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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6548 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pittiethpitieth

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
252 times in 163 works
Consistency
98.8% (252 of 255)
Reach if approved
~268 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pitieth
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
255 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (252 changes in 163 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 252)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and righteous in themſelues. So he ſaith to the Romans, Whom he will, he pittiethpitieth, & whom he will, he hardeneth. Exemplifying both the parts of this diuiſion by two …
    With rule
    … and righteous in themſelues. So he ſaith to the Romans, Whom he will, he pittiethpitieth, & whom he will, he hardeneth. Exemplifying both the parts of this diuiſion by two …

    John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 291 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … hands. And ſo Pſal. 103. 13. Like as a father pittiethpitieth his children, ſo the Lord pittiethpitieth them that fear him: He maketh uſe of the bowels, the pitty and compaſſion …
    With rule
    … hands. And ſo Pſal. 103. 13. Like as a father pittiethpitieth his children, ſo the Lord pittiethpitieth them that fear him: He maketh uſe of the bowels, the pitty and compaſſion …

    Timothy Armitage · A Trial of Faith · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as sheepe without a shepheard. As a Father pittiethpitieth his children, so the Lord pittiethpitieth them that feare him. And children are Vicera parentum, saith Ierome: the very bowels …
    With rule
    … as sheepe without a shepheard. As a Father pittiethpitieth his children, so the Lord pittiethpitieth them that feare him. And children are Vicera parentum, saith Ierome: the very bowels …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the toppes of rockes, and say in your hearts, God shall deliver vs? Hee pittiethpitieth the blind that would gladly see; but will hee pittie them that may see …
    With rule
    … the toppes of rockes, and say in your hearts, God shall deliver vs? Hee pittiethpitieth the blind that would gladly see; but will hee pittie them that may see …

    Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the Crocodile vveepeth when he woūdeth: So the Vſurer laugheth and then oppreſſeth: hee pittiethpitieth & then he pintcheth the poore Borrovver.
    With rule
    … the Crocodile vveepeth when he woūdeth: So the Vſurer laugheth and then oppreſſeth: hee pittiethpitieth & then he pintcheth the poore Borrovver.

    Gabriel Powel · Theological and Scholastical Positions Concerning Usury · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it selfe to be most inhumane, in that it spareth nor, respecteth not, nor pittiethpitieth any degree, order, sexe, age, or condition of men, whom they take to be …
    With rule
    … it selfe to be most inhumane, in that it spareth nor, respecteth not, nor pittiethpitieth any degree, order, sexe, age, or condition of men, whom they take to be …

    Thomas Taylor · A Map of Rome · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … these that would faine doe well: No not, but lik as a father that pittiethpitieth his children, so the Lord pittiethpitieth them that feare him, for hee knoweth our …
    With rule
    … these that would faine doe well: No not, but lik as a father that pittiethpitieth his children, so the Lord pittiethpitieth them that feare him, for hee knoweth our …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 336 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … life, whether it bee good or bad, worthie of praiſe or diſpraiſe. And it pittiethpitieth them, to ſee the blindneſſe that is yet in your eye: which deemeth that …
    With rule
    … life, whether it bee good or bad, worthie of praiſe or diſpraiſe. And it pittiethpitieth them, to ſee the blindneſſe that is yet in your eye: which deemeth that …

    Thomas Cartwright · The Answer to the Preface of the Rhemish Testament · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.