Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6872 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

illegallillegal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 695 times in 210 works
Consistency: 96.6% (695 of 719)
Reach if approved: ~755 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: illegal
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 719 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (695 changes in 210 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 695)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… fall upon them that are next hand. They indeed will not yeeld to ſuch illegallillegal things as others will; they think themſelves bound what lies in them to keep …
With rule
… fall upon them that are next hand. They indeed will not yeeld to ſuch illegallillegal things as others will; they think themſelves bound what lies in them to keep …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Glorious Name of God the Lord of Hosts Opened in Two Sermons · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or repining at the proceeding of any Superiour Court, makes not the Acts thereof illegallillegal; for, if it did, the Acts of Parliaments themselves would be reputed of no …
With rule
… or repining at the proceeding of any Superiour Court, makes not the Acts thereof illegallillegal; for, if it did, the Acts of Parliaments themselves would be reputed of no …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by my invitation or incouragement: I alwaies thought their reſorts in that ſort were illegallillegal and riotous: I have Voted with this Houſe for their ſuppresſing; have aſſented to …
With rule
… by my invitation or incouragement: I alwaies thought their reſorts in that ſort were illegallillegal and riotous: I have Voted with this Houſe for their ſuppresſing; have aſſented to …
Arthur Hesilrige · Speech in Parliament Clearing Himself of High Treason · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… We that are by the law of Creation much below him, and by the illegallillegal Law of Sin much againſt him, ſhould certainly ſhow our Humility, when he calls …
With rule
… We that are by the law of Creation much below him, and by the illegallillegal Law of Sin much againſt him, ſhould certainly ſhow our Humility, when he calls …
William Jenkyn · The Burning Yet Unconsumed Bush · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… imployed concerning this buſineſſe, in their diſputes about breach of priviledge of Parliament in illegallillegal accuſing the members thereof, in drawing a declaration to his Majeſtie concerning the ſame …
With rule
… imployed concerning this buſineſſe, in their diſputes about breach of priviledge of Parliament in illegallillegal accuſing the members thereof, in drawing a declaration to his Majeſtie concerning the ſame …
Edward Montagu · Speech by Lord Kimbolton Concerning Articles of High Treason · Open in the reader
Printed
Againe, how is the name of God prophaned by that illegallillegal extorted oath ex officio? by the battologies and tautologies, lenton curses, and adjurations of …
With rule
Againe, how is the name of God prophaned by that illegallillegal extorted oath ex officio? by the battologies and tautologies, lenton curses, and adjurations of …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 116 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dangerous and unjust that a Commander should be holden to answer for all the illegallillegal deeds done by his soldiers. 2. It is against common reason, the common Law, by …
With rule
… dangerous and unjust that a Commander should be holden to answer for all the illegallillegal deeds done by his soldiers. 2. It is against common reason, the common Law, by …
Archibald Argyll · Defenses Against the Grand Indictment of High Treason · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
I anſwer. Hence it follows, that my Oath was illegallillegal, and binds not in the Common Law; but yet it binds in point of …
With rule
I anſwer. Hence it follows, that my Oath was illegallillegal, and binds not in the Common Law; but yet it binds in point of …
Theophilus Brabourne · Defense of the Kings Authority and Supremacy in the Church · p. 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Vindication of the Ancient Liturgy of the Church of England A45474

Printed
… a long time offered up maliciouſly to the peoples hatred and fury, firſt as IllegallIllegal uſurpers, and adders to Law, then as Popiſhly affected, and the pattern of Queen …
With rule
… a long time offered up maliciouſly to the peoples hatred and fury, firſt as IllegallIllegal uſurpers, and adders to Law, then as Popiſhly affected, and the pattern of Queen …
Henry Hammond · Vindication of the Ancient Liturgy of the Church of England · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… of Commons he was releaſed without bayl, and his ſaid Impriſonment by them voted IllegallIllegal; there being all this while no proceedings againſt him, nor any crime objected to …
With rule
… of Commons he was releaſed without bayl, and his ſaid Impriſonment by them voted IllegallIllegal; there being all this while no proceedings againſt him, nor any crime objected to …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 387 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dr. Baſtwick: We reply, 1. That his hand was to all the Warrants for their IllegallIllegal commitments, croſe impriſenments before their cenſures. That the Books for which they were queſtioned …
With rule
… Dr. Baſtwick: We reply, 1. That his hand was to all the Warrants for their IllegallIllegal commitments, croſe impriſenments before their cenſures. That the Books for which they were queſtioned …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 496 · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 A56162

