Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1754 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

payepay

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

Puritas changed it: 458 times in 143 works
Consistency: 97.2% (458 of 471)
Reach if approved: ~495 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pay
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 471 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (458 changes in 143 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 458)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and lette theym dearer vnto other: they bye cornes and wares to make other payepay more dere for it: they hurte and trouble, eate vp and deuoure one an …
With rule
… and lette theym dearer vnto other: they bye cornes and wares to make other payepay more dere for it: they hurte and trouble, eate vp and deuoure one an …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… much people to folowe him, the other councelled the Iewes by no meanes to payepay tribute to Cesar, but to maintaine theyr olde liberties, and by this meanes moued …
With rule
… much people to folowe him, the other councelled the Iewes by no meanes to payepay tribute to Cesar, but to maintaine theyr olde liberties, and by this meanes moued …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue committed aduoutrie with her, to wit, shee hauing a husbande, then must hee payepay six pound.
With rule
… haue committed aduoutrie with her, to wit, shee hauing a husbande, then must hee payepay six pound.
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader
Printed
… receiuer, rather to choose, then to the giuer? or els, why will they not payepay Sterling money, or the auaile thereof, as good as it was, when victualles were …
With rule
… receiuer, rather to choose, then to the giuer? or els, why will they not payepay Sterling money, or the auaile thereof, as good as it was, when victualles were …
Robert Pont · Against Sacrilege · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſimple ſoules of Chriſtians, as M. Fowler doth, for getting of money to payepay his debtes. Whatſoeuer M. Fowler dreameth of payment of his debtes, we knowe the …
With rule
… the ſimple ſoules of Chriſtians, as M. Fowler doth, for getting of money to payepay his debtes. Whatſoeuer M. Fowler dreameth of payment of his debtes, we knowe the …
Thomas Sampson · Warning to Take Heed of Fowlers Psalter · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thys cause he sayeth we payepay trybutes. Thys I wryte to thintent we shuld payepay our dueties wyllyngly to our prynce and obey hym as gods ministre, for so …
With rule
… thys cause he sayeth we payepay trybutes. Thys I wryte to thintent we shuld payepay our dueties wyllyngly to our prynce and obey hym as gods ministre, for so …
Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom Book 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Saintes of God haue vowed, and entred into bandes with the Lord to payepay this oblation; both to prevent the vntowardnes of nature which is so vnwilling of …
With rule
… the Saintes of God haue vowed, and entred into bandes with the Lord to payepay this oblation; both to prevent the vntowardnes of nature which is so vnwilling of …
Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſoule properlie, chieflie and immediatlie ſinned. Therefore Chriſtes Soule ſhould properlie, chieflie, and immediatlie payepay the price thereof.2. note. It is not proportionable with Iustice, that an eaſier puniſhment …
With rule
… ſoule properlie, chieflie and immediatlie ſinned. Therefore Chriſtes Soule ſhould properlie, chieflie, and immediatlie payepay the price thereof.2. note. It is not proportionable with Iustice, that an eaſier puniſhment …
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 25 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

Printed
PAyePay nomore for thiges of nought. 83. b
With rule
PAyePay nomore for thiges of nought. 83. b
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

Printed
… and Ceasars superscription. Then aunsweared Iesus. … ergo quae … Caesaris Caesari, & quae sunt dei Deo. PayePay to Ceasar that is due to Ceasar and to God that which is due …
With rule
… and Ceasars superscription. Then aunsweared Iesus. … ergo quae … Caesaris Caesari, & quae sunt dei Deo. PayePay to Ceasar that is due to Ceasar and to God that which is due …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

Printed
… vowe vnto God, differre not to pay it, for he delighteth not in fooles. PayePay therfore that thou haſt vowed. It is better that thou voweſt not, thē to …
With rule
… vowe vnto God, differre not to pay it, for he delighteth not in fooles. PayePay therfore that thou haſt vowed. It is better that thou voweſt not, thē to …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

Printed
… ought gladly and wyllyngly for to sweare accordyng to thys cōmaū dement of Christ, PayePay that to Cesar, which is due to Cesar. But here are they to be …
With rule
… ought gladly and wyllyngly for to sweare accordyng to thys cōmaū dement of Christ, PayePay that to Cesar, which is due to Cesar. But here are they to be …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. lxx · Open in the reader

A Pleasant New Nosegay A07010

Printed
Furthermore was not this the Commaūdement of Christ: PayePay y^t to the Emperour that is due to the Emperour, what is due to …
With rule
Furthermore was not this the Commaūdement of Christ: PayePay y^t to the Emperour that is due to the Emperour, what is due to …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… of this thyng, payd tribute hym selfe, and commaūded other so to do, sayenge: PayePay that whiche is due to Cesar vnto Cesar, vnderstandynge by the name of Cesar …
With rule
… of this thyng, payd tribute hym selfe, and commaūded other so to do, sayenge: PayePay that whiche is due to Cesar vnto Cesar, vnderstandynge by the name of Cesar …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods. Marke that he sayth not, gyue, but payepay. It is, saythe he, dette. PayePay therfore thy dette. Thy Prynce kepethe the frō thyne enemies, & he causethe that y^u …
With rule
… Gods. Marke that he sayth not, gyue, but payepay. It is, saythe he, dette. PayePay therfore thy dette. Thy Prynce kepethe the frō thyne enemies, & he causethe that y^u …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

The Obedience of a Christian Man A14136

Printed
… wronge for oure sakes and to teach vs: therfore said he to saynt Peter. PayePay for the and me lest we offende them. Moareover though that Christe and Peter …
With rule
… wronge for oure sakes and to teach vs: therfore said he to saynt Peter. PayePay for the and me lest we offende them. Moareover though that Christe and Peter …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. xl · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the 13 Articles A19657

Printed
… you wyll miniſter. And then one mans … ney is as good as an others. PayePay the ſome and thē ye are al welcome. But he that hath nought to …
With rule
… you wyll miniſter. And then one mans … ney is as good as an others. PayePay the ſome and thē ye are al welcome. But he that hath nought to …
Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader