Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #25293 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unhappieunhappy

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

Puritas changed it: 161 times in 103 works
Consistency: 93.0% (161 of 173)
Reach if approved: ~182 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unhappy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 173 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (161 changes in 103 works, 93.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 161)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their Idols there: but the groves may bee called happie per foreign, becauſe they were unhappieunhappy who worſhipped there: So it is called Lucus, quod minime Luceat: So Iob 39. Struthio …
With rule
… their Idols there: but the groves may bee called happie per foreign, becauſe they were unhappieunhappy who worſhipped there: So it is called Lucus, quod minime Luceat: So Iob 39. Struthio …
John Weemes · Treatise of the Four Degenerate Sons · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after, 2 1 Rodulphus chosen unexpectedly Emperour of Germanie, 4 30 sendeth supplies to Syria, ibid. Rodulphus the unhappieunhappy Patriarch of Antioch, 2 20
With rule
… after, 2 1 Rodulphus chosen unexpectedly Emperour of Germanie, 4 30 sendeth supplies to Syria, ibid. Rodulphus the unhappieunhappy Patriarch of Antioch, 2 20
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader
Printed
… they are called Chriſtians: that rather than faile of ſinning, with mutuall emulation, like unhappieunhappy boyes, ſtrive who ſhall goe furtheſt in the dirt: they thinke it a foule …
With rule
… they are called Chriſtians: that rather than faile of ſinning, with mutuall emulation, like unhappieunhappy boyes, ſtrive who ſhall goe furtheſt in the dirt: they thinke it a foule …
John Stoughton · The Heavenly Conversation and Natural Mans Condition · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Synagogues every Sabbath without expecting other revelation. For Ieſus Chriſt ſpeaketh of …he unhappieunhappy rich man, as of a man that had lived under the old Teſtament, during …
With rule
… the Synagogues every Sabbath without expecting other revelation. For Ieſus Chriſt ſpeaketh of …he unhappieunhappy rich man, as of a man that had lived under the old Teſtament, during …
Peter du Moulin Jr · A Learned Treatise of Traditions · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſight, as any man in London: I am Gods childe, but I am an unhappieunhappy graceleſs childe; then a man can call himſelfe foole, and be angry with himſelfe …
With rule
… ſight, as any man in London: I am Gods childe, but I am an unhappieunhappy graceleſs childe; then a man can call himſelfe foole, and be angry with himſelfe …
Walter Cradock · Gospel Holiness · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Experience hath made men to know the comfortable fruits of free Election, and the unhappieunhappy successe of violent intrusion. Constantius the sonne of Constantine, did put Orthodox Bishops from …
With rule
… Experience hath made men to know the comfortable fruits of free Election, and the unhappieunhappy successe of violent intrusion. Constantius the sonne of Constantine, did put Orthodox Bishops from …
George Gillespie · Treatise of Miscellaneous Questions · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Passing therefore the many horrid Blasphemies, Lies and Reproaches, wherewith your Clergie during these unhappieunhappy wars did not cease continually to proscind the Cause and People of God, more …
With rule
… Passing therefore the many horrid Blasphemies, Lies and Reproaches, wherewith your Clergie during these unhappieunhappy wars did not cease continually to proscind the Cause and People of God, more …
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Subject to a King, Protection from a King to His People. The present unhappieunhappy distance between His Majestie and the Parliament, makes the whole Kingdome stand amazed, in …
With rule
… a Subject to a King, Protection from a King to His People. The present unhappieunhappy distance between His Majestie and the Parliament, makes the whole Kingdome stand amazed, in …
Benjamin Rudyerd · Speech in the House of Commons · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 are listed here. 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
UnhappieUnhappy soul that thence his Nectar sips,
With rule
UnhappieUnhappy soul that thence his Nectar sips,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The Last things A25250

Printed
… companie? are all left behind? and is there no recreation in thoſe ſmokie vaults? UnhappieUnhappy dungeon, where there is no order but horrour, no ſinging but houling, no ditties …
With rule
… companie? are all left behind? and is there no recreation in thoſe ſmokie vaults? UnhappieUnhappy dungeon, where there is no order but horrour, no ſinging but houling, no ditties …
Isaac Ambrose · The Last things · p. 144 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
UnhappieUnhappy chance, unhappieunhappy change, alas,
With rule
UnhappieUnhappy chance, unhappieunhappy change, alas,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 73 · Open in the reader

Englands Sad Posture A79264

Printed
UnhappieUnhappy Charles then, but you higher Chaires,
With rule
UnhappieUnhappy Charles then, but you higher Chaires,
Edward Calver · Englands Sad Posture · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
UnhappieUnhappy project, that did thus betray,
With rule
UnhappieUnhappy project, that did thus betray,
Edward Calver · Englands Sad Posture · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
UnhappieUnhappy men that we could not deſery
With rule
UnhappieUnhappy men that we could not deſery
Edward Calver · Englands Sad Posture · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
UnhappieUnhappy ſtraite, then wherto you are brought;
With rule
UnhappieUnhappy ſtraite, then wherto you are brought;
Edward Calver · Englands Sad Posture · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
UnhappieUnhappy Parliament, it muſt be ſoe,
With rule
UnhappieUnhappy Parliament, it muſt be ſoe,
Edward Calver · Englands Sad Posture · p. 23 · Open in the reader