Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6453 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kepethkeepeth

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 400 times in 137 works
Consistency: 100% (400 of 400)
Reach if approved: ~420 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: keepeth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 400 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (400 changes in 137 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 400)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
He that kepethkeepeth hys hand that he touch no reward, & he which stoppeth hys eares that hee …
With rule
He that kepethkeepeth hys hand that he touch no reward, & he which stoppeth hys eares that hee …
Thomas Becon · The Principles of Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… whom shall we goe:—signifying that the Church, which beleeueth in Christ, and which kepethkeepeth that which it hath once knowne, doth at no time altogether depart from him …
With rule
… whom shall we goe:—signifying that the Church, which beleeueth in Christ, and which kepethkeepeth that which it hath once knowne, doth at no time altogether depart from him …
William Perkins · Predestination · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
¶Dunstane kepethkeepeth the Kynges of Englande vndre.
With rule
¶Dunstane kepethkeepeth the Kynges of Englande vndre.
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vvincheſter kepethkeepeth his chaſt vowe. 69 a
With rule
Vvincheſter kepethkeepeth his chaſt vowe. 69 a
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… hid amōg the multitude of such chaffe. Nowe according to this diuersitie, the Prophete kepethkeepeth diuers purposes and yet in moste perfecte order.
With rule
… hid amōg the multitude of such chaffe. Nowe according to this diuersitie, the Prophete kepethkeepeth diuers purposes and yet in moste perfecte order.
John Knox · Sermon in Edinburgh · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lighteth in the darke places of the worde, as S. Peter ſayeth. As that kepethkeepeth not the ſame alwayes before his eyes whither can he go elles, than in …
With rule
… lighteth in the darke places of the worde, as S. Peter ſayeth. As that kepethkeepeth not the ſame alwayes before his eyes whither can he go elles, than in …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
… fayle the no man, excepte perchaūse he fyrst fayleth her. Faith vnderstandeth the commaundementes, kepethkeepeth the preceptes, fulfylleth promises. Faith maketh vs acquainted with God, & constituteth vs frē des …
With rule
… fayle the no man, excepte perchaūse he fyrst fayleth her. Faith vnderstandeth the commaundementes, kepethkeepeth the preceptes, fulfylleth promises. Faith maketh vs acquainted with God, & constituteth vs frē des …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, wythoute whose wyll an heare doeth not fall from your heades whych also kepethkeepeth al your bones so that not one of thē shal be brused wythoute the …
With rule
… God, wythoute whose wyll an heare doeth not fall from your heades whych also kepethkeepeth al your bones so that not one of thē shal be brused wythoute the …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.