Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6246 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

legalllegal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 5,364 times in 1,155 works
Consistency: 99.9% (5,364 of 5,368)
Reach if approved: ~5,644 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: legal
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,372 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,364 changes in 1,155 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,364)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reueale ſinne, euen to the end of the world; yet in reſpect of the LegallLegal or Moſaicall manner of reuealing ſinne, it is added but till Chriſt. M^r. Perkins …
With rule
… reueale ſinne, euen to the end of the world; yet in reſpect of the LegallLegal or Moſaicall manner of reuealing ſinne, it is added but till Chriſt. M^r. Perkins …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For here, God will not bee ſatisfied with the firſt fruits, as in the legalllegal Prieſt-hood, but muſt haue the whole croppe of time offered to him in …
With rule
… For here, God will not bee ſatisfied with the firſt fruits, as in the legalllegal Prieſt-hood, but muſt haue the whole croppe of time offered to him in …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee taught, that there Euangelicall liberty releaseth them of the strict rigour of their legalllegal vow, and that our Sauiours command, Drinke ye all of this, is a sufficient …
With rule
… bee taught, that there Euangelicall liberty releaseth them of the strict rigour of their legalllegal vow, and that our Sauiours command, Drinke ye all of this, is a sufficient …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 209 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prophets, fore-speaking of CHRIST His Kingdome, doe, ordinarilie, expresse the Condition thereof, vnder LegallLegal Types, where-by it was fore-shadowed. Which is so evident, in all their …
With rule
… Prophets, fore-speaking of CHRIST His Kingdome, doe, ordinarilie, expresse the Condition thereof, vnder LegallLegal Types, where-by it was fore-shadowed. Which is so evident, in all their …
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be the people of the Iewes, and so the fruit of the vine, the legalllegal obseruances, &c. And what is all this to the literall sense of the words …
With rule
… be the people of the Iewes, and so the fruit of the vine, the legalllegal obseruances, &c. And what is all this to the literall sense of the words …
Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perfect by the imputation of Chriſts righteouſneſſe: perfect alſo with an Euangelicall, not a legalllegal perfection: (that is to ſay, of a ſound and vpright heart longing for perfection …
With rule
… perfect by the imputation of Chriſts righteouſneſſe: perfect alſo with an Euangelicall, not a legalllegal perfection: (that is to ſay, of a ſound and vpright heart longing for perfection …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should be vnder the gospel, when an end should be made to all the legalllegal ceremonies, by Christs only sacrifice. Therefore Heb. 13. 15. Let vs by him offer the sacrifice …
With rule
… should be vnder the gospel, when an end should be made to all the legalllegal ceremonies, by Christs only sacrifice. Therefore Heb. 13. 15. Let vs by him offer the sacrifice …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 483 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the right stamp at least (that is not naturall, or meerly morall or legalllegal only, but Euangelicall and sprirituall) they are happy men, as those that haue right …
With rule
… of the right stamp at least (that is not naturall, or meerly morall or legalllegal only, but Euangelicall and sprirituall) they are happy men, as those that haue right …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 106 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Plea for the Lords A91243

Printed
… given againſt the ſaid Iohn late Earle of Sarum WERE A GOOD JUST and LEGALLLEGAL DECLARATION and JUDGEMENT. Per quod CONSIDERATUM FUIT in praeſenti Parliamento PER PRAEDICTOS DOMINOS tunc …
With rule
… given againſt the ſaid Iohn late Earle of Sarum WERE A GOOD JUST and LEGALLLEGAL DECLARATION and JUDGEMENT. Per quod CONSIDERATUM FUIT in praeſenti Parliamento PER PRAEDICTOS DOMINOS tunc …
William Prynne · Plea for the Lords · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lords alone with the Kings aſſent without the Commons TO BE GOOD JVST and LEGALLLEGAL, as they did, ex abund…nti, is a moſt undeniable proofe of the King …
With rule
… Lords alone with the Kings aſſent without the Commons TO BE GOOD JVST and LEGALLLEGAL, as they did, ex abund…nti, is a moſt undeniable proofe of the King …
William Prynne · Plea for the Lords · Open in the reader

Vindication of Old Fundamental Liberties 2 A91263

Printed
A SEASONABLE, LEGALLLEGAL, AND HISTORICALL VINDICATION AND Chronologicall COLLECTION of the Good, Old, Fundamentall, Liberties, Franchiſes, Rights …
With rule
A SEASONABLE, LEGALLLEGAL, AND HISTORICALL VINDICATION AND Chronologicall COLLECTION of the Good, Old, Fundamentall, Liberties, Franchiſes, Rights …
William Prynne · Vindication of Old Fundamental Liberties 2 · Open in the reader