Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6539 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

medledmeddled

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 894 times in 574 works
Consistency: 99.8% (894 of 895)
Reach if approved: ~941 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: meddled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 896 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (894 changes in 574 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 894)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… worthie the noting, that he seemed as if he had been vnwilling to haue medledmeddled with Master Philpot, saying, I maruaile why other men will trouble me with their …
With rule
… worthie the noting, that he seemed as if he had been vnwilling to haue medledmeddled with Master Philpot, saying, I maruaile why other men will trouble me with their …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Scithya manqueller, & men monger. But w^e ſuch hate and enuy is our Nobles ambicion medledmeddled, & wyth ſo horrible cruelty enflamed: that eche noble man wounds his owne limme, & turnes …
With rule
… Scithya manqueller, & men monger. But w^e ſuch hate and enuy is our Nobles ambicion medledmeddled, & wyth ſo horrible cruelty enflamed: that eche noble man wounds his owne limme, & turnes …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… dignity in the leaſt thing in all the booke; neither would I euer haue medledmeddled with them, if they had kept that ſtanding; but they like the euill Angels …
With rule
… dignity in the leaſt thing in all the booke; neither would I euer haue medledmeddled with them, if they had kept that ſtanding; but they like the euill Angels …
John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… waxeth ſtill greater and greater from time to time. Wherfore before the contention be medledmeddled with. If then thou be wiſe, contend not vnneceſſarily, but agree with thine aduerſarie …
With rule
… waxeth ſtill greater and greater from time to time. Wherfore before the contention be medledmeddled with. If then thou be wiſe, contend not vnneceſſarily, but agree with thine aduerſarie …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his bountifulneſſe and tender compaſſions: Firſt, hee tooke pittie upon mens ſoules, before he medledmeddled with their bodies, hee firſt taught them, then he healed them, preached unto them …
With rule
… his bountifulneſſe and tender compaſſions: Firſt, hee tooke pittie upon mens ſoules, before he medledmeddled with their bodies, hee firſt taught them, then he healed them, preached unto them …
Richard Bernard · The Ready Way to Good Works · p. 302 · Open in the reader
Printed
… inherite the earth. But you and your Rhemists should haue doon well (before you medledmeddled with the scriptures) to learne S. Austins lesson giuen to the Donatists: who when …
With rule
… inherite the earth. But you and your Rhemists should haue doon well (before you medledmeddled with the scriptures) to learne S. Austins lesson giuen to the Donatists: who when …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 558 · Open in the reader
Printed
… day, then they haue nowe in a hundreth. Then they sang and sponne, they medledmeddled vvith their …, and … by the fayth of others: Nowe they are so bookishe, become …
With rule
… day, then they haue nowe in a hundreth. Then they sang and sponne, they medledmeddled vvith their …, and … by the fayth of others: Nowe they are so bookishe, become …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… must beware that they proceed not vpō his testimony: he is not to be medledmeddled withall, nor any medling which he vseth, is to be taken in good part …
With rule
… must beware that they proceed not vpō his testimony: he is not to be medledmeddled withall, nor any medling which he vseth, is to be taken in good part …
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · 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.

Of Divorce for Adultery A17240

Printed
Meaning, see Mat, 5. Circumstances, & Perfection. Not MedledMeddled with: see divers places,
With rule
Meaning, see Mat, 5. Circumstances, & Perfection. Not MedledMeddled with: see divers places,
Edmund Bunny · Of Divorce for Adultery · Open in the reader