Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3645 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

holdesholds

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

Puritas changed it: 348 times in 200 works
Consistency: 98.0% (348 of 355)
Reach if approved: ~373 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: holds
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 355 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (348 changes in 200 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 348)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as is the tempest of hayle breaking out on euery side, & bearing down strong holdesholds.
With rule
… as is the tempest of hayle breaking out on euery side, & bearing down strong holdesholds.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cities shalbe …, their land shalbe layd waste, their enemies shal dwel in their strong holdesholds, there wyues and daughters shall be de…led, their children shall fall in the …
With rule
… Cities shalbe …, their land shalbe layd waste, their enemies shal dwel in their strong holdesholds, there wyues and daughters shall be de…led, their children shall fall in the …
John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaue of to spea…e of y^• byldyng of many Castels, Blocke houses, strong holdesholds, Bulwarkes, fortresses. &c. & of men appoynted vnto the defence of the same, wythe all …
With rule
… leaue of to spea…e of y^• byldyng of many Castels, Blocke houses, strong holdesholds, Bulwarkes, fortresses. &c. & of men appoynted vnto the defence of the same, wythe all …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… iudge in the cloudes. Here at the first it may be demaunded why Christ holdesholds the last iudgement rather on earth then in heauen. Ansvver. He doth it for …
With rule
… iudge in the cloudes. Here at the first it may be demaunded why Christ holdesholds the last iudgement rather on earth then in heauen. Ansvver. He doth it for …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 380 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when they haue learned where lieth our ſtrength, when they haue battered our ſtrongeſt holdesholds, when they haue cut off Sampſons haire, yet this haire will grow againe, and …
With rule
… when they haue learned where lieth our ſtrength, when they haue battered our ſtrongeſt holdesholds, when they haue cut off Sampſons haire, yet this haire will grow againe, and …
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne language▪ thou ſhalt die for it. Alas the wraith of Chriſt bindes … and holdesholds them … to their vtter deſtructions. If it were but for letting the people of …
With rule
… owne language▪ thou ſhalt die for it. Alas the wraith of Chriſt bindes … and holdesholds them … to their vtter deſtructions. If it were but for letting the people of …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 343 · Open in the reader
Printed
… supply. Whoredome begins to neglect curtaines, and growes proud of an impudent prostitution. Pride holdesholds the restraint of concealement a plague; and rather would not be, then bee vnnoted …
With rule
… supply. Whoredome begins to neglect curtaines, and growes proud of an impudent prostitution. Pride holdesholds the restraint of concealement a plague; and rather would not be, then bee vnnoted …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are not carnall thinges, but ſtronge by the power of God to caſt downe holdesholds: wherwith we ouerthrowe imaginatiōs of euery high thinge that is exalted agaynſt the knowlege …
With rule
… are not carnall thinges, but ſtronge by the power of God to caſt downe holdesholds: wherwith we ouerthrowe imaginatiōs of euery high thinge that is exalted agaynſt the knowlege …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 121 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies A01760

Printed
… and true Subjects, who will more gladly imploy and bestow, their Lives, Lands, Houses, HoldesHolds, Goods, Gear, Rents, Revenues, Places, Priviledges, Meanes, Moities, and all, in his Highnes service …
With rule
… and true Subjects, who will more gladly imploy and bestow, their Lives, Lands, Houses, HoldesHolds, Goods, Gear, Rents, Revenues, Places, Priviledges, Meanes, Moities, and all, in his Highnes service …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Sermons A68672

Printed
… of our warre-fare are not carnall, but mightie through God to cast downe HoldesHolds.)
With rule
… of our warre-fare are not carnall, but mightie through God to cast downe HoldesHolds.)
Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 155 · Open in the reader