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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #30773 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

colonellcolonel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
1,784 times in 107 works
Consistency
99.2% (1,784 of 1,798)
Reach if approved
~1,889 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: colonel
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,798 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,784 changes in 107 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,784)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … or elſe, every Souldier that hath the gift of warlike prudence might be a ColonellColonel.
    With rule
    … or elſe, every Souldier that hath the gift of warlike prudence might be a ColonellColonel.

    John Collinges · The Shepherds Wanderings Discovered · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … but that was not accepted of, and order was given a litle thereafter to ColonellColonel Robert Mountgomery to deſire or force them in the Weſt to joyn under him …
    With rule
    … but that was not accepted of, and order was given a litle thereafter to ColonellColonel Robert Mountgomery to deſire or force them in the Weſt to joyn under him …

    James Guthrie · The Nullity of the Pretended Assembly at St Andrews and Dundee · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … their Armes at least, and with their Colours; thereupon, after some private conference with ColonellColonel Ierrard, one of the enemies Commanders, in the Garden, without the privity, and contrary …
    With rule
    … their Armes at least, and with their Colours; thereupon, after some private conference with ColonellColonel Ierrard, one of the enemies Commanders, in the Garden, without the privity, and contrary …

    Nathaniel Fiennes · Articles of Impeachment · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Betweene ColonellColonel Nathaniel Fiennes, Governour of the ſaid City, on the one Party, and ColonellColonel Charles Gerrard, and Captaine William Teringham, for, and on the behalfe of Prince Rupert …
    With rule
    … Betweene ColonellColonel Nathaniel Fiennes, Governour of the ſaid City, on the one Party, and ColonellColonel Charles Gerrard, and Captaine William Teringham, for, and on the behalfe of Prince Rupert …

    Nathaniel Fiennes · Articles Agreed Upon at the Surrender of Bristol · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … To the accusation it selfe, of not lending money, my answer is, that when ColonellColonel Urrey was at Action, he lay in my Parsonage house, and his Souldiers not …
    With rule
    … To the accusation it selfe, of not lending money, my answer is, that when ColonellColonel Urrey was at Action, he lay in my Parsonage house, and his Souldiers not …

    Daniel Featley · The Gentle Lash · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … other; that thereupon ſome further order and direction may be given. And the ſaid ColonellColonel Manwaring, as alſo the Lieutenant of the Tower, and all other His Majeſties Officers …
    With rule
    … other; that thereupon ſome further order and direction may be given. And the ſaid ColonellColonel Manwaring, as alſo the Lieutenant of the Tower, and all other His Majeſties Officers …

    William Prynne · Life of William Laud · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    TO THE VVORSHIPFVLL His much honoured Friend ColonellColonel JOHN BRIDGES, Governour of Warwick-Castle, Justice of Peace for the County of Warwick …
    With rule
    TO THE VVORSHIPFVLL His much honoured Friend ColonellColonel JOHN BRIDGES, Governour of Warwick-Castle, Justice of Peace for the County of Warwick …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … tha… put up informations to this purpoſe againſt Hawkins, and in this very paper ColonellColonel King by name joyned with me, and that in the firſt place, yet hee …
    With rule
    … tha… put up informations to this purpoſe againſt Hawkins, and in this very paper ColonellColonel King by name joyned with me, and that in the firſt place, yet hee …

    John Bastwick · Defense Against John Lilburne · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Articles of Impeachment A25937

  • Printed
    … mone…hs siege or more, as Bristoll might have done, though he the said colonellcolonel to adde to his former offence, and hinder or anticipate the Relief of Glocester …
    With rule
    … mone…hs siege or more, as Bristoll might have done, though he the said colonellcolonel to adde to his former offence, and hinder or anticipate the Relief of Glocester …

    Nathaniel Fiennes · Articles of Impeachment · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Letter to Lord General Concerning Bristol A41282

  • Printed
    COLONELLCOLONEL FIENNES LETTER TO MY LORD GENERAL, CONCERNING BRISTOL.
    With rule
    COLONELLCOLONEL FIENNES LETTER TO MY LORD GENERAL, CONCERNING BRISTOL.

