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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6493 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sekethseeketh

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
329 times in 105 works
Consistency
99.7% (329 of 330)
Reach if approved
~347 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: seeketh
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
330 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (329 changes in 105 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 329)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … deades reioyſeth he not / nether coūteth his merites / nether giveth pardone of thē / nether ſekethseeketh ā hyer place ī evē of thē / nether maketh hī ſelf a ſavoure of …
    With rule
    … deades reioyſeth he not / nether coūteth his merites / nether giveth pardone of thē / nether ſekethseeketh ā hyer place ī evē of thē / nether maketh hī ſelf a ſavoure of …

    William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … very hard worke, yt we go to encoūter wt Satā hand to hand, who ſekethseeketh then moſt buſily to ſteale away our hart: yt he may make ye word …
    With rule
    … very hard worke, yt we go to encoūter wt Satā hand to hand, who ſekethseeketh then moſt buſily to ſteale away our hart: yt he may make ye word …

    George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … wurde taken from vs. If God doothe not dwell wyth them, that thus dayly sekethseeketh hys glory, wyth whome doth he dwell? Than hath thys arrogaunt papyst wyth poluted …
    With rule
    … wurde taken from vs. If God doothe not dwell wyth them, that thus dayly sekethseeketh hys glory, wyth whome doth he dwell? Than hath thys arrogaunt papyst wyth poluted …

    John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … intent are not sene, but that vnder the cloke of amitie and loue, he sekethseeketh or destruction as in tempting the woman, doeth plainly appere, how much more can …
    With rule
    … intent are not sene, but that vnder the cloke of amitie and loue, he sekethseeketh or destruction as in tempting the woman, doeth plainly appere, how much more can …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 204 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the deuyl, by whome we be cōtynually prouoked, ſtyred, and greued / for ye fleſſhe ſekethseeketh pleaſure and reſt, ye world loketh for ryches / power and honoure, the deuyll ſeaketh …
    With rule
    … the deuyl, by whome we be cōtynually prouoked, ſtyred, and greued / for ye fleſſhe ſekethseeketh pleaſure and reſt, ye world loketh for ryches / power and honoure, the deuyll ſeaketh …

    Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … greuously offende the and breke the order of charity, & the bond of peace, which sekethseeketh not to be reuē ged, but to forgeue one another, euen as Christ forgaue …
    With rule
    … greuously offende the and breke the order of charity, & the bond of peace, which sekethseeketh not to be reuē ged, but to forgeue one another, euen as Christ forgaue …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. lxv · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … sekethseeketh his glory, embraseth vertue, hateth vice, loueth his neyghbour, tendereth the common wealth, & sekethseeketh in al poyntes to be a father amonge his subiectes, thā suche one as …
    With rule
    … sekethseeketh his glory, embraseth vertue, hateth vice, loueth his neyghbour, tendereth the common wealth, & sekethseeketh in al poyntes to be a father amonge his subiectes, thā suche one as …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … one with the cōditiō of the vnregene rat, who ſeeth not the way, verily ſekethseeketh not, certainly findeth not the doore that leadeth & openeth vnto heauē. For in our …
    With rule
    … one with the cōditiō of the vnregene rat, who ſeeth not the way, verily ſekethseeketh not, certainly findeth not the doore that leadeth & openeth vnto heauē. For in our …

    John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

  • Printed
    … a ryghteouſe kyng in Iuda putteth doune the Idolls iij. Reg. xv.a.b. SekethSeeketh help by a Syryan and dyeth. xv.c.d. Left behynde hym hys ſonne …
    With rule
    … a ryghteouſe kyng in Iuda putteth doune the Idolls iij. Reg. xv.a.b. SekethSeeketh help by a Syryan and dyeth. xv.c.d. Left behynde hym hys ſonne …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader