Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31306 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chollercholer

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 287 times in 168 works
Consistency: 83.4% (287 of 344)
Reach if approved: ~361 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: choler
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 344 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (287 changes in 168 works, 83.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 287)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Proceeds from rash vnbridled chollercholer first:
With rule
Proceeds from rash vnbridled chollercholer first:
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… no lesse perillous than desperation. The sweetest meat in a corrupt stomacke turnes to chollercholer, but the fault is in the stomacke, not in the meat; in like manner …
With rule
… no lesse perillous than desperation. The sweetest meat in a corrupt stomacke turnes to chollercholer, but the fault is in the stomacke, not in the meat; in like manner …
Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… degrees, Pro. 30. 32. If thou hast beene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, (viz. in chollercholer or desire of reuenge, verse 34.) and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand …
With rule
… degrees, Pro. 30. 32. If thou hast beene foolish in lifting thy selfe vp, (viz. in chollercholer or desire of reuenge, verse 34.) and if thou hast thought wickedly, lay thine hand …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with infamings and reprochings of others. Euery mans braine would be a forge of chollercholer, and passion, euery mans studie a dung-hil of vntruths, & all things would be …
With rule
… with infamings and reprochings of others. Euery mans braine would be a forge of chollercholer, and passion, euery mans studie a dung-hil of vntruths, & all things would be …
William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our selues & our owne sinnes, or by inclining them to God and Christ. … example: chollercholer and anger directs it selfe vpon euery occasion against our neighbour, and thereby greatly …
With rule
… our selues & our owne sinnes, or by inclining them to God and Christ. … example: chollercholer and anger directs it selfe vpon euery occasion against our neighbour, and thereby greatly …
William Perkins · Conscience · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bée neuer ſo little touched, forgetfull of theſe fyne reaſons, they breake out into chollercholer, and are not more vehemently chafed agaynſte any.
With rule
… bée neuer ſo little touched, forgetfull of theſe fyne reaſons, they breake out into chollercholer, and are not more vehemently chafed agaynſte any.
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it be in ſingle combat or other wiſe, vſe thy weapon with diſcretion, without chollercholer or haſtineſſe, looking vnto thy buſineſſe which thou haſt in hand, ſoberly & mildly, and …
With rule
… it be in ſingle combat or other wiſe, vſe thy weapon with diſcretion, without chollercholer or haſtineſſe, looking vnto thy buſineſſe which thou haſt in hand, ſoberly & mildly, and …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the honey combe, but her end is bitter as worme-wood, ſweet things breed chollercholer, but bitter things diminiſh choler; the faire ſpeeches and ſongs of the whore ſeeme …
With rule
… the honey combe, but her end is bitter as worme-wood, ſweet things breed chollercholer, but bitter things diminiſh choler; the faire ſpeeches and ſongs of the whore ſeeme …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (57)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 are listed here. 42 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… scowring, that the Sea-sicknes is not comparable hereunto. Hee cast vp Meate, Flegme, ChollerCholer, and Bloud, and thought hee should haue cast out his heart too. Some thinking …
With rule
… scowring, that the Sea-sicknes is not comparable hereunto. Hee cast vp Meate, Flegme, ChollerCholer, and Bloud, and thought hee should haue cast out his heart too. Some thinking …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 604 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
Of ChollerCholer. 6
With rule
Of ChollerCholer. 6
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
ChollerCholer and Cruelty: which I perceiud,
With rule
ChollerCholer and Cruelty: which I perceiud,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
Where ChollerCholer doth the Reason ouercome:
With rule
Where ChollerCholer doth the Reason ouercome:
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
Must serue his ChollerCholer; such there be, so many
With rule
Must serue his ChollerCholer; such there be, so many
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
ChollerCholer or Fury, when by chance he heares,
With rule
ChollerCholer or Fury, when by chance he heares,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
… iniuries, oppreſſions, and other hard dealing, and yet not by impatiencie through Anger or ChollerCholer, chaunge our nature, or yet our colour, or be carried away to any inconuenience.
With rule
… iniuries, oppreſſions, and other hard dealing, and yet not by impatiencie through Anger or ChollerCholer, chaunge our nature, or yet our colour, or be carried away to any inconuenience.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 29 · Open in the reader

The Christian Warfare Part 3 A20756

Printed
… the name of humilitie, ſecuritie and preſumption, it calleth faith and affiance in God; ChollerCholer and vniuſt anger, zeale for Gods glory; luſt it tearmeth loue, drunkenneſſe good fellowſhip …
With rule
… the name of humilitie, ſecuritie and preſumption, it calleth faith and affiance in God; ChollerCholer and vniuſt anger, zeale for Gods glory; luſt it tearmeth loue, drunkenneſſe good fellowſhip …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 3 · p. 114 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… meekneſſe and moderation in our ſpeech, as that we doe not breake out into ChollerCholer: let our anſweres be ſoft and milde, that anger be not kindled, nor encreaſed …
With rule
… meekneſſe and moderation in our ſpeech, as that we doe not breake out into ChollerCholer: let our anſweres be ſoft and milde, that anger be not kindled, nor encreaſed …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 477 · Open in the reader

Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace A30587

Printed
… honour for a man to ceaſe from ſtrife, but every foole will be wedling. ChollerCholer in the gall is uſefull to the body, but if it overflow, the body …
With rule
… honour for a man to ceaſe from ſtrife, but every foole will be wedling. ChollerCholer in the gall is uſefull to the body, but if it overflow, the body …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Irenicum to the Lover of Truth and Peace · p. 152 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of Divinity A33338

Printed
… often observing the same thing, as a Physician knows by experience that Rubarb purges ChollerCholer, because he hath often tried it, and ever findes it so: but we can …
With rule
… often observing the same thing, as a Physician knows by experience that Rubarb purges ChollerCholer, because he hath often tried it, and ever findes it so: but we can …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Divinity · p. 141 · Open in the reader