Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8540 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

recoylerecoil

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

Puritas changed it: 94 times in 75 works
Consistency: 100% (94 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: recoil
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (94 changes in 75 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 94)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of joye: O Lord, let not the Spirit of Grace in this new birth recoylerecoil, as once Zarah in Thamars wombe. Seeing God hath furnished me with a new …
With rule
… of joye: O Lord, let not the Spirit of Grace in this new birth recoylerecoil, as once Zarah in Thamars wombe. Seeing God hath furnished me with a new …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 913 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſte that you haue tolde vs of, and we haue viewed and ſéene. The recoylerecoil of them hath hurte you much more then the ſhott hath anoyeo vs. Nowe …
With rule
… reſte that you haue tolde vs of, and we haue viewed and ſéene. The recoylerecoil of them hath hurte you much more then the ſhott hath anoyeo vs. Nowe …
Robert Crowley · Friar John Francis of France · Open in the reader
Printed
… if a man reſt there, he is never the neerer, if it doe not recoylerecoil on his owne minde, when he ſtudies of grace, if he doe not ſeek …
With rule
… if a man reſt there, he is never the neerer, if it doe not recoylerecoil on his owne minde, when he ſtudies of grace, if he doe not ſeek …
William Fenner · Christs Alarm to Drowsy Saints · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… against others. But it will easily receive an answer, as to the Parliament, and recoylerecoil with infinite disadvantage on those that make it.
With rule
… against others. But it will easily receive an answer, as to the Parliament, and recoylerecoil with infinite disadvantage on those that make it.
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… only Remora & greatest cause of arrest, if any looke heaven-ward, that makes them recoylerecoil.
With rule
… only Remora & greatest cause of arrest, if any looke heaven-ward, that makes them recoylerecoil.
Richard Younge · The Cause and Cure of Ignorance · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pits and ſnares. And the plot they had laid to blow us up, did recoylerecoil and blow up themſelves. God turned it to their owne deſtruction. That which they …
With rule
… Pits and ſnares. And the plot they had laid to blow us up, did recoylerecoil and blow up themſelves. God turned it to their owne deſtruction. That which they …
Matthew Newcomen · The Craft and Cruelty of the Churchs Adversaries · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that a man would thinke they were making forward toward Chriſt, and yet they recoylerecoil and fall back againe to their old baſe courſes moſt fearfully. Of this generation …
With rule
… that a man would thinke they were making forward toward Chriſt, and yet they recoylerecoil and fall back againe to their old baſe courſes moſt fearfully. Of this generation …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 293 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and he confirmed, in length of time, againſt the temptation, it will more furiouſly recoylerecoil upon him; and he, when hee thinks hee is ſecure of others from interrupting …
With rule
… and he confirmed, in length of time, againſt the temptation, it will more furiouſly recoylerecoil upon him; and he, when hee thinks hee is ſecure of others from interrupting …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 261 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.