Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1790 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

boldnesseboldness

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

Puritas changed it: 4,492 times in 1,365 works
Consistency: 99.9% (4,492 of 4,494)
Reach if approved: ~4,722 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: boldness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,494 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,492 changes in 1,365 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,492)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wee are tempted vnto, but haue not yeelded vnto, that we take courage and boldneſſeboldness to our ſelues, and, with a reſolued purpoſe neuer to yeeld, reſiſt the temptation …
With rule
… wee are tempted vnto, but haue not yeelded vnto, that we take courage and boldneſſeboldness to our ſelues, and, with a reſolued purpoſe neuer to yeeld, reſiſt the temptation …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a thing of ſuch force to ſupply our wants? One would rather thinke that boldneſſeboldness and courage ſhould ſupply them? No my ſoule, for what creature ſo couragious Verſe …
With rule
… a thing of ſuch force to ſupply our wants? One would rather thinke that boldneſſeboldness and courage ſhould ſupply them? No my ſoule, for what creature ſo couragious Verſe …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
God Could not chuſe, but like well the boldneſſeboldness of Dauids faith, who after the apprehenſion of ſo heauy a diſpleaſure, is ſo …
With rule
God Could not chuſe, but like well the boldneſſeboldness of Dauids faith, who after the apprehenſion of ſo heauy a diſpleaſure, is ſo …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt, is better ſtabliſhed in the practice of godlineſſe, and hath obtained ſome ſetled boldneſſeboldness, and confidence at ſometimes, though he be ſtill ignorant of many priuiledges which he …
With rule
… Chriſt, is better ſtabliſhed in the practice of godlineſſe, and hath obtained ſome ſetled boldneſſeboldness, and confidence at ſometimes, though he be ſtill ignorant of many priuiledges which he …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
Farre be that boldnesseboldness from thy humble swain,
With rule
Farre be that boldnesseboldness from thy humble swain,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vpon this boldnesseboldness, and confidence, this wretched woman commeth vnto Christ. For thus her faith concludeth: seeing …
With rule
Vpon this boldnesseboldness, and confidence, this wretched woman commeth vnto Christ. For thus her faith concludeth: seeing …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
I need not, neither were it leſſe then boldneſſeboldness and preſumption in me (Right honourable) to ſuggeſt vnto you, of what weight and …
With rule
I need not, neither were it leſſe then boldneſſeboldness and preſumption in me (Right honourable) to ſuggeſt vnto you, of what weight and …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · Open in the reader
Printed
… God ſhal open our hertes and giue vs ſtrength. For without his audacitie and boldneſſeboldness of ſpirite poured into vs: we ſhall ſtande in as gerate feare to perfourme …
With rule
… God ſhal open our hertes and giue vs ſtrength. For without his audacitie and boldneſſeboldness of ſpirite poured into vs: we ſhall ſtande in as gerate feare to perfourme …
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 (2)

1 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.

Coals from the Altar A20939

Printed
THE BOLDNESSEBOLDNESS AND CONFIDENCE OF A Chriſtian.
With rule
THE BOLDNESSEBOLDNESS AND CONFIDENCE OF A Chriſtian.
Peter du Moulin Jr · Coals from the Altar · Open in the reader