Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9488 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rul'druled

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

Puritas changed it: 299 times in 187 works
Consistency: 94.3% (299 of 317)
Reach if approved: ~333 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ruled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 317 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (299 changes in 187 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 299)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ill, than Divine Wiſdom can be miſtaken in its End, or Divine Power over-rul'druled in its Actions. Charity thinks no evil , Charity in the Stream doth not, much …
With rule
… ill, than Divine Wiſdom can be miſtaken in its End, or Divine Power over-rul'druled in its Actions. Charity thinks no evil , Charity in the Stream doth not, much …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 683 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, theſe wicked Inſtruments would not be Content without; ſo Deviliſh Rage was over-rul'druled to bring about the Divine Purpoſe.
With rule
… God, theſe wicked Inſtruments would not be Content without; ſo Deviliſh Rage was over-rul'druled to bring about the Divine Purpoſe.
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deafe to holy and heauenly incantations, they are easily by Sathan oue…-reached, ouer-rul'druled, ouer-throwne.
With rule
… deafe to holy and heauenly incantations, they are easily by Sathan oue…-reached, ouer-rul'druled, ouer-throwne.
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you shall not know, whether it were the weight of the Reason that over-rul'druled, or the elegancie that enticed him. A man can be well pleased, to looke …
With rule
… you shall not know, whether it were the weight of the Reason that over-rul'druled, or the elegancie that enticed him. A man can be well pleased, to looke …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… like. I might have nam'd some quite the other way; the Conscience that is rul'druled by rouling changeable Principles, which▪ play fast and loose, now strains at Gnats, and …
With rule
… like. I might have nam'd some quite the other way; the Conscience that is rul'druled by rouling changeable Principles, which▪ play fast and loose, now strains at Gnats, and …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 241 · Open in the reader
Printed
That he rul'druled a willing People, may more truly be said of this excellent Princess, She was …
With rule
That he rul'druled a willing People, may more truly be said of this excellent Princess, She was …
William Bates · Sermon Preached Upon the Death of Queen Mary · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… every way, and moving more ways than one to advance his Kingdom, eſpecially over-rul'druled, and govern'd by God in fulfilling the courſe of his Judgment, ſo impregnates this …
With rule
… every way, and moving more ways than one to advance his Kingdom, eſpecially over-rul'druled, and govern'd by God in fulfilling the courſe of his Judgment, ſo impregnates this …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nor will be rul'druled by him that doth them ride;
With rule
Nor will be rul'druled by him that doth them ride;
John Bunyan · A Book for Boys and Girls · p. 60 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (18)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Poetical Fragments A26987

Printed
Rul'dRuled by the Reins of Luſt by him that rid them:
With rule
Rul'dRuled by the Reins of Luſt by him that rid them:
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
One's Rul'dRuled by God, the other by the Devil.
With rule
One's Rul'dRuled by God, the other by the Devil.
Richard Baxter · Poetical Fragments · p. 116 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… not how to Rule, nor is it fit they ſhould know how they are Rul'dRuled. For they have Noſes and ſmell not. The Wiſdom of a Kingdom is to …
With rule
… not how to Rule, nor is it fit they ſhould know how they are Rul'dRuled. For they have Noſes and ſmell not. The Wiſdom of a Kingdom is to …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Favour. None had Power to oppoſe it, nor the King the Will. For he Rul'dRuled all his Majeſties Deſigns: I may not ſay his Affections: Yet the L. Keeper …
With rule
… Favour. None had Power to oppoſe it, nor the King the Will. For he Rul'dRuled all his Majeſties Deſigns: I may not ſay his Affections: Yet the L. Keeper …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 207 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… and Orderly, but being Rejected of God for Diſobedience, he turn'd a Tyrant, and Rul'dRuled with Rigour, 1 Sam. 13. 1. with 14. 47. Then the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and …
With rule
… and Orderly, but being Rejected of God for Diſobedience, he turn'd a Tyrant, and Rul'dRuled with Rigour, 1 Sam. 13. 1. with 14. 47. Then the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
Rome Rul'dRuled by Power, the Pope by deep Deceit:
With rule
Rome Rul'dRuled by Power, the Pope by deep Deceit:
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 465 · Open in the reader

The Pastors Charge and the Peoples Duty A61666

Printed
… here, as I have ſaid, is double work. Theſe muſt both be Fed, and Rul'dRuled.
With rule
… here, as I have ſaid, is double work. Theſe muſt both be Fed, and Rul'dRuled.
Samuel Stodden · The Pastors Charge and the Peoples Duty · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Church of Jesus Christ Upon Earth A84653

Printed
… honour both ſorts, but eſpecially thoſe Elders that Taught the Church as well as Rul'dRuled it.
With rule
… honour both ſorts, but eſpecially thoſe Elders that Taught the Church as well as Rul'dRuled it.
John Flower · Concerning the Church of Jesus Christ Upon Earth · p. 41 · Open in the reader