Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40069 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

troubl'dtroubled

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 62 times in 31 works
Consistency: 95.3% (62 of 65)
Reach if approved: ~68 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: troubled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 65 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (62 changes in 31 works, 95.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 62)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Aſham'd and troubl'dtroubled let them be,
With rule
Aſham'd and troubl'dtroubled let them be,
John Milton · Poems · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Separate him from his Spouſe, the Church: And no ſooner was Chriſt (whoſe Abſence troubl'dtroubled them, and whoſe Preſence Terrify'd them) come Aboard, but Immediately the Ship was at …
With rule
… Separate him from his Spouſe, the Church: And no ſooner was Chriſt (whoſe Abſence troubl'dtroubled them, and whoſe Preſence Terrify'd them) come Aboard, but Immediately the Ship was at …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 334 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely in opinion and imagination, and therefore a wiſe man ought not to be troubl'dtroubled at them. But he muſt be a very wiſe man that can forbear being …
With rule
… onely in opinion and imagination, and therefore a wiſe man ought not to be troubl'dtroubled at them. But he muſt be a very wiſe man that can forbear being …
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 1 · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reformation, to the old vomit of your traditions, now that ye have e…ther troubl'dtroubled or leven'd the people of God, and the doctrine of the Goſpell with ſcandalous …
With rule
… reformation, to the old vomit of your traditions, now that ye have e…ther troubl'dtroubled or leven'd the people of God, and the doctrine of the Goſpell with ſcandalous …
John Milton · Apology Against a Pamphlet · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were extreamly troubled at the miseries that were upon them, but they were little troubl'dtroubled at their sins; They cryed because of their Afflictions; they did not only sigh …
With rule
… were extreamly troubled at the miseries that were upon them, but they were little troubl'dtroubled at their sins; They cryed because of their Afflictions; they did not only sigh …
Theodosia Alleine · The Life and Death of Joseph Alleine · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
The troubl'dtroubled ſoule counts no occaſion ſlight
With rule
The troubl'dtroubled ſoule counts no occaſion ſlight
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lord, let me not be troubl'dtroubled more with thee.
With rule
Lord, let me not be troubl'dtroubled more with thee.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the House of Commons, had not there the forbearance to conceal how much it troubl'dtroubled him, That the Birds were flowne. If som Vultur in the Mountains could have …
With rule
… the House of Commons, had not there the forbearance to conceal how much it troubl'dtroubled him, That the Birds were flowne. If som Vultur in the Mountains could have …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 79 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Troubl'dTroubled and preſſed with the weight I beare,
With rule
Troubl'dTroubled and preſſed with the weight I beare,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 122 · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Troubl'dTroubled that thou shouldst hunger, hath purvey'd
With rule
Troubl'dTroubled that thou shouldst hunger, hath purvey'd
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Poems A50938

Printed
Troubl'dTroubled and ſham'd for ever,
With rule
Troubl'dTroubled and ſham'd for ever,
John Milton · Poems · p. 153 · Open in the reader