Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2918 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

undertookeundertook

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

Puritas changed it: 371 times in 229 works
Consistency: 99.7% (371 of 372)
Reach if approved: ~391 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: undertook
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 372 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (371 changes in 229 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 371)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that Nation, that they had a Wri… of protection against all Inundations: As God undertookeundertook for them during their Iourney up to the anniversary Feasts, to keepe all well …
With rule
… that Nation, that they had a Wri… of protection against all Inundations: As God undertookeundertook for them during their Iourney up to the anniversary Feasts, to keepe all well …
William Pemble · The Period of the Persian Monarchy · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
But this worthy man, I say, what hee judiciously undertookeundertook, hee constantly went through withall. Hee would not be scorned, or turned out of …
With rule
But this worthy man, I say, what hee judiciously undertookeundertook, hee constantly went through withall. Hee would not be scorned, or turned out of …
Richard Sibbes · The Brides Longing for her Bridegrooms Second Coming · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… knowledge. It seemes you thinke you have sufficiently discharged your selfe of that you undertookeundertook, namely the discovery of the fallacy of our syllogisme, you proceede to the censure …
With rule
… knowledge. It seemes you thinke you have sufficiently discharged your selfe of that you undertookeundertook, namely the discovery of the fallacy of our syllogisme, you proceede to the censure …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Inſtrument of inſtruments, as (Ariſtotle calleth it,) in every peece of worke I undertookeundertook. By this meanes it came to paſſe, that I began to thinke, (as men …
With rule
… that Inſtrument of inſtruments, as (Ariſtotle calleth it,) in every peece of worke I undertookeundertook. By this meanes it came to paſſe, that I began to thinke, (as men …
Anthony Wotton · Run from Rome · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nothing is here ſaid, but the former thinges againe repeated. Indeed, he undertookeundertook to anſwer certaine demaunds, but he kept himſelfe off, ſo covertly from the points …
With rule
Nothing is here ſaid, but the former thinges againe repeated. Indeed, he undertookeundertook to anſwer certaine demaunds, but he kept himſelfe off, ſo covertly from the points …
John Canne · A Necessity of Separation from the Church of England · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in an holy ſerious manner, by the chiefe and the body of ſuch as undertookeundertook the ſame? The Lord knows whether the ſincere deſires of worſhipping himſelfe according to …
With rule
… in an holy ſerious manner, by the chiefe and the body of ſuch as undertookeundertook the ſame? The Lord knows whether the ſincere deſires of worſhipping himſelfe according to …
John Allin · A Defense of the Answer Made Unto Nine Questions · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… irresolute and wavering nature, and afraid of threats, he soone gave over what he undertookeundertook, so as the Pope continued his former rapine; and though he had promised never …
With rule
… irresolute and wavering nature, and afraid of threats, he soone gave over what he undertookeundertook, so as the Pope continued his former rapine; and though he had promised never …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… warres not warrantable, or els not well waged the ſame. The warre which Iehoſaphat undertookeundertook with Ahab, was not warrantable: For, beſide that He ſhould not have helped the …
With rule
… warres not warrantable, or els not well waged the ſame. The warre which Iehoſaphat undertookeundertook with Ahab, was not warrantable: For, beſide that He ſhould not have helped the …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 289 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Moses and Aaron A64249

Printed
… generation. For she, 1. a woman of weak sexe. 2. A Queen enjoying pleasures at home. 3. UndertookeUndertook a long journey from the ends of the earth, Matth. 12. 42. 4. Set aside the weighty …
With rule
… generation. For she, 1. a woman of weak sexe. 2. A Queen enjoying pleasures at home. 3. UndertookeUndertook a long journey from the ends of the earth, Matth. 12. 42. 4. Set aside the weighty …
Thomas Taylor · Moses and Aaron · p. 73 · Open in the reader