Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6791 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shamefastnesshamefastness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 114 times in 78 works
Consistency: 96.6% (114 of 118)
Reach if approved: ~124 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shamefastness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 118 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (114 changes in 78 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 114)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it monſtrouſly. Particularly, let women learne of the Shunamite, 2. King. 4. that comely modeſtie and ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness which is fitter for their ſexe, then that boldnes and lightnes, which the moſt …
With rule
… it monſtrouſly. Particularly, let women learne of the Shunamite, 2. King. 4. that comely modeſtie and ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness which is fitter for their ſexe, then that boldnes and lightnes, which the moſt …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 622 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for his purpoſe, to make that note in the margent: but ſurely modeſtie and ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness neuer aduyſed him, to ſet ſo direct an vntrueth ſo hye in his booke …
With rule
… for his purpoſe, to make that note in the margent: but ſurely modeſtie and ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness neuer aduyſed him, to ſet ſo direct an vntrueth ſo hye in his booke …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sepulchre, quia vsus scelerum, verecundiam sustulit, their custome in sinne hath taken away all shamefastnesshamefastness and modestie, they are impudent in their sinne. Origen. 4. and as an open graue …
With rule
… sepulchre, quia vsus scelerum, verecundiam sustulit, their custome in sinne hath taken away all shamefastnesshamefastness and modestie, they are impudent in their sinne. Origen. 4. and as an open graue …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Romans · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and geueth vp innocent Daniel to their cruelty. There was alſo in him a ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness which I haue ſpoken of, y^t he would not ſéeme vnaduiſed or vnconſtāt which …
With rule
… and geueth vp innocent Daniel to their cruelty. There was alſo in him a ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness which I haue ſpoken of, y^t he would not ſéeme vnaduiſed or vnconſtāt which …
John Calvin · Commentary on Daniel · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… should know thē. Thy blessed seruant August confesses, that hee was ashamed of his shamefastnesshamefastness, and tendernesse of Conscience, and that he often be lied himself with sinnes, which …
With rule
… should know thē. Thy blessed seruant August confesses, that hee was ashamed of his shamefastnesshamefastness, and tendernesse of Conscience, and that he often be lied himself with sinnes, which …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will hardlie be induced to beleeve, or that a man of any sense or shamefastnesshamefastness will bewray himselfe to be so ridiculous a jangler. Wherein yet he should not …
With rule
… will hardlie be induced to beleeve, or that a man of any sense or shamefastnesshamefastness will bewray himselfe to be so ridiculous a jangler. Wherein yet he should not …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… apparell, and Zephan… 1.8. ſtrange raiment: when it is not made according to temperance and ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness, which is the Apoſtles faſhion, 1. Pet. 3.3. but according to euery new faſhion that comes …
With rule
… apparell, and Zephan… 1.8. ſtrange raiment: when it is not made according to temperance and ſhamefaſtnesshamefastness, which is the Apoſtles faſhion, 1. Pet. 3.3. but according to euery new faſhion that comes …
Robert Horne · Of the Rich Man and Lazarus · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… weake flesh, which doth the common offices and duties of nature (with reuerence and shamefastnesshamefastness be it spoken, for so I am compelled to speake because of the blasphemous …
With rule
… weake flesh, which doth the common offices and duties of nature (with reuerence and shamefastnesshamefastness be it spoken, for so I am compelled to speake because of the blasphemous …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 179 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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 Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
… is withall forbidden. The vertues of the ſeuenth commaundement are in number three, Chaſtitie, ShamefastnesShamefastness, Temperancy.
With rule
… is withall forbidden. The vertues of the ſeuenth commaundement are in number three, Chaſtitie, ShamefastnesShamefastness, Temperancy.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
ShamefaſtnesShamefastness, is a vertue abhorring all filthineſſe, ioined with a ſhame, griefe, & ſadnes, either for …
With rule
ShamefaſtnesShamefastness, is a vertue abhorring all filthineſſe, ioined with a ſhame, griefe, & ſadnes, either for …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely vncleannes it ſelfe, but alſo the occaſions, and tokens, and ſignes of vncleannes. ShamefaſtnesShamefastness is required vnto chaſtitie, as a furtheraunce and cauſe of chaſtitie; and alſo as …
With rule
… onely vncleannes it ſelfe, but alſo the occaſions, and tokens, and ſignes of vncleannes. ShamefaſtnesShamefastness is required vnto chaſtitie, as a furtheraunce and cauſe of chaſtitie; and alſo as …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
… whatsoever belongeth unto chastitie, is prescribed and commanded: as these three vertues principally: 1. Chastitie. 2. ShamefastnesShamefastness. 3. Temperance. The contrarie unto which vertues likewise are forbidden.
With rule
… whatsoever belongeth unto chastitie, is prescribed and commanded: as these three vertues principally: 1. Chastitie. 2. ShamefastnesShamefastness. 3. Temperance. The contrarie unto which vertues likewise are forbidden.
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 339 · Open in the reader