Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6445 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stollenstolen

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,153 times in 593 works
Consistency: 93.5% (1,153 of 1,233)
Reach if approved: ~1,296 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stolen
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,233 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,153 changes in 593 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,153)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in their Miniſtery which they haue gotten unlawfully. Is it not to communicate in ſtollenstolen goods?
With rule
… in their Miniſtery which they haue gotten unlawfully. Is it not to communicate in ſtollenstolen goods?
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amongst them: so must likewise those two clothes or napkins by and by be stollenstolen & pluckt away from the altar.
With rule
… amongst them: so must likewise those two clothes or napkins by and by be stollenstolen & pluckt away from the altar.
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 200 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any Silver or cattel or ſuch like earthly goods when they are loſt or ſtollenstolen, but to go vnto a Spirit of divination to enquire for the truth of …
With rule
… any Silver or cattel or ſuch like earthly goods when they are loſt or ſtollenstolen, but to go vnto a Spirit of divination to enquire for the truth of …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a token when Rahel was loath to be raiſed and ſearched that ſhe had ſtollenstolen and hidden: ſo crooked harts are loath to come to the rule and ſquare.
With rule
… a token when Rahel was loath to be raiſed and ſearched that ſhe had ſtollenstolen and hidden: ſo crooked harts are loath to come to the rule and ſquare.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he interlaceth an other as monstruous a lye as this. That the pixe being stollenstolen by a Iew, & the cakes sticked in despight among the Iewes, did bleede aboundantly …
With rule
… he interlaceth an other as monstruous a lye as this. That the pixe being stollenstolen by a Iew, & the cakes sticked in despight among the Iewes, did bleede aboundantly …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the act, yet my bed was acceſſary to the fact, as receiving unlawfull and ſtollenstolen pleaſures.
With rule
… the act, yet my bed was acceſſary to the fact, as receiving unlawfull and ſtollenstolen pleaſures.
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon Seven Psalms of David · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… referuntur. Apud Graecos. The Greeke tranſlation ſayth, they were not aſses onely, which were ſtollenstolen, but aſſes great with young.
With rule
… referuntur. Apud Graecos. The Greeke tranſlation ſayth, they were not aſses onely, which were ſtollenstolen, but aſſes great with young.
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
Agains the actor ane stollenstolen protestation,
With rule
Agains the actor ane stollenstolen protestation,
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (80)

55 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 32 are listed here. 25 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
… wine, which I haue mingled. Sinne will promise no lesse to her guests. ver. 17. StollenStolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Here is then a …
With rule
… wine, which I haue mingled. Sinne will promise no lesse to her guests. ver. 17. StollenStolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Here is then a …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · Open in the reader
Printed
… house, stiled by the Scripture, the Whore of Babilon; her Doctrine is heere expressed: StollenStolen waters are sweet, and the bread of Secrecies is pleasant. Waters of Heresie, stollenstolen …
With rule
… house, stiled by the Scripture, the Whore of Babilon; her Doctrine is heere expressed: StollenStolen waters are sweet, and the bread of Secrecies is pleasant. Waters of Heresie, stollenstolen …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… precept to the seuenth, and call (adulterium, furtum?) The pleasures of a forbidden bed, StollenStolen waters? Let vs solace our selues with loues▪ for the good man is not …
With rule
… precept to the seuenth, and call (adulterium, furtum?) The pleasures of a forbidden bed, StollenStolen waters? Let vs solace our selues with loues▪ for the good man is not …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… omission is a robberie: the neglect of honour to whom it belongs, is a StollenStolen water. The eye that mocketh at his Father, and despiseth to obey his Mother …
With rule
… omission is a robberie: the neglect of honour to whom it belongs, is a StollenStolen water. The eye that mocketh at his Father, and despiseth to obey his Mother …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Dunce; too weake to hold a Position, though it be neuer so absurd. StollenStolen waters, Iniquities are sweet to the wicked in three respects. 1. Because they are stollenstolen …
With rule
… a Dunce; too weake to hold a Position, though it be neuer so absurd. StollenStolen waters, Iniquities are sweet to the wicked in three respects. 1. Because they are stollenstolen …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 97 · Open in the reader

An Epistle Unto Two Daughters of Warwick A08219

Printed
… the shadow of death: wherfore his doctrine is like the foolish womans which sayd / StollenStolen waters are sweet, & hid bread is pleasant; but let al Gods people know / that …
With rule
… the shadow of death: wherfore his doctrine is like the foolish womans which sayd / StollenStolen waters are sweet, & hid bread is pleasant; but let al Gods people know / that …
Henry Ainsworth · An Epistle Unto Two Daughters of Warwick · p. 57 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… be onely thine owne, &c. Prov. 5. 15.—18. And againe speaking of the harlot, he saith, StollenStolen waters are sweet, Prov. 9. 17. Thus Balaam prophesieth here of Israels great increase, and of …
With rule
… be onely thine owne, &c. Prov. 5. 15.—18. And againe speaking of the harlot, he saith, StollenStolen waters are sweet, Prov. 9. 17. Thus Balaam prophesieth here of Israels great increase, and of …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 157 · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

