Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6304 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

besechbeseech

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 314 times in 116 works
Consistency: 99.3% (314 of 316)
Reach if approved: ~332 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: beseech
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 316 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (314 changes in 116 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 314)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… sinnes. And if they were reuiued again and did liue by thy deathe: I besechbeseech thee, let not me die, now y^tthou liuest Send downe thy hand & power from …
With rule
… sinnes. And if they were reuiued again and did liue by thy deathe: I besechbeseech thee, let not me die, now y^tthou liuest Send downe thy hand & power from …
Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… to God, but also to doe it cheerefully and earnestlie. Rom. 15. 30. Also, brethren I besechbeseech you that yee woulde striue with me by praiers to God for me. What …
With rule
… to God, but also to doe it cheerefully and earnestlie. Rom. 15. 30. Also, brethren I besechbeseech you that yee woulde striue with me by praiers to God for me. What …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before the Lord / begginge of hym ſuche thynges as ye nede. In which I beſechbeseech you to praye alſo for me.
With rule
… before the Lord / begginge of hym ſuche thynges as ye nede. In which I beſechbeseech you to praye alſo for me.
Thomas Sampson · Letter to the True Professors of Christs Gospel · Open in the reader
Printed
… alſo Athanaſe / writyng in this wyſe agaynſt the gē tyles. Let thē ſay (I beſechbeseech you) howe or after what maner god is knowen by images / whether is it …
With rule
… alſo Athanaſe / writyng in this wyſe agaynſt the gē tyles. Let thē ſay (I beſechbeseech you) howe or after what maner god is knowen by images / whether is it …
Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor intercession: For the Apostle in that place speaketh purposely of intercession, saiyng, I besechbeseech you therfore brethrē, that praiers, supplications, &c. bée made for all men. And as …
With rule
… nor intercession: For the Apostle in that place speaketh purposely of intercession, saiyng, I besechbeseech you therfore brethrē, that praiers, supplications, &c. bée made for all men. And as …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cry alſo with a lowd voyce, but for feare of the Beaſt) and humbly beſechbeseech the King that he would put too his helping hand to free his people …
With rule
… cry alſo with a lowd voyce, but for feare of the Beaſt) and humbly beſechbeseech the King that he would put too his helping hand to free his people …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the great mercy of God we haue seene, Let vs be thankfull therefore, and besechbeseech him that he will make perfect that he hath begun in vs, that our …
With rule
… the great mercy of God we haue seene, Let vs be thankfull therefore, and besechbeseech him that he will make perfect that he hath begun in vs, that our …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which doest from thy throne behold al y^• dwelllers vpon earth most hartely we besechbeseech thee with thy fauour to behold our… moste gratious soueraigne lady Queene Elizabeth, and …
With rule
… which doest from thy throne behold al y^• dwelllers vpon earth most hartely we besechbeseech thee with thy fauour to behold our… moste gratious soueraigne lady Queene Elizabeth, and …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Romans A14353

Printed
I BeſechBeseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye offer vp your bodyes …
With rule
I BeſechBeseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye offer vp your bodyes …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · p. 410 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

Printed
I BeſechBeseech you all to pray for the kynges grace / as I haue done euer ſens …
With rule
I BeſechBeseech you all to pray for the kynges grace / as I haue done euer ſens …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader