Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #3997 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wyfewife

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

Puritas changed it: 1,489 times in 204 works
Consistency: 97.7% (1,489 of 1,523)
Reach if approved: ~1,600 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wife
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,523 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,489 changes in 204 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,489)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… willingly (if neede so require) for the profession of his name to depart from wyfewife, children, parentes, freendes, countrey, house, landes, and all thinges els that we doo or …
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… willingly (if neede so require) for the profession of his name to depart from wyfewife, children, parentes, freendes, countrey, house, landes, and all thinges els that we doo or …
Thomas Becon · The Demands of Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… commonly sayd, sayth God by y^e Prophet Hieremy, if a man putteth awaye his wyfewife, & she goeth from hym, and marryethe another husbonde, shall he resorte ony more vnto …
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… commonly sayd, sayth God by y^e Prophet Hieremy, if a man putteth awaye his wyfewife, & she goeth from hym, and marryethe another husbonde, shall he resorte ony more vnto …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
… contrarie vnto it: as, yf thou shouldest be accused, because thou louest not thy wyfewife, whereas in deede thou louest her too well. Or els otherwyse: He causeth thee …
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… contrarie vnto it: as, yf thou shouldest be accused, because thou louest not thy wyfewife, whereas in deede thou louest her too well. Or els otherwyse: He causeth thee …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
Ye sayt that saynt paule, begate your wyfewife with chylde
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Ye sayt that saynt paule, begate your wyfewife with chylde
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
The wyfewife of Vrye, and slayne hym in the fyelde.
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The wyfewife of Vrye, and slayne hym in the fyelde.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader
Printed
… be in vertue to lyue godly? This alſo I praye thee tell me Xenophons wyfewife (ſayethe Aſpaſia) yf thy neigbour had golde more precious then thou haſt, whether had …
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… be in vertue to lyue godly? This alſo I praye thee tell me Xenophons wyfewife (ſayethe Aſpaſia) yf thy neigbour had golde more precious then thou haſt, whether had …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Quhen Lothis wyfewife hard the thoundring
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Quhen Lothis wyfewife hard the thoundring
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſaluation, where thou mighteſt be ſure to haue remiſſyon of ſynnes for thy wyfewife and children ſitte ydell, thou ſpendeſt thy money, and makeſt wery legges, and yet …
With rule
… to ſaluation, where thou mighteſt be ſure to haue remiſſyon of ſynnes for thy wyfewife and children ſitte ydell, thou ſpendeſt thy money, and makeſt wery legges, and yet …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Compend of the Controversies of Religion A02349

Printed
1. Cor. 7.2. To avoyde Fornication, le… everie man haue his owne WyfeWife, and let everie woman haue her owne Huſband.
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1. Cor. 7.2. To avoyde Fornication, le… everie man haue his owne WyfeWife, and let everie woman haue her owne Huſband.
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Cor. 9.5. Haue wee not power to leade about a Siſter, a WyfeWife, as well as other Apoſtles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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1. Cor. 9.5. Haue wee not power to leade about a Siſter, a WyfeWife, as well as other Apoſtles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 91 · Open in the reader

Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame A02358

Printed
… in the Clergie, speaking (as Moses did of the conditions of the High-Priest's WyfeWife) De muliere sacerdotis eligenda: that is, What a one for WyfeWife the Priest should …
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… in the Clergie, speaking (as Moses did of the conditions of the High-Priest's WyfeWife) De muliere sacerdotis eligenda: that is, What a one for WyfeWife the Priest should …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the High-Priest's WyfeWife) De muliere sacerdotis eligenda: that is, What a one for WyfeWife the Priest should make choyse of; without anie more warrandable Reason than bare Alleadgeance …
With rule
… the High-Priest's WyfeWife) De muliere sacerdotis eligenda: that is, What a one for WyfeWife the Priest should make choyse of; without anie more warrandable Reason than bare Alleadgeance …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in those Bookes that are better reformed, (to wit, by Popish Transforming) of the WyfeWife of the Priest that is to bee chosen. Insinuating there-by, that howsoever he …
With rule
… in those Bookes that are better reformed, (to wit, by Popish Transforming) of the WyfeWife of the Priest that is to bee chosen. Insinuating there-by, that howsoever he …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is to bee chosen. Insinuating there-by, that howsoever he might haue had a WyfeWife before his Su… ception of Priesthood, yet there-after hee might not haue anie.
With rule
… is to bee chosen. Insinuating there-by, that howsoever he might haue had a WyfeWife before his Su… ception of Priesthood, yet there-after hee might not haue anie.
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… IOTHAM did from the Handes of ABIMELECH, or as IOASH was preserved, by the WyfeWife of IEHOIDA, wee had not knowne so the Sedulitie and Subtiltie of ANTICHRISTIAN HIERARCHIE …
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… IOTHAM did from the Handes of ABIMELECH, or as IOASH was preserved, by the WyfeWife of IEHOIDA, wee had not knowne so the Sedulitie and Subtiltie of ANTICHRISTIAN HIERARCHIE …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 267 · Open in the reader

Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity A02915

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… Children and bondmen (as they have) come to the faith of Ieſus, iff his WyfeWife or anie of his Children or bondmen will not bee Baptized, then cannot he …
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… Children and bondmen (as they have) come to the faith of Ieſus, iff his WyfeWife or anie of his Children or bondmen will not bee Baptized, then cannot he …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Works A05537

