Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4049 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

aforesaydaforesaid

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

Puritas changed it: 409 times in 112 works
Consistency: 99.7% (409 of 410)
Reach if approved: ~431 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: aforesaid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 410 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (409 changes in 112 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 409)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… gifts and graces as are most needfull for men in respect of their mortalitie aforesaydaforesaid.
With rule
… gifts and graces as are most needfull for men in respect of their mortalitie aforesaydaforesaid.
William Bradshaw · Meditation on Mans Mortality · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… adoration toward or before a creature? and for worshipping or adoring toward the thinges aforesaydaforesaid, and the like, may we say, leaning vpon those thinges to worshippe, or adore …
With rule
… adoration toward or before a creature? and for worshipping or adoring toward the thinges aforesaydaforesaid, and the like, may we say, leaning vpon those thinges to worshippe, or adore …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 476 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and confiscation of bodie and goods. It is also expressely forbidden vnder the paine aforesaydaforesaid, that for the foresayd occasions, none shall take or retaine any prisoners, or take …
With rule
… and confiscation of bodie and goods. It is also expressely forbidden vnder the paine aforesaydaforesaid, that for the foresayd occasions, none shall take or retaine any prisoners, or take …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CII · Open in the reader
Printed
And Sūma, as is aforeſaydaforesaid? Fyght it oute before with God, that we may heare and learne, ſomwhat elles …
With rule
And Sūma, as is aforeſaydaforesaid? Fyght it oute before with God, that we may heare and learne, ſomwhat elles …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
Here are some of vs, whyche vnderstande not the Latin tonge. Englyshe therfore the aforesaydaforesaid sentences.
With rule
Here are some of vs, whyche vnderstande not the Latin tonge. Englyshe therfore the aforesaydaforesaid sentences.
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader
Printed
… After this manner, he named at least thirtie places, and their answere was as aforesaydaforesaid to every one: so that as it was delightfull, it was tedious vnto vs.
With rule
… After this manner, he named at least thirtie places, and their answere was as aforesaydaforesaid to every one: so that as it was delightfull, it was tedious vnto vs.
William Bradford · Journal of the Beginning of the English Plantation at Plymouth · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… after followes the miniſters and peoples admittance of them, and ſigning of them as aforeſaydaforesaid: which is nothing but an approouing of the former dedication as much as lies …
With rule
… after followes the miniſters and peoples admittance of them, and ſigning of them as aforeſaydaforesaid: which is nothing but an approouing of the former dedication as much as lies …
Thomas Sparke · Brotherly Persuasion to Unity and Uniformity · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… els that they are corrupted, by ſuche as do reſiſte the veritie, as is aforeſaydaforesaid. T. The number of ſuch is greate. For the chief thing that maketh men …
With rule
… els that they are corrupted, by ſuche as do reſiſte the veritie, as is aforeſaydaforesaid. T. The number of ſuch is greate. For the chief thing that maketh men …
Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.