Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #25214 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

destiniedestiny

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

Puritas changed it: 211 times in 92 works
Consistency: 80.5% (211 of 262)
Reach if approved: ~275 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: destiny
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 262 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (211 changes in 92 works, 80.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 211)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And forth with cruell deſtiniedestiny ſhe roade;
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And forth with cruell deſtiniedestiny ſhe roade;
John Wilson · A Song · Open in the reader
Printed
… wise is to be admitted: 3. because the positiue and actuall decree of reprobation and destiniedestiny vnto damnation, is not without respect vnto mans finall impenitencie, howsoeuer the reiection of …
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… wise is to be admitted: 3. because the positiue and actuall decree of reprobation and destiniedestiny vnto damnation, is not without respect vnto mans finall impenitencie, howsoeuer the reiection of …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and heauens, but alſo aboue the verie Angels them ſelues. Moreouer, theſe diſputers for deſtiniedestiny, do attribute to deſtiniedestiny both the good and euil that happen to men. But …
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… and heauens, but alſo aboue the verie Angels them ſelues. Moreouer, theſe diſputers for deſtiniedestiny, do attribute to deſtiniedestiny both the good and euil that happen to men. But …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 481 · Open in the reader
Printed
… point, of a line, and of the ſuperficies and quantitie of the Soule, of deſtiniedestiny, of charge, and freewill, of the matter and moouings, of the beginnings of bodies …
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… point, of a line, and of the ſuperficies and quantitie of the Soule, of deſtiniedestiny, of charge, and freewill, of the matter and moouings, of the beginnings of bodies …
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 106 · Open in the reader
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… could not chooſe but commit it, the Iudge would anſwere that it was his deſtiniedestiny alſo that hee ſhould bee hanged: ſo when vve ſhalbe arraigned before the Lord …
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… could not chooſe but commit it, the Iudge would anſwere that it was his deſtiniedestiny alſo that hee ſhould bee hanged: ſo when vve ſhalbe arraigned before the Lord …
John Downame · Spiritual Physic to Cure the Diseases of the Soul · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the rule or law of Nature. Now this law is that neceſſitie, fate, or deſtiniedestiny which is ordained by his eternall decree that made Nature, and all things therein …
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… the rule or law of Nature. Now this law is that neceſſitie, fate, or deſtiniedestiny which is ordained by his eternall decree that made Nature, and all things therein …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… croſſe vpon vs, Now I was ordained to it, I thinke it was my destiniedestiny: But happy is he, who can by euent learne to ſee how God hath …
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… croſſe vpon vs, Now I was ordained to it, I thinke it was my destiniedestiny: But happy is he, who can by euent learne to ſee how God hath …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and drawing out the same, consult, with a certaine booke they haue, of their destiniedestiny.
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… and drawing out the same, consult, with a certaine booke they haue, of their destiniedestiny.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 371 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (51)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 are listed here. 22 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Nature and Use of Lots A01545

Printed
… prouidence, and that they differ onely in respect: as also, that Prouidence, Fate or DestinieDestiny, and Fortune or Casualtie are in truth the same; yet so to be distinguished …
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… prouidence, and that they differ onely in respect: as also, that Prouidence, Fate or DestinieDestiny, and Fortune or Casualtie are in truth the same; yet so to be distinguished …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are done; which Prouidence in respect of things done necessarily is called Fate or DestinieDestiny, in respect of things done casually is called Fortune or Casualtie. And therefore That …
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… are done; which Prouidence in respect of things done necessarily is called Fate or DestinieDestiny, in respect of things done casually is called Fortune or Casualtie. And therefore That …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… names of Iupiter, Gardian, Gouernor, & Lord of the whole world. If thou call him DestinieDestiny, thou shalt not deceiue thyselfe; for al things depend vpon him, & from him comes …
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… names of Iupiter, Gardian, Gouernor, & Lord of the whole world. If thou call him DestinieDestiny, thou shalt not deceiue thyselfe; for al things depend vpon him, & from him comes …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or publisheth. Now the Soules doe the Lawe, and the Lawe is the very DestinieDestiny it selfe. And a little afore he sayth, that the sayd Prouidence, which he …
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… or publisheth. Now the Soules doe the Lawe, and the Lawe is the very DestinieDestiny it selfe. And a little afore he sayth, that the sayd Prouidence, which he …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet two Aduocates to heare, namely the Aduocate of Fortune, and the Aduocate of DestinieDestiny. For (sayth the one) if all things passe vnder the guyding of prouidence, what …
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… yet two Aduocates to heare, namely the Aduocate of Fortune, and the Aduocate of DestinieDestiny. For (sayth the one) if all things passe vnder the guyding of prouidence, what …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alledged against Fortune. Therefore let vs see how we may walke betwéene Fortune and DestinieDestiny, so as wee may shunne chaunce without failing into necessitie, and perceiue whether the …
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… alledged against Fortune. Therefore let vs see how we may walke betwéene Fortune and DestinieDestiny, so as wee may shunne chaunce without failing into necessitie, and perceiue whether the …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Wife Fauna, whom the good huzwiues call Fatua of Fate, that is to say DestinieDestiny, because she was woont to reade their Fortunes; and afterward the people worshipped her …
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… Wife Fauna, whom the good huzwiues call Fatua of Fate, that is to say DestinieDestiny, because she was woont to reade their Fortunes; and afterward the people worshipped her …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 380 · Open in the reader

