Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6583 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beeforebefore

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 332 times in 62 works
Consistency: 98.5% (332 of 337)
Reach if approved: ~354 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: before
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 337 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (332 changes in 62 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 332)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but of a collaterall lyne) the Printer, and Booke-binder that clayme iust title beeforebefore the booke-seller: at least-wise may in Gauilekind be coheires with him; yea …
With rule
… but of a collaterall lyne) the Printer, and Booke-binder that clayme iust title beeforebefore the booke-seller: at least-wise may in Gauilekind be coheires with him; yea …
George Wither · The Scholars Purgatory Discovered · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… houſe. To this wee aunſwere ſimply that theſe plagues which are layde on vs beeforebefore the remiſſion of our ſinnes, are the puniſhmentes due to our ſinnes, but that …
With rule
… houſe. To this wee aunſwere ſimply that theſe plagues which are layde on vs beeforebefore the remiſſion of our ſinnes, are the puniſhmentes due to our ſinnes, but that …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 522 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alredie in vs, that we must needs haue profited very well in Gods schoole, beeforebefore wee can bee disposed too submit our selues in true obedience, and to say …
With rule
… alredie in vs, that we must needs haue profited very well in Gods schoole, beeforebefore wee can bee disposed too submit our selues in true obedience, and to say …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 253 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall not euer haue me with you. And he gaue warninge of this errour beeforebefore hande, saying, That the tyme wolde come, whan many deceiuers shulde be in the …
With rule
… shall not euer haue me with you. And he gaue warninge of this errour beeforebefore hande, saying, That the tyme wolde come, whan many deceiuers shulde be in the …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader
Printed
… of vs must take knowledge thereof, repent of our sinnes betime, fanne our selues beeforebefore the decree come forth, meete the LORD in the waie, yea and kisse the …
With rule
… of vs must take knowledge thereof, repent of our sinnes betime, fanne our selues beeforebefore the decree come forth, meete the LORD in the waie, yea and kisse the …
Thomas Draxe · The Churches Security Together with the Antidote · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vse them to the benefite of our brethren, and discharge of our owne consciences, beeforebefore thy Maiesty. We beseech thee, O Lord, that in al our consultations, woordes and …
With rule
… vse them to the benefite of our brethren, and discharge of our owne consciences, beeforebefore thy Maiesty. We beseech thee, O Lord, that in al our consultations, woordes and …
Edward Dering · Godly Private Prayers for Householders to Meditate Upon · Open in the reader
Printed
This Examination of our sinnes past, must bee partly of those that we committed beeforebefore our calling, & partly of those which were done after our calling. Euery man (especially …
With rule
This Examination of our sinnes past, must bee partly of those that we committed beeforebefore our calling, & partly of those which were done after our calling. Euery man (especially …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which allowed likewise a certain man, whose wife had bene defloured by his brother beeforebefore hee wedded her to put her away and marry another it may bee wee …
With rule
… which allowed likewise a certain man, whose wife had bene defloured by his brother beeforebefore hee wedded her to put her away and marry another it may bee wee …
John Rainolds · Defense of Divorce and Remarriage · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ A15874

Printed
¶BeeforeBefore the feaſte of the Paſſeouer, when Ieſus knewe that his howre was come, that …
With rule
¶BeeforeBefore the feaſte of the Paſſeouer, when Ieſus knewe that his howre was come, that …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 22 · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

Printed
… to know the truth of the ryghte fayth) but onely vnto the holye scriptures. BeeforeBefore tyme / it was shewed by many other meanes / whiche was the true church of …
With rule
… to know the truth of the ryghte fayth) but onely vnto the holye scriptures. BeeforeBefore tyme / it was shewed by many other meanes / whiche was the true church of …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Workmanship of the World A19803

Printed
BeeforeBefore the ſea and lande were made, the heauen that all doth hide,
With rule
BeeforeBefore the ſea and lande were made, the heauen that all doth hide,
Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that place of the firſte booke of his Metamorphoſis, which is ſo well knowne: BeeforeBefore the Sea and Earth, &c. This reaſon alſo may bee alleaged, that the thing …
With rule
… that place of the firſte booke of his Metamorphoſis, which is ſo well knowne: BeeforeBefore the Sea and Earth, &c. This reaſon alſo may bee alleaged, that the thing …
Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · p. 47 · Open in the reader

The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God B11843

Printed
… horſemen, and footemen hée was ſent from Jeruſalem to Caeſarea, vnto Foelix the lieutenaunt, BeeforeBefore whom when he came: the cheif of the Iewes accuſed him, layinge manie thinges …
With rule
… horſemen, and footemen hée was ſent from Jeruſalem to Caeſarea, vnto Foelix the lieutenaunt, BeeforeBefore whom when he came: the cheif of the Iewes accuſed him, layinge manie thinges …
Henrich Bullinger · The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God · Open in the reader