Printed
… Parliaments and Kingdomes, p. 14. to 26. my Legall Vindication of the Liberties of England, againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes &c. London 1649. and by the Records and Statutes cited in the enſuing Chapter …
With rule
… Parliaments and Kingdomes, p. 14. to 26. my Legall Vindication of the Liberties of England, againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes &c. London 1649. and by the Records and Statutes cited in the enſuing Chapter …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · p. 64 · Open in the reader

A Brief Register Calendar Part 1 A56164

Printed
… House of Peers in no cases ever exercised such an exorbitant, arbitrary, tyrannicall Jurisdiction, IllegallIllegal power in all kinds, as the Commons House, and every of their Committees and …
With rule
… House of Peers in no cases ever exercised such an exorbitant, arbitrary, tyrannicall Jurisdiction, IllegallIllegal power in all kinds, as the Commons House, and every of their Committees and …
William Prynne · A Brief Register Calendar Part 1 · p. 441 · Open in the reader

Legal Vindication of the Liberties of England Against Illegal Taxes 2 A56178

Printed
A Legall Uindication Of the Liberties of England, AGAINST ILLEGALLILLEGAL TAXES And pretended Acts of Parliament Lately enforced on the PEOPLE: OR, Reasons assigned …
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A Legall Uindication Of the Liberties of England, AGAINST ILLEGALLILLEGAL TAXES And pretended Acts of Parliament Lately enforced on the PEOPLE: OR, Reasons assigned …
William Prynne · Legal Vindication of the Liberties of England Against Illegal Taxes 2 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… before the D…legates, the finall Appeale for redresse must be to the Parliament. IllegallIllegal sentences in the (now exploded extravagant) Courts of Star-Chamber, or High Commission; Injuries …
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… before the D…legates, the finall Appeale for redresse must be to the Parliament. IllegallIllegal sentences in the (now exploded extravagant) Courts of Star-Chamber, or High Commission; Injuries …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon most commodities in that Realm, here lately Printed; which no man can deem IllegallIllegal in this case of absolute necessitie. But to come close home unto our selves …
With rule
… upon most commodities in that Realm, here lately Printed; which no man can deem IllegallIllegal in this case of absolute necessitie. But to come close home unto our selves …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Old Fundamental Liberties A56227

Printed
… and Kingdomes, p. 14. to 26. and my Legall Vindications of the Liberties of England againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes, &c. London 1649. and by the Records and Statutes cited in the enſuing Chapter …
With rule
… and Kingdomes, p. 14. to 26. and my Legall Vindications of the Liberties of England againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes, &c. London 1649. and by the Records and Statutes cited in the enſuing Chapter …
William Prynne · Vindication of Old Fundamental Liberties · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Lex Rex A57975

Printed
… goods at their pleasure; was that a power ordained of God? No, but an IllegallIllegal will, a Tyranny, but they might not resist: nay, but they cannot resist: for …
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… goods at their pleasure; was that a power ordained of God? No, but an IllegallIllegal will, a Tyranny, but they might not resist: nay, but they cannot resist: for …
Samuel Rutherford · Lex Rex · p. 279 · Open in the reader

Gangrena Part 3 A83515

Printed
… of their proceedings, they give ſuch kind of termes as theſe, Barbarous, Tyrannicall, Arbitrary, IllegallIllegal, unjuſt dealings, worſe then the unjuſt Statchamber it ſelfe, Inſolent unheard of uſurpations, intruſions …
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… of their proceedings, they give ſuch kind of termes as theſe, Barbarous, Tyrannicall, Arbitrary, IllegallIllegal, unjuſt dealings, worſe then the unjuſt Statchamber it ſelfe, Inſolent unheard of uſurpations, intruſions …
Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 202 · Open in the reader

The League Illegal A85184

Printed
THE League IllegallIllegal.
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THE League IllegallIllegal.
Daniel Featley · The League Illegal · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Ancient Parliaments Part 1 A91183

Printed
… the Lords, my Ardua Regni, and Legal vindication of the Liberties of England againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament, p. 5. 6. (which they who deſire preſent ſatisfaction may …
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… the Lords, my Ardua Regni, and Legal vindication of the Liberties of England againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament, p. 5. 6. (which they who deſire preſent ſatisfaction may …
William Prynne · Ancient Parliaments Part 1 · p. 31 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 A91185

