Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7413 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wellcomewelcome

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 147 times in 118 works
Consistency: 93.6% (147 of 157)
Reach if approved: ~165 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: welcome
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 157 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (147 changes in 118 works, 93.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 147)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for the Pearle of great price; I say, such an One may come, and wellcomewelcome, and that without bidding, and drinke his fill of the Rivers of all spirituall …
With rule
… for the Pearle of great price; I say, such an One may come, and wellcomewelcome, and that without bidding, and drinke his fill of the Rivers of all spirituall …
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 410 · Open in the reader
Printed
… peace, Luke 2. 29. and saith, with Iacob, I when his old heart revived at the wellcomewelcome tydings, It is enough… Gen. 45. 28. When he sees he hath a God in Covenant …
With rule
… peace, Luke 2. 29. and saith, with Iacob, I when his old heart revived at the wellcomewelcome tydings, It is enough… Gen. 45. 28. When he sees he hath a God in Covenant …
Joseph Alleine · An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God, we have had our conversation in the world. If a man be wellcomewelcome into his conscience, he need not fear the stormes and blusters that he meets …
With rule
… of God, we have had our conversation in the world. If a man be wellcomewelcome into his conscience, he need not fear the stormes and blusters that he meets …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Twenty-Two Eminent English Divines · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by ſomething more like Divinity then Newgate, where any Meſſage from you ſhall be wellcomewelcome to
With rule
… by ſomething more like Divinity then Newgate, where any Meſſage from you ſhall be wellcomewelcome to
Thomas De Laune · Two Letters to Dr Benjamin Calamy · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neck. Oh then, Come with Tractable, Teachable Hearts to the Word, and bidd reproofes wellcomewelcome, for they are the way of Life, Proverbs 6.23.
With rule
… neck. Oh then, Come with Tractable, Teachable Hearts to the Word, and bidd reproofes wellcomewelcome, for they are the way of Life, Proverbs 6.23.
Thomas Hall · A Practical and Polemical Commentary Upon 2 Timothy 3-4 · p. 360 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after this Death, cold calam…y and baniſhment, would be ſo much the more wellcomewelcome, and he the more dear unto God, after Victory; therefore God, who cannot hate …
With rule
… after this Death, cold calam…y and baniſhment, would be ſo much the more wellcomewelcome, and he the more dear unto God, after Victory; therefore God, who cannot hate …
Thomas Mall · Truth Held Forth and Maintained · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But how shall hee be receaued? What Royall preparation shallbe made for his ioyfull wellcomewelcome. Runne a good race for sooth, not with armed horse, but with a prepared …
With rule
… But how shall hee be receaued? What Royall preparation shallbe made for his ioyfull wellcomewelcome. Runne a good race for sooth, not with armed horse, but with a prepared …
John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · Open in the reader
Printed
… speciall friend of his desired to see vs, comming from him they should be wellcomewelcome; and to the end wee might know them from others, our Governour had sent …
With rule
… speciall friend of his desired to see vs, comming from him they should be wellcomewelcome; and to the end wee might know them from others, our Governour had sent …
William Bradford · Journal of the Beginning of the English Plantation at Plymouth · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

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

Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber A05581

Printed
… him. His wife being brought to him, behaved herſelf very graciouſly towards him, ſaying: WellcomeWelcome Sweet heart, wellcomewelcome home. He was often heard to repeate theſe words:
With rule
… him. His wife being brought to him, behaved herſelf very graciouſly towards him, ſaying: WellcomeWelcome Sweet heart, wellcomewelcome home. He was often heard to repeate theſe words:
John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Sermon at Funeral of John Bigg A37260

Printed
… innumerable Company above in this full Aſſurance, that I ſhall not be found naked. WellcomeWelcome Death, to diſſolve and pull down this earthly Houſe of my Tabernacle, that ſo …
With rule
… innumerable Company above in this full Aſſurance, that I ſhall not be found naked. WellcomeWelcome Death, to diſſolve and pull down this earthly Houſe of my Tabernacle, that ſo …
Richard Davis · Sermon at Funeral of John Bigg · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Houſe, not made with Hands, the Building of God, eternal in the Heavens, 2 Cor. 5.2. WellcomeWelcome ſweet Meſſenger, that comeſt to fetch me home from this mad, confuſed, wicked, raging …
With rule
… Houſe, not made with Hands, the Building of God, eternal in the Heavens, 2 Cor. 5.2. WellcomeWelcome ſweet Meſſenger, that comeſt to fetch me home from this mad, confuſed, wicked, raging …
Richard Davis · Sermon at Funeral of John Bigg · p. 13 · Open in the reader

Instructions About Right Believing A75538

Printed
… ſinne not any longer! but boldly venture thy ſelfe on Chriſt; feare not thy WellcomeWelcome, or being permitted to apply Chriſt, the free generall Pardon is given out; & ſue …
With rule
… ſinne not any longer! but boldly venture thy ſelfe on Chriſt; feare not thy WellcomeWelcome, or being permitted to apply Chriſt, the free generall Pardon is given out; & ſue …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch a Sinner as thou ſhalt not be accepted, for any that come are WellcomeWelcome; Labour thou thē to Beleeve: and know that on theſe Tearmes, Perfect Happynes, is …
With rule
… ſuch a Sinner as thou ſhalt not be accepted, for any that come are WellcomeWelcome; Labour thou thē to Beleeve: and know that on theſe Tearmes, Perfect Happynes, is …
Henry Archer · Instructions About Right Believing · p. 73 · Open in the reader

The Floating Island A94057

Printed
WellcomeWelcome and bold I'le be.—
With rule
WellcomeWelcome and bold I'le be.—
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader