Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2560 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hookehook

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

Puritas changed it: 689 times in 371 works
Consistency: 92.3% (689 of 746)
Reach if approved: ~784 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: hook
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 746 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (689 changes in 371 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 689)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Some of them, whose Pale is the Burse, haue their Bloud-hounds; long-nosd, hookehook-handed Brokers, that can draw the sinking estate of poore men, by the bloud …
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Some of them, whose Pale is the Burse, haue their Bloud-hounds; long-nosd, hookehook-handed Brokers, that can draw the sinking estate of poore men, by the bloud …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fish is contēt to nibble at the bait, and so is taken with the hookehook, and when it hath the hookehook and bait too, it would be ridde of …
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… fish is contēt to nibble at the bait, and so is taken with the hookehook, and when it hath the hookehook and bait too, it would be ridde of …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Preparation for Christ · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into our drinke, and offers delightſome baits, but ſliely couers a deceitfull and pernicious hookehook. We are alſo wiſe enough to trie ſuſpected coyne by the touchſtone and ballance …
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… into our drinke, and offers delightſome baits, but ſliely couers a deceitfull and pernicious hookehook. We are alſo wiſe enough to trie ſuſpected coyne by the touchſtone and ballance …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 145 · Open in the reader
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… of men so great, that there is no ende of heaping vp riches by hookehook or crooke, by right or wrong. Yea they wil rather omitte the seruice of …
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… of men so great, that there is no ende of heaping vp riches by hookehook or crooke, by right or wrong. Yea they wil rather omitte the seruice of …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 138 · Open in the reader
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… for ye haue deserued no other, & y^e rewarde of syn is death. Certes the hookehook is layde at the roote of the tree that euery tree that bryngeth forthe …
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… for ye haue deserued no other, & y^e rewarde of syn is death. Certes the hookehook is layde at the roote of the tree that euery tree that bryngeth forthe …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
Much Gold and Gaine then to themselues they hookehook.
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Much Gold and Gaine then to themselues they hookehook.
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
… should raigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before mee. GOD hath a hookehook for Senacherib, a curbe for Saul, a bridle for these Horses and Mules: the …
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… should raigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before mee. GOD hath a hookehook for Senacherib, a curbe for Saul, a bridle for these Horses and Mules: the …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 102 · Open in the reader
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… other wild Boares muſt muſt enter into our Vineyard? The Lord hath yet a hookehook for their noſtrils and a bridle for their lips. Let Abaddon the King of …
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… other wild Boares muſt muſt enter into our Vineyard? The Lord hath yet a hookehook for their noſtrils and a bridle for their lips. Let Abaddon the King of …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 55 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (57)

27 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 26 are listed here. 30 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
About the ſame time, Richard HookeHook gaue his life for the ſame cauſe at Chicheſter.
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About the ſame time, Richard HookeHook gaue his life for the ſame cauſe at Chicheſter.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
In the ſame moneth was burned alſo one HookeHook a true witneſſe of the Lord, at Cheſter.
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In the ſame moneth was burned alſo one HookeHook a true witneſſe of the Lord, at Cheſter.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ship, called the Minion, was burned in Liſhborne, a citie in Portugall, and Williā HookeHook, of the age of xvi. yeres, ſtoned to death by certaine young men of …
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… Ship, called the Minion, was burned in Liſhborne, a citie in Portugall, and Williā HookeHook, of the age of xvi. yeres, ſtoned to death by certaine young men of …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
Richard HookeHook eadem
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Richard HookeHook eadem
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader
Printed
HookeHook eadem
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HookeHook eadem
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · Open in the reader

A Young Mans Inquisition A02360

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… the life of Iesus Christ to righteousnesse in them. It is the chiefe Shepheards HookeHook, that pulleth backe our straying soules in the by-wayes of iniquitie, and bringeth …
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… the life of Iesus Christ to righteousnesse in them. It is the chiefe Shepheards HookeHook, that pulleth backe our straying soules in the by-wayes of iniquitie, and bringeth …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 230 · Open in the reader

The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ A03617

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The firſt HookeHook of conſcience is this, Conſcience is a warner to the ſoule, and admoniſheth it …
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The firſt HookeHook of conſcience is this, Conſcience is a warner to the ſoule, and admoniſheth it …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
The ſecond HookeHook is this, Conſcience accuſeth the creature before God, and witneſſeth againſt him. p. 47
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The ſecond HookeHook is this, Conſcience accuſeth the creature before God, and witneſſeth againſt him. p. 47
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
The third HookeHook is this, Conſcience at the laſt condemnes the ſoule. p. 13
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The third HookeHook is this, Conſcience at the laſt condemnes the ſoule. p. 13
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · Open in the reader

The Theater of the Popes Monarchy A13105

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… earthe. Is it any maruaile though hee hath withe thys Sweete Bayte, and venemous HookeHook, drawen vntoo hym selfe the moste Kingdomes and Nations of the woorlde? But nowe …
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… earthe. Is it any maruaile though hee hath withe thys Sweete Bayte, and venemous HookeHook, drawen vntoo hym selfe the moste Kingdomes and Nations of the woorlde? But nowe …
Philip Stubbes · The Theater of the Popes Monarchy · Open in the reader

