Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #25204 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

counterfeytcounterfeit

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

Puritas changed it: 188 times in 34 works
Consistency: 92.1% (188 of 204)
Reach if approved: ~214 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: counterfeit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 204 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (188 changes in 34 works, 92.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 188)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… them to be as they bee. Herewithall he ſheweth that he will haue no counterfeytcounterfeit humilitie, as wee ſee the woont of many men is, which do but lie …
With rule
… them to be as they bee. Herewithall he ſheweth that he will haue no counterfeytcounterfeit humilitie, as wee ſee the woont of many men is, which do but lie …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 790 · Open in the reader
Printed
And counterfeytcounterfeit no Christian Priest.
With rule
And counterfeytcounterfeit no Christian Priest.
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and shall we thinke that such are no infection to our land? Dauid did counterfeytcounterfeit himselfe madde, when he was not, for his owne security: these are mad, and …
With rule
… and shall we thinke that such are no infection to our land? Dauid did counterfeytcounterfeit himselfe madde, when he was not, for his owne security: these are mad, and …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I know, and Paule I know, but who are ye? at what time some counterfeytcounterfeit exorcists tooke vpon them to call ouer the possessed the name of the Lord …
With rule
… I know, and Paule I know, but who are ye? at what time some counterfeytcounterfeit exorcists tooke vpon them to call ouer the possessed the name of the Lord …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and so change the evidence: that they make moe s…craments, and so adde counterfeytcounterfeit seals, turning the Lords supper into a Popish sacrifice, and so do tear off …
With rule
… and so change the evidence: that they make moe s…craments, and so adde counterfeytcounterfeit seals, turning the Lords supper into a Popish sacrifice, and so do tear off …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and not to caſt themſelues out of the Saddle, and woulde haue men to counterfeytcounterfeit, and to beare two faces in one whoode: it is certain that ſuch maner …
With rule
… and not to caſt themſelues out of the Saddle, and woulde haue men to counterfeytcounterfeit, and to beare two faces in one whoode: it is certain that ſuch maner …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… be not ſaued: for what doth it profite the Turkes, Saracenes, vnfaithfull Gentils, and counterfeytcounterfeit chriſtians? The fault is not in God, being mercifull to all his workes, who …
With rule
… be not ſaued: for what doth it profite the Turkes, Saracenes, vnfaithfull Gentils, and counterfeytcounterfeit chriſtians? The fault is not in God, being mercifull to all his workes, who …
Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… solitary; for God, and Nature, and Reason concurre against it. Now, a man may counterfeytcounterfeit the Plague in a vowe, and mistake a Disease for Religion; by such a …
With rule
… solitary; for God, and Nature, and Reason concurre against it. Now, a man may counterfeytcounterfeit the Plague in a vowe, and mistake a Disease for Religion; by such a …
John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 92 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

Printed
… Ar…bius, Master to Lactantius, to bee none of his, but a more recent CounterfeytCounterfeit.
With rule
… Ar…bius, Master to Lactantius, to bee none of his, but a more recent CounterfeytCounterfeit.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Epistle written by Pope Clement, to S. Iames the Apostle, to bee a plaine CounterfeytCounterfeit; it beeing maintained there-in, That all things should bee common: which else-where …
With rule
… Epistle written by Pope Clement, to S. Iames the Apostle, to bee a plaine CounterfeytCounterfeit; it beeing maintained there-in, That all things should bee common: which else-where …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bellarmine, for Invocation of Sayncts, but is declared by Baronius, to bee a miere CounterfeytCounterfeit.
With rule
… Bellarmine, for Invocation of Sayncts, but is declared by Baronius, to bee a miere CounterfeytCounterfeit.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their owne side, and the booke it selfe, that it is but a ranke CounterfeytCounterfeit, as may bee seene in our seaventh Chapter.
With rule
… their owne side, and the booke it selfe, that it is but a ranke CounterfeytCounterfeit, as may bee seene in our seaventh Chapter.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… non est ullius authoritatis: that is, The Historie of Linus, is truelie a forged CounterfeytCounterfeit; and if it bee forged, it is not of anie authoritie at all. Even …
With rule
… non est ullius authoritatis: that is, The Historie of Linus, is truelie a forged CounterfeytCounterfeit; and if it bee forged, it is not of anie authoritie at all. Even …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 162 · Open in the reader