Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7295 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mildnesmildness

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 79 works
Consistency: 96.6% (116 of 120)
Reach if approved: ~126 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mildness
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 120 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 79 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the land. Albeit that euen then when he gaue this glamse of sinceritie and mildnesmildness, there were some you knowe that stood in contention with vs about him, in …
With rule
… the land. Albeit that euen then when he gaue this glamse of sinceritie and mildnesmildness, there were some you knowe that stood in contention with vs about him, in …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… how fleſh and blood did in theſe writings ouer-ſway the Chriſtian moderation and mildnesmildness, which brethren ſhuld haue ben verie careful of, in contending for trueth, by the …
With rule
… how fleſh and blood did in theſe writings ouer-ſway the Chriſtian moderation and mildnesmildness, which brethren ſhuld haue ben verie careful of, in contending for trueth, by the …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whereby we are made able, and fit to liue euen with bad perſons: Which mildnesmildness teacheth vs, to beare much and ſuffer farre, rather then to bee angrie in …
With rule
… whereby we are made able, and fit to liue euen with bad perſons: Which mildnesmildness teacheth vs, to beare much and ſuffer farre, rather then to bee angrie in …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to gliſter & ſhine more brightly, while it ſhewed more manifeſtly his vnſpeakeable loue, patience, mildnesmildness, and liberality. When as euen the ſelfe ſame night, wherein he was betraid, he …
With rule
… to gliſter & ſhine more brightly, while it ſhewed more manifeſtly his vnſpeakeable loue, patience, mildnesmildness, and liberality. When as euen the ſelfe ſame night, wherein he was betraid, he …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thinke that hee which a little before iustlie commended his Maiestie for exceeding clemencie, mildnesmildness, louingnes and affablenes, should now challenge him for persecuting heauily the sincere professors of …
With rule
… thinke that hee which a little before iustlie commended his Maiestie for exceeding clemencie, mildnesmildness, louingnes and affablenes, should now challenge him for persecuting heauily the sincere professors of …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bulls that will not be tamed but by the fierceſt Maſtiues, and vpon whom mildnesmildness will worke no other effect, but ſcorne and contempt of him that is ſo …
With rule
… bulls that will not be tamed but by the fierceſt Maſtiues, and vpon whom mildnesmildness will worke no other effect, but ſcorne and contempt of him that is ſo …
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 491 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may voluntarily / and off his owne head / reach owt his hand for more. The mildnesmildness off Chriſt hindreth not his iuſtice / not onely againſt the vnfaithfull ſeruāt / which hideth …
With rule
… may voluntarily / and off his owne head / reach owt his hand for more. The mildnesmildness off Chriſt hindreth not his iuſtice / not onely againſt the vnfaithfull ſeruāt / which hideth …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCCXXXIX · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſtians ſpirit bee vp, when Gods glory is defaced. In our owne priuate iniuries mildnesmildness is good, but in Gods cauſe, patience is blockiſhneſſe, moderation is mopiſhneſſe, toleration is …
With rule
… Chriſtians ſpirit bee vp, when Gods glory is defaced. In our owne priuate iniuries mildnesmildness is good, but in Gods cauſe, patience is blockiſhneſſe, moderation is mopiſhneſſe, toleration is …
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises 2 · p. 346 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments A16615

Printed
… by any gentle and humble petitions, will yee Prelats come to any brotherly peace. MildnesMildness doth as much provoke you as bitternes. M. Nichols of Kent, writyng moſt mildly …
With rule
… by any gentle and humble petitions, will yee Prelats come to any brotherly peace. MildnesMildness doth as much provoke you as bitternes. M. Nichols of Kent, writyng moſt mildly …
William Bradshaw · A Mild and Just Defense of Certain Arguments · p. 77 · Open in the reader