Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4038 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maiemay

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

Puritas changed it: 3,038 times in 150 works
Consistency: 98.6% (3,038 of 3,079)
Reach if approved: ~3,244 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: may
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,087 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,038 changes in 150 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,038)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ſauing whom hee will, veſſelles of ſaluation and eternall life. And euen the like maiemay we conclude, touching this matter of the Supper, namelie, that though wee were perſwaded …
With rule
… ſauing whom hee will, veſſelles of ſaluation and eternall life. And euen the like maiemay we conclude, touching this matter of the Supper, namelie, that though wee were perſwaded …
Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and euill affected bodie (dearelie beloued) wee vsuallie see preparatiues ministred, that the maladies maiemay bee made more fit and pliable to receiue wholsome medicines. The like, yea, and …
With rule
… and euill affected bodie (dearelie beloued) wee vsuallie see preparatiues ministred, that the maladies maiemay bee made more fit and pliable to receiue wholsome medicines. The like, yea, and …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
YOur enemie being in his guard, and lying at watch for aduantage, you maiemay faine a blow at the right-ſide of his head, and preſently with the …
With rule
YOur enemie being in his guard, and lying at watch for aduantage, you maiemay faine a blow at the right-ſide of his head, and preſently with the …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the spirituall effect of incorruption, so Christes flesh must be corporally tasted that it maiemay be meate indeede. I denie the comparison, which shoulde be made of the tree …
With rule
… the spirituall effect of incorruption, so Christes flesh must be corporally tasted that it maiemay be meate indeede. I denie the comparison, which shoulde be made of the tree …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 541 · Open in the reader
Printed
Tradiciōs maiemay not be towched 49 79 b
With rule
Tradiciōs maiemay not be towched 49 79 b
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſame vntyll the ende of this worlde / that you and all the world maiemay knowe this remiſſion or retaining of ſynne / not to be done by the vertue …
With rule
… the ſame vntyll the ende of this worlde / that you and all the world maiemay knowe this remiſſion or retaining of ſynne / not to be done by the vertue …
Martin Luther · Sermon on John 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt Ieſus, and to ſhew howe carefull he is, that that hereſie of preaching maiemay not preuaile. Doeſt thou then perſwade thy ſelfe, ſeelie ſtripling, that there is anie …
With rule
… Chriſt Ieſus, and to ſhew howe carefull he is, that that hereſie of preaching maiemay not preuaile. Doeſt thou then perſwade thy ſelfe, ſeelie ſtripling, that there is anie …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
Printed
… the king…ome of heauen by his workes: for he that …n doo this, maiemay iustlie conceiue some…hat of his owne excellencie.
With rule
… the king…ome of heauen by his workes: for he that …n doo this, maiemay iustlie conceiue some…hat of his owne excellencie.
William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 232 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (41)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 27 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel A01304

Printed
… deny twentie thynges, whiche the Papistes affirme, ergo, their religion standeth onely of negatiues. MaieMay not I likewise reason, the Papistes denie fourtie thynges, that the Protestauntes affirme: Ergo …
With rule
… deny twentie thynges, whiche the Papistes affirme, ergo, their religion standeth onely of negatiues. MaieMay not I likewise reason, the Papistes denie fourtie thynges, that the Protestauntes affirme: Ergo …
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 62 · Open in the reader

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

Printed
… and the wicked rich out of hand suffered torments. THAT EVERY MAN (saith he) MAIEMAY FEELE BEFORE THE DAIE OF IVDGEMENT, WHAT HE MVST THEN LOOKE FOR. Bristowe leauing …
With rule
… and the wicked rich out of hand suffered torments. THAT EVERY MAN (saith he) MAIEMAY FEELE BEFORE THE DAIE OF IVDGEMENT, WHAT HE MVST THEN LOOKE FOR. Bristowe leauing …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 255 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

Printed
¶ Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiae MaieMay. statis, per septenium. Anno. 1562.
With rule
¶ Cum gratia & priuilegio Regiae MaieMay. statis, per septenium. Anno. 1562.
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… decree: and what ſoeuer thei agree vpon, that onely to bee beleeued and embraced. MaieMay we not thus anſwere them? That GOD ſpeaking by a poore Aſſe, reprooued the …
With rule
… decree: and what ſoeuer thei agree vpon, that onely to bee beleeued and embraced. MaieMay we not thus anſwere them? That GOD ſpeaking by a poore Aſſe, reprooued the …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 150 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 A13091

Printed
MaieMay a pastor, or a Minister of the Gospell forsake his flocke, and refuse his …
With rule
MaieMay a pastor, or a Minister of the Gospell forsake his flocke, and refuse his …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses Part 2 · Open in the reader

The True Catholic A13971

Printed
MaieMay not wée ſaie of our chriſtians, as Saint Paul ſpeakes of the chriſtians in …
With rule
MaieMay not wée ſaie of our chriſtians, as Saint Paul ſpeakes of the chriſtians in …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 155 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
97 MaieMay there then at all anie images or reſemblances of things be made?
With rule
97 MaieMay there then at all anie images or reſemblances of things be made?
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 814 · Open in the reader

Answer to Reynolds Book A15061

Printed
… that Iuſtice in vs is a relation, wherein he hath exceedinglie offended your friendes. MaieMay we now by your example hereof conclude, that this is the doctrine of your …
With rule
… that Iuſtice in vs is a relation, wherein he hath exceedinglie offended your friendes. MaieMay we now by your example hereof conclude, that this is the doctrine of your …
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men, from beeing condemned, becauſe Luther him ſelfe in one pointe of doctrine erred? MaieMay no man conuince error, but ſuch a one, as is free from erring at …
With rule
… men, from beeing condemned, becauſe Luther him ſelfe in one pointe of doctrine erred? MaieMay no man conuince error, but ſuch a one, as is free from erring at …
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… multitude of copies. But what then? is no copie now therefore to be alowed? MaieMay we not alſo ſhewe the like difference betwene theſe latter editions of your latine …
With rule
… multitude of copies. But what then? is no copie now therefore to be alowed? MaieMay we not alſo ſhewe the like difference betwene theſe latter editions of your latine …
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 327 · Open in the reader

A Confutation of Standishs Treatise A19466

Printed
… one of us haue but fortie ſtripes / for the text ſpeaketh of no moo. MaieMay ye not be aſhamed then / thus to mock with the ſcripture?
With rule
… one of us haue but fortie ſtripes / for the text ſpeaketh of no moo. MaieMay ye not be aſhamed then / thus to mock with the ſcripture?
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſame place of ſcripture that ye alledge / where Baldad the Suhite ſaieth thus / MaieMay a man compared to god / be iuſtified? Or can he that is borne of …
With rule
… the ſame place of ſcripture that ye alledge / where Baldad the Suhite ſaieth thus / MaieMay a man compared to god / be iuſtified? Or can he that is borne of …
Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Workmanship of the World A19803

Printed
MaieMay there then, or ought any regions in this world bee called, on the right …
With rule
MaieMay there then, or ought any regions in this world bee called, on the right …
Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · p. 62 · Open in the reader

A Second Parcel of Objections Answered A37087

Printed
… have heeded; becaus, Ignorantia legis neminem excusat. There is then an Act, Die Sabbathi 19. MaieMay, 1640. whereof the title is this.
With rule
… have heeded; becaus, Ignorantia legis neminem excusat. There is then an Act, Die Sabbathi 19. MaieMay, 1640. whereof the title is this.
John Dury · A Second Parcel of Objections Answered · p. 86 · Open in the reader