Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7337 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rascallrascal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 136 times in 85 works
Consistency: 86.0% (136 of 158)
Reach if approved: ~166 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: rascal
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 158 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (136 changes in 85 works, 86.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 136)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… quiet, joyned themselves with Albinus his party. Each of them had a troop of rascallrascal people about him, and Albinus himself vvas over them all as a Tyrant and …
With rule
… quiet, joyned themselves with Albinus his party. Each of them had a troop of rascallrascal people about him, and Albinus himself vvas over them all as a Tyrant and …
James Ussher · The Annals of the World · p. 895 · Open in the reader
Printed
… harpers, fidlers, players, ieasters, iuglers, ruffians, bawdes, harlots and Sodomites, with all kinde of rascallrascal people. The Papistes conceyued a great hope that this Iulius woulde reforme Religion & clergye …
With rule
… harpers, fidlers, players, ieasters, iuglers, ruffians, bawdes, harlots and Sodomites, with all kinde of rascallrascal people. The Papistes conceyued a great hope that this Iulius woulde reforme Religion & clergye …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Doe any of the Pharisies or chiefe Rulers beleeue in him, saue onely this rascallrascal people which know not the Lawe, who be accursed? Here I might alledge Simeon …
With rule
… Doe any of the Pharisies or chiefe Rulers beleeue in him, saue onely this rascallrascal people which know not the Lawe, who be accursed? Here I might alledge Simeon …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 572 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they lead him to one of their chiefe Cities, and put him among their raſcallrascal priſoners, and made him grinde there as an horſe. All theſe with their apurtenances …
With rule
… they lead him to one of their chiefe Cities, and put him among their raſcallrascal priſoners, and made him grinde there as an horſe. All theſe with their apurtenances …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 765 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wyl pay money excepte they know why. Now it is not expedyēt that euery rascallrascal / shulde know the secretes of the very true cause, for many cōsyderacyons. And therfore …
With rule
… wyl pay money excepte they know why. Now it is not expedyēt that euery rascallrascal / shulde know the secretes of the very true cause, for many cōsyderacyons. And therfore …
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader
Printed
… lawfull worſhip, refuſing alſo the Leuites, hée made him prieſtes of the dregges and raſcallrascal ſort of people, hée built himſelf new temples, which hée decked, nay rather diſgraced …
With rule
… lawfull worſhip, refuſing alſo the Leuites, hée made him prieſtes of the dregges and raſcallrascal ſort of people, hée built himſelf new temples, which hée decked, nay rather diſgraced …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the godly, if ſometimes the baſe refuſes of the people, the moſt dunghilly, and raſcallrascal rake-hels, the ſcumme of the earth, viler then the earth, riſe vp againſt …
With rule
… the godly, if ſometimes the baſe refuſes of the people, the moſt dunghilly, and raſcallrascal rake-hels, the ſcumme of the earth, viler then the earth, riſe vp againſt …
Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises 2 · p. 344 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all poſſible rage ſet upon me. For though ſome would have it, that the raſcallrascal crue of Davids and Chriſts enemies are here called dogs, to wit, the ſouldiers …
With rule
… all poſſible rage ſet upon me. For though ſome would have it, that the raſcallrascal crue of Davids and Chriſts enemies are here called dogs, to wit, the ſouldiers …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon the Books of Poetry · p. 370 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
A very cheating RascallRascal: or, tha… I
With rule
A very cheating RascallRascal: or, tha… I
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 188 · Open in the reader

Withers Motto A15662

Printed
To scorne the RascallRascal humors, of the vaine
With rule
To scorne the RascallRascal humors, of the vaine
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader
Printed
To keepe my hand, from such base RascallRascal stuffe,
With rule
To keepe my hand, from such base RascallRascal stuffe,
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven A20202

Printed
… the children of villaines, which were more vile then the earth; For now euery RaſcallRascal dares ſcoffe and ſcorne at the moſt graue and ancient Fathers and Paſtors of …
With rule
… the children of villaines, which were more vile then the earth; For now euery RaſcallRascal dares ſcoffe and ſcorne at the moſt graue and ancient Fathers and Paſtors of …
Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · p. 127 · Open in the reader

Fourteen Sermons A61882

Printed
… Puritanes? The name, I know, is sometimes fastened upon those that deserve it not; RascallRascal people will call any man that beareth but the face of honesty, a Puritane …
With rule
… Puritanes? The name, I know, is sometimes fastened upon those that deserve it not; RascallRascal people will call any man that beareth but the face of honesty, a Puritane …
Robert Sanderson · Fourteen Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Grand Trial of True Conversion A76748

Printed
… of an upright man, but I fear thou art a white Divell. O thieviſh RaſcallRascal, thou haſt never a true finger on thy hand, (except it be thy thumb …
With rule
… of an upright man, but I fear thou art a white Divell. O thieviſh RaſcallRascal, thou haſt never a true finger on thy hand, (except it be thy thumb …
John Bisco · The Grand Trial of True Conversion · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a ſhitten clout or a ſodden ſhéeps head. This Trappan is an errant pollitick RaſcallRascal, let al men defie him, as they do the Divel. for if he catches …
With rule
… a ſhitten clout or a ſodden ſhéeps head. This Trappan is an errant pollitick RaſcallRascal, let al men defie him, as they do the Divel. for if he catches …
John Bisco · The Grand Trial of True Conversion · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Poor Mans Case A80410

Printed
… laſt bread and die, for there is no more corn to be had, this RaſcallRascal that hath a Devill in his belly, that devoures as much ſtrong drink as …
With rule
… laſt bread and die, for there is no more corn to be had, this RaſcallRascal that hath a Devill in his belly, that devoures as much ſtrong drink as …
John Cook · The Poor Mans Case · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Gangrena Part 3 A83515

Printed
… that ſome of the Sectarian Souldiers ſpeaking of the Remonſtrance, called my Lord Major RaſcallRascal; and for thoſe who had a hand in the Remonſtrance, they hoped ere long …
With rule
… that ſome of the Sectarian Souldiers ſpeaking of the Remonſtrance, called my Lord Major RaſcallRascal; and for thoſe who had a hand in the Remonſtrance, they hoped ere long …
Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 25 · Open in the reader