Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1596 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seldomeseldom

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

Puritas changed it: 5,787 times in 1,838 works
Consistency: 100% (5,787 of 5,787)
Reach if approved: ~6,082 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: seldom
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,788 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,787 changes in 1,838 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,787)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… prohibitions: Leane not to thine owne vnderſtanding: Be not wiſe in thine owne eyes. SeldomeSeldom or neuer are ſelfe-conceited men brought to yeeld ſimple obedience to Gods will …
With rule
… prohibitions: Leane not to thine owne vnderſtanding: Be not wiſe in thine owne eyes. SeldomeSeldom or neuer are ſelfe-conceited men brought to yeeld ſimple obedience to Gods will …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more than all the world beſides (which hee preſerveth onely for her ſake) yet ſeldomeseldom crowneth her in this world with worldly happineſſe and eminent greatneſſe; but exerciſeth her …
With rule
… more than all the world beſides (which hee preſerveth onely for her ſake) yet ſeldomeseldom crowneth her in this world with worldly happineſſe and eminent greatneſſe; but exerciſeth her …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 292 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods commandment? is it becauſe God hath commanded us to love one another? People ſeldomeseldom aim at God in theſe caſes: They are friends with their neighbours: why? Their …
With rule
… Gods commandment? is it becauſe God hath commanded us to love one another? People ſeldomeseldom aim at God in theſe caſes: They are friends with their neighbours: why? Their …
William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 278 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without hands, eternall in the heavens, the inheritance of the Saints in light, I seldomeseldom dreamed of it, but neglected the gracious offers of God.
With rule
… without hands, eternall in the heavens, the inheritance of the Saints in light, I seldomeseldom dreamed of it, but neglected the gracious offers of God.
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… stande, for streames are only about the sunne, raynbowes about the sonne often, and seldomeseldom about the Moone, but circles both about the sunne and the Moone, and also …
With rule
… stande, for streames are only about the sunne, raynbowes about the sonne often, and seldomeseldom about the Moone, but circles both about the sunne and the Moone, and also …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
What shall I need to adde ought concerning his end? It is seldomeseldom seene, and hardly, saith one, can it be, that one that hath lived ill …
With rule
What shall I need to adde ought concerning his end? It is seldomeseldom seene, and hardly, saith one, can it be, that one that hath lived ill …
Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and keepe them vnknowne, when they are drunke in good company; which is not ſeldomeseldom with them, as my ſelfe haue ſeene in ſufficient ouerflowing meaſure, hauing beene their …
With rule
… and keepe them vnknowne, when they are drunke in good company; which is not ſeldomeseldom with them, as my ſelfe haue ſeene in ſufficient ouerflowing meaſure, hauing beene their …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by theyr often mumbling of mattēs and maſſe, patched togither by popes & Pretates, and ſeldomeseldom or neuer preaching of the pure word of God it: maie appeare that they …
With rule
… by theyr often mumbling of mattēs and maſſe, patched togither by popes & Pretates, and ſeldomeseldom or neuer preaching of the pure word of God it: maie appeare that they …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · 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.