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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3965 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

poysonpoison

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

Puritas changed it
8,474 times in 2,341 works
Consistency
99.9% (8,474 of 8,482)
Reach if approved
~8,914 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: poison
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
8,484 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (8,474 changes in 2,341 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 8,474)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … perfections, not the infections. But ſinne was contrary to mans nature, the deformitie and poyſonpoison thereof wrought onely by the Devill in man, after the worke of God was …
    With rule
    … perfections, not the infections. But ſinne was contrary to mans nature, the deformitie and poyſonpoison thereof wrought onely by the Devill in man, after the worke of God was …

    Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Aun. I take it againſt the poyſonpoison of Marcions hereſie, who thought it not meete to beleeue in God the maker …
    With rule
    Aun. I take it againſt the poyſonpoison of Marcions hereſie, who thought it not meete to beleeue in God the maker …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … wordes, let him conſider, that this is the hidden ſpring of the moſt peſtilent poyſonpoison of Pelagius. For out of this may they waſh away and put off any …
    With rule
    … wordes, let him conſider, that this is the hidden ſpring of the moſt peſtilent poyſonpoison of Pelagius. For out of this may they waſh away and put off any …

    Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … testimonies of many afflicted Saints; The arrowes of the Almighty are within me, the poysonpoison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrours of God doe set themselues in array …
    With rule
    … testimonies of many afflicted Saints; The arrowes of the Almighty are within me, the poysonpoison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrours of God doe set themselues in array …

    Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the obduracie and obstinacy of the Iewes hearts, from whence proceeded rhe venome and poysonpoison of their tongues. Now know we that thou hast a diuell: maliciously, and contrary …
    With rule
    … the obduracie and obstinacy of the Iewes hearts, from whence proceeded rhe venome and poysonpoison of their tongues. Now know we that thou hast a diuell: maliciously, and contrary …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 106 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … perish with euerlasting death. And the waters are called bitter which this starre doth poysonpoison. Not accordinge to the sense and iudgement of the flesh, to which they seme …
    With rule
    … perish with euerlasting death. And the waters are called bitter which this starre doth poysonpoison. Not accordinge to the sense and iudgement of the flesh, to which they seme …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the hearbe being wasted, the Toad bursts and dies. Wee sucke in sinne, the poysonpoison of that old Serpent, and presume to driue it out againe with Repentance: but …
    With rule
    … the hearbe being wasted, the Toad bursts and dies. Wee sucke in sinne, the poysonpoison of that old Serpent, and presume to driue it out againe with Repentance: but …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … doth ioy & take delite in it: & greedily ſwallow it vp, euē as a ſweete poyſonpoison, what cōpaſſiō is to bee ſhewed?
    With rule
    … doth ioy & take delite in it: & greedily ſwallow it vp, euē as a ſweete poyſonpoison, what cōpaſſiō is to bee ſhewed?

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

6 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.

Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 A05604

  • Printed
    … in this Kingdome, to ſee how idolatry creepes up EVEN IN THE VNIVERSITYES TO POYSONPOISON the WHOLE REAL ME; & how in all places ſuperſtition is euery where preached vp …
    With rule
    … in this Kingdome, to ſee how idolatry creepes up EVEN IN THE VNIVERSITYES TO POYSONPOISON the WHOLE REAL ME; & how in all places ſuperſtition is euery where preached vp …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 A05611

  • Printed
    … in this Kingdome, to ſee how idolatry creepes up EVEN IN THE VNIVERSITYES TO POYSONPOISON the WHOLE REAL ME; & how in all places ſuperſtition is euery where preached vp …
    With rule
    … in this Kingdome, to ſee how idolatry creepes up EVEN IN THE VNIVERSITYES TO POYSONPOISON the WHOLE REAL ME; & how in all places ſuperſtition is euery where preached vp …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

Characters of a Godly Man A30272

  • Printed
    … they muſt Aſpire. And indeed unto Weaklings, they are like to be MEAT or POYSONPOISON, as they ſhall uſe them, reaſonably, or madly. PoyſonPoison, if they ſhall wildly conclude …
    With rule
    … they muſt Aſpire. And indeed unto Weaklings, they are like to be MEAT or POYSONPOISON, as they ſhall uſe them, reaſonably, or madly. PoyſonPoison, if they ſhall wildly conclude …

    Daniel Burgess · Characters of a Godly Man · Open in the reader

The Christian Warfare Part 2 A69233

  • Printed
    WRITTEN AS AN ANTIDOTE AGAINST THE POYSONPOISON OF WORLDLIE loue, with which in these daies so many are infected; and that …
    With rule
    WRITTEN AS AN ANTIDOTE AGAINST THE POYSONPOISON OF WORLDLIE loue, with which in these daies so many are infected; and that …

    John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 2 · Open in the reader

Tropes and Figures B25425

  • Printed
    POyſonPoison of Aſps denotes, 1. Sometimes great Puniſhments. Job 6.4. & 20.16. He ſhall ſuck the PoyſonPoison of Aſps …
    With rule
    POyſonPoison of Aſps denotes, 1. Sometimes great Puniſhments. Job 6.4. & 20.16. He ſhall ſuck the PoyſonPoison of Aſps …

    Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 350 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    POyſonPoison inflames, heats, and (as it were) ſets the Body on fire: So Sin inflames …
    With rule
    POyſonPoison inflames, heats, and (as it were) ſets the Body on fire: So Sin inflames …

    Benjamin Keach · Tropes and Figures · p. 350 · Open in the reader