Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1653 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sayingesaying

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

Puritas changed it: 761 times in 144 works
Consistency: 98.1% (761 of 775)
Reach if approved: ~814 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: saying
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 775 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (761 changes in 144 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 761)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… verse therof / to him that shall seke eyther wytt or lernynge. But as the sayingesaying is / draffe is good ynough for swyne / and dyrtye puddynges for dogges. As good …
With rule
… verse therof / to him that shall seke eyther wytt or lernynge. But as the sayingesaying is / draffe is good ynough for swyne / and dyrtye puddynges for dogges. As good …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… in tymes paſt / but let hym bryng to God a ſorowful and repentynge harte / ſayingesaying with Dauid / heale my ſoule o Lorde / for I haue offendid agaynſt the / before …
With rule
… in tymes paſt / but let hym bryng to God a ſorowful and repentynge harte / ſayingesaying with Dauid / heale my ſoule o Lorde / for I haue offendid agaynſt the / before …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader
Printed
… person, feare no manne. Whye? … domini iudicium est. The iudgement is Goddes. Marke thys sayingesaying, thou proude iudge. The Deuill will brynge thys sentence at the daye of Dome …
With rule
… person, feare no manne. Whye? … domini iudicium est. The iudgement is Goddes. Marke thys sayingesaying, thou proude iudge. The Deuill will brynge thys sentence at the daye of Dome …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… seemeth (as the text soundeth) that the Prophet here forbiddeth laboure, contrary to that sayingesaying in Genesis: In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eate thy bread: Also …
With rule
… seemeth (as the text soundeth) that the Prophet here forbiddeth laboure, contrary to that sayingesaying in Genesis: In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eate thy bread: Also …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
I heard a voyce from heauen sayingesaying… O my people come awaye from Babilon that greate whore and mighty, strompet the …
With rule
I heard a voyce from heauen sayingesaying… O my people come awaye from Babilon that greate whore and mighty, strompet the …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… profitable vnto the, thā if y^u ſholdeſt be burdened w^t chargeable vſury. Wherfore that ſayingesaying of chriſt: Do vnto others, as thou woldeſt y^t others ſhold dooe vnto the …
With rule
… profitable vnto the, thā if y^u ſholdeſt be burdened w^t chargeable vſury. Wherfore that ſayingesaying of chriſt: Do vnto others, as thou woldeſt y^t others ſhold dooe vnto the …
Wolfgang Musculus · Lawful and Unlawful Usury Amongst Christians · Open in the reader
Printed
… GOD, and receyved of vs, the Apoſtle cleeres it to vs, Rom. chap. 10. ver. 10. ſayingesaying: VVith the heart man beleeveth vnto righteouſnes. Thus it is manifeſt, that the heart …
With rule
… GOD, and receyved of vs, the Apoſtle cleeres it to vs, Rom. chap. 10. ver. 10. ſayingesaying: VVith the heart man beleeveth vnto righteouſnes. Thus it is manifeſt, that the heart …
John Forbes · The Doctrine of Justification · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preach, woulde geue thē ſtrengh alſo for the performance therof, as he had promeſed▪ ſayingesaying: I will be with you to the end of the worlde. And he beinge …
With rule
… preach, woulde geue thē ſtrengh alſo for the performance therof, as he had promeſed▪ ſayingesaying: I will be with you to the end of the worlde. And he beinge …
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 65 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

12 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.

