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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #31729 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

helshells

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
149 times in 113 works
Consistency
69.6% (149 of 214)
Reach if approved
~225 places (estimated)
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Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
214 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 113 works, 69.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … loſſe is more bitter then the paines of hell, yea, worſe then a thouſand helshells▪
    With rule
    … loſſe is more bitter then the paines of hell, yea, worſe then a thouſand helshells▪

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    O ye accu…st into the helshells ye go:
    With rule
    O ye accu…st into the helshells ye go:

    Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    VVhile meager Death with helshells vnchained hags,
    With rule
    VVhile meager Death with helshells vnchained hags,

    Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … companie of all theſe good Christians, and to ioyne fellowſhip with the verieſt ra…helshells that liue: therefore I confeſſe that I was greatly animated and vrged vnto this …
    With rule
    … companie of all theſe good Christians, and to ioyne fellowſhip with the verieſt ra…helshells that liue: therefore I confeſſe that I was greatly animated and vrged vnto this …

    William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … all the meanes of saluation I euer meddled with. In a word, all the helshells, sinkes and Sodoms of lusts and sinne, of vanities and villanies I had remorselesly …
    With rule
    … all the meanes of saluation I euer meddled with. In a word, all the helshells, sinkes and Sodoms of lusts and sinne, of vanities and villanies I had remorselesly …

    Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 308 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſickenes, or in any other affliction, and that is aſmuch as if the very helshells were preſently ſet before him. The affliction then that he conceyued, was not of …
    With rule
    … ſickenes, or in any other affliction, and that is aſmuch as if the very helshells were preſently ſet before him. The affliction then that he conceyued, was not of …

    John Calvin · Sermons on the Song of Hezekiah · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … if ſometimes the baſe refuſes of the people, the moſt dunghilly, and raſcall rake-helshells, the ſcumme of the earth, viler then the earth, riſe vp againſt them, and …
    With rule
    … if ſometimes the baſe refuſes of the people, the moſt dunghilly, and raſcall rake-helshells, the ſcumme of the earth, viler then the earth, riſe vp againſt them, and …

    Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises 2 · p. 344 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … fire for not improving it; What shame and confusion of face, and how many helshells do they deserve that have received not onely one, five, or ten, but many …
    With rule
    … fire for not improving it; What shame and confusion of face, and how many helshells do they deserve that have received not onely one, five, or ten, but many …

    Edmund Calamy · Gods Free Mercy to England · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (65)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 45 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    … now they lie in peace, and without all reclaime they shall goe to the HelsHells, with which they haue made a couenant.
    With rule
    … now they lie in peace, and without all reclaime they shall goe to the HelsHells, with which they haue made a couenant.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 713 · Open in the reader

Works A02186

  • Printed
    For HelsHells antiquity, I referre you to the ſecond of Peter, Chap. 2. verſ. 4. where it is …
    With rule
    For HelsHells antiquity, I referre you to the ſecond of Peter, Chap. 2. verſ. 4. where it is …

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven A05560

  • Printed
    … mixtos, Infernus solos malos. There be three places, the Heauens, the Earth, and the HelsHells; and euerie one of them hath their owne indwellers. The heauens keeping these who …
    With rule
    … mixtos, Infernus solos malos. There be three places, the Heauens, the Earth, and the HelsHells; and euerie one of them hath their owne indwellers. The heauens keeping these who …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 448 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … and they knew that they were naked. Conscience, before Vertues keeper, was now become HelsHells harbenger, thence flashing lightnings in the face of their mindes, to shew that their …
    With rule
    … and they knew that they were naked. Conscience, before Vertues keeper, was now become HelsHells harbenger, thence flashing lightnings in the face of their mindes, to shew that their …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of Moses, deliuered it to Phineas, the sonne of Eleazar the Priest: Phineas, to HelsHells the Priest: hee, to Samuel the Prophet: Samuel to Danid: hee, to Achias the …
    With rule
    … of Moses, deliuered it to Phineas, the sonne of Eleazar the Priest: Phineas, to HelsHells the Priest: hee, to Samuel the Prophet: Samuel to Danid: hee, to Achias the …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 143 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … with all the Angels and creatures else, although they should therefore vndergoe a thousand HelsHells.
    With rule
    … with all the Angels and creatures else, although they should therefore vndergoe a thousand HelsHells.

