Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3920 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saydsaid

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

Puritas changed it: 23,503 times in 1,277 works
Consistency: 99.8% (23,503 of 23,537)
Reach if approved: ~24,737 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: said
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 23,543 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (23,503 changes in 1,277 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 23,503)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… age; ſickneſſe; diſeaſe; and lack of bookes: wherefore he refuſed to diſpute, but he ſaydsaid, he would declare his minde in wryting, or by woordes: and woulde ſtande to …
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… age; ſickneſſe; diſeaſe; and lack of bookes: wherefore he refuſed to diſpute, but he ſaydsaid, he would declare his minde in wryting, or by woordes: and woulde ſtande to …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sent but vnto the lost sheep of the house of Israel, or as he saydsaid vnto the Pharisies, The whole haue no neede of the Phisition, but the sicke …
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… sent but vnto the lost sheep of the house of Israel, or as he saydsaid vnto the Pharisies, The whole haue no neede of the Phisition, but the sicke …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their conscience, which when it is found in the ende, as it is now saydsaid in the beginning, your arrogant boasting and impudent lying togither with the falshoode of …
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… their conscience, which when it is found in the ende, as it is now saydsaid in the beginning, your arrogant boasting and impudent lying togither with the falshoode of …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we are to be curious no further then the Scriptures doe teach. It is ſaydsaid that God ſpared not the Angels that ſinned, but caſt them downe into …: it …
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… we are to be curious no further then the Scriptures doe teach. It is ſaydsaid that God ſpared not the Angels that ſinned, but caſt them downe into …: it …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
16. It will be ſaydsaid further, Where can it be ſhewed, that ſuch humble & meeke men, and ſo greatly …
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16. It will be ſaydsaid further, Where can it be ſhewed, that ſuch humble & meeke men, and ſo greatly …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader
Printed
Conſultation; Then ſaydsaid hee to the Dreſser of his Vineyard.
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Conſultation; Then ſaydsaid hee to the Dreſser of his Vineyard.
Thomas Adams · The Barren Tree · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
I Robert Crosdale, gathering the notes of the saydsaid Sermons, and conferring the same vvith the propositions vvhich are layde to their charge …
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I Robert Crosdale, gathering the notes of the saydsaid Sermons, and conferring the same vvith the propositions vvhich are layde to their charge …
John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader
Printed
… Altar, and sacrificed burnt offerings on it, the Lord smelled a sweet sauour and saydsaid, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake. Myrrhe and …
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… Altar, and sacrificed burnt offerings on it, the Lord smelled a sweet sauour and saydsaid, I will not againe curse the ground any more for mans sake. Myrrhe and …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 62 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

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

The Merchant Real A06192

Printed
Inſomuch that for the price thereof, Chriſt didnot only ſay, but pray, & pay; SaydSaid vvhen he ſpake vnto the people, prayed vvith teares, & ſtrong cryes, & payed his deareſt …
With rule
Inſomuch that for the price thereof, Chriſt didnot only ſay, but pray, & pay; SaydSaid vvhen he ſpake vnto the people, prayed vvith teares, & ſtrong cryes, & payed his deareſt …
William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger A06772

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… which …ed away from the people, when they wolde haue made hym theyr kyng? SaydSaid he not vnto Pilate, my kyngedome is not of this world? Was he disobedient …
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… which …ed away from the people, when they wolde haue made hym theyr kyng? SaydSaid he not vnto Pilate, my kyngedome is not of this world? Was he disobedient …
Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

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I SaydSaid héeretofore concerning GOD, that all things teache vs that there is but one, and …
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I SaydSaid héeretofore concerning GOD, that all things teache vs that there is but one, and …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Of Justification By Faith A09274

Printed
… selfe is wisdome too. Else God himselfe deceaues vs: who, as it is, Iob 28. 28. [SaydSaid vnto man: Behold the feare of the Lord that is wisdome, and to depart …
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… selfe is wisdome too. Else God himselfe deceaues vs: who, as it is, Iob 28. 28. [SaydSaid vnto man: Behold the feare of the Lord that is wisdome, and to depart …
William Pemble · Of Justification By Faith · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Quench-Coal A10197

