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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31717 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

muzledmuzzled

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
109 times in 90 works
Consistency
97.3% (109 of 112)
Reach if approved
~118 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: muzzled
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
112 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (109 changes in 90 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 109)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … he was muzledmuzzled, as 1 Cor. 9.9. he could no more ſpeak for himſelf then a muzledmuzzled Ox can eat of the Corn he treads out: his Conſcience ſpeakes againſt him …
    With rule
    … he was muzledmuzzled, as 1 Cor. 9.9. he could no more ſpeak for himſelf then a muzledmuzzled Ox can eat of the Corn he treads out: his Conſcience ſpeakes againſt him …

    William Alleine · Discourses of William Alleine · p. 337 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … conſcience is a roaring witneſſe within; Thou haſt ſtopt the mouth of it, and muzledmuzzled it a long time, but now 'twill ſpeak, and thou canſt not make it …
    With rule
    … conſcience is a roaring witneſſe within; Thou haſt ſtopt the mouth of it, and muzledmuzzled it a long time, but now 'twill ſpeak, and thou canſt not make it …

    Anthony Burgess · One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … was muzledmuzzled, as 1 Cor. 9. 9. He could say nothing for himself, no more then a muzledmuzzled ox can eat of the corn. His own conscience condemned him. So will ours …
    With rule
    … was muzledmuzzled, as 1 Cor. 9. 9. He could say nothing for himself, no more then a muzledmuzzled ox can eat of the corn. His own conscience condemned him. So will ours …

    John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … or hands be ſtrong, when God ſhall deal with them? their mouths ſhall be muzledmuzzled up in ſpeechleſs, yet ſelf-condemning aſtoniſhment: they muſt needs be condemned out of …
    With rule
    … or hands be ſtrong, when God ſhall deal with them? their mouths ſhall be muzledmuzzled up in ſpeechleſs, yet ſelf-condemning aſtoniſhment: they muſt needs be condemned out of …

    Oliver Heywood · Heart Treasure · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … they professe. Neither is this observation built on so slight experience, as to be muzledmuzzled with Proverbs of Swallowes and Woodcocks. The streets of our Cities, and paths of …
    With rule
    … they professe. Neither is this observation built on so slight experience, as to be muzledmuzzled with Proverbs of Swallowes and Woodcocks. The streets of our Cities, and paths of …

    John Owen · The Doctrine of the Saints Perseverance · p. 316 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Den of Lions: Was he torn or hurt by them? No, The Lions were muzledmuzzled, their Mouths were shut, God shut them, Dan. 6. 22. My God, saith Daniel, hath sent …
    With rule
    … Den of Lions: Was he torn or hurt by them? No, The Lions were muzledmuzzled, their Mouths were shut, God shut them, Dan. 6. 22. My God, saith Daniel, hath sent …

    Henry Stubbes · A Dissuasive from Conformity to the World · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … be thus bard and ignorant, what may we think of the poor miſled and muzledmuzzled multitude, that lie faſt lockt up in the Popes dark dungeon, and are flatly …
    With rule
    … be thus bard and ignorant, what may we think of the poor miſled and muzledmuzzled multitude, that lie faſt lockt up in the Popes dark dungeon, and are flatly …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … merrily, and without diſturbance. Therefore where God hath prouided better for a people, and muzledmuzzled the mouthes of ſuch tigers and beares as theſe, ſo that they may profeſſe …
    With rule
    … merrily, and without diſturbance. Therefore where God hath prouided better for a people, and muzledmuzzled the mouthes of ſuch tigers and beares as theſe, ſo that they may profeſſe …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 330 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 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.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

  • Printed
    … work on it. He order'd that the mouth of the Ox ſhould not be MuzledMuzzled, while it trod out the Corn, (it being the manner of thoſe Countreys to …
    With rule
    … work on it. He order'd that the mouth of the Ox ſhould not be MuzledMuzzled, while it trod out the Corn, (it being the manner of thoſe Countreys to …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 647 · Open in the reader