Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6481 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

arayarray

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 465 times in 254 works
Consistency: 93.9% (465 of 495)
Reach if approved: ~520 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: array
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 495 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (465 changes in 254 works, 93.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 465)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… was not full and ſtrong, till Gratian himſelfe came vp and ſet them in arayarray by compiling the booke of decrees, containing more then halfe a legion; the Ciuilians …
With rule
… was not full and ſtrong, till Gratian himſelfe came vp and ſet them in arayarray by compiling the booke of decrees, containing more then halfe a legion; the Ciuilians …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon▪ Gods prouidence without distrustfull care, for if God cloath baser creatures with glorious arayarray, doubtlesse he will not suffer man his more noble creature to want, as the …
With rule
… vpon▪ Gods prouidence without distrustfull care, for if God cloath baser creatures with glorious arayarray, doubtlesse he will not suffer man his more noble creature to want, as the …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 387 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, from the event. They go (ſayeth he] from battel arayarray, to battel arayarray] That is, after they are commed into the Church, that difficil way being accompliſhed …
With rule
… of God, from the event. They go (ſayeth he] from battel arayarray, to battel arayarray] That is, after they are commed into the Church, that difficil way being accompliſhed …
Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
King Herode for attiring himselfe in sumpteous arayarray, & not ascribing glory to the Lord, was strucken dead, by an Angel, and wormes …
With rule
King Herode for attiring himselfe in sumpteous arayarray, & not ascribing glory to the Lord, was strucken dead, by an Angel, and wormes …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Saint Peter forbid women to arayarray themſelves with gold, or pearles, or coſtly arayarray: and Saint Cyprian is yet ſeverer againſt coſtly apparrell, ſaying, Nullarum ferè pretioſior cultus …
With rule
… and Saint Peter forbid women to arayarray themſelves with gold, or pearles, or coſtly arayarray: and Saint Cyprian is yet ſeverer againſt coſtly apparrell, ſaying, Nullarum ferè pretioſior cultus …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 447 · Open in the reader
Printed
… togeather in one minde of mischiefe, & hath done since Christes assencion. They muster in arayarray as dyd Pharaoes host, they buskle together as dyd Cayphas hyered knights in the …
With rule
… togeather in one minde of mischiefe, & hath done since Christes assencion. They muster in arayarray as dyd Pharaoes host, they buskle together as dyd Cayphas hyered knights in the …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… with ſhamefaſtneſſe and ſobrietie, not with broydered hayre, or gold, or pearles, or coſtly arayarray, but (which becommeth women profeſsing godlineſſe) with good workes.
With rule
… with ſhamefaſtneſſe and ſobrietie, not with broydered hayre, or gold, or pearles, or coſtly arayarray, but (which becommeth women profeſsing godlineſſe) with good workes.
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out the payntyng of theyr faces, without the puttyng on of wanton and light arayarray, wherby they be entised rather to prid & whordome thē to humilitie, shamfast nes, & cleannes …
With rule
… out the payntyng of theyr faces, without the puttyng on of wanton and light arayarray, wherby they be entised rather to prid & whordome thē to humilitie, shamfast nes, & cleannes …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 19 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God A13881

Printed
… ſuche like coſtly apparell to ſet them out with all. Yet beſides this common ArayArray / euery one carieth the proper tokens and badges off his office: For the Biſhopps …
With rule
… ſuche like coſtly apparell to ſet them out with all. Yet beſides this common ArayArray / euery one carieth the proper tokens and badges off his office: For the Biſhopps …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 191 · Open in the reader

History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland A47584

Printed
… came to Lestarrig the Palme Sunday Even. The French had put themselves in Battell ArayArray upon the Linkes without Leith, and sent forth their skirmishers; who beginning before ten …
With rule
… came to Lestarrig the Palme Sunday Even. The French had put themselves in Battell ArayArray upon the Linkes without Leith, and sent forth their skirmishers; who beginning before ten …
John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But then the Horse-men trooped together, and the Foot-men gat themselves in ArayArray, and so repulsed the French back again to the Town; but the slaughter was …
With rule
… But then the Horse-men trooped together, and the Foot-men gat themselves in ArayArray, and so repulsed the French back again to the Town; but the slaughter was …
John Knox · History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland · p. 239 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Means) but he giveth Grace to the Humble, Jam. 4 6. [foreign] God ſets himſelf in Battle ArayArray againſt all ſuch, (as the Greek word ſignifies) above all other ſorts of Sinners …
With rule
… Means) but he giveth Grace to the Humble, Jam. 4 6. [foreign] God ſets himſelf in Battle ArayArray againſt all ſuch, (as the Greek word ſignifies) above all other ſorts of Sinners …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 190 · Open in the reader

The Unconquerable All-Conquering A53292

Printed
… with Legions of D…vile, and their Instruments, and set their Hellish▪ Armies in ArayArray, and make warre upon the Witnesses and overcome them for a while: but they …
With rule
… with Legions of D…vile, and their Instruments, and set their Hellish▪ Armies in ArayArray, and make warre upon the Witnesses and overcome them for a while: but they …
Urian Oakes · The Unconquerable All-Conquering · p. 22 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
Shee makes the Virgin one by ſuch ArayArray,
With rule
Shee makes the Virgin one by ſuch ArayArray,
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 36 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
ArayArray]
With rule
ArayArray]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
ArayArray]
With rule
ArayArray]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
An host of Souldiers. The ArayArray, 1 Sam. 4. 2. marg. Band, 2 Chr. 25. 9. marg. The power of an Army, Ibid. 26. 13. marg.
With rule
An host of Souldiers. The ArayArray, 1 Sam. 4. 2. marg. Band, 2 Chr. 25. 9. marg. The power of an Army, Ibid. 26. 13. marg.
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
From Bodies, Veſſells, Meates, Hearbes, Fruites, ArayArray,
With rule
From Bodies, Veſſells, Meates, Hearbes, Fruites, ArayArray,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
And new: Old Clothes, Ragges, Courſe, or meane ArayArray
With rule
And new: Old Clothes, Ragges, Courſe, or meane ArayArray
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 179 · Open in the reader