Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2054 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

begatebegat

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

Puritas changed it: 499 times in 177 works
Consistency: 98.0% (499 of 509)
Reach if approved: ~536 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: begat
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 510 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (499 changes in 177 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 499)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Seth. This image and likenesse cannot bee vnderstood of the Soule: for this Adam begatebegat not. Nor properly and meerely of the Bodies shape; so was Cain as like …
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… Seth. This image and likenesse cannot bee vnderstood of the Soule: for this Adam begatebegat not. Nor properly and meerely of the Bodies shape; so was Cain as like …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 3 · Open in the reader
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… vpholde that mart of theyr maintenaunce. And therfor he sayth wele here that ambicyon begatebegat supersticion / yf it had bene so trulye applyed. For bysshoppes / monkes / and prestes / hathe …
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… vpholde that mart of theyr maintenaunce. And therfor he sayth wele here that ambicyon begatebegat supersticion / yf it had bene so trulye applyed. For bysshoppes / monkes / and prestes / hathe …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mauritius, and his children, exerciſed a tyranny in the kingdome of the world, and begatebegat this tyrannicall appellation in the kingdome of the Church. But of all other records …
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… Mauritius, and his children, exerciſed a tyranny in the kingdome of the world, and begatebegat this tyrannicall appellation in the kingdome of the Church. But of all other records …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 379 · Open in the reader
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… were not builded. And ^f Ieshua begatebegat Ioiakim, Ioiakim also begatebegat Eliashib, and Eliashib begatebegat Ioiada, and Io…ada begatebegat Ionathan, and Ionathan begatebegat Iaddua. In the dayes of …
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… were not builded. And ^f Ieshua begatebegat Ioiakim, Ioiakim also begatebegat Eliashib, and Eliashib begatebegat Ioiada, and Io…ada begatebegat Ionathan, and Ionathan begatebegat Iaddua. In the dayes of …
William Pemble · The Period of the Persian Monarchy · p. 11 · Open in the reader
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… this conception, the holy Ghoſt, doth not ſuſtaine the conſideration of the Father, who begatebegat of his owne ſubſtance, but of a cauſe forming the fleſh out of a …
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… this conception, the holy Ghoſt, doth not ſuſtaine the conſideration of the Father, who begatebegat of his owne ſubſtance, but of a cauſe forming the fleſh out of a …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
Such loue their interchanged thoughts begatebegat,
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Such loue their interchanged thoughts begatebegat,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
Printed
… leauen of malitiousnesse: 1. Cor. 5.8. So the Apostle Iames, 1.18. of his owne good will he begatebegat vs, wherefore lay away all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse: and, Pet. 1.2.2. laying aside …
With rule
… leauen of malitiousnesse: 1. Cor. 5.8. So the Apostle Iames, 1.18. of his owne good will he begatebegat vs, wherefore lay away all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse: and, Pet. 1.2.2. laying aside …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 619 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sonne Therah, & came with him out of Vr of the Chaldees, and as hee begatebegat Isaac in the lande of Canaan, and as hee is nowe at rest with …
With rule
… sonne Therah, & came with him out of Vr of the Chaldees, and as hee begatebegat Isaac in the lande of Canaan, and as hee is nowe at rest with …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 459 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

Printed
2 BegateBegat heresye.
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2 BegateBegat heresye.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
4 BegateBegat supersticyon.
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4 BegateBegat supersticyon.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
2 Dysdayne of trovvthe. BegateBegat slovvthe.
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2 Dysdayne of trovvthe. BegateBegat slovvthe.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
1 Supersticion playne. BegateBegat disdayne.
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1 Supersticion playne. BegateBegat disdayne.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
3 Slovvthe & sluggyshnesse. BegateBegat vvylfulnesse.
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3 Slovvthe & sluggyshnesse. BegateBegat vvylfulnesse.
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 6 · Open in the reader