Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3996 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

synssins

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

Puritas changed it: 316 times in 49 works
Consistency: 99.3% (316 of 318)
Reach if approved: ~334 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sins
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 318 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (316 changes in 49 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 316)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… worlde at this daye norishe such vngodly monstures? What age hath bene withoute them synssins the beginning of the worlde? What nede I to speke of that great whore …
With rule
… worlde at this daye norishe such vngodly monstures? What age hath bene withoute them synssins the beginning of the worlde? What nede I to speke of that great whore …
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
… praye, as they ought, let other mē iudge. Of this am I sure, y^• synssins the world begā, therneuer reigned more synne and abhominaciō than there doth at this …
With rule
… praye, as they ought, let other mē iudge. Of this am I sure, y^• synssins the world begā, therneuer reigned more synne and abhominaciō than there doth at this …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
… not that God for christes sake is louing vnto him & forgeueth him al his synssins, verely he is no true christian, but dying in this his doubtfulnes and vnbelief …
With rule
… not that God for christes sake is louing vnto him & forgeueth him al his synssins, verely he is no true christian, but dying in this his doubtfulnes and vnbelief …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 458 · Open in the reader
Printed
… offred we are sanctified; vpon whose head wee have layd the burden of our synssins, and by whose curse, we are made the heyres of blessing, and of all …
With rule
… offred we are sanctified; vpon whose head wee have layd the burden of our synssins, and by whose curse, we are made the heyres of blessing, and of all …
Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 235 · Open in the reader
Printed
… verye thaughtes, and raynes of all men, thou hateſt ſin and abhorreſt iniquitie: for ſynssins ſake thou haſte greuouſly puniſſhed mankind thy moſt dere creature as thou haſte declared …
With rule
… verye thaughtes, and raynes of all men, thou hateſt ſin and abhorreſt iniquitie: for ſynssins ſake thou haſte greuouſly puniſſhed mankind thy moſt dere creature as thou haſte declared …
John Bradford · A Godly Meditation · Open in the reader
Printed
… his great mercy sent his sōne to be made mā, and dye for our synssins, and to fulfil all righteousnes, that he myght bring againe lyfe into the worlde …
With rule
… his great mercy sent his sōne to be made mā, and dye for our synssins, and to fulfil all righteousnes, that he myght bring againe lyfe into the worlde …
Edward Dering · Brief and Necessary Instruction for All Householders · Open in the reader
Printed
Is ther not vpon vvell doing, recompence? and yf thou do not vvells ſynssins pay is nere at the dore. Becauſe heathen ſhould not plead henſe in heathen …
With rule
Is ther not vpon vvell doing, recompence? and yf thou do not vvells ſynssins pay is nere at the dore. Becauſe heathen ſhould not plead henſe in heathen …
Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader
Printed
… their faythe, and yet muſte in nowiſe think, that for this works ſake, their ſynssins be forgeuen. And as concerning theſe wordes, Hoc eſt corpus meū, this is my …
With rule
… their faythe, and yet muſte in nowiſe think, that for this works ſake, their ſynssins be forgeuen. And as concerning theſe wordes, Hoc eſt corpus meū, this is my …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

Printed
… lewdnesse, if we haue not y^e spurre of gods grace to pricke vs forwarde. SynsSins I gaue them a nosegaye, I neuer spake vnto them, but good euen & good …
With rule
… lewdnesse, if we haue not y^e spurre of gods grace to pricke vs forwarde. SynsSins I gaue them a nosegaye, I neuer spake vnto them, but good euen & good …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader