Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1985 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

calfecalf

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

Puritas changed it: 2,173 times in 692 works
Consistency: 99.9% (2,173 of 2,175)
Reach if approved: ~2,285 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: calf
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,175 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,173 changes in 692 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vp at Dan and Bethel, did no more make them falſe Iſraelites, then the CalfeCalf which they made in Horeb: and this wickednes of Ieroboam did no more make …
With rule
… vp at Dan and Bethel, did no more make them falſe Iſraelites, then the CalfeCalf which they made in Horeb: and this wickednes of Ieroboam did no more make …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
Will you know now to whom we muſt pray? not to a CalfeCalf as the Iſraelites did, nor to Baal as his Prieſts did, nor to an …
With rule
Will you know now to whom we muſt pray? not to a CalfeCalf as the Iſraelites did, nor to Baal as his Prieſts did, nor to an …
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · Open in the reader
Printed
… turned to the Lambe, when the Souldiours are made harmelesse: the Leopard into a CalfeCalf, when the Publicans are made iust: the Lyon and Beare into a Cow, when …
With rule
… turned to the Lambe, when the Souldiours are made harmelesse: the Leopard into a CalfeCalf, when the Publicans are made iust: the Lyon and Beare into a Cow, when …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 302 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no man was euer so mad, to say baptisme is a sacrifice. Againe the CalfeCalf that was killed was by Gods appointment a sacrifice of the only & singular sacrifice …
With rule
… no man was euer so mad, to say baptisme is a sacrifice. Againe the CalfeCalf that was killed was by Gods appointment a sacrifice of the only & singular sacrifice …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the meanes of comfort as Gods Ordinances, and bleſſings ſpirituall and temporall, the fat CalfeCalf muſt be killed for the Prodigall, a temporall bleſſing too muſt be had, but …
With rule
… the meanes of comfort as Gods Ordinances, and bleſſings ſpirituall and temporall, the fat CalfeCalf muſt be killed for the Prodigall, a temporall bleſſing too muſt be had, but …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the great joy he had at his ſonnes converſion, He kil'd the fatted calfecalf, and did eate and was merry, ver. 23.
With rule
… of the great joy he had at his ſonnes converſion, He kil'd the fatted calfecalf, and did eate and was merry, ver. 23.
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… etc. and / also through this abuse they grow further bold to mould a new calfecalf / a new Leitourgie of their owne / and set that vp also in the church …
With rule
… etc. and / also through this abuse they grow further bold to mould a new calfecalf / a new Leitourgie of their owne / and set that vp also in the church …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… CalfeCalf, as the true God, but they did worſhip the true God in the CalfeCalf, and yet notwithſtanding, the Text ſaith, that they did commit Idolatry, and many of …
With rule
… CalfeCalf, as the true God, but they did worſhip the true God in the CalfeCalf, and yet notwithſtanding, the Text ſaith, that they did commit Idolatry, and many of …
John Harding · A Recantation · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
CAlfeCalf: Of the golden CalfeCalf. 899
With rule
CAlfeCalf: Of the golden CalfeCalf. 899
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader

The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections A97343

Printed
… a ſpice of it in every ſinne, as there was a ſpice of the CALFECALF in every puniſhment) that, which is called abominable Idolatry, is above meaſure ſinnefull, filling …
With rule
… a ſpice of it in every ſinne, as there was a ſpice of the CALFECALF in every puniſhment) that, which is called abominable Idolatry, is above meaſure ſinnefull, filling …
Hezekiah Woodward · The Kings Chronicle in Two Sections · p. 45 · Open in the reader