Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1929 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foolishefoolish

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

Puritas changed it: 668 times in 146 works
Consistency: 98.9% (668 of 675)
Reach if approved: ~709 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: foolish
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 675 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (668 changes in 146 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 668)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… confoundeth the pride of the moſt wiſe), vnleſſe they be plainly wicked, ſuperſtitious or fooliſhefoolish. But this onely we require, which the moſt learned, and euery the moſt religious …
With rule
… confoundeth the pride of the moſt wiſe), vnleſſe they be plainly wicked, ſuperſtitious or fooliſhefoolish. But this onely we require, which the moſt learned, and euery the moſt religious …
Theodore Beza · The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… that they may haue ſome appearance of a grounde to eſtabliſhe that vaine and fooliſhefoolish dreame and fantaſie of the bodily and locall preſence of the bodie of our …
With rule
… that they may haue ſome appearance of a grounde to eſtabliſhe that vaine and fooliſhefoolish dreame and fantaſie of the bodily and locall preſence of the bodie of our …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 395 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Martyrs tombes, and praying vnto them: If he will call them all mad men, foolishefoolish men, popish and superstitious Idolaters: In Gods name, let him do so: I had …
With rule
… Martyrs tombes, and praying vnto them: If he will call them all mad men, foolishefoolish men, popish and superstitious Idolaters: In Gods name, let him do so: I had …
Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · Open in the reader
Printed
… that will, let them receiue it. Where you call Augustine to witnesse of your foolishefoolish glose, you doe him shamefull iniurie, for he sayeth not all men doe not …
With rule
… that will, let them receiue it. Where you call Augustine to witnesse of your foolishefoolish glose, you doe him shamefull iniurie, for he sayeth not all men doe not …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 315 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpeake confidentlie: but in the confirmation of your ſpéech, yée ſhewe your ſelues moſt fooliſhefoolish. For yée ſay, they dyed not in our Church, béeing through Gods great mercie …
With rule
… ſpeake confidentlie: but in the confirmation of your ſpéech, yée ſhewe your ſelues moſt fooliſhefoolish. For yée ſay, they dyed not in our Church, béeing through Gods great mercie …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… leg, what are theſe, but fading flattering floures? what but baites to deceiue the fooliſhefoolish fiſhe? all theſe ſerue but to pleaſe the eye, and to ſatiſfie the fantaſie …
With rule
… leg, what are theſe, but fading flattering floures? what but baites to deceiue the fooliſhefoolish fiſhe? all theſe ſerue but to pleaſe the eye, and to ſatiſfie the fantaſie …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… their hartes were changed frome the wisdome, vnderstanding, and courage of men, to the foolishefoolish fondnes ād cowardise of women. Yea they further shuld pronounce, that where women reigne …
With rule
… their hartes were changed frome the wisdome, vnderstanding, and courage of men, to the foolishefoolish fondnes ād cowardise of women. Yea they further shuld pronounce, that where women reigne …
John Knox · The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women · Open in the reader
Printed
Let neither filthines, nor foolishefoolish talking, neither iesting, whiche are not comely, be once named among you, but rather …
With rule
Let neither filthines, nor foolishefoolish talking, neither iesting, whiche are not comely, be once named among you, but rather …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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
… Sonne of Boſor, whiche ſignifith Fleſhe, or as Moſes calleth hym Beor, whiche ſignifieth FooliſheFoolish. So likewiſe are our Polleſhorne Doltes, blinde, blockiſh and fooliſhefoolish: who ſeekyng to beare …
With rule
… Sonne of Boſor, whiche ſignifith Fleſhe, or as Moſes calleth hym Beor, whiche ſignifieth FooliſheFoolish. So likewiſe are our Polleſhorne Doltes, blinde, blockiſh and fooliſhefoolish: who ſeekyng to beare …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference A11006

Printed
… to repeate or expound the… heere, but hee remitteth farder reuelation to the Spirite. FooliſheFoolish therefore are the Papiſtes, who grounde on this place their Traditions: for all grace …
With rule
… to repeate or expound the… heere, but hee remitteth farder reuelation to the Spirite. FooliſheFoolish therefore are the Papiſtes, who grounde on this place their Traditions: for all grace …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 136 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A17643

Printed
… promiſe, which required faith. The Iewes neglected both, as well the promiſe as faith. FooliſheFoolish therefore was their confidence. Wherby it commeth to paſſe that hee omitteth heere the …
With rule
… promiſe, which required faith. The Iewes neglected both, as well the promiſe as faith. FooliſheFoolish therefore was their confidence. Wherby it commeth to paſſe that hee omitteth heere the …
John Calvin · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

Printed
… against God, we will as the mater shal serue, answer to euery one particularly. FoolisheFoolish men doo diuers waies quarell with God, as though they had hym subiect to …
With rule
… against God, we will as the mater shal serue, answer to euery one particularly. FoolisheFoolish men doo diuers waies quarell with God, as though they had hym subiect to …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

An Answer to Six Reasons of Thomas Pound A19649

Printed
This Reaſon I haue called FooliſheFoolish, for that fooliſhly you doo ruſhe into the Epiſtle of Saint Peter, and report …
With rule
This Reaſon I haue called FooliſheFoolish, for that fooliſhly you doo ruſhe into the Epiſtle of Saint Peter, and report …
Robert Crowley · An Answer to Six Reasons of Thomas Pound · Open in the reader
Printed
… which by good Reaſon, and for iuſt cauſe (as I thinke) I haue called FooliſheFoolish.
With rule
… which by good Reaſon, and for iuſt cauſe (as I thinke) I haue called FooliſheFoolish.
Robert Crowley · An Answer to Six Reasons of Thomas Pound · Open in the reader