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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7566 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

folowefollow

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
1,179 times in 210 works
Consistency
98.6% (1,179 of 1,195)
Reach if approved
~1,256 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: follow
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,195 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,179 changes in 210 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,179)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … assured of our election? for the conscience of all such as with out bridle folowefollow iniquitie, can neuer be assured of Gods present fauour during the time that they …
    With rule
    … assured of our election? for the conscience of all such as with out bridle folowefollow iniquitie, can neuer be assured of Gods present fauour during the time that they …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 194 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … onely the naughty curate shall go to the deuyll, but also all those that folowefollow hys naughtye doctryne. The wicked shall dye in his wickednes: for thoughe God doe …
    With rule
    … onely the naughty curate shall go to the deuyll, but also all those that folowefollow hys naughtye doctryne. The wicked shall dye in his wickednes: for thoughe God doe …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 93 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in nothing inferiour vnto them: yea in many things they excell them, becauſe they folowefollow the ſpirite and teach ſpirituall things. Contrariwiſe they neuer yet taſted what true Diuinitie …
    With rule
    … in nothing inferiour vnto them: yea in many things they excell them, becauſe they folowefollow the ſpirite and teach ſpirituall things. Contrariwiſe they neuer yet taſted what true Diuinitie …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God, & the ministers commaunded to declare that same to the people than doth it folowefollow, that they forgeue not the synne, but only are ministers appointed of god to …
    With rule
    … God, & the ministers commaunded to declare that same to the people than doth it folowefollow, that they forgeue not the synne, but only are ministers appointed of god to …

    Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … prayer is made onely in the name of Iesu Christ. And therof doth it folowefollow, that whatsoeuer we aske in his name faithfully and truly, that shall we surely …
    With rule
    … prayer is made onely in the name of Iesu Christ. And therof doth it folowefollow, that whatsoeuer we aske in his name faithfully and truly, that shall we surely …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 253 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … eyes and leade vs capty…e in your blinde waies. Therfore if we ſhould folowefollow you beinge blinde guides, falſe prophetes and Idole paſtours: we ſhall be ſtyll ſcattered …
    With rule
    … eyes and leade vs capty…e in your blinde waies. Therfore if we ſhould folowefollow you beinge blinde guides, falſe prophetes and Idole paſtours: we ſhall be ſtyll ſcattered …

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxxviii · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … trewe of his worde / whye do we not both heare hym / beleue hym / and folowefollow hym?
    With rule
    … trewe of his worde / whye do we not both heare hym / beleue hym / and folowefollow hym?

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    So wyll it all them, whych folowefollow the same lyne.
    With rule
    So wyll it all them, whych folowefollow the same lyne.

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

16 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.

How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects A01880

  • Printed
    VVILLIAM VVHITINGHAM TO ALL THEM that loue to knoWe the trueth and foloWefollow it: Grace and peace.
    With rule
    VVILLIAM VVHITINGHAM TO ALL THEM that loue to knoWe the trueth and foloWefollow it: Grace and peace.

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſelf ſame means and wayes, to obey God in walking the contrarie. And to FoloweFollow the counſell of the Apoſtle, that as before we haue geuen our members to …
    With rule
    … ſelf ſame means and wayes, to obey God in walking the contrarie. And to FoloweFollow the counſell of the Apoſtle, that as before we haue geuen our members to …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 82 · Open in the reader

Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan A02658

  • Printed
    FoloweFollow Chriſt alone, for he is the true ſheparde,
    With rule
    FoloweFollow Chriſt alone, for he is the true ſheparde,

    John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … furniture. That all exceſſe be abolyſhed, meaſure kepte, and reſpecte hadde of theyr dignity. FoloweFollow they the honourable exaumple of Antoninus Pius, not nygard but Noble, not filthye but …
    With rule
    … furniture. That all exceſſe be abolyſhed, meaſure kepte, and reſpecte hadde of theyr dignity. FoloweFollow they the honourable exaumple of Antoninus Pius, not nygard but Noble, not filthye but …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