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 183 · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

  • Printed
    … inſtrument he hath choſen for to do that. Wee doe call this Dialogue the HelsHells, bicauſe that wee doe declare how many helshells the Papiſticall doctrine hath forged for …
    With rule
    … inſtrument he hath choſen for to do that. Wee doe call this Dialogue the HelsHells, bicauſe that wee doe declare how many helshells the Papiſticall doctrine hath forged for …

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 210 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ¶THE FIFTH DIALOGVE which is called the HelsHells.
    With rule
    ¶THE FIFTH DIALOGVE which is called the HelsHells.

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 211 · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

  • Printed
    Are call'd HelsHells tortures, and the whips of ſin.
    With rule
    Are call'd HelsHells tortures, and the whips of ſin.

    Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 69 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

  • Printed
    … if presentlie thou should pronounce his doome, and suddenlie plunge him in the deepest HelsHells, that righteousnesse in so doing should belong to thee: This from his heart would …
    With rule
    … if presentlie thou should pronounce his doome, and suddenlie plunge him in the deepest HelsHells, that righteousnesse in so doing should belong to thee: This from his heart would …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 738 · Open in the reader

The Last things A25250

  • Printed
    HelsHells horrour.
    With rule
    HelsHells horrour.

    Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Ʋſe. O then, having yet a little time, how ſhould we labour to eſcape HelsHells horrour? let the Proud be humbled the Epicure faſt, the Drunkard pray, the Adulterer …
    With rule
    Ʋſe. O then, having yet a little time, how ſhould we labour to eſcape HelsHells horrour? let the Proud be humbled the Epicure faſt, the Drunkard pray, the Adulterer …

    Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 145 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

  • Printed
    … tempeſt, is now the portion of his cup, extream thirſt is a piece of HelsHells pains, and one of the greateſt of earths miſeries. A dear ſervant of God …
    With rule
    … tempeſt, is now the portion of his cup, extream thirſt is a piece of HelsHells pains, and one of the greateſt of earths miſeries. A dear ſervant of God …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … for ſin is infinite and when a man is fal'n down one round of HelsHells ladder, he knowes not where he ſhall ſtop, or how he ſhall ſtep back …
    With rule
    … for ſin is infinite and when a man is fal'n down one round of HelsHells ladder, he knowes not where he ſhall ſtop, or how he ſhall ſtep back …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of it) render us up again, becauſe God is with us and for us. HelsHells ſtomack could not long hold us, no more then the whale could brook Ionas …
    With rule
    … of it) render us up again, becauſe God is with us and for us. HelsHells ſtomack could not long hold us, no more then the whale could brook Ionas …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 894 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

  • Printed
    … they thought their ghoſts could not paſſe the river Styx, but muſt wander through HelsHells waſte wilderneſſes, unleſſe their dead bodies were buried.
    With rule
    … they thought their ghoſts could not paſſe the river Styx, but muſt wander through HelsHells waſte wilderneſſes, unleſſe their dead bodies were buried.

    John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 470 · Open in the reader

The Abuse of Gods Grace A79826

  • Printed
    … O you ſcandals of the Engliſh name, and bolts of Chriſtianity, Heavens ſcorn, and HelsHells triumph, the higheſt form in Satans School, that rant it out, in moſt free …
    With rule
    … O you ſcandals of the Engliſh name, and bolts of Chriſtianity, Heavens ſcorn, and HelsHells triumph, the higheſt form in Satans School, that rant it out, in moſt free …

    Nicholas Clagett · The Abuse of Gods Grace · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … diſhonor, the Goſpels Reproach, the Laws breach, the Sinners guilt, the Soules defilement, and HelsHells danger. To turn one anothers weakneſs and wickedneſs into merriments, is too common a …
    With rule
    … diſhonor, the Goſpels Reproach, the Laws breach, the Sinners guilt, the Soules defilement, and HelsHells danger. To turn one anothers weakneſs and wickedneſs into merriments, is too common a …

    Nicholas Clagett · The Abuse of Gods Grace · p. 206 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    Into HelsHells fiery Flames, there ſtill to fry.
    With rule
    Into HelsHells fiery Flames, there ſtill to fry.

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Contemplations and Devotions B13985

  • Printed
    … thou therefore thus become for mee, as the obiect of Heavens iust wrath, and HelsHells enuious terror, so of earths derisive scorne too? So low (Lord) even by nature …
    With rule
    … thou therefore thus become for mee, as the obiect of Heavens iust wrath, and HelsHells enuious terror, so of earths derisive scorne too? So low (Lord) even by nature …

    Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 118 · Open in the reader