Printed
… Parleament, that the saydsaid estatute of Repeale & every thing therein conteyned ONLY CONCERNING THE SAYDSAID BOOKE, and the service, administration of Sacraments rites & Ceremonies, conteyned or appointed in or …
With rule
… Parleament, that the saydsaid estatute of Repeale & every thing therein conteyned ONLY CONCERNING THE SAYDSAID BOOKE, and the service, administration of Sacraments rites & Ceremonies, conteyned or appointed in or …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Altar, and putting two of the fingers of his right hand on the Altar; SaydSaid, I will, and J shall faithfully performe all the premises as farre as God …
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… Altar, and putting two of the fingers of his right hand on the Altar; SaydSaid, I will, and J shall faithfully performe all the premises as farre as God …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 270 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Pretended Christians Plea for the Church of Rome A13295

Printed
Answ. It seemeth that his wonder made him to forget himselfe. SaydSaid he not even now, it was evident that Mr. Iunius in one respect acknowledged …
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Answ. It seemeth that his wonder made him to forget himselfe. SaydSaid he not even now, it was evident that Mr. Iunius in one respect acknowledged …
Henry Ainsworth · A Reply to a Pretended Christians Plea for the Church of Rome · p. 103 · Open in the reader

The Hunting of the Fox and the Wolf A14050

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… hye priests / guilty of Christes death / because the secular rulers put him to death. SaydSaid not the hye priestes / we may not kill any man / but wee haue a …
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… hye priests / guilty of Christes death / because the secular rulers put him to death. SaydSaid not the hye priestes / we may not kill any man / but wee haue a …
William Turner · The Hunting of the Fox and the Wolf · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
SaydSaid, I preſume, I rightly gueſſe the cauſe,
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SaydSaid, I preſume, I rightly gueſſe the cauſe,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
SaydSaid, they confeſſed them with zeale and wiles,
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SaydSaid, they confeſſed them with zeale and wiles,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
SaydSaid, yeſterday about the after three
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SaydSaid, yeſterday about the after three
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 134 · Open in the reader

Answer to Examination A19146

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… doe it, and what money he receyued for it or truſted for to receyue. SaydSaid and confeſſed kneelynge on hys knees before the Quéene and aſkynge pardon theſe wordes …
With rule
… doe it, and what money he receyued for it or truſted for to receyue. SaydSaid and confeſſed kneelynge on hys knees before the Quéene and aſkynge pardon theſe wordes …
Gaspard Coligny · Answer to Examination · Open in the reader

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

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SaydSaid Chersey agayne, he onely hath offended agaynst your Grace, and agaynst no man els …
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SaydSaid Chersey agayne, he onely hath offended agaynst your Grace, and agaynst no man els …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · Open in the reader
Printed
I SaydSaid very truely, when I saydsaid that such answere as I made to Hilary will …
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I SaydSaid very truely, when I saydsaid that such answere as I made to Hilary will …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 174 · Open in the reader

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

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… she met, she asked him what Profession he was of? He answered, a Carpenter. SaydSaid she, Can you suddenly put a prop under the middle of this beam? The …
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… she met, she asked him what Profession he was of? He answered, a Carpenter. SaydSaid she, Can you suddenly put a prop under the middle of this beam? The …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 187 · Open in the reader

A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic A56191

Printed
SaydSaid his Ave before it. This is bad,
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SaydSaid his Ave before it. This is bad,
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
SaydSaid unto, Peter, Feede my ſheepe: therefore
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SaydSaid unto, Peter, Feede my ſheepe: therefore
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
SaydSaid to them; Drinke ye all of this; and they
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SaydSaid to them; Drinke ye all of this; and they
William Prynne · A Pleasant Purge for a Roman Catholic · p. 123 · Open in the reader

The Life of Faith A67397

Printed
… And, if we Bar Metaphors, we must Exclude the greatest part of what is SaydSaid or Written.
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… And, if we Bar Metaphors, we must Exclude the greatest part of what is SaydSaid or Written.
John Wallis · The Life of Faith · p. 38 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

Printed
… liberty of profane Sports on the Lords day, with pressing Ministers to read the SaydSaid Book in their severall Congregations, and upon refusall, extreamely persecuting them, and thrusting them …
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… liberty of profane Sports on the Lords day, with pressing Ministers to read the SaydSaid Book in their severall Congregations, and upon refusall, extreamely persecuting them, and thrusting them …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · Open in the reader
Printed
… Leprosie, but art a Syrian still, a Leprous Naaman still: well mayst thou be SaydSaid to be One and the Same Church with Rome, even one and the same …
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… Leprosie, but art a Syrian still, a Leprous Naaman still: well mayst thou be SaydSaid to be One and the Same Church with Rome, even one and the same …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
P. These words are to be expounded by what you have formerly SaydSaid. Though it give light enough: that is, though it should or could give …ight …
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P. These words are to be expounded by what you have formerly SaydSaid. Though it give light enough: that is, though it should or could give …ight …
Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · p. 208 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

