Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8326 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

assoyleassoil

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 78 times in 49 works
Consistency: 98.7% (78 of 79)
Reach if approved: ~83 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: assoil
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 79 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (78 changes in 49 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… well to cleanſe from the foyle and filth of ſin, as to cleare and aſſoyleassoil from the guilt of ſin. God hath choſen us in Chriſt before the foundation …
With rule
… well to cleanſe from the foyle and filth of ſin, as to cleare and aſſoyleassoil from the guilt of ſin. God hath choſen us in Chriſt before the foundation …
Richard Younge · Sin Stigmatized · p. 562 · Open in the reader
Printed
§ aſſoyleassoil, excuſe, cléere.
With rule
§ aſſoyleassoil, excuſe, cléere.
Robert Cawdrey · Hard English Words Borrowed from Hebrew Greek Latin or French etc · Open in the reader
Printed
William de Weston, you tooke upon you from the most puissant Prince, whom God assoyleassoil, Sir Edward late King of England, Grand-father of our Lord the King that …
With rule
William de Weston, you tooke upon you from the most puissant Prince, whom God assoyleassoil, Sir Edward late King of England, Grand-father of our Lord the King that …
William Prynne · The Doom of Cowardice · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Nor any thing can thee aſſoyleassoil,
With rule
2. Nor any thing can thee aſſoyleassoil,
Henry Jeanes · Uniformity in Human Doctrinal Ceremonies · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ which is farre better. To assoyleassoil this doubt, we must distinguish first quomodo in what respect, or how; secondly, quare …
With rule
… desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ which is farre better. To assoyleassoil this doubt, we must distinguish first quomodo in what respect, or how; secondly, quare …
Humphrey Lynde · A Case for the Spectacles · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
What our fathers do, to assoyleassoil them of transgressyon
With rule
What our fathers do, to assoyleassoil them of transgressyon
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
Nor any thing can thee aſſoyleassoil,
With rule
Nor any thing can thee aſſoyleassoil,
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would not bee loued of him, though it do not loue him? VVho can aſſoyleassoil this riddle? VVe would haue Chriſt our bridegroome, and yet we will not be …
With rule
… would not bee loued of him, though it do not loue him? VVho can aſſoyleassoil this riddle? VVe would haue Chriſt our bridegroome, and yet we will not be …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 283 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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