  • Printed
    FoloweFollow thou this example also. For bothe must nedes be done. If thou enter with …
    With rule
    FoloweFollow thou this example also. For bothe must nedes be done. If thou enter with …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ryche, and can easily fede thee. Onely see, that thou behauest thy selfe godly. FoloweFollow the worde of God, and kepe that. As touchyng thy foode, laye the care …
    With rule
    … ryche, and can easily fede thee. Onely see, that thou behauest thy selfe godly. FoloweFollow the worde of God, and kepe that. As touchyng thy foode, laye the care …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader

The Observer of Time A07942

  • Printed
    … ſelf in a matter ſo apparant, for a lytle folyſhe and ſcrupelous conſcience ſake? FoloweFollow rather my counſayl: frame thy ſelfe vnto the wyl and pleaſure of the Maieſtrates …
    With rule
    … ſelf in a matter ſo apparant, for a lytle folyſhe and ſcrupelous conſcience ſake? FoloweFollow rather my counſayl: frame thy ſelfe vnto the wyl and pleaſure of the Maieſtrates …

    Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    I wyll go before. FoloweFollow you at your pleaſure, God be with you both.
    With rule
    I wyll go before. FoloweFollow you at your pleaſure, God be with you both.

    Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … thee for thy better confyrmacion, then thoſe abuſed examples that thou haſt hytherto alledged. FoloweFollow rather the example of the Prophetes and Apoſtles, and dyuers other godli men, that …
    With rule
    … thee for thy better confyrmacion, then thoſe abuſed examples that thou haſt hytherto alledged. FoloweFollow rather the example of the Prophetes and Apoſtles, and dyuers other godli men, that …

    Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader

The Garden of Wisdom A13399

  • Printed
    … where menne were made good. When the yongmā made answere, that he knewe not. FoloweFollow me then ꝙ Socrates, that thou mayste lerne this. From that tyme Xenophon beganne …
    With rule
    … where menne were made good. When the yongmā made answere, that he knewe not. FoloweFollow me then ꝙ Socrates, that thou mayste lerne this. From that tyme Xenophon beganne …

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed A14468

  • Printed
    The thynge pleaſeth me veri well. FoloweFollow thy purpoſe.
    With rule
    The thynge pleaſeth me veri well. FoloweFollow thy purpoſe.

    Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    … ſhalt honour the Lorde thy God, and him alone ſhalt thou ſerue. And againe, FoloweFollow ye the Lord your God, feare him, keepe his commaundements, hearken to his voyce …
    With rule
    … ſhalt honour the Lorde thy God, and him alone ſhalt thou ſerue. And againe, FoloweFollow ye the Lord your God, feare him, keepe his commaundements, hearken to his voyce …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 113 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

  • Printed
    … trueth to be falſe? Your owne wordes and ſentences / deſtroye your doctryne of merites. FoloweFollow. S. Auguſtines counſaill thē / and boaſt not of mens merites / but let the grace …
    With rule
    … trueth to be falſe? Your owne wordes and ſentences / deſtroye your doctryne of merites. FoloweFollow. S. Auguſtines counſaill thē / and boaſt not of mens merites / but let the grace …

    Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

  • Printed
    EXodi .23. FoloweFollow not the multitude to doe euill.
    With rule
    EXodi .23. FoloweFollow not the multitude to doe euill.

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader

For the Troubled in Mind or Afflicted in Body A68302

  • Printed
    … his owne glorie, the comfort of his Church, and vtter confuſion of his enemies. FoloweFollow therefore after the Lord, crye vnto him with the two blind men, deſire him …
    With rule
    … his owne glorie, the comfort of his Church, and vtter confuſion of his enemies. FoloweFollow therefore after the Lord, crye vnto him with the two blind men, deſire him …

    Andrew Kingsmill · For the Troubled in Mind or Afflicted in Body · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … them patiently, wade thorowe them faithfully, for that is his good will and pleaſure. FoloweFollow the example of Chriſte, of the Prophetes, Apoſtles, and holy martyrs, who were not …
    With rule
    … them patiently, wade thorowe them faithfully, for that is his good will and pleaſure. FoloweFollow the example of Chriſte, of the Prophetes, Apoſtles, and holy martyrs, who were not …

    Andrew Kingsmill · For the Troubled in Mind or Afflicted in Body · Open in the reader