    Nathaniel Fiennes · Letter to Lord General Concerning Bristol · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    COLONELLCOLONEL FYNES Letter to my Lord Generall, concerning BRISTOLL.
    With rule
    COLONELLCOLONEL FYNES Letter to my Lord Generall, concerning BRISTOLL.

    Nathaniel Fiennes · Letter to Lord General Concerning Bristol · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Defense Against John Lilburne A76083

  • Printed
    COlonellColonel Ireton, Lieutenant ColonellColonel Lilburne, Havvkins, and others, having beene ſerious in diſcourſe in the …
    With rule
    COlonellColonel Ireton, Lieutenant ColonellColonel Lilburne, Havvkins, and others, having beene ſerious in diſcourſe in the …

    John Bastwick · Defense Against John Lilburne · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … courtſhip, and now he is become a very gallant Fellow, aud hath commenced Lieutenant-colonellcolonel Lilburne; and who but John among the controlereſſes of dripping-pannes, the Independent ſiſters?
    With rule
    … courtſhip, and now he is become a very gallant Fellow, aud hath commenced Lieutenant-colonellcolonel Lilburne; and who but John among the controlereſſes of dripping-pannes, the Independent ſiſters?

    John Bastwick · Defense Against John Lilburne · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … complexion) to enumerate them, that every indifferent and intelligible man may ſee, that Lievtenant-colonellcolonel John Lilburne is not alwayes to be beleeved, though he be in print: And …
    With rule
    … complexion) to enumerate them, that every indifferent and intelligible man may ſee, that Lievtenant-colonellcolonel John Lilburne is not alwayes to be beleeved, though he be in print: And …

    John Bastwick · Defense Against John Lilburne · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … theſe men that did thus ignominiouſly and injuriouſly relvile me, they were all Lieutenant-colonellcolonel Lilburnes followers and abettors, and ſeconded by him, and all of them unknowne to …
    With rule
    … theſe men that did thus ignominiouſly and injuriouſly relvile me, they were all Lieutenant-colonellcolonel Lilburnes followers and abettors, and ſeconded by him, and all of them unknowne to …

    John Bastwick · Defense Against John Lilburne · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Reply to a Pamphlet A85271

  • Printed
    COLONELLCOLONEL FIENNES His REPLY to a Pamphlet ENTITVLED, AN ANSWER TO ColonellColonel Nathaniel Fiennes RELATION …
    With rule
    COLONELLCOLONEL FIENNES His REPLY to a Pamphlet ENTITVLED, AN ANSWER TO ColonellColonel Nathaniel Fiennes RELATION …

    Nathaniel Fiennes · Reply to a Pamphlet · Open in the reader

Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes A91306

  • Printed
    COlonellColonel Nathaniell Fiennes, you have been arraigned and convicted before this Honourable Councell, for ſurrendring …
    With rule
    COlonellColonel Nathaniell Fiennes, you have been arraigned and convicted before this Honourable Councell, for ſurrendring …

    William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Englands Parliamentary Chronicle A95892

  • Printed
    COlonellColonel Cook and Captain Butler have writen at large unto you, and therefore I ſhall …
    With rule
    COlonellColonel Cook and Captain Butler have writen at large unto you, and therefore I ſhall …

    John Vicars · Englands Parliamentary Chronicle · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    COlonellColonel Maſſies Letter to the Parliament. p. 3
    With rule
    COlonellColonel Maſſies Letter to the Parliament. p. 3

    John Vicars · Englands Parliamentary Chronicle · Open in the reader

Letter to the Speaker of the House of Peers A96045

  • Printed
    Febr. 21. COlonellColonel Were landed at Lyme Regis.
    With rule
    Febr. 21. COlonellColonel Were landed at Lyme Regis.

    Robert Rich · Letter to the Speaker of the House of Peers · p. 5 · Open in the reader