Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #24921 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lybialibya

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

Puritas changed it: 318 times in 134 works
Consistency: 99.3% (318 of 320)
Reach if approved: ~336 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: libya
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 320 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (318 changes in 134 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 318)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Iſrael, and that Pharaoh ſhould have an overthrow given him in the deſert of LybiaLibya, and that Egypt ſhould be miſerably waſted by the Babylonians, and that that deſolation …
With rule
… Iſrael, and that Pharaoh ſhould have an overthrow given him in the deſert of LybiaLibya, and that Egypt ſhould be miſerably waſted by the Babylonians, and that that deſolation …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 626 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall come upon Egypt, and great p…in ſhall be in Ethiopia, ſo in LybiaLibya, Lydia and Chub, they and their King ſhould be horribly afraid. The word to …
With rule
… ſhall come upon Egypt, and great p…in ſhall be in Ethiopia, ſo in LybiaLibya, Lydia and Chub, they and their King ſhould be horribly afraid. The word to …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Men, whose worldly men, that is to say their bodyes) lye the one in LybiaLibya and the other in Hermopilis, and vnder their names are worshipped certeine Diuels, whome …
With rule
… Men, whose worldly men, that is to say their bodyes) lye the one in LybiaLibya and the other in Hermopilis, and vnder their names are worshipped certeine Diuels, whome …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 378 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their dwellings together in Canaan, Palestina, and the parts adjoyning in Arabia, Egypt, Mauritania, LybiaLibya, and other bordering parts of Africke, and consequently for any footsteps of their descents …
With rule
… their dwellings together in Canaan, Palestina, and the parts adjoyning in Arabia, Egypt, Mauritania, LybiaLibya, and other bordering parts of Africke, and consequently for any footsteps of their descents …
John White · The Planters Plea · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… daies, as the Illyrians and those who are towarde the West, as also all LybiaLibya and Egypt with them of Palestina: some for seven as they of Constantinople, and …
With rule
… daies, as the Illyrians and those who are towarde the West, as also all LybiaLibya and Egypt with them of Palestina: some for seven as they of Constantinople, and …
Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 396 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Westerne Churches: after the same manner as the Bishop of Alexandria those of Egypt, LybiaLibya, Pentapolis, &c. Hosius was not there then, to represent the vniuersall Bishop of the …
With rule
… Westerne Churches: after the same manner as the Bishop of Alexandria those of Egypt, LybiaLibya, Pentapolis, &c. Hosius was not there then, to represent the vniuersall Bishop of the …
John Cameron · Examination of those Plausible Appearances in the Romish Church · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Aegyptus a LybiaLibya dirimitur, in thoſe vaſt range of mountaines, by which Egypt and LybiaLibya are divided. This was an huge long poſt, above a thouſand Miles, as I …
With rule
… Aegyptus a LybiaLibya dirimitur, in thoſe vaſt range of mountaines, by which Egypt and LybiaLibya are divided. This was an huge long poſt, above a thouſand Miles, as I …
Richard Baxter · The Nonconformists Advocate · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with four Legions, who suddenly seized up Paraetonium, the prime City of Aegypt, toward LybiaLibya. Anthony being informed hereof, marched towards Paraetonium, hoping to draw Gallus his Souldiers to …
With rule
… with four Legions, who suddenly seized up Paraetonium, the prime City of Aegypt, toward LybiaLibya. Anthony being informed hereof, marched towards Paraetonium, hoping to draw Gallus his Souldiers to …
Samuel Clarke · the Life and Death of Julius Caesar · p. 80 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A New Description of the World A33342

Printed
LYBIALIBYA INTERIOR, has for its Northern bound Mount Atlas, parted by it from Barbary and …
With rule
LYBIALIBYA INTERIOR, has for its Northern bound Mount Atlas, parted by it from Barbary and …
Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
LYBIALIBYA DESERTA, is a place so destitute and poor, by reason it mostly consists of …
With rule
LYBIALIBYA DESERTA, is a place so destitute and poor, by reason it mostly consists of …
Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 167 · Open in the reader