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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31043 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

brittainbritain

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
497 times in 213 works
Consistency
98.4% (497 of 505)
Reach if approved
~531 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: britain
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
505 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (497 changes in 213 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 497)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … a noble man in Wales (father to Samson the Saint of Dole in little BrittainBritain) that being taken with a grievous sicknesse, hee was admonished by his neighbours, that …
    With rule
    … a noble man in Wales (father to Samson the Saint of Dole in little BrittainBritain) that being taken with a grievous sicknesse, hee was admonished by his neighbours, that …

    James Ussher · The Religion Anciently Professed by the Irish and British · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Balcanquall, being all the Divines that were sent to the Synod of Dort from BrittainBritain, were for it: and Davenant, Hall, and Ward, have wrote for it: that those …
    With rule
    … Balcanquall, being all the Divines that were sent to the Synod of Dort from BrittainBritain, were for it: and Davenant, Hall, and Ward, have wrote for it: that those …

    Richard Baxter · Right to Sacraments · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in Austin-Fryars) about a year; and thence to Dr. Michlethwait's House in Little BrittainBritain, where I tabled about another year: and thence to Moorfields, and thence to Action …
    With rule
    … in Austin-Fryars) about a year; and thence to Dr. Michlethwait's House in Little BrittainBritain, where I tabled about another year: and thence to Moorfields, and thence to Action …

    Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 106 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … where the Wares of this Fair are …oonest to be found: Here is the BrittainBritain …ow, the French Row, the Itali… Row, the Spanish Row, the German Row, where …
    With rule
    … where the Wares of this Fair are …oonest to be found: Here is the BrittainBritain …ow, the French Row, the Itali… Row, the Spanish Row, the German Row, where …

    John Bunyan · The Pilgrims Progress · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … with all manner of Necessaries, making it the best Navy that ever belonged to BrittainBritain; insomuch, that all Foreigners did truly term her, The Restorer of the Glory of …
    With rule
    … with all manner of Necessaries, making it the best Navy that ever belonged to BrittainBritain; insomuch, that all Foreigners did truly term her, The Restorer of the Glory of …

    Samuel Clarke · The History of the Life Reign and Death of Queen Elizabeth · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … good discretion; for that he was the Vicar of Christ over the People of BrittainBritain. The Conqueror (he said) in the Erection of Battell-Abby, granted that the Church …
    With rule
    … good discretion; for that he was the Vicar of Christ over the People of BrittainBritain. The Conqueror (he said) in the Erection of Battell-Abby, granted that the Church …

    Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … John Burgh. John Skevington. John Kyme, ali. Keble. 1521 13 Sir John Milbourn. J. Breton, or BrittainBritain▪ Thomas Pargiter. 1522 14 Sir John Mundy. John Rudſton, John Champnies. 1523 15 Sir Thomas Baldrie. Michael Engliſh …
    With rule
    … John Burgh. John Skevington. John Kyme, ali. Keble. 1521 13 Sir John Milbourn. J. Breton, or BrittainBritain▪ Thomas Pargiter. 1522 14 Sir John Mundy. John Rudſton, John Champnies. 1523 15 Sir Thomas Baldrie. Michael Engliſh …

    Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 243 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … sacrifices, and rituall services; but also directed to an Island in the West, now BrittainBritain, where his Posterity should fix themselves in happiness. And that this passeth for currant …
    With rule
    … sacrifices, and rituall services; but also directed to an Island in the West, now BrittainBritain, where his Posterity should fix themselves in happiness. And that this passeth for currant …

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

  • Printed
    Whereas the Animadvertor proceedeth, as followeth, ANIMADVERSIONS ON The Church-History of BRITTAINBRITAIN: AND The History of CAMBRIDGE, Publish'd by Thomas Fuller: For Vindication of the Truth …
    With rule
    Whereas the Animadvertor proceedeth, as followeth, ANIMADVERSIONS ON The Church-History of BRITTAINBRITAIN: AND The History of CAMBRIDGE, Publish'd by Thomas Fuller: For Vindication of the Truth …

    Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Religion and Learning A47630

  • Printed
    BRittainBritain (which comprehends England and Scotland) is the greatest Isleland of Europe; it was in …
    With rule
    BRittainBritain (which comprehends England and Scotland) is the greatest Isleland of Europe; it was in …

    Edward Leigh · Treatise of Religion and Learning · p. 91 · Open in the reader

A Fit Conjucture of Religion and Learning A50062

  • Printed
    BRittainBritain (which comprehends England and Scotland) is the greatest Isleland of Europe; it was in …
    With rule
    BRittainBritain (which comprehends England and Scotland) is the greatest Isleland of Europe; it was in …

    Edward Leigh · A Fit Conjucture of Religion and Learning · p. 91 · Open in the reader

A Panegyric to the King A66012

  • Printed
    A PANEGYRIQUE TO His Sacred Majesty OF GREAT BRITTAINBRITAIN.
    With rule
    A PANEGYRIQUE TO His Sacred Majesty OF GREAT BRITTAINBRITAIN.

    Robert Wild · A Panegyric to the King · Open in the reader