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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3889 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

taktake

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

Puritas changed it
566 times in 239 works
Consistency
89.2% (566 of 634)
Reach if approved
~666 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: taken
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
634 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (566 changes in 239 works, 89.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 566)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ignorance, & the fleſh was mixed with it, it was not ſincere. So let vs taktake heed to our loue: not only to that loue we beare to Chriſt, but …
    With rule
    … ignorance, & the fleſh was mixed with it, it was not ſincere. So let vs taktake heed to our loue: not only to that loue we beare to Chriſt, but …

    Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … with kiſſing of it & bowing & kneling to it / ar ennimies of Chriſts trew croſe & taktake away the means that might ſet owt the glori of Chriſtis croſe.
    With rule
    … with kiſſing of it & bowing & kneling to it / ar ennimies of Chriſts trew croſe & taktake away the means that might ſet owt the glori of Chriſtis croſe.

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Lord lat our eine sum sleip do taktake,
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    Lord lat our eine sum sleip do taktake,

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … eſtates an… but men will not ſuffer them: an… therefore conſcience is fain to taktake… ſuch ſudden times as it can get. Y… will ask, What times be they?
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    … eſtates an… but men will not ſuffer them: an… therefore conſcience is fain to taktake… ſuch ſudden times as it can get. Y… will ask, What times be they?

    William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 232 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the graces of Gods spirit in them. The spirit it selfe was not taktake…n from them, nay, Christ did still continue in their hearts: but yet for …
    With rule
    … of the graces of Gods spirit in them. The spirit it selfe was not taktake…n from them, nay, Christ did still continue in their hearts: but yet for …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 248 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    But in vayn will ſome thinke that all this laboure haue I taktake…: for no man of hole iudgement any parte of this wolde haue denyed: nor …
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    But in vayn will ſome thinke that all this laboure haue I taktake…: for no man of hole iudgement any parte of this wolde haue denyed: nor …

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … encrese dayly more & more. Wel, now before your departure, I wyl desire you to taktake… y• paynes …o dryncke with me after this our long talke & large cōmunicaciō, yt …
    With rule
    … encrese dayly more & more. Wel, now before your departure, I wyl desire you to taktake… y• paynes …o dryncke with me after this our long talke & large cōmunicaciō, yt …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … concerning them that deceaue you (not meaning them of you, as you seem to taktake it) 27. But the annointing (the spirite which yee haue receaued of Christ, and which …
    With rule
    … concerning them that deceaue you (not meaning them of you, as you seem to taktake it) 27. But the annointing (the spirite which yee haue receaued of Christ, and which …

    William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 12 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (68)

48 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 34 are listed here. 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    TakTake tent, for now I purpoſe to begyn.
    With rule
    TakTake tent, for now I purpoſe to begyn.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake pacience (ſaid he) it mon be ſo.
    With rule
    TakTake pacience (ſaid he) it mon be ſo.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake thow one half, and reik to me ane vther,
    With rule
    TakTake thow one half, and reik to me ane vther,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake manlie curage, and leif thyne Inſolence,
    With rule
    TakTake manlie curage, and leif thyne Inſolence,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake thow my part (quod he) my bruther,
    With rule
    TakTake thow my part (quod he) my bruther,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    TakTake tent, for now I purpose to begyn.
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    TakTake tent, for now I purpose to begyn.

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake ane crowat, one pynte stope, and one quart
    With rule
    TakTake ane crowat, one pynte stope, and one quart

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake pacience (said he) it mone be so
    With rule
    TakTake pacience (said he) it mone be so

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

The History of a Noble Squire A05554

  • Printed
    TakTake ȝow the schip and all the lai…
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    TakTake ȝow the schip and all the lai…

    David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader

A Spiritual Propine of a Pastor to his People A07429

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    TakTake paines and proue, prooffe sall thy hart assure,
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    TakTake paines and proue, prooffe sall thy hart assure,

    James Melville · A Spiritual Propine of a Pastor to his People · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

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    … the quhilk he was betrayit, tuke the breid, brak it, gaue thankis, and said. TakTake ȝe, eit ȝe, this is my body quhilk is brokin for ȝow do ȝe …
    With rule
    … the quhilk he was betrayit, tuke the breid, brak it, gaue thankis, and said. TakTake ȝe, eit ȝe, this is my body quhilk is brokin for ȝow do ȝe …

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake not the Name of God in vaine,
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    TakTake not the Name of God in vaine,

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake Harpe in hand with mony lustie string
    With rule
    TakTake Harpe in hand with mony lustie string

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake not from me thy godly Spreit,
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    TakTake not from me thy godly Spreit,

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake heid thairfoir of this be war.
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    TakTake heid thairfoir of this be war.