The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense A13248

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… hee hurt you not, but if you bee armed with a Bill or a HookeHook, then in your halfe-cloſe you may fall away turning the edge of your …
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… hee hurt you not, but if you bee armed with a Bill or a HookeHook, then in your halfe-cloſe you may fall away turning the edge of your …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 142 · Open in the reader
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… your halfe-cloſe you may fall away turning the edge of your Bill or HookeHook towards his legge, and ſo by a drawing blow rake him ouer the ſhins …
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… your halfe-cloſe you may fall away turning the edge of your Bill or HookeHook towards his legge, and ſo by a drawing blow rake him ouer the ſhins …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 142 · Open in the reader
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… vnto the other ſide of his weapon, and then if your enemy haue a HookeHook, Halbert, or Bill in defending the falſe, the head of his weapon will ſo …
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… vnto the other ſide of his weapon, and then if your enemy haue a HookeHook, Halbert, or Bill in defending the falſe, the head of his weapon will ſo …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 144 · Open in the reader
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… backe againe, whereby to defend the falſe, if your enemy bee armed with a HookeHook, Holbert or Partizan or Gleaue, if hee charge you with a blow, then ſlippe …
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… backe againe, whereby to defend the falſe, if your enemy bee armed with a HookeHook, Holbert or Partizan or Gleaue, if hee charge you with a blow, then ſlippe …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 144 · Open in the reader
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… ſtill commend the low guard for any long weapon, whether it be Staffe, Pike, HookeHook, Halbert, Partizan or Gleaue, my reaſon is the point being ſo high as your …
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… ſtill commend the low guard for any long weapon, whether it be Staffe, Pike, HookeHook, Halbert, Partizan or Gleaue, my reaſon is the point being ſo high as your …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 145 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

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… st worldlie pleasures: Let them bee as pleasant as yee please, there is an HookeHook in the Bate: The most part of this world is but a rabble of …
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… st worldlie pleasures: Let them bee as pleasant as yee please, there is an HookeHook in the Bate: The most part of this world is but a rabble of …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1244 · Open in the reader

The Brazen Serpent A19485

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… other baite, and ſo the Fiſh biting at the worme, is caught with the HookeHook. So Chriſt, ſpeaking of himſelfe, Pſal. 22. 6. ſaith, Ego vermis & non homo: I am a …
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… other baite, and ſo the Fiſh biting at the worme, is caught with the HookeHook. So Chriſt, ſpeaking of himſelfe, Pſal. 22. 6. ſaith, Ego vermis & non homo: I am a …
John Andrewes · The Brazen Serpent · p. 25 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance A53688

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… forbidden; as the fish liketh the bait well enough, but is affraid of the HookeHook. The soule for a season is captivd to like the sinne, and so is …
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… forbidden; as the fish liketh the bait well enough, but is affraid of the HookeHook. The soule for a season is captivd to like the sinne, and so is …
John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 361 · Open in the reader

The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 A64252

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… Adulterate friend hand and foot, and afterwards to hang him up upon a great HookeHook fastned into a Beame for that purpose: Then he caused the bed to be …
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… Adulterate friend hand and foot, and afterwards to hang him up upon a great HookeHook fastned into a Beame for that purpose: Then he caused the bed to be …
Thomas Taylor · The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 · p. 86 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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… reade moreouer that in this present yeare, to witte, An. 1556. was burnt one called HookeHook a true witnes of the Lordes truthe, at Chester.
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… reade moreouer that in this present yeare, to witte, An. 1556. was burnt one called HookeHook a true witnes of the Lordes truthe, at Chester.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1954 · Open in the reader
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HookeHook martyred at Chester for the Gospell and the trueth thereof. 1954
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HookeHook martyred at Chester for the Gospell and the trueth thereof. 1954
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
HookeHook martyred at Chichester for the gospell. 1688
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HookeHook martyred at Chichester for the gospell. 1688
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · Open in the reader

Expository Notes on the Pentateuch A74656

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… is like the fiſh, which ſwimmeth to the length of the Line with the HookeHook in its mouth. The beſt way to run from God is to run to …
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… is like the fiſh, which ſwimmeth to the length of the Line with the HookeHook in its mouth. The beſt way to run from God is to run to …
Benjamin Needler · Expository Notes on the Pentateuch · p. 78 · Open in the reader

Four Sermons A77486

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… no underſtanding, or conceit of danger and evill; and yet it is ſo, the HookeHook is b…ted, the baite ſwallowed and the fiſh is taken.
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… no underſtanding, or conceit of danger and evill; and yet it is ſo, the HookeHook is b…ted, the baite ſwallowed and the fiſh is taken.
Thomas Brightman · Four Sermons · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Pious Thoughts Vented in Pithy Ejaculations A85497

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Upon the ſight of a fiſh taken with a HookeHook and Line.
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Upon the ſight of a fiſh taken with a HookeHook and Line.
Richard Gove · Pious Thoughts Vented in Pithy Ejaculations · p. 14 · Open in the reader

The Axe at the Root A85664

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… down ſome little Branches, and no more; it is not Falx a Bill or HookeHook, to chop off ſome Armes or Bowes, but ſecuris, an Axe, ſome ſharp, ſtrong …
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… down ſome little Branches, and no more; it is not Falx a Bill or HookeHook, to chop off ſome Armes or Bowes, but ſecuris, an Axe, ſome ſharp, ſtrong …
William Greenhill · The Axe at the Root · p. 19 · Open in the reader