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… are all one in Chriſt Jeſus: and Rom. 8.17. Joynt-heires with Chriſt: and Epheſ. 2.6. SaydSaid to ſit together in heavenly places in Chriſt Jeſus: This ſhould move us to …
With rule
… are all one in Chriſt Jeſus: and Rom. 8.17. Joynt-heires with Chriſt: and Epheſ. 2.6. SaydSaid to ſit together in heavenly places in Chriſt Jeſus: This ſhould move us to …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 419 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

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11 H. 4. fol. 76. SaydSaid by our Law, if one marry his Cozen, their Iſſue is no Baſtard, till …
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11 H. 4. fol. 76. SaydSaid by our Law, if one marry his Cozen, their Iſſue is no Baſtard, till …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 214 · Open in the reader

Salt Upon Salt A96767

Printed
SaydSaid to their Sergeant, Take away that Bable;
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SaydSaid to their Sergeant, Take away that Bable;
George Wither · Salt Upon Salt · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Zions Sweets B07186

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… grace, if thou beeſt converted, hangs vpon theſe Ordinances, as vpon ſecondary neceſſary helpes; SaydSaid I not before, this meate the Feaſt-maker provideth for the growth of the …
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… grace, if thou beeſt converted, hangs vpon theſe Ordinances, as vpon ſecondary neceſſary helpes; SaydSaid I not before, this meate the Feaſt-maker provideth for the growth of the …
Thomas Barnes · Zions Sweets · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations B15410

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… that such person or persons so named, authorized and appointed by them, AFTER THE SAYDSAID LETTERS PATENTS TO THEM MADE AND DELIVERED as is afore saydsaid, shall have full …
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… that such person or persons so named, authorized and appointed by them, AFTER THE SAYDSAID LETTERS PATENTS TO THEM MADE AND DELIVERED as is afore saydsaid, shall have full …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 100 · Open in the reader
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… shall have full power and authority by vertue of this Act, and of the SAYDSAID LETTERS PATENTS, under your Highnes, your Heires and Successors, to exercise, use and execute …
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… shall have full power and authority by vertue of this Act, and of the SAYDSAID LETTERS PATENTS, under your Highnes, your Heires and Successors, to exercise, use and execute …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 100 · Open in the reader
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… use and execute all the premises; ACCORDING TO THE TENOR AND EFFECT OF THE SAYDSAID LETTERS PATENTS, any matter or cause to the contrary notwithstanding: And for the better …
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… use and execute all the premises; ACCORDING TO THE TENOR AND EFFECT OF THE SAYDSAID LETTERS PATENTS, any matter or cause to the contrary notwithstanding: And for the better …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 100 · Open in the reader
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… the Sacraments, or other open prayers THEN, IS MENTIONED AND SET FORTH IN THE SAYDSAID BOOKE; (as all those doe who use the forementioned Novell Rites, Ceremonies, Orders, new …
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… the Sacraments, or other open prayers THEN, IS MENTIONED AND SET FORTH IN THE SAYDSAID BOOKE; (as all those doe who use the forementioned Novell Rites, Ceremonies, Orders, new …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 108 · Open in the reader
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… meanes, concerning the true payment of the said personall Tithes, OTHER THEN BY THE SAYDSAID PARTIES CORPORALL OATH. For that was neither lawfull, nor reasonable, the Ecclesiasticall Court, having …
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… meanes, concerning the true payment of the said personall Tithes, OTHER THEN BY THE SAYDSAID PARTIES CORPORALL OATH. For that was neither lawfull, nor reasonable, the Ecclesiasticall Court, having …
William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 219 · Open in the reader

Answer to Thomas More B16147

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… agayne? O thys blyndenesse / as god had wrought nothynge in the repentaūce of peter. SaydSaid not christ before / that peter shuld faull. And saydsaid he not that he had …
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… agayne? O thys blyndenesse / as god had wrought nothynge in the repentaūce of peter. SaydSaid not christ before / that peter shuld faull. And saydsaid he not that he had …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. Cxxx · Open in the reader