Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6696 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

metallmetal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 603 times in 276 works
Consistency: 93.7% (603 of 643)
Reach if approved: ~676 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: metal
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 643 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (603 changes in 276 works, 93.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 603)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſuffer euen rebuke for his name. Yet, as if wee were made of wrangling metallmetal, had our life, as Salamanders in the fire of contention, ſo dote we about …
With rule
… ſuffer euen rebuke for his name. Yet, as if wee were made of wrangling metallmetal, had our life, as Salamanders in the fire of contention, ſo dote we about …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
… those who suffered rebuke for the Name of Christ: and hee sayd of the metallmetal mynes, that those that were condemned for Christs sake to worke in them; that …
With rule
… those who suffered rebuke for the Name of Christ: and hee sayd of the metallmetal mynes, that those that were condemned for Christs sake to worke in them; that …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Earls bags then all his voyage to Palestine: For till that time that metallmetal was onely fetched from England, which afforded meat to some forrein countreys, and dishes …
With rule
… this Earls bags then all his voyage to Palestine: For till that time that metallmetal was onely fetched from England, which afforded meat to some forrein countreys, and dishes …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wood; the Pearle for his fulneſſe of pretious ſubſtance is valued above all other metallmetal. The fulneſſe of Chriſt is the moſt eminent, tranſcendent, and ſuperlative fulneſſe, a fulneſſe …
With rule
… wood; the Pearle for his fulneſſe of pretious ſubſtance is valued above all other metallmetal. The fulneſſe of Chriſt is the moſt eminent, tranſcendent, and ſuperlative fulneſſe, a fulneſſe …
Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by any Art or means in the world. To turne the nature of one metallmetal into the nature of another, it is a kinde of creation, therefore beyond the …
With rule
… by any Art or means in the world. To turne the nature of one metallmetal into the nature of another, it is a kinde of creation, therefore beyond the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of State and Religion, and you shall be more precious to God, and better metallmetal to the state, then the gould whereof the Philistims mice were made, which they …
With rule
… of State and Religion, and you shall be more precious to God, and better metallmetal to the state, then the gould whereof the Philistims mice were made, which they …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
Conſider we the metallmetal whereof we are made. You know, it is no better then clay, no better …
With rule
Conſider we the metallmetal whereof we are made. You know, it is no better then clay, no better …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a preventer of ſinne. It ſoftens the heart, as fire diſſolves the ſolideſt, hardeſt metallmetal. It humbles the heart, as thunder layes proſtrate the talleſt, ſtouteſt Cedars. It prevents …
With rule
… a preventer of ſinne. It ſoftens the heart, as fire diſſolves the ſolideſt, hardeſt metallmetal. It humbles the heart, as thunder layes proſtrate the talleſt, ſtouteſt Cedars. It prevents …
William Price · The Souls Porter to Cast Out Sin · p. 78 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (40)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 are listed here. 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

Printed
… or upon the fulfilling of the fiftieth day from the feaſt of firſt fruits. MetallMetal upon metallmetal is no good Heraldrie; yet feaſt upon feaſt is good Divinitie: eſpecially …
With rule
… or upon the fulfilling of the fiftieth day from the feaſt of firſt fruits. MetallMetal upon metallmetal is no good Heraldrie; yet feaſt upon feaſt is good Divinitie: eſpecially …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 837 · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
MetallMetal trier, kyndely mocked▪ for his glorious vauntyng.
With rule
MetallMetal trier, kyndely mocked▪ for his glorious vauntyng.
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

Printed
… We call not Coyn, baſe Coyne, till the Allay be more then the pure MetallMetal: Gods Judgements are not puniſhments, except there be more anger then love, more Juſtice …
With rule
… We call not Coyn, baſe Coyne, till the Allay be more then the pure MetallMetal: Gods Judgements are not puniſhments, except there be more anger then love, more Juſtice …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 544 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons A36296

