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smalsmall

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
2,513 times in 915 works
Consistency
98.4% (2,513 of 2,552)
Reach if approved
~2,681 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: small
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,552 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,513 changes in 915 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,513)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … because they are little, but feare them because they are many, saith Augustine. The smalsmall drops of sinne, continually falling, haue drowned many soules. As they haue been our …
    With rule
    … because they are little, but feare them because they are many, saith Augustine. The smalsmall drops of sinne, continually falling, haue drowned many soules. As they haue been our …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 383 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … death there is no pleaſure: They ſay true, for after death they ſhal find ſmalsmall pleaſure in Tophet.
    With rule
    … death there is no pleaſure: They ſay true, for after death they ſhal find ſmalsmall pleaſure in Tophet.

    Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    And in all coūtreyes, though theyr nombre be but smalsmall
    With rule
    And in all coūtreyes, though theyr nombre be but smalsmall

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … neuer ſo poore. Euen a troubled Spring doth often quench a diſtreſſed Souldiersthirſt: a ſmalsmall Candle doth good, where the greater Lights bee abſent: and the meaneſt fruite of …
    With rule
    … neuer ſo poore. Euen a troubled Spring doth often quench a diſtreſſed Souldiersthirſt: a ſmalsmall Candle doth good, where the greater Lights bee abſent: and the meaneſt fruite of …

    Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … would manifoldly haue performed. For cōſidering the forreſtlike largeneſſe of matter it handleth and ſmalsmall rowme the ſame is imparked, and the good order euery doctrine ſtandeth in before …
    With rule
    … would manifoldly haue performed. For cōſidering the forreſtlike largeneſſe of matter it handleth and ſmalsmall rowme the ſame is imparked, and the good order euery doctrine ſtandeth in before …

    Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … There are more burdens to loade the Cammell when he should passe through the smalsmall posterne of Grace, (that needlesse eye) then onely auarous affections. What lesson of vice …
    With rule
    … There are more burdens to loade the Cammell when he should passe through the smalsmall posterne of Grace, (that needlesse eye) then onely auarous affections. What lesson of vice …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of her fornication: but ye church of Christ, as he himself saith, is a smalsmall flocke, and him self by Symeon is said to be a signe of contradictiō …
    With rule
    … of her fornication: but ye church of Christ, as he himself saith, is a smalsmall flocke, and him self by Symeon is said to be a signe of contradictiō …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … created them, the deuils are not able to create any thing, though neuer so smalsmall, much lesse those greate thinges. He seeth right well the matter whereof they consiste …
    With rule
    … created them, the deuils are not able to create any thing, though neuer so smalsmall, much lesse those greate thinges. He seeth right well the matter whereof they consiste …

    George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (39)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … ſuch ſo maſſy, ſo many ſedicions, vproares conſpiracies, witneſſe to true what I ſay. SmalSmall doubt is therfore, but it is ſo. That henceforth it be not ſo we …
    With rule
    … ſuch ſo maſſy, ſo many ſedicions, vproares conſpiracies, witneſſe to true what I ſay. SmalSmall doubt is therfore, but it is ſo. That henceforth it be not ſo we …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ſonne Whom for want of A. B. C. maſters, him ſelfe taught his characters. SmalSmall thinges without whom greater maye not ſtād, ought not be neglected. The very ſound …
    With rule
    … ſonne Whom for want of A. B. C. maſters, him ſelfe taught his characters. SmalSmall thinges without whom greater maye not ſtād, ought not be neglected. The very ſound …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

History of Three Renowned Reformers A08486

  • Printed
    SmalSmall with firſt dred, then large the growes, & lifts her in y• aire
    With rule
    SmalSmall with firſt dred, then large the growes, & lifts her in y• aire

    Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

  • Printed
    … another, we may not be to ſeeke of them, but haue them at hand. SmalSmall things are increaſed by concord: great reuennues are diminiſhed, and large poſſeſſions decayed by …
    With rule
    … another, we may not be to ſeeke of them, but haue them at hand. SmalSmall things are increaſed by concord: great reuennues are diminiſhed, and large poſſeſſions decayed by …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living A28620

  • Printed
    … the ſtay, the greater will bee the harveſt. Wee ſay, great Engines move ſlowly. SmalSmall things they are quickly wheeled about; but great Mercies they are long in conception …
    With rule
    … the ſtay, the greater will bee the harveſt. Wee ſay, great Engines move ſlowly. SmalSmall things they are quickly wheeled about; but great Mercies they are long in conception …

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 62 · Open in the reader

The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved A46639

  • Printed
    SmalSmall power of Prelats for a long time after Palladius. 40
    With rule
    SmalSmall power of Prelats for a long time after Palladius. 40

