC. and lxxx. heldeheld this Theodorus an other coūsell at hatefelde in the west partyes. Where as he …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
… and in play; and now ſome few yeares paſt finding his arguments oppoſed, and heldeheld as weake, and inſufficient, by a worthy, reverend, and judicious Divine, in a treatiſe …
With rule
… and in play; and now ſome few yeares paſt finding his arguments oppoſed, and heldeheld as weake, and inſufficient, by a worthy, reverend, and judicious Divine, in a treatiſe …
James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 21 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.