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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3983 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

nothyngnothing

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

Puritas changed it
2,650 times in 198 works
Consistency
98.8% (2,650 of 2,680)
Reach if approved
~2,816 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: nothing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,680 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,650 changes in 198 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,650)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … meane, in pluckinge vp the enemyes tares, and in purgyng the Lordes fielde that nothyngnothing may growe therin but pure wheate, your both godly and vnreastfull paines (most reuerend …
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    … meane, in pluckinge vp the enemyes tares, and in purgyng the Lordes fielde that nothyngnothing may growe therin but pure wheate, your both godly and vnreastfull paines (most reuerend …

    Thomas Becon · A Fruitful Treatise · Open in the reader

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    … a Lorde of suche and so great authorite, excellency & puyssaunce, seyng also he teacheth nothyngnothing but trueth, agayne seyng he hath done so much for vs, and tēdereth nothynge …
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    … a Lorde of suche and so great authorite, excellency & puyssaunce, seyng also he teacheth nothyngnothing but trueth, agayne seyng he hath done so much for vs, and tēdereth nothynge …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

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    … shoes, or heare of mē, not hurtynge theyr bodyes, and then the Exhalation is nothyngnothing vehement. Some time it kylleth a man & there apereth no wounde without, neyther anye …
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    … shoes, or heare of mē, not hurtynge theyr bodyes, and then the Exhalation is nothyngnothing vehement. Some time it kylleth a man & there apereth no wounde without, neyther anye …

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 30 · Open in the reader

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    … Thys declareth in yow a blocky she ignoraunce, and as though ye had sene nothyngnothing. Iosephus in the first boke and the. xv. chaptre of his Antiquytees, sayth, that …
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    … Thys declareth in yow a blocky she ignoraunce, and as though ye had sene nothyngnothing. Iosephus in the first boke and the. xv. chaptre of his Antiquytees, sayth, that …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

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    … But cōsider derelie beloued brethrē, yt these & like promises ar made to pem…, & do nothyngnothing appartain to prophane persōs, idolators nor to fear ful sh ri…kers srō the …
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    … But cōsider derelie beloued brethrē, yt these & like promises ar made to pem…, & do nothyngnothing appartain to prophane persōs, idolators nor to fear ful sh ri…kers srō the …

    John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … selfe. Mihi enim nihil conscius sum, sed non ide… instificatus sum. For there is nothyngnothing that I knowe my selfe gylty of, yet through that am I not iustifyed …
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    … selfe. Mihi enim nihil conscius sum, sed non ide… instificatus sum. For there is nothyngnothing that I knowe my selfe gylty of, yet through that am I not iustifyed …

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

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    … When it was ſayde that Iohn Baptiſt was killed, an horrible offence, he ſayd nothyngnothing, but went into the wildernes, and fedde the people, he makes no accompt of …
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    … When it was ſayde that Iohn Baptiſt was killed, an horrible offence, he ſayd nothyngnothing, but went into the wildernes, and fedde the people, he makes no accompt of …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

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    Antichrist hateth nothyngnothing more then the crosse. As for Gods people, he regardeth them not, except they …
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    Antichrist hateth nothyngnothing more then the crosse. As for Gods people, he regardeth them not, except they …

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Against a Rank Papist A02621

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    … the rewarde of ydell vowers, that neglectyng Gods wayes, wyl folow their own inuencyons. NothyngNothing ought of a christē man to be attēpted, that is not expreslye taught in …
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    … the rewarde of ydell vowers, that neglectyng Gods wayes, wyl folow their own inuencyons. NothyngNothing ought of a christē man to be attēpted, that is not expreslye taught in …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. ix · Open in the reader

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    … saye, thu shalt not take a wyfe vndre payne of perpetuall enprisonment, or death? NothyngNothing is founde so perniciouse and contrary to your vowe, as is marriage. Ye mai …
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    … saye, thu shalt not take a wyfe vndre payne of perpetuall enprisonment, or death? NothyngNothing is founde so perniciouse and contrary to your vowe, as is marriage. Ye mai …