    John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 189 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

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    … to bee words of wrath, that the sinner may be swallowed vp with dispaire. *TakTake heed Sir, who it is that answereth to your cry: Though God should draw …
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    … to bee words of wrath, that the sinner may be swallowed vp with dispaire. *TakTake heed Sir, who it is that answereth to your cry: Though God should draw …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 197 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … though more terrible are of a softer swelling, carrying the burden more safelie aboue. TakTake courage the most godlie heart must encounter with manie thorters: The Lord humbleth the …
    With rule
    … though more terrible are of a softer swelling, carrying the burden more safelie aboue. TakTake courage the most godlie heart must encounter with manie thorters: The Lord humbleth the …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 198 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … now put an end to all the cloudie and darke dayes of his distresse. TakTake in this silly Soule, thy little Lambe within the compasse of thine heauenlie folde …
    With rule
    … now put an end to all the cloudie and darke dayes of his distresse. TakTake in this silly Soule, thy little Lambe within the compasse of thine heauenlie folde …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 743 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … like a scab that beginneth with itching, but endeth into blisters, boiles & putrifying sores TakTake good heede to thy cariage & to thy, companie, euil cōpany vaine cō municatiō, & rotten …
    With rule
    … like a scab that beginneth with itching, but endeth into blisters, boiles & putrifying sores TakTake good heede to thy cariage & to thy, companie, euil cōpany vaine cō municatiō, & rotten …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 944 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … deepelie rooted in thine heart: Where euer thou art, thinke God thereto be present: TakTake him at all times to bee an eye-witnes of thy thoughts: Thogh ali …
    With rule
    … deepelie rooted in thine heart: Where euer thou art, thinke God thereto be present: TakTake him at all times to bee an eye-witnes of thy thoughts: Thogh ali …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 972 · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon the Lords Supper A17050

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    … fra death, in the quhilk we war conceaued, & imped in the body of Chriſt. TakTake heed then, Chriſt in his blood, as he is the lawer of our regeneration …
    With rule
    … fra death, in the quhilk we war conceaued, & imped in the body of Chriſt. TakTake heed then, Chriſt in his blood, as he is the lawer of our regeneration …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … a conjunction ȝe ſee, betwixt the word and the thing ſignified be the word. TakTake heed to this conjunctioun, and ȝe ſal get the nature of the conjunction, and …
    With rule
    … a conjunction ȝe ſee, betwixt the word and the thing ſignified be the word. TakTake heed to this conjunctioun, and ȝe ſal get the nature of the conjunction, and …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of Chriſt in this earth, but be the band of loue, amitie, and charity. TakTake away loue, thou art not a member of this bodie: For loue is the …
    With rule
    … of Chriſt in this earth, but be the band of loue, amitie, and charity. TakTake away loue, thou art not a member of this bodie: For loue is the …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 A17587

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    … The Apostle rehearsing the words of the institution, said … but in the plurall number, TakTake… ye…, eat ye. … saith, that the Apostles celebrated as Christ did, e…ndem … teriam …
    With rule
    … The Apostle rehearsing the words of the institution, said … but in the plurall number, TakTake… ye…, eat ye. … saith, that the Apostles celebrated as Christ did, e…ndem … teriam …

    David Calderwood · A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 · p. 42 · Open in the reader

Brief Commendation of Uprightness A19894

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    TakTake tent quha ſic things dois begin,
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    TakTake tent quha ſic things dois begin,

    John Davidson · Brief Commendation of Uprightness · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

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    … th… dayer of our lives, for in a moment we shall be taken away. TakTake… heed therefore that you doe not make a pastime of, nor dis-esteem the …
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    … th… dayer of our lives, for in a moment we shall be taken away. TakTake… heed therefore that you doe not make a pastime of, nor dis-esteem the …

    Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 341 · Open in the reader

Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 A68508

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    … word, to giue the ſenſe. So hath our countrym…n Tauerner, whoſe reading is, TakTake…th a man his ſnare vp from the ground, afore he catch ſomewhat? The …
    With rule
    … word, to giue the ſenſe. So hath our countrym…n Tauerner, whoſe reading is, TakTake…th a man his ſnare vp from the ground, afore he catch ſomewhat? The …

    Sebastian Benefield · Twenty-One Sermons on Amos 1 · p. 92 · Open in the reader

The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance A72495

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    TAKTAKE head to thy self and vnto the flock cōmitted to thy charge, fead the …
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    TAKTAKE head to thy self and vnto the flock cōmitted to thy charge, fead the …

    John Knox · The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance · Open in the reader

A Satire of the Three Estates A72573

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    TAkTake tent to me my freinds and hald ȝow coy,
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    TAkTake tent to me my freinds and hald ȝow coy,

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake thair ane gay gamond of France:
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    TakTake thair ane gay gamond of France:

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake thair ane vther vpon thy peild harne-pan.
    With rule
    TakTake thair ane vther vpon thy peild harne-pan.

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake tent now how the land is clein denudit:
    With rule
    TakTake tent now how the land is clein denudit:

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    TakTake thair my hand richt faithfullie
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    TakTake thair my hand richt faithfullie

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Profit of Godliness B18399

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    … servants seeing Jewels and Bracelets lying before him, Tolle tu ista, ego Themistocles sum, TakTake… thou up these things, I am Themistocles; Le… others take up gold and silver …
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    … servants seeing Jewels and Bracelets lying before him, Tolle tu ista, ego Themistocles sum, TakTake… thou up these things, I am Themistocles; Le… others take up gold and silver …

    Thomas Byrdall · The Profit of Godliness · p. 23 · Open in the reader