Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #25060 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

stilingstyling

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

Puritas changed it: 242 times in 163 works
Consistency: 96.8% (242 of 250)
Reach if approved: ~263 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: styling
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 250 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (242 changes in 163 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 242)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vnworthy writers to conueigh the poiſon of their books into the inferiour ſort, by ſtilingstyling and gracing them with the names of remarkable perſonages.
With rule
… vnworthy writers to conueigh the poiſon of their books into the inferiour ſort, by ſtilingstyling and gracing them with the names of remarkable perſonages.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · Open in the reader
Printed
… state of nature before he be in the state of grace, it is sin: stilingstyling euen the best workes of these heathen moralists, but splendida peccata, glittering sinnes. Now …
With rule
… state of nature before he be in the state of grace, it is sin: stilingstyling euen the best workes of these heathen moralists, but splendida peccata, glittering sinnes. Now …
Henry Burton · The Christians Bulwark · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome particular men of them Rabſhekes, others Bauds, others Black mouths, legall Preachers, and ſtilingstyling all of them the curſed enemies of Ieſus Chriſt, and thinke of them as …
With rule
… ſome particular men of them Rabſhekes, others Bauds, others Black mouths, legall Preachers, and ſtilingstyling all of them the curſed enemies of Ieſus Chriſt, and thinke of them as …
John Bastwick · The Utter Routing of the Whole Army of All the Independents and Sectaries · p. 607 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mountain of Eſau; that is to ſay, the Chriſtians, together with their Kingdome: they ſtilingstyling the Chriſtians Edomites, and the Roman Monarchy the Kingdome of Edom, and ſo shall …
With rule
… Mountain of Eſau; that is to ſay, the Chriſtians, together with their Kingdome: they ſtilingstyling the Chriſtians Edomites, and the Roman Monarchy the Kingdome of Edom, and ſo shall …
Johann II Buxtorf · The Jewish Synagogue · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Letters thus, The Fathers of the Council to Innocent the Pope and High Prieſt, ſtilingstyling him Moſt Holy Father —
With rule
… Letters thus, The Fathers of the Council to Innocent the Pope and High Prieſt, ſtilingstyling him Moſt Holy Father —
Henry Danvers · Baptism · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by his own words doth appear. He discovereth in himself a modest Pride; modest stilingstyling himself (and truly enough) the uNLETTERED SCHOLAR; Pride, thus immoderately boasting of his Book …
With rule
… by his own words doth appear. He discovereth in himself a modest Pride; modest stilingstyling himself (and truly enough) the uNLETTERED SCHOLAR; Pride, thus immoderately boasting of his Book …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… amongst us have railed at this King for calling the good Prophet Father, and stilingstyling him, The Chariot of Israel, i. e. The Shield and Buckler, the best defence …
With rule
… amongst us have railed at this King for calling the good Prophet Father, and stilingstyling him, The Chariot of Israel, i. e. The Shield and Buckler, the best defence …
Thomas Hall · Samarias Downfall · p. 147 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christian. This is that which the Church so often repeats in this whole song, stilingstyling Christ her faire one, her Beloued, her welbeloued, him whom her soule loueth, him …
With rule
… Christian. This is that which the Church so often repeats in this whole song, stilingstyling Christ her faire one, her Beloued, her welbeloued, him whom her soule loueth, him …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
StilingStyling Gods ſacred booke, a leaden ſword,
With rule
StilingStyling Gods ſacred booke, a leaden ſword,
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Some New Blazing Stars Styling Themselves New Lights A91187

Printed
A Freſh DISCOVERY Of ſome Prodigious New Wandring-Blaſing-Stars, & Firebrands, StilingStyling themſelves NEVV-LIGHTS, Firing our Church and State into New Combuſtions.
With rule
A Freſh DISCOVERY Of ſome Prodigious New Wandring-Blaſing-Stars, & Firebrands, StilingStyling themſelves NEVV-LIGHTS, Firing our Church and State into New Combuſtions.
William Prynne · Some New Blazing Stars Styling Themselves New Lights · Open in the reader

Discovery of Free-State Tyranny A91227

Printed
TO Mr. IOHN BRADSHAW, AND HIS ASSOCIATES AT WHITEHALL, (StilingStyling themſelves the The Councel of State) his Impriſoners.
With rule
TO Mr. IOHN BRADSHAW, AND HIS ASSOCIATES AT WHITEHALL, (StilingStyling themſelves the The Councel of State) his Impriſoners.
William Prynne · Discovery of Free-State Tyranny · Open in the reader