Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #24867 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

staiesstays

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

Puritas changed it: 355 times in 237 works
Consistency: 98.6% (355 of 360)
Reach if approved: ~378 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: stays
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 360 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (355 changes in 237 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 355)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… together in this great worke / wherin no dowte we ſhall finde many aduerſaries and ſtaiesstays. Yet / iff we (whoſe ſuffraunce and perſecutions are certeine ſignes off oure ſounde doctrine …
With rule
… together in this great worke / wherin no dowte we ſhall finde many aduerſaries and ſtaiesstays. Yet / iff we (whoſe ſuffraunce and perſecutions are certeine ſignes off oure ſounde doctrine …
William Whittingham · Brief Discourse of the Troubles at Frankfort · p. CLXXXVII · Open in the reader
Printed
… the law can doe. We flatly say, no: holding that lawfull vowes bee certaine staiesstays and props of Gods worship, and not the worship itselfe. For Paul saith plainely …
With rule
… the law can doe. We flatly say, no: holding that lawfull vowes bee certaine staiesstays and props of Gods worship, and not the worship itselfe. For Paul saith plainely …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 486 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hys most honorable coūsel, which are vnder him, as was Ioseph in Aegipt, y^e staiesstays of his people. Ecc .xlix. as cōsentinge to y^e same, So is Gods tabernacle …
With rule
… hys most honorable coūsel, which are vnder him, as was Ioseph in Aegipt, y^e staiesstays of his people. Ecc .xlix. as cōsentinge to y^e same, So is Gods tabernacle …
John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… hearts, witneſſing his loue, and confirming his couenant with vs. They be ſo many ſtaiesstays from ſlyding in ſlippery proſperity; ſo many potions, purging out vices; ſo many pull …
With rule
… hearts, witneſſing his loue, and confirming his couenant with vs. They be ſo many ſtaiesstays from ſlyding in ſlippery proſperity; ſo many potions, purging out vices; ſo many pull …
Richard Bernard · The Sinners Safety if Here He Look for Assurance · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and importance: for it cuts off much hatred and contention in families, and it staiesstays many suites in lawe. It is not therefore alwaies a matter of indifferencie, which …
With rule
… and importance: for it cuts off much hatred and contention in families, and it staiesstays many suites in lawe. It is not therefore alwaies a matter of indifferencie, which …
William Perkins · A Salve for a Sick Man · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the bodie wouldeſt thou iudge to be greater, his that hath need of two ſtaiesstays to vphold his going, or his which leaning vpon one ſtaffe, doth eaſily goe …
With rule
… the bodie wouldeſt thou iudge to be greater, his that hath need of two ſtaiesstays to vphold his going, or his which leaning vpon one ſtaffe, doth eaſily goe …
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to leaue y^e world & aſcend to his Father, & to enter into glory; yet he ſtaiesstays a while with thē, & with the Spi…it of meeknes & wonderful patiēce he teaches …
With rule
… to leaue y^e world & aſcend to his Father, & to enter into glory; yet he ſtaiesstays a while with thē, & with the Spi…it of meeknes & wonderful patiēce he teaches …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 557 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your afflictions, and to ordeine your miniſterie, by the in poſition of handes: What ſtaiesstays you, that you doe not go to them, ſeing that you haue nothing to …
With rule
… your afflictions, and to ordeine your miniſterie, by the in poſition of handes: What ſtaiesstays you, that you doe not go to them, ſeing that you haue nothing to …
Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 118 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 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.

Poems A69225

Printed
StaiesStays he new light from theſe to get?
With rule
StaiesStays he new light from theſe to get?
John Donne · Poems · p. 120 · Open in the reader