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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4010 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

styllstill

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

Puritas changed it
989 times in 193 works
Consistency
98.7% (989 of 1,002)
Reach if approved
~1,053 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: still
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,002 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (989 changes in 193 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 989)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    To your ioye styllstill
    With rule
    To your ioye styllstill

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

  2. Printed
    … be not séen in the daye tyme for the bryghtnes of the sunne, but styllstill burneth vntyll all the matter be consumed. An argument of ye greatnes is this …
    With rule
    … be not séen in the daye tyme for the bryghtnes of the sunne, but styllstill burneth vntyll all the matter be consumed. An argument of ye greatnes is this …

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … correction do they beare patiently: but the remembrance of their sinne, that toucheth them styllstill at the quicke: and so then in their ioy, and in their sorrowe, may …
    With rule
    … correction do they beare patiently: but the remembrance of their sinne, that toucheth them styllstill at the quicke: and so then in their ioy, and in their sorrowe, may …

    Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Yea, persecute styllstill the instructers of the people
    With rule
    Yea, persecute styllstill the instructers of the people

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    I hope thu wylt not, dysdayne to helpe them styllstill,
    With rule
    I hope thu wylt not, dysdayne to helpe them styllstill,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … vs by counsell: as though we had leauer, the abuse of thynges shulde tary styllstill, than it taken awaye, lose our profyte.
    With rule
    … vs by counsell: as though we had leauer, the abuse of thynges shulde tary styllstill, than it taken awaye, lose our profyte.

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … an ende of it, that was as muche to ſaye, as alwayes to repente ſtyllstill and neuer to come to repentaunce.
    With rule
    … an ende of it, that was as muche to ſaye, as alwayes to repente ſtyllstill and neuer to come to repentaunce.

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … as he hath cauſed it to be preached of hym. Lyke as he doth ſtyllstill, ſtrengtheth and quyckeneth our ſoules ſpiritually, and kepeth vs that we fall not in …
    With rule
    … as he hath cauſed it to be preached of hym. Lyke as he doth ſtyllstill, ſtrengtheth and quyckeneth our ſoules ſpiritually, and kepeth vs that we fall not in …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

13 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.

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 A02825

  • Printed
    … remayneth styllstill their poyson / with those same instrumētes wherwith they haue wrought all myschef. StyllStill continueth their more than Iewyshe ceremonyes / their prestybulouse presthode / their vowynge to haue no …
    With rule
    … remayneth styllstill their poyson / with those same instrumētes wherwith they haue wrought all myschef. StyllStill continueth their more than Iewyshe ceremonyes / their prestybulouse presthode / their vowynge to haue no …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ceremonyes / their prestybulouse presthode / their vowynge to haue no wyues / and their Sodomyticall chastite. StyllStill remayneth their sale masses / of all abhominaciōs the principall / their prodigiouse sacrifices / their sensynge …
    With rule
    … ceremonyes / their prestybulouse presthode / their vowynge to haue no wyues / and their Sodomyticall chastite. StyllStill remayneth their sale masses / of all abhominaciōs the principall / their prodigiouse sacrifices / their sensynge …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … enbrase in peyne of deathe. The lambe shall not yet be suffred to apere. StyllStill for a tyme must these terrible te… magaūtes haue more worship thā God / their …
    With rule
    … enbrase in peyne of deathe. The lambe shall not yet be suffred to apere. StyllStill for a tyme must these terrible te… magaūtes haue more worship thā God / their …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 64 · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

  • Printed
    … is signified that the faythe of the fyrste fathers is not yet withered awaye. StyllStill vnto this present daye is the example of Enos oryent, fresh, & lyuely, which firste …
    With rule
    … is signified that the faythe of the fyrste fathers is not yet withered awaye. StyllStill vnto this present daye is the example of Enos oryent, fresh, & lyuely, which firste …

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

  • Printed
    StyllStill doth thys Chapiter folowynge (whych is the laste of thys Reuelacyon) prosecute the spirituall …
    With rule
    StyllStill doth thys Chapiter folowynge (whych is the laste of thys Reuelacyon) prosecute the spirituall …

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

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

  • Printed
    … tempted Christ in the desart / whose Apostleship he hath here deuoutlye taken vpō him. StyllStill vseth he his olde roberyes and legerdemaynes with the scripture. Here geueth he vs …
    With rule
    … tempted Christ in the desart / whose Apostleship he hath here deuoutlye taken vpō him. StyllStill vseth he his olde roberyes and legerdemaynes with the scripture. Here geueth he vs …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

  • Printed
    STyllStill so increaseth, the wyckednesse of man,
    With rule
    STyllStill so increaseth, the wyckednesse of man,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    StyllStill must I plage her, I se non other wayes.
    With rule
    StyllStill must I plage her, I se non other wayes.

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

  • Printed
    … at your handes (I ſe well) that maketh ageiſt your glytterīge regne of blaſphemye. StyllStill are ye of the ſame ſelfe burnynge zele and ſtomake, that Tho mas Beckett …
    With rule
    … at your handes (I ſe well) that maketh ageiſt your glytterīge regne of blaſphemye. StyllStill are ye of the ſame ſelfe burnynge zele and ſtomake, that Tho mas Beckett …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    STyllStill ys my lorde buſye with thys bagge or ſachell, declarynge the contentes therof to …
    With rule
    STyllStill ys my lorde buſye with thys bagge or ſachell, declarynge the contentes therof to …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    STyllStill is my lorde reparynge hys broken pyttes, to holde in the fylthye waters yf …
    With rule
    STyllStill is my lorde reparynge hys broken pyttes, to holde in the fylthye waters yf …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of my lorde in thys proceſſe, ād ye ſchal ſaye they are the ſame. StyllStill cōplayneth he of theſe poore bokes without eyther wytt or lernynge, and wyll in …
    With rule
    … of my lorde in thys proceſſe, ād ye ſchal ſaye they are the ſame. StyllStill cōplayneth he of theſe poore bokes without eyther wytt or lernynge, and wyll in …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 89 · Open in the reader

Pleasure and Pain Heaven and Hell A19667

  • Printed
    StyllStill in your kennells
    With rule
    StyllStill in your kennells

    Robert Crowley · Pleasure and Pain Heaven and Hell · Open in the reader