Printed
Verſ. 17. StollenStolen waters are ſweet, and hid bread is pleaſant.
With rule
Verſ. 17. StollenStolen waters are ſweet, and hid bread is pleaſant.
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 9-10 A20544

Printed
StollenStolen waters are ſweete, and hid bread is pleaſant. Verſe. 17
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StollenStolen waters are ſweete, and hid bread is pleaſant. Verſe. 17
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 9-10 · p. 40 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
StollenStolen waters are sweete.
With rule
StollenStolen waters are sweete.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 221 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
… for then would …e not have said, Rejoyce with thy wife; but, as elsewhere, StollenStolen waters are sweet, Prov. 9. 17. See Prov. 5. 18.
With rule
… for then would …e not have said, Rejoyce with thy wife; but, as elsewhere, StollenStolen waters are sweet, Prov. 9. 17. See Prov. 5. 18.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Evil Tongue Tried and Found Guilty A39930

Printed
… as the other, Psal. 15. For, are not such as receive and entertain Thieves, and StollenStolen goods, as bad as they that stole them? God hath appointed men to live …
With rule
… as the other, Psal. 15. For, are not such as receive and entertain Thieves, and StollenStolen goods, as bad as they that stole them? God hath appointed men to live …
Stephen Ford · The Evil Tongue Tried and Found Guilty · p. 222 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws A42925

Printed
… have a Property in the thing Tithed, therefore they are not payable of things StollenStolen; nor ſhall things meerly for Pleaſure pay Tithes, nor the things that are in …
With rule
… have a Property in the thing Tithed, therefore they are not payable of things StollenStolen; nor ſhall things meerly for Pleaſure pay Tithes, nor the things that are in …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 444 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

Printed
D. 7. Forbidden things soonest stirre up sinfull desires. StollenStolen waters are sweet.
With rule
D. 7. Forbidden things soonest stirre up sinfull desires. StollenStolen waters are sweet.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Works A50522

Printed
… panis absconditus suavior: Et ignoravit quòd ibi sint Gigantes, & in profundis Inferni convivae ejus: StollenStolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant: but he knoweth not (namely …
With rule
… panis absconditus suavior: Et ignoravit quòd ibi sint Gigantes, & in profundis Inferni convivae ejus: StollenStolen waters are sweeter, and hidden bread is more pleasant: but he knoweth not (namely …
Joseph Mede · Works · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

Printed
… Carnal Mirth is a merry Madness, as a Bird in the Powler's Snare. Prov. 9.17, 18. StollenStolen Waters are sweet; and Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not …
With rule
… Carnal Mirth is a merry Madness, as a Bird in the Powler's Snare. Prov. 9.17, 18. StollenStolen Waters are sweet; and Bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 212 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

Printed
V. 30. StollenStolen my gods?] Vanity of idolatry and idolaters, that their gods can be stollenstolen: gods …
With rule
V. 30. StollenStolen my gods?] Vanity of idolatry and idolaters, that their gods can be stollenstolen: gods …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader
Printed
V. 15. StollenStolen away] To conceal his brethrens fault, And yet stollenstolen from his father and sold …
With rule
V. 15. StollenStolen away] To conceal his brethrens fault, And yet stollenstolen from his father and sold …
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader

Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself A57963

Printed
… often take fire from difficulties; as absence of the Beloved kindles a new fire; StollenStolen bread, because stollenstolen, is sweeter, and not our nature onely; but longing after Christ …
With rule
… often take fire from difficulties; as absence of the Beloved kindles a new fire; StollenStolen bread, because stollenstolen, is sweeter, and not our nature onely; but longing after Christ …
Samuel Rutherford · Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself · p. 165 · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Rod A61667

Printed
… every corner of your hearts and lives for them? Are there none of thoſe StollenStolen Images you have ſo conſtantly, and confidently denied, and defied, to be found in …
With rule
… every corner of your hearts and lives for them? Are there none of thoſe StollenStolen Images you have ſo conſtantly, and confidently denied, and defied, to be found in …
Samuel Stodden · The Voice of the Rod · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