Printed
… upon moſt commodities in that Realm, here lately Printed; which no man can deem IllegallIllegal in this caſe of abſolute neceſſitie. But to come cloſe home unto our ſelves …
With rule
… upon moſt commodities in that Realm, here lately Printed; which no man can deem IllegallIllegal in this caſe of abſolute neceſſitie. But to come cloſe home unto our ſelves …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments Part 4 · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Liar Confounded A91211

Printed
… to be warranted by both; not contrary to either, much leſſe to be utterly IllegallIllegal, Tyrannicall, Unjuſt, and deſtructive to the Subjects Liberties, as he ſcandalouſly reports them.
With rule
… to be warranted by both; not contrary to either, much leſſe to be utterly IllegallIllegal, Tyrannicall, Unjuſt, and deſtructive to the Subjects Liberties, as he ſcandalouſly reports them.
William Prynne · The Liar Confounded · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… behalfe; yet none ever deemed theſe ordinary proceedings of theirs, either Arbitrary, Tyrannicall, or IllegallIllegal, contrary to Magna Charta, or the Subjects Liberties, but moſt iuſt. And ſhall not …
With rule
… behalfe; yet none ever deemed theſe ordinary proceedings of theirs, either Arbitrary, Tyrannicall, or IllegallIllegal, contrary to Magna Charta, or the Subjects Liberties, but moſt iuſt. And ſhall not …
William Prynne · The Liar Confounded · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not to be examined upon his oath againſt himſelfe, nor yet in caſe of IllegallIllegal Loanes, the only thing complained of and provided againſt by the Petition of Right …
With rule
… not to be examined upon his oath againſt himſelfe, nor yet in caſe of IllegallIllegal Loanes, the only thing complained of and provided againſt by the Petition of Right …
William Prynne · The Liar Confounded · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Discovery of Free-State Tyranny A91227

Printed
… ent. Theſe Proceedings ſeem to me (who am conſcious of no guilt) very ſtrange, IllegallIllegal, rigorous, yea deſtructive, not only to mine own, but to all the Peoples Liberties …
With rule
… ent. Theſe Proceedings ſeem to me (who am conſcious of no guilt) very ſtrange, IllegallIllegal, rigorous, yea deſtructive, not only to mine own, but to all the Peoples Liberties …
William Prynne · Discovery of Free-State Tyranny · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to keep up a conſtant ſtanding Army in the three Kingdomes, to enforce theſe IllegallIllegal Taxes from them, and keep them under perpetuall Bondage to their arbitrary new illegallillegal …
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… to keep up a conſtant ſtanding Army in the three Kingdomes, to enforce theſe IllegallIllegal Taxes from them, and keep them under perpetuall Bondage to their arbitrary new illegallillegal …
William Prynne · Discovery of Free-State Tyranny · p. 68 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Old Fundamental Liberties 2 A91263

Printed
… and Kingdomes, p. 14. to 26. and my Legall Vindications of the Liberties of England againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes, &c. London 1649. and by the Records and Statutes cited in the enſuing Chapter …
With rule
… and Kingdomes, p. 14. to 26. and my Legall Vindications of the Liberties of England againſt IllegallIllegal Taxes, &c. London 1649. and by the Records and Statutes cited in the enſuing Chapter …
William Prynne · Vindication of Old Fundamental Liberties 2 · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists A91303

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… or before the Delegates, the finall Appeale for redreſſe muſt be to the Parliament. IllegallIllegal ſentences in the (now exploded extravagant) Courts of Star-Chamber, or High Commiſſion; Injuries …
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… or before the Delegates, the finall Appeale for redreſſe muſt be to the Parliament. IllegallIllegal ſentences in the (now exploded extravagant) Courts of Star-Chamber, or High Commiſſion; Injuries …
William Prynne · The Treachery and Disloyalty of Papists · p. 32 · Open in the reader

Treatise of Civil Policy A92147

Printed
… goods at their pleaſure; was that a power ordained of God? No, but an IllegallIllegal will, a Tyranny, but they might not reſiſt: nay, but they cannot reſiſt: for …
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… goods at their pleaſure; was that a power ordained of God? No, but an IllegallIllegal will, a Tyranny, but they might not reſiſt: nay, but they cannot reſiſt: for …
Samuel Rutherford · Treatise of Civil Policy · p. 279 · Open in the reader