    William Jameson · The Fundamentals of the Hierarchy Examined and Disproved · Open in the reader

The Natural Mans Case A49252

  • Printed
    1. SmalSmall ſins are committed moſt commonly with more complacency and leſſe reluctancy, then great ſins …
    With rule
    1. SmalSmall ſins are committed moſt commonly with more complacency and leſſe reluctancy, then great ſins …

    Christopher Love · The Natural Mans Case · p. 184 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

  • Printed
    … much more not able to be compaſſed with the ſenſe, be expreſſed in a SMALSMALL and LITTLE IMAGE? (as this of God the Father was:) How can a dead …
    With rule
    … much more not able to be compaſſed with the ſenſe, be expreſſed in a SMALSMALL and LITTLE IMAGE? (as this of God the Father was:) How can a dead …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 102 · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

  • Printed
    … would not ſeek the Lord God of Iſrael, SHOƲLD BE PƲT TO DEATH, WHETHER SMALSMALL OR GREAT, MAN OR WOMAN: And they ſware unto the Lord with a loud …
    With rule
    … would not ſeek the Lord God of Iſrael, SHOƲLD BE PƲT TO DEATH, WHETHER SMALSMALL OR GREAT, MAN OR WOMAN: And they ſware unto the Lord with a loud …

    William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 10 · Open in the reader

The Rising Sun A59622

  • Printed
    SmalSmall ends makes needles, greater arrow heads.
    With rule
    SmalSmall ends makes needles, greater arrow heads.

    John Sheffield · The Rising Sun · p. 247 · Open in the reader

The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass A66068

  • Printed
    … Command: in Deed, Word, or Thought. This is Sin. Here note the danger of SmalSmall ſins. Little ſins lead to Greater. The thief Little thought his Theſt, would by …
    With rule
    … Command: in Deed, Word, or Thought. This is Sin. Here note the danger of SmalSmall ſins. Little ſins lead to Greater. The thief Little thought his Theſt, would by …

    Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Dic . If ſo, what doe Thouſands, and Millions amount to! A Fly is a SmalSmall Creature; yet Swarms deſtroyed Egypt . A drop of Water is a SmalSmall Matter: but …
    With rule
    … Dic . If ſo, what doe Thouſands, and Millions amount to! A Fly is a SmalSmall Creature; yet Swarms deſtroyed Egypt . A drop of Water is a SmalSmall Matter: but …

    Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is a SmalSmall Matter: but drops enough Drowned the World. A threed is a SmalSmall Thing; yet enough twiſted together, will Bind the Strongeſt Giant, or Hang the Heavieſt …
    With rule
    … is a SmalSmall Matter: but drops enough Drowned the World. A threed is a SmalSmall Thing; yet enough twiſted together, will Bind the Strongeſt Giant, or Hang the Heavieſt …

    Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … proud, with proud Habits (as ſome Profeſſing Parents Prophanely doe) leſt God ſend the [SmalSmall Pocks] or the [Great Plague] to pull Pride down to the Duſt. Beauty that …
    With rule
    … proud, with proud Habits (as ſome Profeſſing Parents Prophanely doe) leſt God ſend the [SmalSmall Pocks] or the [Great Plague] to pull Pride down to the Duſt. Beauty that …

    Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ¶ 3) Do it Proportionably, to the Fault.] Reprove for SmalSmall Faults, with Soft Words. As Mary when ſhe ſuppos'd her Child was in Fault …
    With rule
    ¶ 3) Do it Proportionably, to the Fault.] Reprove for SmalSmall Faults, with Soft Words. As Mary when ſhe ſuppos'd her Child was in Fault …

    Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Jude 2 A87557

  • Printed
    … deceitful modeſty of ſin by asking little at firſt, quickly enticeth us to more SmalSmall beginnings, uſher large proceedings: One bit draws down another. As every good work increaſeth …
    With rule
    … deceitful modeſty of ſin by asking little at firſt, quickly enticeth us to more SmalSmall beginnings, uſher large proceedings: One bit draws down another. As every good work increaſeth …

    William Jenkyn · Exposition of Jude 2 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Unsearchable Riches of Christ B02840

  • Printed
    … or two or ſome few that are called, not the great only, nor the SmalSmall only, not the holy only, nor the Profane only, but ye are all bidden …
    With rule
    … or two or ſome few that are called, not the great only, nor the SmalSmall only, not the holy only, nor the Profane only, but ye are all bidden …

    James Durham · The Unsearchable Riches of Christ · p. 57 · Open in the reader