Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6996 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

folyfolly

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 125 times in 55 works
Consistency: 83.8% (125 of 149)
Reach if approved: ~157 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: folly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 149 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (125 changes in 55 works, 83.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 125)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… be Gods word: what meaning so euer they make for maintenance of their wicked folyfolly, it must be termed the true sense of Scripture: And the truth it selfe …
With rule
… be Gods word: what meaning so euer they make for maintenance of their wicked folyfolly, it must be termed the true sense of Scripture: And the truth it selfe …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euen in the face and regiment of the Church, it had not onely bene folyfolly, but also impietie to haue separate them from the company of the faithfull, I …
With rule
… euen in the face and regiment of the Church, it had not onely bene folyfolly, but also impietie to haue separate them from the company of the faithfull, I …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
Antichrist is our folyfolly, wickednes, corruption, and destruction.
With rule
Antichrist is our folyfolly, wickednes, corruption, and destruction.
Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader
Printed
… church. Who to get the soueraintie that he aspireth to, doth cast off the folyfolly of Paul, and of Peter: and neither will him selfe, nor suffereth his to …
With rule
… church. Who to get the soueraintie that he aspireth to, doth cast off the folyfolly of Paul, and of Peter: and neither will him selfe, nor suffereth his to …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 687 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to theyr occupatiōs & craftes not withſtandyng theyr pouertie. Is not this then a great folyfolly to excuſe thē by theyr pouertie, & yet they ſo prouide that they wāt nothing …
With rule
… to theyr occupatiōs & craftes not withſtandyng theyr pouertie. Is not this then a great folyfolly to excuſe thē by theyr pouertie, & yet they ſo prouide that they wāt nothing …
Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in dede yf Danielles companyons myght haue ſcaped by this ſubtiltie, it was very folyfolly and raſhenes for theym willingly to offer theym ſelues vnto deathe. Mighte not they …
With rule
… in dede yf Danielles companyons myght haue ſcaped by this ſubtiltie, it was very folyfolly and raſhenes for theym willingly to offer theym ſelues vnto deathe. Mighte not they …
John Calvin · What a Faithful Man Dwelling Among Papists Ought to Do · Open in the reader
Printed
To their folyfolly,
With rule
To their folyfolly,
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader
Printed
The Bishoppe said there is no ordinance or misterie so good▪ but through folyfolly or frowardnes of men, it may be abused: & after reherseth many abuses of y^e …
With rule
The Bishoppe said there is no ordinance or misterie so good▪ but through folyfolly or frowardnes of men, it may be abused: & after reherseth many abuses of y^e …
William Fulke · Three Pillars and Arch-patriarchs of the Popish Synagogues · p. 724 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

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

Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation A06514

Printed
… great and he…y euilles that we neuer feel them, as it is ſaid. FolyFolly ſticketh in the hart of the Childe, but the rod of correction driueth it …
With rule
… great and he…y euilles that we neuer feel them, as it is ſaid. FolyFolly ſticketh in the hart of the Childe, but the rod of correction driueth it …
Martin Luther · Certain Meditations of Perfect Consolation · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
FolyFolly in many y^t go to the law.
With rule
FolyFolly in many y^t go to the law.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
FolyFolly, and lacke of witte, geue occasion of pastyme.
With rule
FolyFolly, and lacke of witte, geue occasion of pastyme.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
6 FolyFolly is ſet in dignity,
With rule
6 FolyFolly is ſet in dignity,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 349 · Open in the reader