Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6727 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

worsseworse

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 137 times in 59 works
Consistency: 99.2% (137 of 138)
Reach if approved: ~145 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: worse
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 138 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (137 changes in 59 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 137)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of God, as appeareth by this his ſpeache is moſt pernicious, neither thinketh he worſſeworse of Turks and infidels, then hee doeth of all Chriſtians that receiue not his …
With rule
… of God, as appeareth by this his ſpeache is moſt pernicious, neither thinketh he worſſeworse of Turks and infidels, then hee doeth of all Chriſtians that receiue not his …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… what periury was in Englād by that swearynge, I thyncke thys Realme fareth the worsseworse yet for that periury. For doutles many one wyllynglye and wyttyngly for swere thē …
With rule
… what periury was in Englād by that swearynge, I thyncke thys Realme fareth the worsseworse yet for that periury. For doutles many one wyllynglye and wyttyngly for swere thē …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but God sitteth aboue in heauen, and thynketh happly otherwyse) to make y^e matter worsseworse. For because it had been an hastye worcke to haue chaunged all thynges at …
With rule
… but God sitteth aboue in heauen, and thynketh happly otherwyse) to make y^e matter worsseworse. For because it had been an hastye worcke to haue chaunged all thynges at …
Philipp Melanchthon · A Weighing and Considering of the Interim · Open in the reader
Printed
… it still, and vse it not, for euerye thinge as you knowe is the worsseworse for the wearinge. Thou sayest euen truth (q…od he) for that is the …
With rule
… it still, and vse it not, for euerye thinge as you knowe is the worsseworse for the wearinge. Thou sayest euen truth (q…od he) for that is the …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſee in effecte y^t certaine where as they ſhould be amended are become rather worſſeworse. The reſidue kepe ſtyll their olde courſe, at the leaſt a man can perceiue …
With rule
… ſee in effecte y^t certaine where as they ſhould be amended are become rather worſſeworse. The reſidue kepe ſtyll their olde courſe, at the leaſt a man can perceiue …
John Calvin · An Admonition Against Astrology · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, that we deale with him after the manner of men: and which is worſſeworse, wee will altogither go beyonde him, & we will bleare his eyes: and we wil …
With rule
… is, that we deale with him after the manner of men: and which is worſſeworse, wee will altogither go beyonde him, & we will bleare his eyes: and we wil …
John Calvin · Thirteen Sermons on Free Election in Jacob and Reprobation in Esau · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
In worſſeworse degrée
With rule
In worſſeworse degrée
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader
Printed
… attrybuted to Sylueſter Pope) theyr natiuitie dyd begin at Conſtanſtine. But there is yet worſſeworse, then in ſo long a tyme, and in ſo many Counſels, & ſo many bookes …
With rule
… attrybuted to Sylueſter Pope) theyr natiuitie dyd begin at Conſtanſtine. But there is yet worſſeworse, then in ſo long a tyme, and in ſo many Counſels, & ſo many bookes …
Theodore Beza · Sum of the Christian Faith · 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.

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

Printed
WorſſeWorse then nothynge?
With rule
WorſſeWorse then nothynge?
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader