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fatallfatal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
1,199 times in 565 works
Consistency
97.5% (1,199 of 1,229)
Reach if approved
~1,291 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fatal
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,199 changes in 565 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,199)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … now at length, at leaſt in this day when he came unto her, the fatallfatal ſentence of ruine and deſtruction had not gone out againſt her; but becauſe ſhee …
    With rule
    … now at length, at leaſt in this day when he came unto her, the fatallfatal ſentence of ruine and deſtruction had not gone out againſt her; but becauſe ſhee …

    Richard Maden · Christs Love and Affection Towards Jerusalem · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … manner, the end of the age 200. and the beginning of the age 300. to be fatallfatal for the heaping vp of ceremonies, to the heaving out of the doctrine, which …
    With rule
    … manner, the end of the age 200. and the beginning of the age 300. to be fatallfatal for the heaping vp of ceremonies, to the heaving out of the doctrine, which …

    Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Proſper. Ibidem. They ſay, that vnder the name of Praedeſtination, fatallfatal nececeſsity is brought in.
    With rule
    Proſper. Ibidem. They ſay, that vnder the name of Praedeſtination, fatallfatal nececeſsity is brought in.

    Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … scarse hatch'd, whereon he long …ate & thought to sit long brooding, he heares a fatallfatal voyce confiscating his goods, and himselfe too. Thou foole, this night shall thy soule …
    With rule
    … scarse hatch'd, whereon he long …ate & thought to sit long brooding, he heares a fatallfatal voyce confiscating his goods, and himselfe too. Thou foole, this night shall thy soule …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … as to hazard the whole Army. From slender and regardlesse beginnings, grow out these fatallfatal and destructiue effects. The dores are shut, the theefe cannot enter: a little boy …
    With rule
    … as to hazard the whole Army. From slender and regardlesse beginnings, grow out these fatallfatal and destructiue effects. The dores are shut, the theefe cannot enter: a little boy …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 396 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … that it was not so much the fonde furye of Iulye the second, as fatallfatal prouidence, ye Pope Iulye the second when he could not preuaile by Papal auctoritie …
    With rule
    … that it was not so much the fonde furye of Iulye the second, as fatallfatal prouidence, ye Pope Iulye the second when he could not preuaile by Papal auctoritie …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … alſo Moſes kept off the blowes of Amalek from Iſrael, and gave them a fatallfatal overthrow; ſo that God commands him to write it for a memoriall in a …
    With rule
    … alſo Moſes kept off the blowes of Amalek from Iſrael, and gave them a fatallfatal overthrow; ſo that God commands him to write it for a memoriall in a …

    George Hughes · The Saints Loss and Lamentation · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    But nowe is come, alas, my fatallfatal ende.
    With rule
    But nowe is come, alas, my fatallfatal ende.

    David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

22 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.

The History of the Holy War A01342

  • Printed
    … of the Egyptian Caliph, he began far sooner 1 8 20 36 27 24 41 5 17 37 20 ARNOLDUS de Troge, Tyr. lib. 22. c. 7 9 2 9 21 37 28 25 42 FatallFatal jealousies betwixt the King and Reimund Prince of Tripoli for many yeares. 6 18 38 21 10 3 1180 M. 11 D …
    With rule
    … of the Egyptian Caliph, he began far sooner 1 8 20 36 27 24 41 5 17 37 20 ARNOLDUS de Troge, Tyr. lib. 22. c. 7 9 2 9 21 37 28 25 42 FatallFatal jealousies betwixt the King and Reimund Prince of Tripoli for many yeares. 6 18 38 21 10 3 1180 M. 11 D …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader

Works A05537

  • Printed
    ☞BEhald my FatallFatal Infelicite,
    With rule
    ☞BEhald my FatallFatal Infelicite,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

  • Printed
    … comes to passe, that these vnlouely iewels, are made the ground & cause, of many FatallFatal, Tragicall, and bloody Duels, Quarrels, and euents, as some late experiments can abundantly testifie …
    With rule
    … comes to passe, that these vnlouely iewels, are made the ground & cause, of many FatallFatal, Tragicall, and bloody Duels, Quarrels, and euents, as some late experiments can abundantly testifie …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Hearts, and contrite Spirits, vnfainedly abase our Soules before the Lord, to diuert those FatallFatal, Heauy, Sad, and dolefull Iudgements, which are now approaching toward vs, and euen ready …
    With rule
    … Hearts, and contrite Spirits, vnfainedly abase our Soules before the Lord, to diuert those FatallFatal, Heauy, Sad, and dolefull Iudgements, which are now approaching toward vs, and euen ready …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

  • Printed
    Nouembers 5t. with Them, Their FatallFatal Fall:
    With rule
    Nouembers 5t. with Them, Their FatallFatal Fall:

    John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

  • Printed
    And (when their FatallFatal Thread is at the length)
    With rule
    And (when their FatallFatal Thread is at the length)

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    For, when his FatallFatal-blow Death comes to ſtrike,
    With rule
    For, when his FatallFatal-blow Death comes to ſtrike,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    FatallFatal neceſſity 251
    With rule
    FatallFatal neceſſity 251

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

A Defense of English Writers and Preachers A19650

  • Printed
    … hath ordeyned. Whereof followeth the force of cannot chuſe, which is called Fati neceſsitas, FatallFatal neceſſitie, or the neceſſitie of Gods ordinaunce: for as you haue heard, Fatum is …
    With rule
    … hath ordeyned. Whereof followeth the force of cannot chuſe, which is called Fati neceſsitas, FatallFatal neceſſitie, or the neceſſitie of Gods ordinaunce: for as you haue heard, Fatum is …