Printed
In which there is such a change, such a dependence, whether we consider the MetallMetal, or the fashion, the severall doctrines, or the sweetnesse, and easinesse, of raising them …
With rule
In which there is such a change, such a dependence, whether we consider the MetallMetal, or the fashion, the severall doctrines, or the sweetnesse, and easinesse, of raising them …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 98 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
V. 9. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock] MetallMetal-men can work in stony places.
With rule
V. 9. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock] MetallMetal-men can work in stony places.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Meteors A40528

Printed
… they call the mother: so by as good reason may they call Brimstone a MetallMetal as Mercury.
With rule
… they call the mother: so by as good reason may they call Brimstone a MetallMetal as Mercury.
William Fulke · Meteors · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Brasse Venus, and Copper Jupiter; or else the seven may be distinguished thus: All MetallMetal is perfect, soft and pure as Gold; or it is pure and hard as …
With rule
… Brasse Venus, and Copper Jupiter; or else the seven may be distinguished thus: All MetallMetal is perfect, soft and pure as Gold; or it is pure and hard as …
William Fulke · Meteors · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth Gold fail any whit, which is a sole priviledge belonging to this royall MetallMetal, all other being subject to alteration and corruption, for though Gold be drawn into …
With rule
… doth Gold fail any whit, which is a sole priviledge belonging to this royall MetallMetal, all other being subject to alteration and corruption, for though Gold be drawn into …
William Fulke · Meteors · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… omit this Argument, and to agree with those who allow Amber to be a MetallMetal, is most consonant to reason: The nature and property of it is a mean …
With rule
… omit this Argument, and to agree with those who allow Amber to be a MetallMetal, is most consonant to reason: The nature and property of it is a mean …
William Fulke · Meteors · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
LEad is a gross dull MetallMetal, Procreated and Consistent of more impure Quicksilver, and more feculent and crass Sulphur; it …
With rule
LEad is a gross dull MetallMetal, Procreated and Consistent of more impure Quicksilver, and more feculent and crass Sulphur; it …
William Fulke · Meteors · p. 171 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… Estate in this County, and greater in the Bishoprick of Durham. A Man of MetallMetal, indeed, and it had been never a whit the worse, if the quickness thereof …
With rule
… Estate in this County, and greater in the Bishoprick of Durham. A Man of MetallMetal, indeed, and it had been never a whit the worse, if the quickness thereof …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 223 · Open in the reader

A Philological Commentary A50063

Printed
If any Mine or MetallMetal be found in any ground, that alway pertaineth to the Lord of the soil …
With rule
If any Mine or MetallMetal be found in any ground, that alway pertaineth to the Lord of the soil …
Edward Leigh · A Philological Commentary · p. 230 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
MetallMetal, whereof the use is both profitable and common, as being part of the prey …
With rule
MetallMetal, whereof the use is both profitable and common, as being part of the prey …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 370 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… The proportion betwixt the complaint and ſatisfaction is more precious to him, then the MetallMetal. There was a publike confeſſion in this reſemblance, which is ſo pleaſing vnto God …
With rule
… The proportion betwixt the complaint and ſatisfaction is more precious to him, then the MetallMetal. There was a publike confeſſion in this reſemblance, which is ſo pleaſing vnto God …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1048 · Open in the reader

The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths A85733

Printed
… like Canon ſhot battering down the ſtrongeſt wals; like a burning fire trying the MetallMetal, making a ſeparation, all Doctrine without this is weake, like a withered reed; like …
With rule
… like Canon ſhot battering down the ſtrongeſt wals; like a burning fire trying the MetallMetal, making a ſeparation, all Doctrine without this is weake, like a withered reed; like …
Alexander Grosse · The Buddings and Blossomings of Old Truths · p. 188 · Open in the reader

A Voyage to East India A95658

Printed
… Armour, Breſt, Back, and Head-piece, with a Buckler all of Braſſe, his beloved MetallMetal, yet all this contented him not, for never any ſeemed to be more weary …
With rule
… Armour, Breſt, Back, and Head-piece, with a Buckler all of Braſſe, his beloved MetallMetal, yet all this contented him not, for never any ſeemed to be more weary …
Edward Terry · A Voyage to East India · p. 19 · Open in the reader