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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6369 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chalengechallenge

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
887 times in 366 works
Consistency
97.5% (887 of 909)
Reach if approved
~955 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: challenge
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
909 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (887 changes in 366 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 887)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … dutye in feedyng and teachinge the parish, is able, sufficient, and stout inough to chalengechallenge and take for hys maysters dutye the tenth parte of al the parysh. Likewise …
    With rule
    … dutye in feedyng and teachinge the parish, is able, sufficient, and stout inough to chalengechallenge and take for hys maysters dutye the tenth parte of al the parysh. Likewise …

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in sheepes clothing. Also: by their fruites ye shall know them. Wheras then they chalengechallenge vnto them selues the name of the church, & for a goodly shew (which the …
    With rule
    … in sheepes clothing. Also: by their fruites ye shall know them. Wheras then they chalengechallenge vnto them selues the name of the church, & for a goodly shew (which the …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … his owne example. He owes vs nothing: if he withold good things, we cannot chalengechallenge him: if he ſends vs good things, we are bound to thanke him. The …
    With rule
    … his owne example. He owes vs nothing: if he withold good things, we cannot chalengechallenge him: if he ſends vs good things, we are bound to thanke him. The …

    Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they play wylye beguilie with themselues in the dispensation of pardons, whereof they falsely chalengechallenge to themselues chief stewardship vnder the title of the Church, and inheritable succession of …
    With rule
    … they play wylye beguilie with themselues in the dispensation of pardons, whereof they falsely chalengechallenge to themselues chief stewardship vnder the title of the Church, and inheritable succession of …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … her only head, Sauiour, Redeemer, Priest, King, Intercessor. &c. The Popishe church can not chalengechallenge this name, because she doth not acknowledge Christ to be theese only and wholly.
    With rule
    … her only head, Sauiour, Redeemer, Priest, King, Intercessor. &c. The Popishe church can not chalengechallenge this name, because she doth not acknowledge Christ to be theese only and wholly.

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thee if thou haue the same faith. He was mercifull to a denying Apostle: chalengechallenge thou the like mercie if thou haue the like repentance. If we will be …
    With rule
    … thee if thou haue the same faith. He was mercifull to a denying Apostle: chalengechallenge thou the like mercie if thou haue the like repentance. If we will be …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 243 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Panormitā Nonnery called Constance, the doughter of Roger, vppon this condition, that he shoulde chalengechallenge the kingdome of both Sicils for a dowrye, and should driue out Tancred and …
    With rule
    … Panormitā Nonnery called Constance, the doughter of Roger, vppon this condition, that he shoulde chalengechallenge the kingdome of both Sicils for a dowrye, and should driue out Tancred and …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Anſw. Indeed, Anſw. for theſe outward euils that come; none can chalengechallenge ſuch a freedome from them, as that they ſhall not enter into them at …
    With rule
    Anſw. Indeed, Anſw. for theſe outward euils that come; none can chalengechallenge ſuch a freedome from them, as that they ſhall not enter into them at …

    Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 are listed here. 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer to John De Albines A12701

  • Printed
    … had vnder the title of an aunſwere of a Chriſtian proteſtant, to the proude ChalengeChallenge of a popiſh Catholicke, and it is prefixed commonly before his booke written in …
    With rule
    … had vnder the title of an aunſwere of a Chriſtian proteſtant, to the proude ChalengeChallenge of a popiſh Catholicke, and it is prefixed commonly before his booke written in …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · Open in the reader

Answer to Reynolds Book A15061

  • Printed
    … Edmond Campian in his booke, made this the firſt and principall cauſe of his ChalengeChallenge, for that he ſawe vs through diſpaire (as he ſayeth) compelled to laie hands …
    With rule
    … Edmond Campian in his booke, made this the firſt and principall cauſe of his ChalengeChallenge, for that he ſawe vs through diſpaire (as he ſayeth) compelled to laie hands …

    William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · Open in the reader

A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths A20303

  • Printed
    … partes of your doctrine. A man would thinke, who hath herd or read your ChalengeChallenge, that either you were well furnished with substantiall learning, to defende what you tooke …
    With rule
    … partes of your doctrine. A man would thinke, who hath herd or read your ChalengeChallenge, that either you were well furnished with substantiall learning, to defende what you tooke …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … or that you were a man of passing impudencie, or of extreme madnesse. Your ChalengeChallenge was aunswered, you haue replied. What you could doe in this Replie, you haue …
    With rule
    … or that you were a man of passing impudencie, or of extreme madnesse. Your ChalengeChallenge was aunswered, you haue replied. What you could doe in this Replie, you haue …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    But, saith M. Harding, this ChalengeChallenge was aunswered. I graunt he hath written, when the offer was once made vastis …
    With rule
    But, saith M. Harding, this ChalengeChallenge was aunswered. I graunt he hath written, when the offer was once made vastis …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … mad man euer ouershot him selfe so farre, as to make such a hasty ChalengeChallenge, specially in matters of religion, by so long practise of the Churche determined? Who …
    With rule
    … mad man euer ouershot him selfe so farre, as to make such a hasty ChalengeChallenge, specially in matters of religion, by so long practise of the Churche determined? Who …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … selfe so farre? &c. Maister Harding, when he tooke vpon him to aunswere the ChalengeChallenge. Who euer presumed so to make defiance? &c. God, when he sayde, come nowe …
    With rule
    … selfe so farre? &c. Maister Harding, when he tooke vpon him to aunswere the ChalengeChallenge. Who euer presumed so to make defiance? &c. God, when he sayde, come nowe …

    Edward Dering · A Sparing Restraint of Many Lavish Untruths · p. 37 · Open in the reader

Public Trial of the Quakers A28667

  • Printed
    … a performance of my promiſe, in reference to the Charge (which he called a ChalengeChallenge) under my hand againſt them: I forthwith told him, that I was ready (by …
    With rule
    … a performance of my promiſe, in reference to the Charge (which he called a ChalengeChallenge) under my hand againſt them: I forthwith told him, that I was ready (by …

    Sampson Bond · Public Trial of the Quakers · Open in the reader

Romes Ruin(1) A41015

  • Printed
    CHALENGECHALLENGE.
    With rule
    CHALENGECHALLENGE.

    Daniel Featley · Romes Ruin(1) · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    CHALENGECHALLENGE.
    With rule
    CHALENGECHALLENGE.

    Daniel Featley · Romes Ruin(1) · p. 27 · Open in the reader

The History of the Church of Great Britain A42548

  • Printed
    Biſhop Jewel's ChalengeChallenge.
    With rule
    Biſhop Jewel's ChalengeChallenge.

    William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    This ChalengeChallenge being publiſhed in ſo great an Auditory ſtartled the Engliſh Papiſts both at home …
    With rule
    This ChalengeChallenge being publiſhed in ſo great an Auditory ſtartled the Engliſh Papiſts both at home …

    William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · p. 219 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Dr. William VVhitacre, his Anſwer to Campian's ChalengeChallenge 241
    With rule
    Dr. William VVhitacre, his Anſwer to Campian's ChalengeChallenge 241

    William Gearing · The History of the Church of Great Britain · Open in the reader