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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1871 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foldefold

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

Puritas changed it
456 times in 227 works
Consistency
97.0% (456 of 470)
Reach if approved
~605 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fold
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
576 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
106 places (not counted against it)

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (456 changes in 227 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 456)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … at least, of lawfull outward worship. But, seeing, that, both, by Scripture, and many foldefold Experience, we know, that, by no meane, he hath, so effectually prevayled, as, by …
    With rule
    … at least, of lawfull outward worship. But, seeing, that, both, by Scripture, and many foldefold Experience, we know, that, by no meane, he hath, so effectually prevayled, as, by …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    chapter 4 That the many foldefold vvorkes & fructes of penaunce, vvhich all godly mē haue charged thē selues vvith all …
    With rule
    chapter 4 That the many foldefold vvorkes & fructes of penaunce, vvhich all godly mē haue charged thē selues vvith all …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … simple men in the country. Well let vs learne if wee cannot bring foorth 100 foldefold, yet let vs bring foorth 60 foldefold; if not so much yet at the least …
    With rule
    … simple men in the country. Well let vs learne if wee cannot bring foorth 100 foldefold, yet let vs bring foorth 60 foldefold; if not so much yet at the least …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 457 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the chosen people of God vndre Pharao / hath worthelye sufferd accordynge to their many foldefold wyckednesses. He is not contented wt you nor yet with soche other false Prophetes …
    With rule
    … the chosen people of God vndre Pharao / hath worthelye sufferd accordynge to their many foldefold wyckednesses. He is not contented wt you nor yet with soche other false Prophetes …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of Regeneration is; in handling the ſame, he doth amplifie it from a three-foldefold particular: firſt, from the effect of it: ſecondly, from the contrary: thirdly, from the …
    With rule
    … of Regeneration is; in handling the ſame, he doth amplifie it from a three-foldefold particular: firſt, from the effect of it: ſecondly, from the contrary: thirdly, from the …

    Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … also that do prouyde that your cattel do not longe tary pinned in a foldefold where there is no grasse, whye do you suffer youre owne brethren in Chryst …
    With rule
    … also that do prouyde that your cattel do not longe tary pinned in a foldefold where there is no grasse, whye do you suffer youre owne brethren in Chryst …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of a good shepherd, by fayr means cal thē home againe vnto y• shepe foldefold…, sekyng rather theyr saluacion then destrucciō. Let them remember the history of y• lost …
    With rule
    … of a good shepherd, by fayr means cal thē home againe vnto y• shepe foldefold…, sekyng rather theyr saluacion then destrucciō. Let them remember the history of y• lost …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. lix · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to the poore: & if I haue done any mā wrong, I restore him foure foldefold.
    With rule
    … to the poore: & if I haue done any mā wrong, I restore him foure foldefold.

    Thomas Becon · The Principles of Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

  • Printed
    FoldeFold it in thy faythe, with full hope daye and houre,
    With rule
    FoldeFold it in thy faythe, with full hope daye and houre,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

  • Printed
    … is the Deuill euer doing with him? Is he not euer going about the FoldeFold, like a roaring Lyon, with the mouth of him euer wide open, ſeeking to …
    With rule
    … is the Deuill euer doing with him? Is he not euer going about the FoldeFold, like a roaring Lyon, with the mouth of him euer wide open, ſeeking to …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 512 · Open in the reader

The Seven Days A12258

  • Printed
    … thine Elect: cal them effectually, by thy word, that we may bee all one FoldeFold, vnder one chiefe Shepheard. Shorten, O Lord, the dayes of ſinne, and haſten thy …
    With rule
    … thine Elect: cal them effectually, by thy word, that we may bee all one FoldeFold, vnder one chiefe Shepheard. Shorten, O Lord, the dayes of ſinne, and haſten thy …

    Archibald Simson · The Seven Days · p. 132 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … beleeuing Iewes and Gentiles. Iohn 10, 16. I haue other Sheepe which are not of this FoldeFold. The elect are gathered into the Church, as Sheepe into a Fold by the …
    With rule
    … beleeuing Iewes and Gentiles. Iohn 10, 16. I haue other Sheepe which are not of this FoldeFold. The elect are gathered into the Church, as Sheepe into a Fold by the …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 167 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    3 To bring elect Sinners (like stragling sheepe) into the FoldeFold of the Church, that they may at length meete altogether in Heauen. Ephe. 4, 12. For …
    With rule
    3 To bring elect Sinners (like stragling sheepe) into the FoldeFold of the Church, that they may at length meete altogether in Heauen. Ephe. 4, 12. For …

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 188 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A FoldeFold wherein to keepe Sheepe safe from the Wolfe, and other wild beasts.
    With rule
    A FoldeFold wherein to keepe Sheepe safe from the Wolfe, and other wild beasts.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 443 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    … mony, or foldefold it vp (for so doth the word signify which he vseth.) FoldeFold vp the mony in thy hand (sayth he:) that is to say, consider with …
    With rule
    … mony, or foldefold it vp (for so doth the word signify which he vseth.) FoldeFold vp the mony in thy hand (sayth he:) that is to say, consider with …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 566 · Open in the reader