Display of Popish Practices A09918

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… to ſome other conuenient time) I will deale with thee of the argument of DestinieDestiny or Predestination: bicauſe both this Article moueth much controuerſie in the Church, which we …
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… to ſome other conuenient time) I will deale with thee of the argument of DestinieDestiny or Predestination: bicauſe both this Article moueth much controuerſie in the Church, which we …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 1 · Open in the reader
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… could be ſo great, that thou durſt obiect to Caluine that hatefull name of DeſtinieDestiny: wherof what he hath tofore written, it ſhall not repent vs to ſet downe …
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… could be ſo great, that thou durſt obiect to Caluine that hatefull name of DeſtinieDestiny: wherof what he hath tofore written, it ſhall not repent vs to ſet downe …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 4 · Open in the reader
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… wordes againſt our will, yet we admitte not in any wiſe the name of DeſtinieDestiny, bothe bycauſe of that kinde whoſe prophane ſtraungneſſe Paule hath taught vs to auoyde …
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… wordes againſt our will, yet we admitte not in any wiſe the name of DeſtinieDestiny, bothe bycauſe of that kinde whoſe prophane ſtraungneſſe Paule hath taught vs to auoyde …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 4 · Open in the reader
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… all things are done by DeſtinieDestiny, yea we ſay y^• nothing is done by DeſtinieDestiny, bycauſe that wher the name of DeſtinieDestiny is vſed to be put of thoſe …
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… all things are done by DeſtinieDestiny, yea we ſay y^• nothing is done by DeſtinieDestiny, bycauſe that wher the name of DeſtinieDestiny is vſed to be put of thoſe …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 230 · Open in the reader
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… wyll of God auayleth moſt, nor doe we call it by the name of DeſtinieDestiny, leaſt it myght be that we vnderſtand y^e Fatum deſtiniedestiny, is named of Fando …
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… wyll of God auayleth moſt, nor doe we call it by the name of DeſtinieDestiny, leaſt it myght be that we vnderſtand y^e Fatum deſtiniedestiny, is named of Fando …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 230 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
DeſtinieDestiny. 480
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DeſtinieDestiny. 480
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
¶ DestinieDestiny.
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¶ DestinieDestiny.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Vindication of His Annotations A42469

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… to turn the word of Fate and Fatalitie into plain Engliſh, and call it DeſtinieDestiny; if ſuch a kind of power were conferred upon the ſtars, by virtue of …
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… to turn the word of Fate and Fatalitie into plain Engliſh, and call it DeſtinieDestiny; if ſuch a kind of power were conferred upon the ſtars, by virtue of …
Thomas Gataker · Vindication of His Annotations · p. 106 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

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Of fowles, and beaſts, in whoſe wombe, DeſtinieDestiny
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Of fowles, and beaſts, in whoſe wombe, DeſtinieDestiny
John Donne · Poems · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Should injure Nature, Vertue, and DeſtinieDestiny,
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Should injure Nature, Vertue, and DeſtinieDestiny,
John Donne · Poems · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fellow-Commiſſioner with DeſtinieDestiny,
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Fellow-Commiſſioner with DeſtinieDestiny,
John Donne · Poems · p. 255 · Open in the reader