Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7347 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saphiresapphire

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 176 times in 100 works
Consistency: 89.3% (176 of 197)
Reach if approved: ~207 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 197 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (176 changes in 100 works, 89.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 176)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Moſt of the Iewes hold, that the Law was written by God in a SaphireSapphire. And Epiphanius is of this mind in his treatiſe of the twelve pretious ſtones …
With rule
Moſt of the Iewes hold, that the Law was written by God in a SaphireSapphire. And Epiphanius is of this mind in his treatiſe of the twelve pretious ſtones …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Truth] The firſt is that which was ingrauen in a SaphireSapphire ſtone, and hanged about the necke of the Egyptian Iudges in a collar. foreign, Truth …
With rule
1. Truth] The firſt is that which was ingrauen in a SaphireSapphire ſtone, and hanged about the necke of the Egyptian Iudges in a collar. foreign, Truth …
John Davenport · A Royal Edict for Military Exercises · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purer then milke, more ruddy in body then Rubyes, their poll…ſhing was of SaphireSapphire: that is they were the moſt beautifull perſons in the ſight of God of …
With rule
… purer then milke, more ruddy in body then Rubyes, their poll…ſhing was of SaphireSapphire: that is they were the moſt beautifull perſons in the ſight of God of …
Charles Chauncey · Gods Mercy Showed to His People · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
their polishing was of saphiresapphire] Or, as the polishing of saphiresapphire. as Isai. 5. 29. & 13. 8. See Exod. 24. 10.
With rule
their polishing was of saphiresapphire] Or, as the polishing of saphiresapphire. as Isai. 5. 29. & 13. 8. See Exod. 24. 10.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon their Heads. Oh what a glittering ſhew will ſtand round about the Celeſtial SaphireSapphire Throne! Whenas one Angel in his magnificent pomp and ſplendour were enough to extinguiſh …
With rule
… upon their Heads. Oh what a glittering ſhew will ſtand round about the Celeſtial SaphireSapphire Throne! Whenas one Angel in his magnificent pomp and ſplendour were enough to extinguiſh …
Samuel Lee · The Triumph of Mercy in the Chariot of Praise · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nazarites purer than Snow, whiter than Milk, more ruddy than Rubies, their poliſhing of SaphireSapphire; their Viſage made as black as a Coal by you, they are not known …
With rule
… Nazarites purer than Snow, whiter than Milk, more ruddy than Rubies, their poliſhing of SaphireSapphire; their Viſage made as black as a Coal by you, they are not known …
Robert Porter · The Life of Mr John Hieron · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… glorious house, a City of golde to entertaine vs; whose foundation is Iasper and SaphireSapphire, and such precious stone; the least of them richer then ten Escurials, 3. His Ioynture …
With rule
… glorious house, a City of golde to entertaine vs; whose foundation is Iasper and SaphireSapphire, and such precious stone; the least of them richer then ten Escurials, 3. His Ioynture …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
The SaphireSapphire, ſay ſome, is like the pure skie, with ſome ſtreams of little clouds transfuſed …
With rule
The SaphireSapphire, ſay ſome, is like the pure skie, with ſome ſtreams of little clouds transfuſed …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 529 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Poems A50938

Printed
Ay ſung before the ſaphiresapphire-colour'd throne
With rule
Ay ſung before the ſaphiresapphire-colour'd throne
John Milton · Poems · p. 26 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

Printed
… Letters in a paper within, which appear through the ſame; ſo under the blew ſaphiresapphire of the Firmament, is ſpread a ſheet of royal Paper written all over with …
With rule
… Letters in a paper within, which appear through the ſame; ſo under the blew ſaphiresapphire of the Firmament, is ſpread a ſheet of royal Paper written all over with …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 621 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

Printed
There appeared ever them as it were a ſaphiresapphire-ſtone] i. e. Jehovah in his glory.
With rule
There appeared ever them as it were a ſaphiresapphire-ſtone] i. e. Jehovah in his glory.
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 416 · Open in the reader

Poems 2 A89149

Printed
Ay ſung before the ſaphiresapphire-colour'd throne
With rule
Ay ſung before the ſaphiresapphire-colour'd throne
John Milton · Poems 2 · p. 22 · Open in the reader