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

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    … and generall aduocate to God the father, so wel for them as for you. NothyngNothing can they doe but by hym. Their office is not to heare suters causes …
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    … and generall aduocate to God the father, so wel for them as for you. NothyngNothing can they doe but by hym. Their office is not to heare suters causes …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … their dark diuinity, dead ceremonies, & crooked customes of their fathers hath bene in place. NothyngNothing hath remayned spirituall, Godly, heauenly, holy, rightuous, holsome, nor worthie our christian vocacion among …
    With rule
    … their dark diuinity, dead ceremonies, & crooked customes of their fathers hath bene in place. NothyngNothing hath remayned spirituall, Godly, heauenly, holy, rightuous, holsome, nor worthie our christian vocacion among …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

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    … All were but darnal, tares, stubble, chaffe, filth, rust, dreames, lyes, and vnprofitable vanities. NothyngNothing was in his mouth than, but that delectable veritie, & that swéet Gospell of God …
    With rule
    … All were but darnal, tares, stubble, chaffe, filth, rust, dreames, lyes, and vnprofitable vanities. NothyngNothing was in his mouth than, but that delectable veritie, & that swéet Gospell of God …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

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    … suffer both them and your selues to go to the diuell for worldly lucer. NothyngNothing holdeth long with you, neither christes doctryne nor your owne. But that yée make …
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    … suffer both them and your selues to go to the diuell for worldly lucer. NothyngNothing holdeth long with you, neither christes doctryne nor your owne. But that yée make …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

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    … the Woorde of God, whiche abideth faſt for euer, and can neuer deceiue mee. NothyngNothing can be bleſſed but through this Seede. And to bee bleſſed, is nothyngnothing els …
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    … the Woorde of God, whiche abideth faſt for euer, and can neuer deceiue mee. NothyngNothing can be bleſſed but through this Seede. And to bee bleſſed, is nothyngnothing els …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

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    NothyngNothing of any value vnder the Sunne.
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    NothyngNothing of any value vnder the Sunne.

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

Davids Harp A06719

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    … greatly And where mooste persecucion is, there doth Gods worde moost of al florysh. NothyngNothing hyndreth ye fayth of Christ so much, as carnall securite & flesshly quietnes. For where …
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    … greatly And where mooste persecucion is, there doth Gods worde moost of al florysh. NothyngNothing hyndreth ye fayth of Christ so much, as carnall securite & flesshly quietnes. For where …

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field A06897

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    NothyngNothing decayde
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    NothyngNothing decayde

    Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

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    NothyngNothing but payne
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    NothyngNothing but payne

    Thomas Becon · A New Dialogue Between the Angel of God and the Shepherds in the Field · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

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    … other way to be delyuered from this synne, then to beleue in Christ Iesu. NothyngNothing can be more playne, nor more euidente, then these wordes are, and yet the …
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    … other way to be delyuered from this synne, then to beleue in Christ Iesu. NothyngNothing can be more playne, nor more euidente, then these wordes are, and yet the …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 240 · Open in the reader

The Rescuing of the Romish Fox A14048

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    … ſhall no voluntari vow hynder preſtes & ſuch lyke to mary. Now to the purpoſe NothyngNothing is fre that is conſtreyned by a commandment to on way / but the vow …
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    … ſhall no voluntari vow hynder preſtes & ſuch lyke to mary. Now to the purpoſe NothyngNothing is fre that is conſtreyned by a commandment to on way / but the vow …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

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    NOthyngNothing can be handled by this arte, but thesame is conteined, within one of these …
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    NOthyngNothing can be handled by this arte, but thesame is conteined, within one of these …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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    NothyngNothing is more safelye layed vp, then is that whiche is bestowed vpon good folke.
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    NothyngNothing is more safelye layed vp, then is that whiche is bestowed vpon good folke.

