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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1608 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

toldetold

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

Puritas changed it
2,516 times in 475 works
Consistency
99.6% (2,516 of 2,525)
Reach if approved
~2,654 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: told
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,526 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,516 changes in 475 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,516)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he brought vnto his father their euill reporte. Gen. 27. 44. And when it had bene toldetold vnto Ribkah all the wordes of Heſau her eldest ſonne, ſhee▪ ſending called Iaacob …
    With rule
    … he brought vnto his father their euill reporte. Gen. 27. 44. And when it had bene toldetold vnto Ribkah all the wordes of Heſau her eldest ſonne, ſhee▪ ſending called Iaacob …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … conceaued the sense of the woordes: as hee taught the other Apostles, when hee toldetold them, It is the Spirite that quickneth, for the fleshe profiteth nothing: My woordes …
    With rule
    … conceaued the sense of the woordes: as hee taught the other Apostles, when hee toldetold them, It is the Spirite that quickneth, for the fleshe profiteth nothing: My woordes …

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … seeing they are written by a credulous man, yt recordeth euery fable that was toldetold him, we haue small cause to credite them▪ Bedes history is no Gospell. Beside …
    With rule
    … seeing they are written by a credulous man, yt recordeth euery fable that was toldetold him, we haue small cause to credite them▪ Bedes history is no Gospell. Beside …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and therfore with ſcoffs they aske of them which profeſſe the word, when God toldetold them ſo? If it were a thing whiche were not to bee, or coulde …
    With rule
    … and therfore with ſcoffs they aske of them which profeſſe the word, when God toldetold them ſo? If it were a thing whiche were not to bee, or coulde …

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

  5. Printed
    … to haue respect to all; to flatter our selues in no sinne, but being toldetold of it, to be readie to lament: this God for his Christ accepteth for …
    With rule
    … to haue respect to all; to flatter our selues in no sinne, but being toldetold of it, to be readie to lament: this God for his Christ accepteth for …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 679 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … had moche more lernynge thā was good. For thys & soche lyke feates, ſerten men toldetold page missing I thynke thys playe sumwhat passed course legerdemayne. After that was Dū stane the …
    With rule
    … had moche more lernynge thā was good. For thys & soche lyke feates, ſerten men toldetold page missing I thynke thys playe sumwhat passed course legerdemayne. After that was Dū stane the …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … we haue it / to be no slacke mouers of yow thervnto. So hath Christ toldetold afore in this reuelacyō vnto saynt Iohā the Euāgelist. This is the ghostlye counsell …
    With rule
    … we haue it / to be no slacke mouers of yow thervnto. So hath Christ toldetold afore in this reuelacyō vnto saynt Iohā the Euāgelist. This is the ghostlye counsell …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    7 That as I beléeue not all that is toldetold mée, ſo I tell not all I heare; but tell the truth only, though …
    With rule
    7 That as I beléeue not all that is toldetold mée, ſo I tell not all I heare; but tell the truth only, though …

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … loe, the Lorde hath kept thee backe from honor. To whom Balaam anſwering, ſaied: ToldeTold I thee not by thy meſſengers, which thou ſenteſt vnto mee, that if thou …
    With rule
    … loe, the Lorde hath kept thee backe from honor. To whom Balaam anſwering, ſaied: ToldeTold I thee not by thy meſſengers, which thou ſenteſt vnto mee, that if thou …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 148 · Open in the reader

Virtues History A11081

  • Printed
    ToldeTold to Tigranes t'was no knightly part,
    With rule
    ToldeTold to Tigranes t'was no knightly part,

    Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) A14133

  • Printed
    … other places. To lye alſo and to dyſſemble is not alwaye ſynne. Dauid. 1, Regum. 27. ToldeTold Kynge Achis the Phylyſtyne that he had robbed hys owne people the Iewes, whē …
    With rule
    … other places. To lye alſo and to dyſſemble is not alwaye ſynne. Dauid. 1, Regum. 27. ToldeTold Kynge Achis the Phylyſtyne that he had robbed hys owne people the Iewes, whē …

    William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. xlvi · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    I ToldeTold you heretofore that Moses made mention how God had bereft him of the benefite …
    With rule
    I ToldeTold you heretofore that Moses made mention how God had bereft him of the benefite …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I ToldeTold you yesterday that the thinges which are conteined in Genesis as touching the blessing …
    With rule
    I ToldeTold you yesterday that the thinges which are conteined in Genesis as touching the blessing …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1196 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown A19671

  • Printed
    ToldeTold of their fault & would not mende.
    With rule
    ToldeTold of their fault & would not mende.

    Robert Crowley · The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews A20304

  • Printed
    I ToldeTold you at the beginning, that the Apostle in the first & seconde chapter, setteth purposely …
    With rule
    I ToldeTold you at the beginning, that the Apostle in the first & seconde chapter, setteth purposely …

    Edward Dering · Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews · p. 146 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I ToldeTold you, the Apostle in this Chapter, beginneth a speciall discourse of the prophesie of …
    With rule
    I ToldeTold you, the Apostle in this Chapter, beginneth a speciall discourse of the prophesie of …

    Edward Dering · Twenty-Seven Lectures Upon Hebrews · p. 219 · Open in the reader