Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6352 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

compellcompel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 2,615 times in 1,034 works
Consistency: 99.7% (2,615 of 2,622)
Reach if approved: ~2,755 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: compel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,622 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,615 changes in 1,034 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,615)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… peoples / to make lawes / decrees / statutes / and constytucyons / yca / and to publysshe / commaunde / and compellcompel theyr seyd subiectes / & peoples to the obseruacyon of them.
With rule
… peoples / to make lawes / decrees / statutes / and constytucyons / yca / and to publysshe / commaunde / and compellcompel theyr seyd subiectes / & peoples to the obseruacyon of them.
John Bale · Brief Chronicle Concerning Examination and Death of John Oldcastle · Open in the reader
Printed
… loftye courage forthwith did excommunicate the Romaynes, vntil they should driue out Arnold, and compellcompel theyr Consulles to leaue theyr offices, & yeild the gouernemente of the Citye freelye vnto …
With rule
… loftye courage forthwith did excommunicate the Romaynes, vntil they should driue out Arnold, and compellcompel theyr Consulles to leaue theyr offices, & yeild the gouernemente of the Citye freelye vnto …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Maſter ſaid to his ſervants, Goe to the high wayes and hedges, to compellcompel them to come in, that my houſe may be filled. On which ground St …
With rule
… the Maſter ſaid to his ſervants, Goe to the high wayes and hedges, to compellcompel them to come in, that my houſe may be filled. On which ground St …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 468 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all his nobles, & estates, aswel spiritual as temporal, to abā don their king, and compellcompel him to yelde his necke, vnder the yoake of Apostolical obedience?
With rule
… all his nobles, & estates, aswel spiritual as temporal, to abā don their king, and compellcompel him to yelde his necke, vnder the yoake of Apostolical obedience?
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… finding their arguments not to prevail, they betook themselves to arms, by force to compellcompel the adverse party to resigne the citie. King John also threatned, in case they …
With rule
… finding their arguments not to prevail, they betook themselves to arms, by force to compellcompel the adverse party to resigne the citie. King John also threatned, in case they …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing contrary to that, which in the beginning I proteſted, that is, not to compellcompel you by authoritie of Scripture, but to intreat you by reaſonable perſwaſion, to encline …
With rule
… thing contrary to that, which in the beginning I proteſted, that is, not to compellcompel you by authoritie of Scripture, but to intreat you by reaſonable perſwaſion, to encline …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Abuſe not that awe and dread wherein you have your inferiours under you, to compellcompel them to ſinne, as Nebuchadnezzar did. Abuſe not that dependance which people have on …
With rule
… Abuſe not that awe and dread wherein you have your inferiours under you, to compellcompel them to ſinne, as Nebuchadnezzar did. Abuſe not that dependance which people have on …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Law, as dayly are: Law was neuer made to vndoe men, but to compellcompel men to doe well: it was made to curbe the vnruely, but not to …
With rule
… the Law, as dayly are: Law was neuer made to vndoe men, but to compellcompel men to doe well: it was made to curbe the vnruely, but not to …
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 34 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Refutation of a Puritan-Papist A09885

Printed
… forced to righteouſneſſe, when as thou readest that the Maſter ſaid to his Seruants, COMPELLCOMPEL ALL THAT YOV FINDE TO COME IN? And alſo that Paul was forced to …
With rule
… forced to righteouſneſſe, when as thou readest that the Maſter ſaid to his Seruants, COMPELLCOMPEL ALL THAT YOV FINDE TO COME IN? And alſo that Paul was forced to …
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Breastplate of Faith and Love A09950

Printed
… they doe it, but not before. That word that is vsed, Luk. 14.23. Goe and COMPELLCOMPEL them to come in, that my House may be full, it intimates a great …
With rule
… they doe it, but not before. That word that is vsed, Luk. 14.23. Goe and COMPELLCOMPEL them to come in, that my House may be full, it intimates a great …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 55 · Open in the reader

Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light A56171

Printed
… TO HAVE HIS SAID QUEEN TO RENOUNCE THE CATHOLIKE APOSTOLIKE AND ROMISH RELIGION, NOR COMPELLCOMPEL HER TO DOE ANY THING WHATSOEVER THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SAME RELIGION.
With rule
… TO HAVE HIS SAID QUEEN TO RENOUNCE THE CATHOLIKE APOSTOLIKE AND ROMISH RELIGION, NOR COMPELLCOMPEL HER TO DOE ANY THING WHATSOEVER THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SAME RELIGION.
William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 71 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… Soules, that with all diligence they would observe these Charters, & Regem cogerent; and would COMPELLCOMPEL THE KING, if he should chance to repent, to observe them; All the rest …
With rule
… Soules, that with all diligence they would observe these Charters, & Regem cogerent; and would COMPELLCOMPEL THE KING, if he should chance to repent, to observe them; All the rest …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists A91303

Printed
… Soules, that with all diligence they would obſerve theſ… Charters, & Regem cogerent; and would COMPELLCOMPEL THE KING, if he ſhould chance to repent, to obſerve them; All the reſt …
With rule
… Soules, that with all diligence they would obſerve theſ… Charters, & Regem cogerent; and would COMPELLCOMPEL THE KING, if he ſhould chance to repent, to obſerve them; All the reſt …
William Prynne · The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists · p. 8 · Open in the reader