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He tuke to WyfeWife Semiramis.
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He tuke to WyfeWife Semiramis.
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
Foulis, Beiſtis, Man, nor WyfeWife
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Foulis, Beiſtis, Man, nor WyfeWife
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
That ilk Prelate one WyfeWife had of his awin,
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That ilk Prelate one WyfeWife had of his awin,
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

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With hym his WyfeWife, and Sonnis thre
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With hym his WyfeWife, and Sonnis thre
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
Foulis, Beistis, Man, nor WyfeWife
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Foulis, Beistis, Man, nor WyfeWife
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

The Sick Mans Salve A07163

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WyfeWife of the sycke.
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WyfeWife of the sycke.
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · Open in the reader

History of Three Renowned Reformers A08486

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… Ieſus Chriſte, to preſerue your Lordſhyppe, and the ryght honourable and vertuous Lady your WyfeWife, ſende ye encreaſe of muche honour, and graunt ye the accompliſhment of your gentle …
With rule
… Ieſus Chriſte, to preſerue your Lordſhyppe, and the ryght honourable and vertuous Lady your WyfeWife, ſende ye encreaſe of muche honour, and graunt ye the accompliſhment of your gentle …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

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… to your ovvne families, if there be not peace betvveen the Husband and the WyfeWife, tell me what grace can be in the familie? tell me can godlineſſe, can …
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… to your ovvne families, if there be not peace betvveen the Husband and the WyfeWife, tell me what grace can be in the familie? tell me can godlineſſe, can …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 279 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Abuses A13086

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… for an infidell and a deneger of the faith, who prouydeth not for his WyfeWife and Family? Is it not good to lay vpsomthing against a stormie day? wherfore …
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… for an infidell and a deneger of the faith, who prouydeth not for his WyfeWife and Family? Is it not good to lay vpsomthing against a stormie day? wherfore …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · Open in the reader

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

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❧To the right worſhipfull and godlie Lady, the Lady Vrſula Walſingham, WyfeWife to the ryght honorable Syr Fraunces Walſingham Knight, chiefe Secretarie to the Queenes excellent …
With rule
❧To the right worſhipfull and godlie Lady, the Lady Vrſula Walſingham, WyfeWife to the ryght honorable Syr Fraunces Walſingham Knight, chiefe Secretarie to the Queenes excellent …
John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon A19422

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… the loue of Chriſte in making choyce of the faithfull to bee as his WyfeWife and Spouſe. As if he ſhoulde ſaie: ſith I haue vouchſafed to caſt my …
With rule
… the loue of Chriſte in making choyce of the faithfull to bee as his WyfeWife and Spouſe. As if he ſhoulde ſaie: ſith I haue vouchſafed to caſt my …
Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 59 · Open in the reader
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… haue vouchſafed to caſt my loue vpon you, and to chooſe you for my WyfeWife, and haue reckoned of you as of my deareſt friendes, hauing ſanctified you to …
With rule
… haue vouchſafed to caſt my loue vpon you, and to chooſe you for my WyfeWife, and haue reckoned of you as of my deareſt friendes, hauing ſanctified you to …
Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what ſhal it boote vs? What ſhal it pleaſure a man to ſee his WyfeWife goe to Heauen, and him ſelf go to hel, or what ſhal it benefite …
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… what ſhal it boote vs? What ſhal it pleaſure a man to ſee his WyfeWife goe to Heauen, and him ſelf go to hel, or what ſhal it benefite …
Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Heauen, and him ſelf go to hel, or what ſhal it benefite a WyfeWife to ſee her Houſbande carefull to ſerue God and ſo goe to lyfe, but …
With rule
… to Heauen, and him ſelf go to hel, or what ſhal it benefite a WyfeWife to ſee her Houſbande carefull to ſerue God and ſo goe to lyfe, but …
Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 181 · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

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But to returne to our Colchester Martirs againe, as touching William Munt & his WyfeWife, and burning of their daughter Rose Allins hand, sufficient hath bene declared. With the …
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But to returne to our Colchester Martirs againe, as touching William Munt & his WyfeWife, and burning of their daughter Rose Allins hand, sufficient hath bene declared. With the …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2007 · Open in the reader
Printed
The copy of a certaine letter that he sent to comforte his WyfeWife at such tyme as he lay in prison.
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The copy of a certaine letter that he sent to comforte his WyfeWife at such tyme as he lay in prison.
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2022 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so, but onely Iohn Steyre and Iohn Foxe: of whiche the one gaue his WyfeWife leaue to do as she thought best. The other wēt about with threates to …
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… so, but onely Iohn Steyre and Iohn Foxe: of whiche the one gaue his WyfeWife leaue to do as she thought best. The other wēt about with threates to …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 2074 · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

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WyfeWife of a byshopp / prouided for .32.
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WyfeWife of a byshopp / prouided for .32.
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

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WyfeWife helpeth her huſband. 208
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WyfeWife helpeth her huſband. 208
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
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WyfeWife of a miniſter if ſhe be an adultres ſinneth more greuouſly then an other …
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WyfeWife of a miniſter if ſhe be an adultres ſinneth more greuouſly then an other …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader

An Antidote Against Popery B09202

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1. TIM. 2.15. Not-withstanding, shee shall bee saved by Chylde-bearing: to wit, the WyfeWife. Therefore, (saye they) seeing heere wee see saving grace conferred by Marriage, Marriage is …
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1. TIM. 2.15. Not-withstanding, shee shall bee saved by Chylde-bearing: to wit, the WyfeWife. Therefore, (saye they) seeing heere wee see saving grace conferred by Marriage, Marriage is …
William Guild · An Antidote Against Popery · p. 151 · Open in the reader