Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1411 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mercyemercy

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

Puritas changed it: 1,023 times in 209 works
Consistency: 98.7% (1,023 of 1,036)
Reach if approved: ~1,089 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mercy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,036 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,023 changes in 209 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,023)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for an open shew by miracle in this liefe, how God releaseth of his mercyemercy, by the holy oblation at the altar, the paines of the departed in the …
With rule
… for an open shew by miracle in this liefe, how God releaseth of his mercyemercy, by the holy oblation at the altar, the paines of the departed in the …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 328 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ye do not esteme, as iudgemēt, faythe, and mercyemercy.
With rule
Ye do not esteme, as iudgemēt, faythe, and mercyemercy.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… my hart I beseech our Lorde and Redeemer Iesus Christe, that he vvould haue mercyemercy vppon all Kinges, Princes and Nations, and so prouide that all nations maye be …
With rule
… my hart I beseech our Lorde and Redeemer Iesus Christe, that he vvould haue mercyemercy vppon all Kinges, Princes and Nations, and so prouide that all nations maye be …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… submitte thy selfe to his holye wordes? truely yf thou wilt, thou shalte fynde mercyemercy in his syght, and the estate of thy cō mon wealth shall be preserued …
With rule
… submitte thy selfe to his holye wordes? truely yf thou wilt, thou shalte fynde mercyemercy in his syght, and the estate of thy cō mon wealth shall be preserued …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
Howbeit there is no condemnacion but alwayes mercyemercy to be preached vnto theym that grafted in Christe Iesu, be penitent synners, how …
With rule
Howbeit there is no condemnacion but alwayes mercyemercy to be preached vnto theym that grafted in Christe Iesu, be penitent synners, how …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely appeareth terrible, but can not hurt vs in very deede. So doth the mercyemercy of God aforehande exerciſe vs that are weake, with theſe goodly figures or ſemblances …
With rule
… onely appeareth terrible, but can not hurt vs in very deede. So doth the mercyemercy of God aforehande exerciſe vs that are weake, with theſe goodly figures or ſemblances …
Martin Luther · Fourteen Points of Consolation · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore becommeth vs thy chyldren in oure lyuing to practyse goodnesse, gentlenesse, loue, charytye, mercyemercy, pacyence longesufferyng, holynes, ryghteousenes, fayeth. et ce.
With rule
… therefore becommeth vs thy chyldren in oure lyuing to practyse goodnesse, gentlenesse, loue, charytye, mercyemercy, pacyence longesufferyng, holynes, ryghteousenes, fayeth. et ce.
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… this? of the merites of our workes, or rather of the free grace & mere mercyemercy of God, purchased for vs by Iesus Christ, for whose sake the wrathe of …
With rule
… this? of the merites of our workes, or rather of the free grace & mere mercyemercy of God, purchased for vs by Iesus Christ, for whose sake the wrathe of …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Acts of English Votaries A02573

Printed
… they for worshyppynge God wythout mennys tradycyons, nor yet for executyuge the workes of MercyeMercy, vnles se yt were to their aduauntage. Neuer reckened they wedlock anye Godlye estate …
With rule
… they for worshyppynge God wythout mennys tradycyons, nor yet for executyuge the workes of MercyeMercy, vnles se yt were to their aduauntage. Neuer reckened they wedlock anye Godlye estate …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

Printed
MercyeMercy lorde mercyemercy, for doubtlesse I am defyelde:
With rule
MercyeMercy lorde mercyemercy, for doubtlesse I am defyelde:
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
MercyeMercy in byſſhoppes, what yt ys. 28. b 38. a. 39. b. 66. a. 74. a
With rule
MercyeMercy in byſſhoppes, what yt ys. 28. b 38. a. 39. b. 66. a. 74. a
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

A Fruitful Treatise A06783

Printed
… worde of God, they are not refused of god, but accepted as good Christians. MercyeMercy therfore and almes is a precious thinge in the sighte of God▪ and ought …
With rule
… worde of God, they are not refused of god, but accepted as good Christians. MercyeMercy therfore and almes is a precious thinge in the sighte of God▪ and ought …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
MercyeMercy, saieth the aungell, is bet…er then to hoorde vp…e treasures of golde …
With rule
MercyeMercy, saieth the aungell, is bet…er then to hoorde vp…e treasures of golde …
Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

The Relics of Rome A07146

Printed
… all the Prayers, Sacrifices, Preachynges, Contemplacions, Fastyngs, Watchynges, Pilgrimages, Uowes, Obedience, Chastity, Pouertye, Patience, MercyeMercy, Almosse, and of all other spirituall Laboures, Trauailes, Paines, Excercises, &c, that be done …
With rule
… all the Prayers, Sacrifices, Preachynges, Contemplacions, Fastyngs, Watchynges, Pilgrimages, Uowes, Obedience, Chastity, Pouertye, Patience, MercyeMercy, Almosse, and of all other spirituall Laboures, Trauailes, Paines, Excercises, &c, that be done …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

Printed
MercyeMercy vnto the poore deliuereth from synne,
With rule
MercyeMercy vnto the poore deliuereth from synne,
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

The Solace of the Soul Against the Bitter Storms of Sickness and Death A07355

Printed
… wyll …uycken, hym dothe he fyrste kyll, vpon whome he wyll exercyse hys excedynge MercyeMercy, hym wyll he fyrst trye, and make asthoughe he woulde dampne hym. And thys …
With rule
… wyll …uycken, hym dothe he fyrste kyll, vpon whome he wyll exercyse hys excedynge MercyeMercy, hym wyll he fyrst trye, and make asthoughe he woulde dampne hym. And thys …
Thomas Becon · The Solace of the Soul Against the Bitter Storms of Sickness and Death · Open in the reader

The Practice of Prelates A14151

Printed
… hys holye lawe, and fayth vnto our sauiour Iesus Chryst, and the Promyses of MercyeMercy made in hym / and obedyence vnto all that GOD commaūdeth to obey. Nether teach …
With rule
… hys holye lawe, and fayth vnto our sauiour Iesus Chryst, and the Promyses of MercyeMercy made in hym / and obedyence vnto all that GOD commaūdeth to obey. Nether teach …
William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown A19671

Printed
MercyeMercy ſo much that he hath told
With rule
MercyeMercy ſo much that he hath told
Robert Crowley · The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

Printed
MercyeMercy wayteth ever on the electe xx.
With rule
MercyeMercy wayteth ever on the electe xx.
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · Open in the reader