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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3975 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

desyredesire

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

Puritas changed it
1,455 times in 221 works
Consistency
99.5% (1,455 of 1,462)
Reach if approved
~1,536 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: desire
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,462 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,455 changes in 221 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,455)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be contraryous to God / but euyl and ſynneful thynge / and this concupiſcence or euyl deſyredesire / thought it be euyll and ſinnefull / yet we maye not awoyde it: ſo longe …
    With rule
    … be contraryous to God / but euyl and ſynneful thynge / and this concupiſcence or euyl deſyredesire / thought it be euyll and ſinnefull / yet we maye not awoyde it: ſo longe …

    John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … of tribulation and great calamytie. But when I conſidere with my ſelf your inſatiable deſyredesire and moste feruent loue, not onlye in the followynge of your owne ſtudie, but …
    With rule
    … of tribulation and great calamytie. But when I conſidere with my ſelf your inſatiable deſyredesire and moste feruent loue, not onlye in the followynge of your owne ſtudie, but …

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … by loue of mercy, grace and …yghteousnes, ye come vnto Chryst: But by the desyredesire of ryches, welth, & voluptuousnes, men be drawen and …ysed away from Christe.
    With rule
    … by loue of mercy, grace and …yghteousnes, ye come vnto Chryst: But by the desyredesire of ryches, welth, & voluptuousnes, men be drawen and …ysed away from Christe.

    Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … I am wel assured, that no mā can hurt me, no more thā I desyredesire to hurt anye other. And they shall not worke so muche displeasure agaynst me …
    With rule
    … I am wel assured, that no mā can hurt me, no more thā I desyredesire to hurt anye other. And they shall not worke so muche displeasure agaynst me …

    Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … serue you right wel for an answer, … should be also vnto you such a desyredesire … am assured ye were neuer able to ac …plish. But in the meane tyme …
    With rule
    … serue you right wel for an answer, … should be also vnto you such a desyredesire … am assured ye were neuer able to ac …plish. But in the meane tyme …

    David Fergusson · Answer to Epistle by Renat Benedict · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … rage is restrained, that they cannot persecute vs by fire and sword as their desyredesire is, then they blaspheme the grace of GOD, in our election and vocation, with …
    With rule
    … rage is restrained, that they cannot persecute vs by fire and sword as their desyredesire is, then they blaspheme the grace of GOD, in our election and vocation, with …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    With ſo manye pleaſures, as your hart can deſyredesire.
    With rule
    With ſo manye pleaſures, as your hart can deſyredesire.

    John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … his body and bloode. To these inwarde workes, we may Ioyne the earnist & vehement desyredesire and thrust, we haue to the propagation of his kyngdome, the predication of his …
    With rule
    … his body and bloode. To these inwarde workes, we may Ioyne the earnist & vehement desyredesire and thrust, we haue to the propagation of his kyngdome, the predication of his …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

  • Printed
    … vvith the Humourous, nor to multiplye Babling, vpon Blockes; yet, I vvill, at your DesyreDesire, not sticke, to take more paynes, vpon your Ingenuitie.
    With rule
    … vvith the Humourous, nor to multiplye Babling, vpon Blockes; yet, I vvill, at your DesyreDesire, not sticke, to take more paynes, vpon your Ingenuitie.

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 86 · Open in the reader

A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers A02668

  • Printed
    DesyreDesire hym to take from the that harde stonye hart / and to geue the an …
    With rule
    DesyreDesire hym to take from the that harde stonye hart / and to geue the an …

    Miles Coverdale · A Christian Exhortation Unto Customable Swearers · p. 27 · Open in the reader

An Comfortable Exhortation A04546

  • Printed
    … not youre ſylfes aboue youre maſter and lorde / yee youre heed / and youre kynge. DeſyreDesire not to be ſpared ſeynge that God ſpared not his only begotten ſō ne …
    With rule
    … not youre ſylfes aboue youre maſter and lorde / yee youre heed / and youre kynge. DeſyreDesire not to be ſpared ſeynge that God ſpared not his only begotten ſō ne …

    John Johnsone · An Comfortable Exhortation · Open in the reader

Works A05537

  • Printed
    DeſyreDesire of thame nane vther recompence,
    With rule
    DeſyreDesire of thame nane vther recompence,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    DesyreDesire of thame, none vther recompance
    With rule
    DesyreDesire of thame, none vther recompance

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

The Confutation of the 13 Articles A19657

  • Printed
    DeſyreDesire or do well can we nought.
    With rule
    DeſyreDesire or do well can we nought.

    Robert Crowley · The Confutation of the 13 Articles · Open in the reader

The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown A19671

  • Printed
    DeſyreDesire no moe maſſes to ſay
    With rule
    DeſyreDesire no moe maſſes to ſay

    Robert Crowley · The Voice of the Last Trumpet Blown · Open in the reader