Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2625 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saulesaul

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

Puritas changed it: 743 times in 223 works
Consistency: 92.3% (743 of 805)
Reach if approved: ~846 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: saul
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 805 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (743 changes in 223 works, 92.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 743)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in one mā vvhē god takes him into his hand, as of a perſecuting SauleSaul to make him a preaching Paull.
With rule
… in one mā vvhē god takes him into his hand, as of a perſecuting SauleSaul to make him a preaching Paull.
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
SauleSaul persecuted Dauid cruelly, purposing to kill him, but his labor was in vain.
With rule
SauleSaul persecuted Dauid cruelly, purposing to kill him, but his labor was in vain.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for neither was he behinde them in ſaying, I haue ſinned, Mat. 27.3. Well: Pharaoh, SauleSaul, & Iudas through vnbeleefe are fallen, and you ſtand by faith; yet, bee not high …
With rule
… for neither was he behinde them in ſaying, I haue ſinned, Mat. 27.3. Well: Pharaoh, SauleSaul, & Iudas through vnbeleefe are fallen, and you ſtand by faith; yet, bee not high …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a one hath that addition. The Bishoppes Bible hathe that 22. verse Chap. 9. this. But SauleSaul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Iewes, which dwelt at Damascus, affirming …
With rule
… a one hath that addition. The Bishoppes Bible hathe that 22. verse Chap. 9. this. But SauleSaul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Iewes, which dwelt at Damascus, affirming …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 484 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be ſuffered ſo too ſpeake. And Achan was ſtoned for touchynge of the one, SauleSaul was put from hys kyngdom for hauynge of the other. God graunte the noble …
With rule
… be ſuffered ſo too ſpeake. And Achan was ſtoned for touchynge of the one, SauleSaul was put from hys kyngdom for hauynge of the other. God graunte the noble …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
SauleSaul is become a Paule, and preaching euery wheare
With rule
SauleSaul is become a Paule, and preaching euery wheare
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… agayne, and agayne to beholde from what puddell they ſprynge. For ſo God chaſteneth SauleSaul; vpbrayding him his late baſenes, and myſery. Waſt thou not (ꝙ he) anoynted Kinge …
With rule
… agayne, and agayne to beholde from what puddell they ſprynge. For ſo God chaſteneth SauleSaul; vpbrayding him his late baſenes, and myſery. Waſt thou not (ꝙ he) anoynted Kinge …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… euyl, yea, and hauynge manye tymes oportunity to perfourme mischiefe and to slay kyng SauleSaul, Neuerthelesse yet fearynge, would, not folowe hys fleshlye affections and walke inordinatelye, wythoute the …
With rule
… euyl, yea, and hauynge manye tymes oportunity to perfourme mischiefe and to slay kyng SauleSaul, Neuerthelesse yet fearynge, would, not folowe hys fleshlye affections and walke inordinatelye, wythoute the …
Hugh Latimer · First Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (62)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 59 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

Printed
For mony ane dois haiſt thair awin ſaulesaul knellis.
With rule
For mony ane dois haiſt thair awin ſaulesaul knellis.
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
And he ſall of thy ſaulesaul haue reuth,
With rule
And he ſall of thy ſaulesaul haue reuth,
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

The Rescuing of the Romish Fox A14048

Printed
… may make / good polytike lawes / ergo he can alſo make good lawes for mannis ſaulesaul and ſo holſum doctrines for the chirche of Chriſte that if they were takē …
With rule
… may make / good polytike lawes / ergo he can alſo make good lawes for mannis ſaulesaul and ſo holſum doctrines for the chirche of Chriſte that if they were takē …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader