Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6362 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

closseclose

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 118 times in 59 works
Consistency: 88.7% (118 of 133)
Reach if approved: ~140 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: close
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 133 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (118 changes in 59 works, 88.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 118)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for the Lords of the articles were sworne to secrecy; & the doores… were keeped closseclose all the time of Parliament. See laborious Mr Petree his History pag. 442; and the …
With rule
… for the Lords of the articles were sworne to secrecy; & the doores… were keeped closseclose all the time of Parliament. See laborious Mr Petree his History pag. 442; and the …
John Brown · Relation of the Sufferings of Ministers in Scotland Since 1660 · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fear any breach from the moſt ſerious and ſervent contending for the truth, and cloſſeclose adherence thereto which ſhould be dearer to us then our life and can admitt …
With rule
… fear any breach from the moſt ſerious and ſervent contending for the truth, and cloſſeclose adherence thereto which ſhould be dearer to us then our life and can admitt …
Robert Flemming · The Church Wounded and Rent by a Spirit of Division · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that might draw back to perdition, which soon after appeared, for when he came closseclose to them in the testimony of spiritual or eternal Life, which is the free …
With rule
… that might draw back to perdition, which soon after appeared, for when he came closseclose to them in the testimony of spiritual or eternal Life, which is the free …
George Sikes · The Life and Death of Sir Henry Vane · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Graces bestowed upon in this or that kind, or measure, and doe not keep closseclose to the Rule, Gods word: Having therefore gifts (saith the Apostle) differing according to …
With rule
… Graces bestowed upon in this or that kind, or measure, and doe not keep closseclose to the Rule, Gods word: Having therefore gifts (saith the Apostle) differing according to …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… joyned together. The truth is, that the Spouſe is ſo farre off, from keeping cloſſeclose her love towards her beloved, that ſhe doth not only reveale it to them …
With rule
… joyned together. The truth is, that the Spouſe is ſo farre off, from keeping cloſſeclose her love towards her beloved, that ſhe doth not only reveale it to them …
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 584 · Open in the reader
Printed
This teacheth Captaines to keepe ſecrets cloſſeclose,
With rule
This teacheth Captaines to keepe ſecrets cloſſeclose,
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſtitute of ſufficient proofes. I ſay therefore vnto thee, thou muſt follow this inquiry cloſſeclose: thou muſt not beleeue euery thought of thine heart: thou muſt haue good aſſurance …
With rule
… deſtitute of ſufficient proofes. I ſay therefore vnto thee, thou muſt follow this inquiry cloſſeclose: thou muſt not beleeue euery thought of thine heart: thou muſt haue good aſſurance …
William Whately · The New Birth · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… houſe, whēce both Indians are: this hath admiration of height in wiſdome in that cloſſeclose notation or ſound beareth in it the nature of the matter: ſo the Greeke …
With rule
… houſe, whēce both Indians are: this hath admiration of height in wiſdome in that cloſſeclose notation or ſound beareth in it the nature of the matter: ſo the Greeke …
Hugh Broughton · Grounds of Divinity Study · p. 76 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

7 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops A10190

Printed
… and odious shedding of the innocont blood of those 3 forementioned, now perpetuall Exiles and ClosseClose Prisoners, even their very Wives most lawlesly detained from them, with a… their other …
With rule
… and odious shedding of the innocont blood of those 3 forementioned, now perpetuall Exiles and ClosseClose Prisoners, even their very Wives most lawlesly detained from them, with a… their other …
William Prynne · Lord Bishops None of the Lords Bishops · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

Printed
… Manner deſcended vnto him, be it that he neuer ſaw nor knevv, ſome particular CloſſeClose, Field, or Tenement of his Inheritance, yet he hath a loue vnto theſe vnknovvne …
With rule
… Manner deſcended vnto him, be it that he neuer ſaw nor knevv, ſome particular CloſſeClose, Field, or Tenement of his Inheritance, yet he hath a loue vnto theſe vnknovvne …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 127 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

Printed
… Lordship so formidable by That Late Censure, and so secure by the Sure and ClosseClose cooping up of those 3 once troublesome men, expected not, that any should be left …
With rule
… Lordship so formidable by That Late Censure, and so secure by the Sure and ClosseClose cooping up of those 3 once troublesome men, expected not, that any should be left …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Pillory, fined in five thousand Pounds to the King, and to indure perpetuall ClosseClose imprisonment, in Lancaster-Castle, whence he was after 12. weeks imprisonment there, in the base …
With rule
… the Pillory, fined in five thousand Pounds to the King, and to indure perpetuall ClosseClose imprisonment, in Lancaster-Castle, whence he was after 12. weeks imprisonment there, in the base …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be carryed to Guersosey Castle, where ever since he hath indured Banishment in ClosseClose prison; where nor wife, nor children, nor any friend, nor acquaintance, are permitted to …
With rule
… to be carryed to Guersosey Castle, where ever since he hath indured Banishment in ClosseClose prison; where nor wife, nor children, nor any friend, nor acquaintance, are permitted to …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Scandalous, and all this, before the Interrogatories were brought to him in his ClosseClose Prison, to Answer ▪ the Answer whereunto was to be reckoned as a part of …
With rule
… and Scandalous, and all this, before the Interrogatories were brought to him in his ClosseClose Prison, to Answer ▪ the Answer whereunto was to be reckoned as a part of …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… me no incouragement of hope at all this way. For in all this your ClosseClose, not a word expressing the least sorrow for your most enormious iniquites, but on …
With rule
… me no incouragement of hope at all this way. For in all this your ClosseClose, not a word expressing the least sorrow for your most enormious iniquites, but on …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 398 · Open in the reader