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

The Catechism A17610

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    NothyngNothing leſſe: but rather contrarywyſe, ſo ofte as we do not feele in our ſelues …
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    NothyngNothing leſſe: but rather contrarywyſe, ſo ofte as we do not feele in our ſelues …

    John Calvin · The Catechism · p. 97 · Open in the reader

The Sacrament of the Lords Supper A17659

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    … the crosse of Christ, euen so it sendeth vs back agayne to the same. NothyngNothing therfore, is so contrary to the true vnderstanding of the supper, as to make …
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    … the crosse of Christ, euen so it sendeth vs back agayne to the same. NothyngNothing therfore, is so contrary to the true vnderstanding of the supper, as to make …

    John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

The Little Book A17684

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    … the first dawnynge of the day, we doo not yet sée the noone Sunne. NothyngNothing is more common than these cō plaintes, why was not exactly prescribed vnto vs …
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    … the first dawnynge of the day, we doo not yet sée the noone Sunne. NothyngNothing is more common than these cō plaintes, why was not exactly prescribed vnto vs …

    John Calvin · The Little Book · Open in the reader

Confutation of Unwritten Verities A19566

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    NothyngNothing for my cause
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    NothyngNothing for my cause

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Confutation of Unwritten Verities · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Workmanship of the World A19803

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    … ſhall finde that to bee true which is generally ſpokē by ye natural Philoſophers. NothyngNothing is made of nothyngnothing. Who euer reaped Wheate or Barly without ſowing? who euer …
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    … ſhall finde that to bee true which is generally ſpokē by ye natural Philoſophers. NothyngNothing is made of nothyngnothing. Who euer reaped Wheate or Barly without ſowing? who euer …

    Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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    … poſition among the naturall Philoſophers, and confirmed in all mens iudgementes by continual experience: NothyngNothing is made of nothyngnothing. How then ſhould God haue made al theſe thinges, if …
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    … poſition among the naturall Philoſophers, and confirmed in all mens iudgementes by continual experience: NothyngNothing is made of nothyngnothing. How then ſhould God haue made al theſe thinges, if …

    Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · Open in the reader

An Humble Supplication Unto God for Restoring His Holy Word A68446

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    … ſwynyſhe Papiſtes. Thusſeiſt thowe / howe all thynges in the temples be done without edifieng. NothyngNothing is herad in them but boyng / bellowyng and blearing . Thus ſeiſt thowe / howe the …
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    … ſwynyſhe Papiſtes. Thusſeiſt thowe / howe all thynges in the temples be done without edifieng. NothyngNothing is herad in them but boyng / bellowyng and blearing . Thus ſeiſt thowe / howe the …

    Thomas Becon · An Humble Supplication Unto God for Restoring His Holy Word · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

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    … to the rocke of the merites of Chriſtes bloud, in whom he is elect. NothyngNothing is able to plucke hym out of the handes of God, god is ſtrō …
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    … to the rocke of the merites of Chriſtes bloud, in whom he is elect. NothyngNothing is able to plucke hym out of the handes of God, god is ſtrō …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 75 · Open in the reader

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    M. NothyngNothing diſcourageth the Clergie ſo much as that they of the worſte ſorte moſt calleth …
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    M. NothyngNothing diſcourageth the Clergie ſo much as that they of the worſte ſorte moſt calleth …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 319 · Open in the reader

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    … whom was ye vj. Synode gathered togither? agaynſt thoſe yt would not ſay Maſſe? NothyngNothing leſſe: but agaynſt ſuch as wickedly taught that there was one operation in Chriſt …
    With rule
    … whom was ye vj. Synode gathered togither? agaynſt thoſe yt would not ſay Maſſe? NothyngNothing leſſe: but agaynſt ſuch as wickedly taught that there was one operation in Chriſt …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 356 · Open in the reader

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    … the Maſſe? What is lefte that Iames deliuered, or that Baſill commended vnto them? NothyngNothing at all but the very woordes of Chriſte. Thus doe theſe good fathers ſet …
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    … the Maſſe? What is lefte that Iames deliuered, or that Baſill commended vnto them? NothyngNothing at all but the very woordes of Chriſte. Thus doe theſe good fathers ſet …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 357 · Open in the reader