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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1331 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wayeway

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it
2,976 times in 438 works
Consistency
99.4% (2,976 of 2,992)
Reach if approved
~3,144 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: way
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,992 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,976 changes in 438 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,976)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … which goo in there at. For ſtrayte is the gat: and narawe is the wayeway which leydeth vnto lyfe / and feawe there be that fynde it
    With rule
    … which goo in there at. For ſtrayte is the gat: and narawe is the wayeway which leydeth vnto lyfe / and feawe there be that fynde it

    John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … houre, what are they in respect of those, who, so many yeares since, taken wayeway by DEATH, dwel, as the Poet sayth, and rot in graue. Howbeit, such eyesight …
    With rule
    … houre, what are they in respect of those, who, so many yeares since, taken wayeway by DEATH, dwel, as the Poet sayth, and rot in graue. Howbeit, such eyesight …

    John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … viall vpon the greate riuer Euphrates, and the waters therof drie… vp that the wayeway of the kinges of the east should be prepared. &c.
    With rule
    … viall vpon the greate riuer Euphrates, and the waters therof drie… vp that the wayeway of the kinges of the east should be prepared. &c.

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 106 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … that the K. had escaped yet he needed not to feare, there was no wayeway to punish him, he durst speake boldly & reproue the king, the surest way for …
    With rule
    … that the K. had escaped yet he needed not to feare, there was no wayeway to punish him, he durst speake boldly & reproue the king, the surest way for …

    George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … them, and flatter them as you do in their impietie. Which is not the wayeway to obtayne peace, and quietneſſe, but to fall in to the handes of the …
    With rule
    … them, and flatter them as you do in their impietie. Which is not the wayeway to obtayne peace, and quietneſſe, but to fall in to the handes of the …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 190 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … their iniquitees sake▪ And now (prayse be vnto that Lorde) yt is in good wayeway to that fredō agayne, & wold fully attayne therunto, were her heythnysh yokes in relygyō …
    With rule
    … their iniquitees sake▪ And now (prayse be vnto that Lorde) yt is in good wayeway to that fredō agayne, & wold fully attayne therunto, were her heythnysh yokes in relygyō …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Yf thu shouldest wayeway, our wyckednesse,
    With rule
    Yf thu shouldest wayeway, our wyckednesse,

    John Bale · A Dialogue to be had at Table Between Two Children · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … parson were present. Item we graunt that if anye being confessed dye by the wayeway, that he shal be free and discharged frō all his sinnes: And furthermore we …
    With rule
    … parson were present. Item we graunt that if anye being confessed dye by the wayeway, that he shal be free and discharged frō all his sinnes: And furthermore we …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 138 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

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

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

  • Printed
    WayeWay the ernest faythe, of thys godlye cumpanye,
    With rule
    WayeWay the ernest faythe, of thys godlye cumpanye,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference A11006

  • Printed
    … ſayeth Thomas, Wee knowe not whither thou goe… howe can wee then knowe the WayeWay? As if Thomas had ſaid… ▪ LORDE, thou ſayeſt vvee knowe vvhither thou …s and …
    With rule
    … ſayeth Thomas, Wee knowe not whither thou goe… howe can wee then knowe the WayeWay? As if Thomas had ſaid… ▪ LORDE, thou ſayeſt vvee knowe vvhither thou …s and …

    Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the wayeway vnto them: hee pointeth the wayeway to bee Himſelfe: I am the WayeWay, the Veritie, and the L…fe: In a worde, the wayeway to Heauen, and …
    With rule
    … the wayeway vnto them: hee pointeth the wayeway to bee Himſelfe: I am the WayeWay, the Veritie, and the L…fe: In a worde, the wayeway to Heauen, and …

    Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The View and Downfall of Pride A15000

  • Printed
    … vnto which death guides vs, as is before ſhewed. Therefore it is called a WayeWay, that brings vs vnto God. A quo in hunc mundum ſumus peregrinatum miſſi, of …
    With rule
    … vnto which death guides vs, as is before ſhewed. Therefore it is called a WayeWay, that brings vs vnto God. A quo in hunc mundum ſumus peregrinatum miſſi, of …

    William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 148 · Open in the reader

Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort A15145

  • Printed
    … that they whiche (were they poore men) folowid not Chambers when he ranne a WayeWay with the bagge / regarded their conſcience more then the lyuinge forſomuche as bothe they …
    With rule
    … that they whiche (were they poore men) folowid not Chambers when he ranne a WayeWay with the bagge / regarded their conſcience more then the lyuinge forſomuche as bothe they …

    William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. CXLIII · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

  • Printed
    … more a doe, will ye knowe how much our olde Auncesters heretofore estemed Matrimonie? WayeWay well, and consider the punishment for breaking of wedlocke. The Grekes heretofore thought it …
    With rule
    … more a doe, will ye knowe how much our olde Auncesters heretofore estemed Matrimonie? WayeWay well, and consider the punishment for breaking of wedlocke. The Grekes heretofore thought it …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 A17724

  • Printed
    … al the actiōs of his life, for the life of mā is called a WayeWay: And that not without cauſe, for all our thoughtes and affections, are as wayes …
    With rule
    … al the actiōs of his life, for the life of mā is called a WayeWay: And that not without cauſe, for all our thoughtes and affections, are as wayes …

    John Calvin · Twenty-Two Sermons on Psalm 119 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

  • Printed
    … and consecrated it. Hee who is the Father's Wisedome, hath thought it the best WayeWay, to bring Man to GOD, that GOD should become Man, that the Word should …
    With rule
    … and consecrated it. Hee who is the Father's Wisedome, hath thought it the best WayeWay, to bring Man to GOD, that GOD should become Man, that the Word should …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 221 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell B00104

  • Printed
    … GOD onlie, was the cleare opening, and manifestation to all men, of the true WayeWay to HEAVEN, even CHRIST Crucified. Qui latebat ante, (sayeth AQVINAS) sub figuris literae obumbratus …
    With rule
    … GOD onlie, was the cleare opening, and manifestation to all men, of the true WayeWay to HEAVEN, even CHRIST Crucified. Qui latebat ante, (sayeth AQVINAS) sub figuris literae obumbratus …

    William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … whose Death (sayth CAJETAN) Via sanctorum ad coelestem Patriam aperta est: that is, The WayeWay of the Saynctes vnto their Heavenlie Countrey, was opened: the legall Sacrifices, by that …
    With rule
    … whose Death (sayth CAJETAN) Via sanctorum ad coelestem Patriam aperta est: that is, The WayeWay of the Saynctes vnto their Heavenlie Countrey, was opened: the legall Sacrifices, by that …

    William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 110 · Open in the reader