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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6909 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saphiressapphires

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
216 times in 131 works
Consistency
93.5% (216 of 231)
Reach if approved
~243 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
231 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (216 changes in 131 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 216)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Gold Rings ſet with the Beryl; his Belly is as bright Ivory overlaid with SaphiresSapphires; his Legs are as pillars of Marble, ſet upon ſockets of fine Gold; his …
    With rule
    … Gold Rings ſet with the Beryl; his Belly is as bright Ivory overlaid with SaphiresSapphires; his Legs are as pillars of Marble, ſet upon ſockets of fine Gold; his …

    Tobias Ellis · The Kingdom of God Opened · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … as here, man finds out bread above ground, and materials of Fire, Gold, and SaphiresSapphires, and other precious things under ground. Which ſhould teach us to improve our various …
    With rule
    … as here, man finds out bread above ground, and materials of Fire, Gold, and SaphiresSapphires, and other precious things under ground. Which ſhould teach us to improve our various …

    George Hutcheson · Exposition of Job · p. 364 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Like SaphiresSapphires, or the sparkling Diamond,
    With rule
    Like SaphiresSapphires, or the sparkling Diamond,

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … some lesse: it hath aboue 300 Emeraldes, Rubies the greatest in the world; aboue fifty SaphiresSapphires, Turqueses, Balazes, Amethists, Ipinels, Topazes, Iacinths, Crysolites, and all other kinds. Nature heere playing …
    With rule
    … some lesse: it hath aboue 300 Emeraldes, Rubies the greatest in the world; aboue fifty SaphiresSapphires, Turqueses, Balazes, Amethists, Ipinels, Topazes, Iacinths, Crysolites, and all other kinds. Nature heere playing …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 566 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … gold rings set with the Berill; and with a bright Bellie ouer laid with SaphiresSapphires.
    With rule
    … gold rings set with the Berill; and with a bright Bellie ouer laid with SaphiresSapphires.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 622 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſayth it hath the brightneſſe of Iuory, and it is ouerlayd or beſet with SaphiresSapphires (that is) moſte comely and moſte conueniently arayed. Hauing all pure affections. As for …
    With rule
    … ſayth it hath the brightneſſe of Iuory, and it is ouerlayd or beſet with SaphiresSapphires (that is) moſte comely and moſte conueniently arayed. Hauing all pure affections. As for …

    Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 157 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … behold, I will lay thy ſtones with faire colours, and lay the foundations with SaphiresSapphires, &c. And when bloudy oppreſſours prevail and proſper, we may thus plead with our …
    With rule
    … behold, I will lay thy ſtones with faire colours, and lay the foundations with SaphiresSapphires, &c. And when bloudy oppreſſours prevail and proſper, we may thus plead with our …

    John Ball · A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … pay six Kings Ransomes. There are Jewels of all sorts, and sizes, Diamonds, Rubies, SaphiresSapphires, Emerauds, Cups of Agate of an huge bignesse. The great Diamond which Henry the …
    With rule
    … pay six Kings Ransomes. There are Jewels of all sorts, and sizes, Diamonds, Rubies, SaphiresSapphires, Emerauds, Cups of Agate of an huge bignesse. The great Diamond which Henry the …

    Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 626 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

  • Printed
    Next these, a wall built all of saphiressapphires shining,
    With rule
    Next these, a wall built all of saphiressapphires shining,

    Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 50 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Temple and City in Ezekiel Unfolded A23677

  • Printed
    … Ezek. 36. ult. I will lay thy ſtones with fair colours, and thy foundations with ſaphiressapphires; I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all …
    With rule
    … Ezek. 36. ult. I will lay thy ſtones with fair colours, and thy foundations with ſaphiressapphires; I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all …

    William Alleine · The Mystery of the Temple and City in Ezekiel Unfolded · p. 231 · Open in the reader

The Excellency of Christ A46734

  • Printed
    … gold-rings ſet with the Beryll; his belly is as bright yvory overlaid with ſaphiressapphires; his legs are as pillars of marble ſet upon ſockets of fine gold; his …
    With rule
    … gold-rings ſet with the Beryll; his belly is as bright yvory overlaid with ſaphiressapphires; his legs are as pillars of marble ſet upon ſockets of fine gold; his …

    Christopher Jelinger · The Excellency of Christ · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Usefulness and Excellency of Christ A46739

  • Printed
    … gold-rings set with the Beryll; his belly is as bright yvory overlaid with saphiressapphires; his legs are as pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold; his …
    With rule
    … gold-rings set with the Beryll; his belly is as bright yvory overlaid with saphiressapphires; his legs are as pillars of marble set upon sockets of fine gold; his …

    Christopher Jelinger · The Usefulness and Excellency of Christ · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Letters in Two Parts A57970

  • Printed
    … not, put on strength, put on your beautifull garments, Isa. 52: 1. Your foundation shall be saphiressapphires, Isa. 54: 11, 12. Your windows & gates precious stones. Look over the water & behold & see who is …
    With rule
    … not, put on strength, put on your beautifull garments, Isa. 52: 1. Your foundation shall be saphiressapphires, Isa. 54: 11, 12. Your windows & gates precious stones. Look over the water & behold & see who is …

    Samuel Rutherford · Letters in Two Parts · p. 479 · Open in the reader

The Types Unveiled A67067

  • Printed
    … behold, I will lay thy ſtones with fair colours, and lay thy foundation with ſaphiressapphires, I will make thy windows of agats, thy gates of carbuncles, and all …hy …
    With rule
    … behold, I will lay thy ſtones with fair colours, and lay thy foundation with ſaphiressapphires, I will make thy windows of agats, thy gates of carbuncles, and all …hy …

    Thomas Worden · The Types Unveiled · p. 114 · Open in the reader