Printed
Verſ. 17. StollenStolen waters are ſweet] Forbidden pleaſures are moſt pleaſing to Senſualiſts, who count no mirth …
With rule
Verſ. 17. StollenStolen waters are ſweet] Forbidden pleaſures are moſt pleaſing to Senſualiſts, who count no mirth …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 50 · Open in the reader

A Body of Practical Divinity A65285

Printed
… right Seed of Adam, to love the Forbidden-Fruit, to love to drink of StollenStolen Waters. Ezek. 8.8, 9. Son of Man, dig in the Wall; and when I had digged …
With rule
… right Seed of Adam, to love the Forbidden-Fruit, to love to drink of StollenStolen Waters. Ezek. 8.8, 9. Son of Man, dig in the Wall; and when I had digged …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 370 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have been feasted with unchaste Pleasures, the Soul is left to pay the Reckoning. StollenStolen Waters are sweet. But as Poyson, tho' it be sweet in the Mouth, it …
With rule
… have been feasted with unchaste Pleasures, the Soul is left to pay the Reckoning. StollenStolen Waters are sweet. But as Poyson, tho' it be sweet in the Mouth, it …
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Receiver. I am apt to think he who doth not scruple to take StollenStolen Goods into his House, would as little scruple to take a Purse.
With rule
… the Receiver. I am apt to think he who doth not scruple to take StollenStolen Goods into his House, would as little scruple to take a Purse.
Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 377 · Open in the reader

Mercy Magnified A66106

Printed
… a profitable way, as they, Jer. 44. 17 It hath been very pleaſant to him, Prov. 9. 17. StollenStolen waters are ſweet: Hence it muſt needs be exceeding difficult, if not impoſſible, to …
With rule
… a profitable way, as they, Jer. 44. 17 It hath been very pleaſant to him, Prov. 9. 17. StollenStolen waters are ſweet: Hence it muſt needs be exceeding difficult, if not impoſſible, to …
Samuel Willard · Mercy Magnified · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… owne daughters to Beniamin, yet giue others, whiles they giue leaue to ſteale them. StollenStolen marriages are both vnnatural, and full of hazrad; for loue (whereof marriage is the …
With rule
… owne daughters to Beniamin, yet giue others, whiles they giue leaue to ſteale them. StollenStolen marriages are both vnnatural, and full of hazrad; for loue (whereof marriage is the …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 951 · Open in the reader

Further Account of the Trials of New England Witches A70086

Printed
… Innocent, as I ſhewed before in Mr. Edmund's giving over his Practice to find StollenStolen Goods; and Satan we read would accuſe Job to God himſelf to be an …
With rule
… Innocent, as I ſhewed before in Mr. Edmund's giving over his Practice to find StollenStolen Goods; and Satan we read would accuſe Job to God himſelf to be an …
Increase Mather · Further Account of the Trials of New England Witches · p. 20 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Self-Denial A90811

Printed
… that hee be dethroned, and that the Lord Jeſus bee exalted in his room. StollenStolen waters have been ſweet to Self, and bread eaten in ſecret, very pleaſant; Oh …
With rule
… that hee be dethroned, and that the Lord Jeſus bee exalted in his room. StollenStolen waters have been ſweet to Self, and bread eaten in ſecret, very pleaſant; Oh …
Theophilus Polwheile · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men A90884

Printed
StollenStolen waters are ſweet, and bread eaten in ſecret is pleaſant: but he knoweth not …
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StollenStolen waters are ſweet, and bread eaten in ſecret is pleaſant: but he knoweth not …
David Papillon · The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men · p. 242 · Open in the reader

The Christian Synagogue B16291

Printed
StollenStolen waters axe sweete, that is, adulterie. They call adulterie and filthie lust, water; as …
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StollenStolen waters axe sweete, that is, adulterie. They call adulterie and filthie lust, water; as …
John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 242 · Open in the reader

The Choice Benefit of Communion with God in his House N00322

Printed
… not. Job. 33. 27. Sin may be sweet in the committing, but bitterness in the end. StollenStolen waters are sweet,—but—the dead are there. (Prov. 9. ult.) Is not much of …
With rule
… not. Job. 33. 27. Sin may be sweet in the committing, but bitterness in the end. StollenStolen waters are sweet,—but—the dead are there. (Prov. 9. ult.) Is not much of …
Joshua Moodey · The Choice Benefit of Communion with God in his House · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft N00872

Printed
2. Another ſort of Diviners are they that reveal ſecrets, as where StollenStolen Goods are hid, or how Perſons and Veſſels do at Sea, or in other …
With rule
2. Another ſort of Diviners are they that reveal ſecrets, as where StollenStolen Goods are hid, or how Perſons and Veſſels do at Sea, or in other …
John Hale · Modest Inquiry into the Nature of Witchcraft · p. 141 · Open in the reader