Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4033 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fliefly

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

Puritas changed it: 7,886 times in 1,922 works
Consistency: 100% (7,886 of 7,886)
Reach if approved: ~8,287 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 7,887 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (7,886 changes in 1,922 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 7,886)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that there ſhould bee anye, and ſo a thing not neceſſarye. Would yée not fliefly to this, that although it bee not expreſſed by anye commaundement, that there ſhould …
With rule
… that there ſhould bee anye, and ſo a thing not neceſſarye. Would yée not fliefly to this, that although it bee not expreſſed by anye commaundement, that there ſhould …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… backe vnto them, but to caſt them off with all our might, and to fliefly aware from them.
With rule
… backe vnto them, but to caſt them off with all our might, and to fliefly aware from them.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… iudgement, and vtter deſpaire of life in the conſcience, wee might bee inforced to fliefly to Chriſt for ſuccour and reliefe in this diſtreſſed eſtate, and that being in …
With rule
… iudgement, and vtter deſpaire of life in the conſcience, wee might bee inforced to fliefly to Chriſt for ſuccour and reliefe in this diſtreſſed eſtate, and that being in …
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · Open in the reader
Printed
If our aduersaries here fliefly to their old starting hole; that by all, here all Priests are meant, and …
With rule
If our aduersaries here fliefly to their old starting hole; that by all, here all Priests are meant, and …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… money is the roote of all euill, &c. But thou, O man of God, fliefly these things, and follow after righteousnesse, &c. Charge them that are rich in this …
With rule
… money is the roote of all euill, &c. But thou, O man of God, fliefly these things, and follow after righteousnesse, &c. Charge them that are rich in this …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be monstrous, they would by no means admit a sight of. Hence they fliefly the temple, the society of the good, the voice of exhortation, whence soeuer it …
With rule
… to be monstrous, they would by no means admit a sight of. Hence they fliefly the temple, the society of the good, the voice of exhortation, whence soeuer it …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſake, and driuen him out of heauen, he hath geuen her Eagles wings to fliefly into the wilderneſſe, he hath cauſed the earth, to ſwallow vp the water that …
With rule
… ſake, and driuen him out of heauen, he hath geuen her Eagles wings to fliefly into the wilderneſſe, he hath cauſed the earth, to ſwallow vp the water that …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that other young Birds of that brood, remaining in Englād, may be drawn to fliefly to the ſame forain neſts.
With rule
… that other young Birds of that brood, remaining in Englād, may be drawn to fliefly to the ſame forain neſts.
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 113 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.