Probably a compositional error for puddels, variant of the plural of puddlen.
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1562 Bp. J. PilkingtonVision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes Pref. sig. Aa.viii Good men, now searchinge the festerd cankers and riping the stink[i]ng duddels of Poperi, for a time smell euil. [Cf. sig. O.ii: the Pope liuinge in the puddle of synne.]
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