Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6316 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

frelyfreely

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 528 times in 152 works
Consistency: 99.0% (528 of 533)
Reach if approved: ~560 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: freely
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 533 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (528 changes in 152 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 528)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… gospell at lyberte, from the daunger of tyrauntes, and by proclamacion commaū ded it frelyfreely to be preached, as he ded So wele hath he made a generall desturctiō …
With rule
… gospell at lyberte, from the daunger of tyrauntes, and by proclamacion commaū ded it frelyfreely to be preached, as he ded So wele hath he made a generall desturctiō …
John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… that which he wrytis furth of latine, or of sum other forane toung, thē frelyfreely to haif expressit his a win mynd: And becaus that his argumētis, ar not …
With rule
… that which he wrytis furth of latine, or of sum other forane toung, thē frelyfreely to haif expressit his a win mynd: And becaus that his argumētis, ar not …
John Knox · Answer to a Jesuit · Open in the reader
Printed
… doctrine, and kylled them whiche preached the true Messias to haue redemed all men frelyfreely from sinne, and is a sufficient sacrifice to appease Gods wrath.
With rule
… doctrine, and kylled them whiche preached the true Messias to haue redemed all men frelyfreely from sinne, and is a sufficient sacrifice to appease Gods wrath.
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
… thynge, that they may be in a place where y^e worde of God is frelyfreely and openly taught and knowleged, and the ſacramentes myniſtred after Chriſtes inſtitucion. But as …
With rule
… thynge, that they may be in a place where y^e worde of God is frelyfreely and openly taught and knowleged, and the ſacramentes myniſtred after Chriſtes inſtitucion. But as …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But when thorow thy grace and holy workyng, I loke vpon thy mercies offered frelyfreely to all faythfull penitēt sinners in thy son Christ Iesus, for whose sake thou …
With rule
… But when thorow thy grace and holy workyng, I loke vpon thy mercies offered frelyfreely to all faythfull penitēt sinners in thy son Christ Iesus, for whose sake thou …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… heale the broken in herte, preach delyueraunce to prysoners, syght to the blynde, and frelyfreely set at libertye them that are brused, and declare the acceptable yeare of the …
With rule
… heale the broken in herte, preach delyueraunce to prysoners, syght to the blynde, and frelyfreely set at libertye them that are brused, and declare the acceptable yeare of the …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… neceſſitie to learne to knowe thys doctryne of faythe, and mercy which is gyuen frelyfreely.
With rule
… neceſſitie to learne to knowe thys doctryne of faythe, and mercy which is gyuen frelyfreely.
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. xxxiii · Open in the reader
Printed
… hys father wyll nowe take vs for his children and heires, and geue vs frelyfreely euerlaſteinge lyffe. Wyth thys therfore, we maye continually fede oure ſoules, that they encreaſeinge …
With rule
… hys father wyll nowe take vs for his children and heires, and geue vs frelyfreely euerlaſteinge lyffe. Wyth thys therfore, we maye continually fede oure ſoules, that they encreaſeinge …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. xxxv · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

Printed
… amonge christianes of y^e lyfe solitary, were neuer acquaynted wyth this kynde of vowyng. FrelyFreely ded their disciples inhabite the wyldernesse. Frelye lyued they after the rules of the …
With rule
… amonge christianes of y^e lyfe solitary, were neuer acquaynted wyth this kynde of vowyng. FrelyFreely ded their disciples inhabite the wyldernesse. Frelye lyued they after the rules of the …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

A Christmas Banket A06698

Printed
… good dedes? of our merites? Naverely, but of his bounteous mercy and great goodness. FrelyFreely and with out deserte worketh he this thynge. We are saued by grace thorow …
With rule
… good dedes? of our merites? Naverely, but of his bounteous mercy and great goodness. FrelyFreely and with out deserte worketh he this thynge. We are saued by grace thorow …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

Printed
FrelyFreely frelyfreely
With rule
FrelyFreely frelyfreely
Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

Printed
… findest nothing in them wherf… they shuld be saued, and yet sau… thou them. FrelyFreely doest thou ge… frelyfreely dost thou saue. And s. Iero… alledging y^e same sentence …
With rule
… findest nothing in them wherf… they shuld be saued, and yet sau… thou them. FrelyFreely doest thou ge… frelyfreely dost thou saue. And s. Iero… alledging y^e same sentence …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 431 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

Printed
… of Ieſus Chriſt / vnto all and vpon all them that beleue / et cet. Item. FrelyFreely are they iuſtified euen by his grace / thorow the redempcion that is in Chriſt …
With rule
… of Ieſus Chriſt / vnto all and vpon all them that beleue / et cet. Item. FrelyFreely are they iuſtified euen by his grace / thorow the redempcion that is in Chriſt …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader