Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6611 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pollicypolicy

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 443 times in 253 works
Consistency: 93.4% (443 of 474)
Reach if approved: ~498 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: policy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 474 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (443 changes in 253 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 443)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſchiſme of Iſrael frō Iuda originally ſpringing from Salomons ſinne, ſeconded by Ieroboās crafty pollicypolicy, & K. Roboams folly, God iuſtly puniſhing king Salomons Idolatry.
With rule
… ſchiſme of Iſrael frō Iuda originally ſpringing from Salomons ſinne, ſeconded by Ieroboās crafty pollicypolicy, & K. Roboams folly, God iuſtly puniſhing king Salomons Idolatry.
Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such Apostatical povver, for vve haue an Apostolicall king, nor of any such vvicked pollicypolicy, for vve haue had kings, & Queēs nursing fathers, & nursing mothers of our church; yet …
With rule
… such Apostatical povver, for vve haue an Apostolicall king, nor of any such vvicked pollicypolicy, for vve haue had kings, & Queēs nursing fathers, & nursing mothers of our church; yet …
William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſtate of that Prince whoſe people tranſgreſſe againſt God as wee do euen in pollicypolicy is very daungerous. Ioſhiah was gathered to his fathers, becauſe he ſhould not ſee …
With rule
… eſtate of that Prince whoſe people tranſgreſſe againſt God as wee do euen in pollicypolicy is very daungerous. Ioſhiah was gathered to his fathers, becauſe he ſhould not ſee …
John Penry · Equity of a Humble Supplication · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
It is the pollicypolicy of our Romish Achitophels, to traine vp their Schollers in their owne Popish Authors …
With rule
It is the pollicypolicy of our Romish Achitophels, to traine vp their Schollers in their owne Popish Authors …
William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · Open in the reader
Printed
… of y^e bishop of Rome. If y^t matter were then but a matter of pollicypolicy, wherin the Prince must be obeied, howe is it nowe made a matter, wherein …
With rule
… of y^e bishop of Rome. If y^t matter were then but a matter of pollicypolicy, wherin the Prince must be obeied, howe is it nowe made a matter, wherein …
Nicholas Ridley · A Friendly Farewell · Open in the reader
Printed
… bleſſing, this is a kind of Idolizing of parts, to worke out things by pollicypolicy, ſtrength, wit, and parts. As that Heathen Atheiſt could ſay, Let cowards pray if …
With rule
… bleſſing, this is a kind of Idolizing of parts, to worke out things by pollicypolicy, ſtrength, wit, and parts. As that Heathen Atheiſt could ſay, Let cowards pray if …
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 349 · Open in the reader
Printed
… weakely backd, that hath a traytor for his guard. To arme his presumption with pollicypolicy, he seriously obserues, which way the current of euery mans humor runneth: knowing by …
With rule
… weakely backd, that hath a traytor for his guard. To arme his presumption with pollicypolicy, he seriously obserues, which way the current of euery mans humor runneth: knowing by …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heartes are pricked, how be it I will shewe you, how it is the pollicypolicy of the Diuell, to make these good motions quickly to waxe dry in you …
With rule
… heartes are pricked, how be it I will shewe you, how it is the pollicypolicy of the Diuell, to make these good motions quickly to waxe dry in you …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 189 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (31)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Black Devil A00564

Printed
… is in mens hearts, and an honest man wants a plummet to sound it. PollicyPolicy and Piety haue parted company; and it is to be feared, they will hardly …
With rule
… is in mens hearts, and an honest man wants a plummet to sound it. PollicyPolicy and Piety haue parted company; and it is to be feared, they will hardly …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Brotherly Persuasion to Unity and Uniformity A12700

Printed
… before did for them. And verily being vſed to this end, in the good PollicyPolicy of the Church, it would be a notable good meanes hereof, and therefore I …
With rule
… before did for them. And verily being vſed to this end, in the good PollicyPolicy of the Church, it would be a notable good meanes hereof, and therefore I …
Thomas Sparke · Brotherly Persuasion to Unity and Uniformity · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons Preached at Northampton A16342

Printed
… is of all good things. For all other ornaments and excellencies of Nature, Art, PollicyPolicy, are as but a dead and livelesse carkasse, except they be animated and quickned …
With rule
… is of all good things. For all other ornaments and excellencies of Nature, Art, PollicyPolicy, are as but a dead and livelesse carkasse, except they be animated and quickned …
Robert Bolton · Two Sermons Preached at Northampton · p. 11 · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

Printed
… can ſtop our mouthes, and we can be content to bee ſilent, out of PollicyPolicy to keepe that, and hope to get more: If we can tune our fidles …
With rule
… can ſtop our mouthes, and we can be content to bee ſilent, out of PollicyPolicy to keepe that, and hope to get more: If we can tune our fidles …
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 145 · Open in the reader

The Art of Giving A19280

Printed
6 PollicyPolicy, when we do good for a greater hurt, or to procure vnto our selues …
With rule
6 PollicyPolicy, when we do good for a greater hurt, or to procure vnto our selues …
Thomas Cooper · The Art of Giving · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

Printed
… Aſpyring Abſolon without his Ambition; Murthering Caine without his Weapon; Cunning Achitophell without his PollicyPolicy. The Kings of the earth muſt lay downe the glory of their Crownes, and …
With rule
… Aſpyring Abſolon without his Ambition; Murthering Caine without his Weapon; Cunning Achitophell without his PollicyPolicy. The Kings of the earth muſt lay downe the glory of their Crownes, and …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 336 · Open in the reader

Evidence for Heaven A31952

Printed
A Treatise of Civil PollicyPolicy; being a clear decision of 4…. queries, concerning prerogative right and priviledg, in reference to …
With rule
A Treatise of Civil PollicyPolicy; being a clear decision of 4…. queries, concerning prerogative right and priviledg, in reference to …
Edmund Calamy · Evidence for Heaven · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

Printed
… which our oppoſites apply it,) is certainly moſt abſurd in point of Divinity, of PollicyPolicy, and not worthy ſo grave a Doctor of the Chaire. His ſecond reaſon is …
With rule
… which our oppoſites apply it,) is certainly moſt abſurd in point of Divinity, of PollicyPolicy, and not worthy ſo grave a Doctor of the Chaire. His ſecond reaſon is …
William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 83 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
PollicyPolicy, not to make manye priuye of thine enterpriſe. 170. b
With rule
PollicyPolicy, not to make manye priuye of thine enterpriſe. 170. b
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
Printed
PollicyPolicy of war agaynſt the Beniamites. 273. b
With rule
PollicyPolicy of war agaynſt the Beniamites. 273. b
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
Printed
PollicyPolicy in fulfilling a mans vocation, God forbiddeth not. 123.
With rule
PollicyPolicy in fulfilling a mans vocation, God forbiddeth not. 123.
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

The Baiting of the Pope_s Bull A69022

Printed
… Iſraell. Now what is the ſumme of all this, but, Honeſty is the beſt PollicyPolicy? From this Root, to wit, Honeſty, the heathen deriued all the branches of vertue …
With rule
… Iſraell. Now what is the ſumme of all this, but, Honeſty is the beſt PollicyPolicy? From this Root, to wit, Honeſty, the heathen deriued all the branches of vertue …
Henry Burton · The Baiting of the Pope_s Bull · Open in the reader

The Trust and the Account of a Steward A94072

Printed
… will be Jehu's diſhonour for ever, that he made Reformation, but an Act of PollicyPolicy, to eſtabliſh the Kingdome upon himſelfe, and his Poſterity. Surely God did never commit …
With rule
… will be Jehu's diſhonour for ever, that he made Reformation, but an Act of PollicyPolicy, to eſtabliſh the Kingdome upon himſelfe, and his Poſterity. Surely God did never commit …
William Strong · The Trust and the Account of a Steward · p. 13 · Open in the reader