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cookecook

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

Puritas changed it
580 times in 252 works
Consistency
97.4% (580 of 595)
Reach if approved
~625 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cook
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
595 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (580 changes in 252 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 580)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … this end. Paul plants, Apollo waters; God alone muſt giue the encreaſe. Rebecca may cookecook the veniſon: but Iſack muſt giue the bleſſing. All that wee can doe is …
    With rule
    … this end. Paul plants, Apollo waters; God alone muſt giue the encreaſe. Rebecca may cookecook the veniſon: but Iſack muſt giue the bleſſing. All that wee can doe is …

    Nehemiah Rogers · Christian Courtesy · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the craft and ſubtiltie of oure common aduerſarie the Diuell, who, like the cunning CookeCook yt for his gaine prepareth ſundrie ſwéete and pleaſant diſhes to procure appetite, when …
    With rule
    … the craft and ſubtiltie of oure common aduerſarie the Diuell, who, like the cunning CookeCook yt for his gaine prepareth ſundrie ſwéete and pleaſant diſhes to procure appetite, when …

    John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    About the ſame time, the 11. of March, Iohn Iackſon was examined of Doct. CookeCook, concerning the Church and Sacrament of the altar. In which quarrel, the godly confeſſor …
    With rule
    About the ſame time, the 11. of March, Iohn Iackſon was examined of Doct. CookeCook, concerning the Church and Sacrament of the altar. In which quarrel, the godly confeſſor …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    ¶Imprinted at London by Thomas Eaſt for Tobie CookeCook, dwelling at the Tigers head in Paules Churchyard. 1582.
    With rule
    ¶Imprinted at London by Thomas Eaſt for Tobie CookeCook, dwelling at the Tigers head in Paules Churchyard. 1582.

    George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Shropſhiere, and in the ſeventeenth yeare of his age was bound apprentice to a CookeCook in Ratlife of this Parish. After two yeares ſervice, his maſter ſet him forth …
    With rule
    … Shropſhiere, and in the ſeventeenth yeare of his age was bound apprentice to a CookeCook in Ratlife of this Parish. After two yeares ſervice, his maſter ſet him forth …

    William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the truth) it hath come through the hands of a very homely and ſluttiſh CookeCook, by whom it is neyther ſeaſoned with wit or argument, no, nor yet ſet …
    With rule
    … the truth) it hath come through the hands of a very homely and ſluttiſh CookeCook, by whom it is neyther ſeaſoned with wit or argument, no, nor yet ſet …

    Samuel Hieron · An Answer to a Popish Rhyme · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … letters of orders of him / though he would giue no bribes vnto his Secretorie / cookecook / butler / &c. Might he so goodman noddie? Then how should his men I pray …
    With rule
    … letters of orders of him / though he would giue no bribes vnto his Secretorie / cookecook / butler / &c. Might he so goodman noddie? Then how should his men I pray …

    Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … ſawe in theſe partes ſhining in the deceaſed, of very happy memorie, Syr Anthony CookeCook Knight, during thoſe great calamities publique to the realme, and particular to him & his …
    With rule
    … ſawe in theſe partes ſhining in the deceaſed, of very happy memorie, Syr Anthony CookeCook Knight, during thoſe great calamities publique to the realme, and particular to him & his …

    Theodore Beza · Meditations Upon Eight Psalms · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

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

Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest A19252

  • Printed
    MAſter COOKECOOK, with the like deſire of your ſpirituall good, as of mine owne, I addreſſe …
    With rule
    MAſter COOKECOOK, with the like deſire of your ſpirituall good, as of mine owne, I addreſſe …

    Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 136 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Yours, ſo farre forth as you are Gods and the Kings: ALEXANDER COOKECOOK.
    With rule
    Yours, ſo farre forth as you are Gods and the Kings: ALEXANDER COOKECOOK.

    Alexander Cooke · Work More Work and a Little More Work for a Mass-Priest · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Monarchy No Creature of Gods Making A34420

  • Printed
    By IOHN COOKECOOK late of Grayes Inne Eſquire, Chief Iuſtice of the Province of Munster in Ireland.
    With rule
    By IOHN COOKECOOK late of Grayes Inne Eſquire, Chief Iuſtice of the Province of Munster in Ireland.

    John Cook · Monarchy No Creature of Gods Making · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    GEORGE COOKECOOK, D. D. Brother to Sir John CookeCook Secretary of State, was born at Trusley …
    With rule
    GEORGE COOKECOOK, D. D. Brother to Sir John CookeCook Secretary of State, was born at Trusley …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 232 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Sir JOHN COOKECOOK, younger Brother to Sir Francis CookeCook was born at Trusley (in the Hundred of …
    With rule
    Sir JOHN COOKECOOK, younger Brother to Sir Francis CookeCook was born at Trusley (in the Hundred of …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 233 · Open in the reader

The Poor Mans Case A80410

  • Printed
    The honeſt poormans faithfull ſervant IOHN COOKECOOK.
    With rule
    The honeſt poormans faithfull ſervant IOHN COOKECOOK.

    John Cook · The Poor Mans Case · p. 74 · Open in the reader