Prelections Upon Revelation A01320

Printed
SayingeSaying Holy, Holy, Holy. &c. This is the celebration of the diuine praises, that they …
With rule
SayingeSaying Holy, Holy, Holy. &c. This is the celebration of the diuine praises, that they …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
SayingeSaying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of …
With rule
SayingeSaying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saincte Ihon maketh aunswere in the name of the whole fellowship of the faithfull. SayingeSaying Amen, come Lorde Iesus make an ende of all calamities of the Churche, that …
With rule
… Saincte Ihon maketh aunswere in the name of the whole fellowship of the faithfull. SayingeSaying Amen, come Lorde Iesus make an ende of all calamities of the Churche, that …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 152 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Micah A01754

Printed
… the Scribes and Phariſes, the Byſhoppes and thee prieſts, and thōdereth wo againſt them. SayingeSaying the Scribes and Phariſes ſet in Moyſes ſeate whatſoeuer they commaunded you, that looke …
With rule
… the Scribes and Phariſes, the Byſhoppes and thee prieſts, and thōdereth wo againſt them. SayingeSaying the Scribes and Phariſes ſet in Moyſes ſeate whatſoeuer they commaunded you, that looke …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

The Pageant of Popes A02895

Printed
… late Gregorye who in this wyse reproued Iohn bishop of Constantinople for the same: SayingeSaying, None of my predecessors (although the Emperours began first in Rome, and were wont …
With rule
… late Gregorye who in this wyse reproued Iohn bishop of Constantinople for the same: SayingeSaying, None of my predecessors (although the Emperours began first in Rome, and were wont …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… woordes, that he shoulde not in anye wise sende those letters to the Pope▪ SayingeSaying, it was an euill example that bishops summoned in councell should write such letters …
With rule
… woordes, that he shoulde not in anye wise sende those letters to the Pope▪ SayingeSaying, it was an euill example that bishops summoned in councell should write such letters …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 194 · Open in the reader

The Nobles A03850

Printed
… theſe meates and bounds, determine a Noble mans ſchoole, it is manifeſt by Homere. SayingeSaying one Phenix was alowed Achilles, by his father Peleus, to make him an Dratour …
With rule
… theſe meates and bounds, determine a Noble mans ſchoole, it is manifeſt by Homere. SayingeSaying one Phenix was alowed Achilles, by his father Peleus, to make him an Dratour …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed A14468

Printed
… ſo ſhoulde he be ſeene deſcend, whych he him ſelf alſo before had affirmed. SayingeSaying that he ſhould come as a lyght whych ſhould be ſeene from the Oriente …
With rule
… ſo ſhoulde he be ſeene deſcend, whych he him ſelf alſo before had affirmed. SayingeSaying that he ſhould come as a lyght whych ſhould be ſeene from the Oriente …
Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
… to be broughte vnto him. And when hee was come neare, he asked him: 41. SayingeSaying, what wilte thou that I doe vnto thee? And hee sayde, Lorde, that I …
With rule
… to be broughte vnto him. And when hee was come neare, he asked him: 41. SayingeSaying, what wilte thou that I doe vnto thee? And hee sayde, Lorde, that I …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 544 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mounte, which is called the mount of Olyues, he sent two of his disciples. 30. SayingeSaying, got to the towne, which is before you, wherein assoone as yee are come …
With rule
… mounte, which is called the mount of Olyues, he sent two of his disciples. 30. SayingeSaying, got to the towne, which is before you, wherein assoone as yee are come …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 555 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Saduces (which deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him. 28. SayingeSaying, Mayster, Moses wrote vnto vs, if anye mans brother dye, hauing a wife, and …
With rule
… of the Saduces (which deny that there is any resurrection) and they asked him. 28. SayingeSaying, Mayster, Moses wrote vnto vs, if anye mans brother dye, hauing a wife, and …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 587 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Malachi A72181

Printed
… the boke of lyfe, Moſes ſpeaketh. Exodus. xxxii. And Chriſte hym ſelfe Luke. x. SayingeSaying to hys Apoſtles: Ioye you and be gladde, for youre names are wrytten in …
With rule
… the boke of lyfe, Moſes ſpeaketh. Exodus. xxxii. And Chriſte hym ſelfe Luke. x. SayingeSaying to hys Apoſtles: Ioye you and be gladde, for youre names are wrytten in …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Malachi · Open in the reader