Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4048 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sayntsaint

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

Puritas changed it: 1,061 times in 120 works
Consistency: 99.2% (1,061 of 1,069)
Reach if approved: ~1,123 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: saint
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,069 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,061 changes in 120 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,061)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And good sayntsaint trances gyrdle
With rule
And good sayntsaint trances gyrdle
John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… prophete whych ſayth, Shewe vnto the lorde thy waye. Peter mourned ād wept (ſayth ſayntsaint ambroſe) bycauſe he erred as a manne, but I fynde not what he ſayd …
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… prophete whych ſayth, Shewe vnto the lorde thy waye. Peter mourned ād wept (ſayth ſayntsaint ambroſe) bycauſe he erred as a manne, but I fynde not what he ſayd …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… whiche are doone ſpiritually in the inwarde corners of the hart. For the Apoſtle SayntSaint Paule (as alſo Chriſt hymſelfe in the .iii. Ch. of Iohn) doo call fleſh …
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… whiche are doone ſpiritually in the inwarde corners of the hart. For the Apoſtle SayntSaint Paule (as alſo Chriſt hymſelfe in the .iii. Ch. of Iohn) doo call fleſh …
Martin Luther · Preface to the Epistle of Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… an euident argument, sayth he, y^• there is no Preste. It is happy that sayntsaint Austē is gone and a sayncte. For if he were now alyue & a Byshop …
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… an euident argument, sayth he, y^• there is no Preste. It is happy that sayntsaint Austē is gone and a sayncte. For if he were now alyue & a Byshop …
Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader
Printed
Of this holie man Iob sayntsaint Iames also maketh mencion, saying: Ye haue heard of the pacience of Iob, and …
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Of this holie man Iob sayntsaint Iames also maketh mencion, saying: Ye haue heard of the pacience of Iob, and …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the offering, bycause it sanctifyed the offoring, so by proportion the condition of a sayntsaint, which sanctifieth the condition of an officer (as our generall calling doth our speciall …
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… the offering, bycause it sanctifyed the offoring, so by proportion the condition of a sayntsaint, which sanctifieth the condition of an officer (as our generall calling doth our speciall …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… londe a pece. Then note the londes of Bisshopes / Abbotes / Pryors / Nunnes / knyghtes of sayntsaint Iohns / Cathedrall chyrches / Coleges / Chauntryes and Frechapels. For though the house fall in decaye …
With rule
… londe a pece. Then note the londes of Bisshopes / Abbotes / Pryors / Nunnes / knyghtes of sayntsaint Iohns / Cathedrall chyrches / Coleges / Chauntryes and Frechapels. For though the house fall in decaye …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. lxxvj · Open in the reader
Printed
… falſe. Heauē and earth haue a kinde of contradiction, Chriſte is in heauen where ſayntsaint Stephane dyd ſe him. Ergo he is not in the earth, in the ſacrament …
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… falſe. Heauē and earth haue a kinde of contradiction, Chriſte is in heauen where ſayntsaint Stephane dyd ſe him. Ergo he is not in the earth, in the ſacrament …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

8 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 Acts of English Votaries A02573

Printed
SAyntSaint Partrick the great Apostle of Irelande, was borne here in this Brytayne aboute the …
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SAyntSaint Partrick the great Apostle of Irelande, was borne here in this Brytayne aboute the …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
SAyntSaint Dauid of wales the great archebysehop of Mentuia, which had so manye prophecyers and …
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SAyntSaint Dauid of wales the great archebysehop of Mentuia, which had so manye prophecyers and …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
SAyntSaint Iltute, which had bene alwayes a most valeaunt captayne amonge the Brytaynes, at the …
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SAyntSaint Iltute, which had bene alwayes a most valeaunt captayne amonge the Brytaynes, at the …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
SAyntSaint Erkenwalde the sonne of Vffa the first Kynge of the east ā gles, abbot …
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SAyntSaint Erkenwalde the sonne of Vffa the first Kynge of the east ā gles, abbot …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
SAyntSaint Dunstane here in Englā de beynge taught of Iryshe mō kes at Glastenburye, was …
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SAyntSaint Dunstane here in Englā de beynge taught of Iryshe mō kes at Glastenburye, was …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader

A New Pathway Unto Prayer A06909

Printed
SAyntSaint Cipriane y^• blessed martyre sayth, which Fulgentius also recyteth, that God is not the …
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SAyntSaint Cipriane y^• blessed martyre sayth, which Fulgentius also recyteth, that God is not the …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 A14462

Printed
D. SAyntSaint Paule was not ignorant of thys, and therefore although he ſaye that he hath …
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D. SAyntSaint Paule was not ignorant of thys, and therefore although he ſaye that he hath …
Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

Printed
SAyntSaint Ambrose teacheth not the reall and corporall presence of Christs body in the sacrament …
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SAyntSaint Ambrose teacheth not the reall and corporall presence of Christs body in the sacrament …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 293 · Open in the reader