    Robert Crowley · A Defense of English Writers and Preachers · Open in the reader

An Alarm to the Last Judgment A20795

  • Printed
    All Kingdomes and States haue their set Periods and FatallFatal yeares, which being expired, they must needs fall and come to naught, and lightly …
    With rule
    All Kingdomes and States haue their set Periods and FatallFatal yeares, which being expired, they must needs fall and come to naught, and lightly …

    Thomas Draxe · An Alarm to the Last Judgment · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Saintship No Ground of Sovereignty A29196

  • Printed
    … Chriſt, muſt ſuffer Perſecution; they muſt ſuffer, there is no avoiding it. For this FatallFatal attendance of Perſecution upon Piety it is, that our Saviour hath provided us ſo …
    With rule
    … Chriſt, muſt ſuffer Perſecution; they muſt ſuffer, there is no avoiding it. For this FatallFatal attendance of Perſecution upon Piety it is, that our Saviour hath provided us ſo …

    Edward Bagshaw · Saintship No Ground of Sovereignty · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age A32323

  • Printed
    Tell him the FatallFatal wheele doth turne amaine,
    With rule
    Tell him the FatallFatal wheele doth turne amaine,

    Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 97 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

  • Printed
    … Single Enemy, (as yet unrecruited with additional strength,) they had finally worsted him, which FatallFatal omission (opportunities admit of no after-games) proved their overthrow.
    With rule
    … Single Enemy, (as yet unrecruited with additional strength,) they had finally worsted him, which FatallFatal omission (opportunities admit of no after-games) proved their overthrow.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … have happened in this County, and near this City. We onely insist on that FatallFatal Fight, September the third, 1651.
    With rule
    … have happened in this County, and near this City. We onely insist on that FatallFatal Fight, September the third, 1651.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 181 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … But that at Marston-moor, July 2. 1644. was our English Pharsalian Fight, or rather the FatallFatal Battle of Cannae to the Loyal Cavaliers.
    With rule
    … But that at Marston-moor, July 2. 1644. was our English Pharsalian Fight, or rather the FatallFatal Battle of Cannae to the Loyal Cavaliers.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 224 · Open in the reader

Histories of Visions Apparitions Prophecies Spirits Divinations A42501

  • Printed
    … Geomantick will caſt unhappy figures, and project for me a priſon, and ſorrow.—The FatallFatal Aſtrologers will threaten any hanging, and by a ſlippery turning of the heavens, inhibit …
    With rule
    … Geomantick will caſt unhappy figures, and project for me a priſon, and ſorrow.—The FatallFatal Aſtrologers will threaten any hanging, and by a ſlippery turning of the heavens, inhibit …

    John Gaule · Histories of Visions Apparitions Prophecies Spirits Divinations · Open in the reader

The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled A42502

  • Printed
    … Geomantick will caſt unhappy figures, and project for me a priſon, and ſorrow.—The FatallFatal Aſtrologers will threaten any hanging, and by a ſlippery turning of the heavens, inhibit …
    With rule
    … Geomantick will caſt unhappy figures, and project for me a priſon, and ſorrow.—The FatallFatal Aſtrologers will threaten any hanging, and by a ſlippery turning of the heavens, inhibit …

    John Gaule · The Magical-Astrological-Diviner Posed and Puzzled · Open in the reader

Observations of all the Kings of England A50052

  • Printed
    … had published a Treatise against King-killing, (which I had formerly composed) before that FatallFatal stroake. Finis.
    With rule
    … had published a Treatise against King-killing, (which I had formerly composed) before that FatallFatal stroake. Finis.

    Edward Leigh · Observations of all the Kings of England · p. 221 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

  • Printed
    … uncleane ſpirits, ſhall at laſt take up armes and with greater fury fight that FatallFatal Battle, the iſſue whereof ſhall be the Beasts and their utter deſtruction: ſo that …
    With rule
    … uncleane ſpirits, ſhall at laſt take up armes and with greater fury fight that FatallFatal Battle, the iſſue whereof ſhall be the Beasts and their utter deſtruction: ſo that …

    David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 436 · Open in the reader

Jerusalem Fatal to her Assailants A80426

  • Printed
    :חגיון סלה IERUSALEM FatallFatal to her Aſſailants. DISCOVERED In a Sermon before the Honorable Houſe of COMMONS Auguſt …
    With rule
    :חגיון סלה IERUSALEM FatallFatal to her Aſſailants. DISCOVERED In a Sermon before the Honorable Houſe of COMMONS Auguſt …

    William Cooper · Jerusalem Fatal to her Assailants · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Self Denial A86527

  • Printed
    … laying before them the Neceſſity of Selfe-denyall. But this, not a Categoricall or FatallFatal one but, an Hypotheticall, Conditional one, one that may very well be Voluntary too …
    With rule
    … laying before them the Neceſſity of Selfe-denyall. But this, not a Categoricall or FatallFatal one but, an Hypotheticall, Conditional one, one that may very well be Voluntary too …

    Thomas Hooker · A Treatise of Self Denial · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Three Decades of Sermons A96523

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    … prove that there is a Providence. I purpoſely wave all Heatheniſh names of Fortune, FatallFatal neceſſity, Augurium, Lucky ſtarres, Lucky Birds &c. Which are ſo far to be deteſted …
    With rule
    … prove that there is a Providence. I purpoſely wave all Heatheniſh names of Fortune, FatallFatal neceſſity, Augurium, Lucky ſtarres, Lucky Birds &c. Which are ſo far to be deteſted …

    Dean Henry Wilkinson · Three Decades of Sermons · p. 55 · Open in the reader