Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3972 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fyrefire

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

Puritas changed it: 1,830 times in 284 works
Consistency: 99.9% (1,830 of 1,831)
Reach if approved: ~1,924 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fire
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,831 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,830 changes in 284 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,830)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thys worlde, and in the worlde to come hée is appoynted to the euerlaſting fyrefire prepared for the diuell and hys Aungels by the iuſte iudgemente of the almightie …
With rule
… thys worlde, and in the worlde to come hée is appoynted to the euerlaſting fyrefire prepared for the diuell and hys Aungels by the iuſte iudgemente of the almightie …
Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Allexandria, preached the Gospel in Egypt, and there drawen with ropes vnto the fyrefire, was burned, and after buried in a place called Bucolus, vnder the reigne of …
With rule
… of Allexandria, preached the Gospel in Egypt, and there drawen with ropes vnto the fyrefire, was burned, and after buried in a place called Bucolus, vnder the reigne of …
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · Open in the reader
Printed
… I will giue you, as, that for euerie chimnie, and other places to make fyrefire in, as ouens, fornaces, ſmithes forges, and ſuch others, a french crowne was yerely …
With rule
… I will giue you, as, that for euerie chimnie, and other places to make fyrefire in, as ouens, fornaces, ſmithes forges, and ſuch others, a french crowne was yerely …
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and beaſtes, of ferynge thēſelues vp for aſtynkige ſacryfyce vnto belphegor in the fylthye fyrefire of concupyſcence, burnynge heates of ther luſtes, ād vnſacyable deſyres of ther lueſhe with …
With rule
… and beaſtes, of ferynge thēſelues vp for aſtynkige ſacryfyce vnto belphegor in the fylthye fyrefire of concupyſcence, burnynge heates of ther luſtes, ād vnſacyable deſyres of ther lueſhe with …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… propared vnto them before all beginning, and that the other shalbe adiudged to the fyrefire which neuer shalbe quenched. That God stirred and raised vp Pharao, that his power …
With rule
… propared vnto them before all beginning, and that the other shalbe adiudged to the fyrefire which neuer shalbe quenched. That God stirred and raised vp Pharao, that his power …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… saythe he) that when he hathe kylled the bodye, maye also caste into hell fyrefire. Matter for all kyndes of people heare, but speciallye for kynges. And therefore heare …
With rule
… saythe he) that when he hathe kylled the bodye, maye also caste into hell fyrefire. Matter for all kyndes of people heare, but speciallye for kynges. And therefore heare …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
That …ra thair Harnes flew the FyreFire.
With rule
That …ra thair Harnes flew the FyreFire.
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader
Printed
… from all our territories and domini…u… this Babilonicall Hydre, so monstruously raging with fyrefire & sword, so broyling, and imbruyng all places with fa…gottes …nd goare, so tumbling …
With rule
… from all our territories and domini…u… this Babilonicall Hydre, so monstruously raging with fyrefire & sword, so broyling, and imbruyng all places with fa…gottes …nd goare, so tumbling …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Goodly Gallery A01313

Printed
FYreFire scattered in the ayre, or illuminations, are generated in the lowest region of the …
With rule
FYreFire scattered in the ayre, or illuminations, are generated in the lowest region of the …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 11 · Open in the reader