Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6309 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

semethseemeth

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,358 times in 206 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,358 of 1,359)
Reach if approved: ~1,428 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: seemeth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,359 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,358 changes in 206 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,358)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… theſe myracles do proue nothynge at all. More ouer euen his very doctryne alſo ſemethseemeth to haue ben cleane repugnaunt & contrary to faythe, charytie, and the croſſe / what neded …
With rule
… theſe myracles do proue nothynge at all. More ouer euen his very doctryne alſo ſemethseemeth to haue ben cleane repugnaunt & contrary to faythe, charytie, and the croſſe / what neded …
Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
… repleniſhed with ioy, and the yoke of Chriſt is eaſie & ſweete. But that it ſemethseemeth heauy and grieuous vnto vs, this is the cauſe, for that the Father hath …
With rule
… repleniſhed with ioy, and the yoke of Chriſt is eaſie & ſweete. But that it ſemethseemeth heauy and grieuous vnto vs, this is the cauſe, for that the Father hath …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alwaies for a sure mark of their eye, do not that thing which only semethseemeth good in their syghte, but that which may be to thy honour, to our …
With rule
… alwaies for a sure mark of their eye, do not that thing which only semethseemeth good in their syghte, but that which may be to thy honour, to our …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
Thys acte of y^e councell semethseemeth to be contrarye vnto that, whiche sayeth, y^t the pope and hys See are …
With rule
Thys acte of y^e councell semethseemeth to be contrarye vnto that, whiche sayeth, y^t the pope and hys See are …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his bodily death, was committed to prison in hel, &c. In these words, he semethseemeth vtterly to deny, that he came in that prison of hel. You wil say …
With rule
… his bodily death, was committed to prison in hel, &c. In these words, he semethseemeth vtterly to deny, that he came in that prison of hel. You wil say …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
Yet ſemethseemeth the worlde, to haue hym in great hate.
With rule
Yet ſemethseemeth the worlde, to haue hym in great hate.
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, when the fierce indignation of the Lord ſemethseemeth upon the ſoule of a poore creature, when the Lord ſets open the floodgates …
With rule
Secondly, when the fierce indignation of the Lord ſemethseemeth upon the ſoule of a poore creature, when the Lord ſets open the floodgates …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sake. I answer, that if vnder the name of conscience ye include what soeuer semethseemeth good in your owne eyes, that then ye affirme a great absurditie, manifestly repugning …
With rule
… sake. I answer, that if vnder the name of conscience ye include what soeuer semethseemeth good in your owne eyes, that then ye affirme a great absurditie, manifestly repugning …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 214 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle A02633

Printed
… syr Roger Ac…on were cast into y^e tower of London vpon that occasyon. SemethSeemeth it not a matter somwhat lyke to the purpose (thynke you) that menne shulde …
With rule
… syr Roger Ac…on were cast into y^e tower of London vpon that occasyon. SemethSeemeth it not a matter somwhat lyke to the purpose (thynke you) that menne shulde …
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader