Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #24838 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

poysoningpoisoning

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 411 times in 298 works
Consistency: 93.4% (411 of 440)
Reach if approved: ~462 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: poisoning
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 440 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (411 changes in 298 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 411)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Church: They both mainetaine and publiquelie teach the dangerous errors therin contayned, to the poysoningpoisoning and subverting of the faith of the church. They thrust these devises of mē …
With rule
… Church: They both mainetaine and publiquelie teach the dangerous errors therin contayned, to the poysoningpoisoning and subverting of the faith of the church. They thrust these devises of mē …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the murders which haue been in the world. And alſo immediatly by himſelfe poyſoningpoisoning their bodies with the peſtilence, and other incurable diſeaſes, whereby hee hath deſtroyed many …
With rule
… all the murders which haue been in the world. And alſo immediatly by himſelfe poyſoningpoisoning their bodies with the peſtilence, and other incurable diſeaſes, whereby hee hath deſtroyed many …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
… biter therfore that raiſeth an ill name is halfe an hangman to his neighbour, poyſoningpoisoning, as with dead Cantharides, with his venomous tongue, the boxe of precious oyntment, of …
With rule
… biter therfore that raiſeth an ill name is halfe an hangman to his neighbour, poyſoningpoisoning, as with dead Cantharides, with his venomous tongue, the boxe of precious oyntment, of …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 385 · Open in the reader
Printed
… else, if he adventure vpon the occasions that may corrupt him, he venters vpon poysoningpoisoning, and infecting dyet, infected, and pestilent ayre, &c. he cannot haue a sound bodie …
With rule
… else, if he adventure vpon the occasions that may corrupt him, he venters vpon poysoningpoisoning, and infecting dyet, infected, and pestilent ayre, &c. he cannot haue a sound bodie …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if hee would do rightly, ſincerely, & earneſtly: as for his feeding, it is more poyſoningpoisoning than f…eding, if he haue not loue to Chriſt: the Paſtor is not …
With rule
… if hee would do rightly, ſincerely, & earneſtly: as for his feeding, it is more poyſoningpoisoning than f…eding, if he haue not loue to Chriſt: the Paſtor is not …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 504 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and husbands: but the true cauſe of that Law was, to reſtraine the frequent poyſoningpoisoning of maſters and husbands, by their ſervants and wives; and that law and cuſtome …
With rule
… and husbands: but the true cauſe of that Law was, to reſtraine the frequent poyſoningpoisoning of maſters and husbands, by their ſervants and wives; and that law and cuſtome …
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whoſe holy ſeruice and honour they prophane, and alſo againſt men, whom they by poyſoningpoisoning of the heauenly doctrine doe deſtroy with death euerlaſting. Both which being ſo cleare …
With rule
… whoſe holy ſeruice and honour they prophane, and alſo againſt men, whom they by poyſoningpoisoning of the heauenly doctrine doe deſtroy with death euerlaſting. Both which being ſo cleare …
Walter Travers · Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an vnconscinable Leach, that turnes a small greene wound to an incurable Fistula, by poysoningpoisoning and exulceration of it for filthy lucre. When a man must die without mercy …
With rule
… an vnconscinable Leach, that turnes a small greene wound to an incurable Fistula, by poysoningpoisoning and exulceration of it for filthy lucre. When a man must die without mercy …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 99 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
… Sinnes to their particular Centers, wee would appoint Pride to Spaine, Lust to France, PoysoningPoisoning to Italie, Drunkennesse to Germanie, Epicurisme to England. Now it was Israels wickednesse and …
With rule
… Sinnes to their particular Centers, wee would appoint Pride to Spaine, Lust to France, PoysoningPoisoning to Italie, Drunkennesse to Germanie, Epicurisme to England. Now it was Israels wickednesse and …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 291 · Open in the reader

The Safe Religion A27015

Printed
… when Papiſts are ſo induſtrious to enlarge their Dominions, to deſtroy their enemies by PoyſoningPoisoning or ſtabbing Kings, or other means, it is that they may have a further …
With rule
… when Papiſts are ſo induſtrious to enlarge their Dominions, to deſtroy their enemies by PoyſoningPoisoning or ſtabbing Kings, or other means, it is that they may have a further …
Richard Baxter · The Safe Religion · p. 238 · Open in the reader

A Saint or a Brute A27016

Printed
… but be ſecretly committed. And a wicked wit can eaſily hide the greateſt miſchiefs. PoyſoningPoisoning, ſtabbing, burning houſes, defaming, adultery, and abundance the like, are eaſily kept ſecret by …
With rule
… but be ſecretly committed. And a wicked wit can eaſily hide the greateſt miſchiefs. PoyſoningPoisoning, ſtabbing, burning houſes, defaming, adultery, and abundance the like, are eaſily kept ſecret by …
Richard Baxter · A Saint or a Brute · p. 142 · Open in the reader

A Discourse of the Religion of England A34533

Printed
… Popes instigation. And in their greatest Enormities, they have never attempted the Stabbing and PoysoningPoisoning of Princes that stood in their way, which the Jesuits teach their Disciples.
With rule
… Popes instigation. And in their greatest Enormities, they have never attempted the Stabbing and PoysoningPoisoning of Princes that stood in their way, which the Jesuits teach their Disciples.
John Corbet · A Discourse of the Religion of England · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Book A50898

Printed
… hath shed, What widdows or Orphans teares can witness against him? After the suspected PoysoningPoisoning of his Father, not inquir'd into, but smother'd up, and him protected and advanc'd …
With rule
… hath shed, What widdows or Orphans teares can witness against him? After the suspected PoysoningPoisoning of his Father, not inquir'd into, but smother'd up, and him protected and advanc'd …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Hell Opened A56903

Printed
BEING A True Relation of the PoyſoningPoisoning of a whole Family in Plymouth, whereof Two died in a ſhort time.
With rule
BEING A True Relation of the PoyſoningPoisoning of a whole Family in Plymouth, whereof Two died in a ſhort time.
John Quick · Hell Opened · Open in the reader
Printed
… my work to inquire after the Miniſters which viſited the Poor Priſoners Condemned for PoyſoningPoisoning Miſtris Weeks, &c. And after my beſt Inquiry, can only learn in the General …
With rule
… my work to inquire after the Miniſters which viſited the Poor Priſoners Condemned for PoyſoningPoisoning Miſtris Weeks, &c. And after my beſt Inquiry, can only learn in the General …
John Quick · Hell Opened · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Richard Cary of Plimouth was committed to Plimouth Priſon, on ſuſpition for the PoyſoningPoisoning of Elizabeth Weeks, and Mary Pengelley; This Examinant, on a Saturday Evening, when the …
With rule
… of Richard Cary of Plimouth was committed to Plimouth Priſon, on ſuſpition for the PoyſoningPoisoning of Elizabeth Weeks, and Mary Pengelley; This Examinant, on a Saturday Evening, when the …
John Quick · Hell Opened · p. 84 · Open in the reader