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folkesfolks

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

Puritas changed it
736 times in 224 works
Consistency
96.4% (736 of 763)
Reach if approved
~802 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: folks
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
763 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (736 changes in 224 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 736)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … with a deuout motion, the Biſhops bleſſing, croſſing of ones ſelfe, bearing with other folkesfolks defects, and froward dealings towards vs, confeſſing our ſinnes in generall, hearing of Maſſe …
    With rule
    … with a deuout motion, the Biſhops bleſſing, croſſing of ones ſelfe, bearing with other folkesfolks defects, and froward dealings towards vs, confeſſing our ſinnes in generall, hearing of Maſſe …

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 261 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to have their Gates alwayes open to these fooles, and never open to wise folkesfolks? What greater cruelty can there be in any person, then to give more in …
    With rule
    … to have their Gates alwayes open to these fooles, and never open to wise folkesfolks? What greater cruelty can there be in any person, then to give more in …

    William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 312 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … much worth. Life, and chastitie are aboue all worldly price. These commodities are other folkesfolks, not our owne. Other folkesfolks commodities we must not possesse if we haue them …
    With rule
    … much worth. Life, and chastitie are aboue all worldly price. These commodities are other folkesfolks, not our owne. Other folkesfolks commodities we must not possesse if we haue them …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … which were kiſſed as holy reliques, and thought alſo to be holſom for ſicke folkesfolks: of the ſame heretikes you learned to commande the people to pray, in an …
    With rule
    … which were kiſſed as holy reliques, and thought alſo to be holſom for ſicke folkesfolks: of the ſame heretikes you learned to commande the people to pray, in an …

    William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … serue to proue, that a daily exercise of fasting should bee vsed of married folkesfolks, and others that leade a life actiue, either ciuill or ecclesi…sticall, who for …
    With rule
    … serue to proue, that a daily exercise of fasting should bee vsed of married folkesfolks, and others that leade a life actiue, either ciuill or ecclesi…sticall, who for …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … was a fountaine (and as ſome relate, a glaſſe in it) into which ſicke folkesfolks after ſacrifice offered, looked, and by the reſemblance of a face which appeared either …
    With rule
    … was a fountaine (and as ſome relate, a glaſſe in it) into which ſicke folkesfolks after ſacrifice offered, looked, and by the reſemblance of a face which appeared either …

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … kepe thy money to the releuyng and helpyng of thy chyldren and of poore folkesfolks, whiche haue pryncypallye nede therof / and vpon whome it ſhal be beſt beſtowed. But …
    With rule
    … kepe thy money to the releuyng and helpyng of thy chyldren and of poore folkesfolks, whiche haue pryncypallye nede therof / and vpon whome it ſhal be beſt beſtowed. But …

    Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Christs Church, but if it be needfull in your Church. it is to pick folkesfolks purses, and such pick…purse matters is the whole rabblemene of your ceremonies, for …
    With rule
    … Christs Church, but if it be needfull in your Church. it is to pick folkesfolks purses, and such pick…purse matters is the whole rabblemene of your ceremonies, for …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 287 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 are listed here. 14 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny A07225

  • Printed
    … Bougeor, Thomas… Benold, Robert Purcas, Agnes Siluer-side, alias Smith, Widow, Ellen Ewring, Elizabeth FolkesFolks Maid, William Munt, Iohn Iohnson, Allice Munt, Rose Allen, Maid.
    With rule
    … Bougeor, Thomas… Benold, Robert Purcas, Agnes Siluer-side, alias Smith, Widow, Ellen Ewring, Elizabeth FolkesFolks Maid, William Munt, Iohn Iohnson, Allice Munt, Rose Allen, Maid.

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 339 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Elizabeth FolkesFolks, Maid-seruant in Colchester, being examined whether shee beleeued the presence of Christs body …
    With rule
    Elizabeth FolkesFolks, Maid-seruant in Colchester, being examined whether shee beleeued the presence of Christs body …

    John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 340 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of Faith A10915

  • Printed
    … we must get strong faith. Besides, we know not what we may meete with. FolkesFolks provide not for the present or forepart of their journey only, but for time …
    With rule
    … we must get strong faith. Besides, we know not what we may meete with. FolkesFolks provide not for the present or forepart of their journey only, but for time …

    John Rogers · The Doctrine of Faith · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

  • Printed
    SOme FolkesFolks there are, (and many men ſuppoſe,
    With rule
    SOme FolkesFolks there are, (and many men ſuppoſe,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 143 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    GOod FolkesFolks, take heede; for, here's a wanton Wagge,
    With rule
    GOod FolkesFolks, take heede; for, here's a wanton Wagge,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 227 · Open in the reader

The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II A36435

  • Printed
    … ſhall beare vnto you, and live and die with you, agaynst all manner of FolkesFolks whatſoever, in your ſervice, according to the Nationall Covenant, and Solemn League and Covenant.
    With rule
    … ſhall beare vnto you, and live and die with you, agaynst all manner of FolkesFolks whatſoever, in your ſervice, according to the Nationall Covenant, and Solemn League and Covenant.

    Robert Douglas · The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II · p. 47 · Open in the reader

History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland A47584

  • Printed
    … of further trouble, for the Earle of Huntly thereat offended, began to assemble his FolkesFolks, and spared not to speak that he would be revenged; But alwayes his Wife …
    With rule
    … of further trouble, for the Earle of Huntly thereat offended, began to assemble his FolkesFolks, and spared not to speak that he would be revenged; But alwayes his Wife …

    John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 344 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

  • Printed
    6. The sixt of this company was Elizabeth FolkesFolks, a yong mayd, and seruaunt in Colchester, of the age of twē ty yeares.
    With rule
    6. The sixt of this company was Elizabeth FolkesFolks, a yong mayd, and seruaunt in Colchester, of the age of twē ty yeares.

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2007 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Elizabeth FolkesFolks the young mayden, being examined whether she beleued the presence of Christes body to …
    With rule
    Elizabeth FolkesFolks the young mayden, being examined whether she beleued the presence of Christes body to …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2007 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    This Elizabeth FolkesFolks, the day before she was condemned, was examined onely vpon this article, whether she …
    With rule
    This Elizabeth FolkesFolks, the day before she was condemned, was examined onely vpon this article, whether she …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2008 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … side, William Bongeor, William Purcas Thomas Benold, Agnes Siluerside aliâs Smith. Helene Euring & Elizab. FolkesFolks aforenamed, which being there, & al things prepared for theyr martyrdome at the last these …
    With rule
    … side, William Bongeor, William Purcas Thomas Benold, Agnes Siluerside aliâs Smith. Helene Euring & Elizab. FolkesFolks aforenamed, which being there, & al things prepared for theyr martyrdome at the last these …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2008 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … had made their prayers, they rose, & made them ready to the fire. And Elizabeth FolkesFolks when she had pluckt off her Peticote, woulde haue geuen it to her mother …
    With rule
    … had made their prayers, they rose, & made them ready to the fire. And Elizabeth FolkesFolks when she had pluckt off her Peticote, woulde haue geuen it to her mother …

    John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2008 · Open in the reader