Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4056 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

happiehappy

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

Puritas changed it: 4,530 times in 1,043 works
Consistency: 99.8% (4,530 of 4,537)
Reach if approved: ~4,768 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: happy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,538 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,530 changes in 1,043 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,530)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… you haue a mightie prince, who is bountifull and gracious, your peace therefore and happiehappy eſtate ſhall endure for euer: nay, the mightie may bee ouercome, if not by …
With rule
… you haue a mightie prince, who is bountifull and gracious, your peace therefore and happiehappy eſtate ſhall endure for euer: nay, the mightie may bee ouercome, if not by …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and when we ſit at the table, compting our ſelues then to be moſt happiehappy when we were moſte delited therin, daye and night as Dauid ſayeth.
With rule
… and when we ſit at the table, compting our ſelues then to be moſt happiehappy when we were moſte delited therin, daye and night as Dauid ſayeth.
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. ccvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… And I behold, and considered it well: I looked vpon it and receiued instruction. HappieHappy are they that haue such eyes.
With rule
… And I behold, and considered it well: I looked vpon it and receiued instruction. HappieHappy are they that haue such eyes.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 452 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men, the inestimable worth and rare vertue of GODS word, with the most blessed & happiehappy estate of all those whose delight is therein, and who maketh it a rule …
With rule
… men, the inestimable worth and rare vertue of GODS word, with the most blessed & happiehappy estate of all those whose delight is therein, and who maketh it a rule …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… depriving your selfe and others of his Life? O that I might be so happiehappy as Iason was, with my darts to open your aposteme and wound you into …
With rule
… depriving your selfe and others of his Life? O that I might be so happiehappy as Iason was, with my darts to open your aposteme and wound you into …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thrice happiehappy bed, thrice happiehappy lovers firing,
With rule
Thrice happiehappy bed, thrice happiehappy lovers firing,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtake with him: hée lifted vp his voice, and ſaid: O bleſſed Apocalips, how happiehappy am I, that I ſhall be burned with thée: and ſo with the booke …
With rule
… ſtake with him: hée lifted vp his voice, and ſaid: O bleſſed Apocalips, how happiehappy am I, that I ſhall be burned with thée: and ſo with the booke …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fidei petra, Petri ore confessa, tu es filius Dei viui. This is that onely happiehappy rocke of fayth, confessed by the mouth of Peter, thou art the sonne of …
With rule
… fidei petra, Petri ore confessa, tu es filius Dei viui. This is that onely happiehappy rocke of fayth, confessed by the mouth of Peter, thou art the sonne of …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 211 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

7 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 Purple Island A00977

Printed
HAppieHappy man, whose perfect sight
With rule
HAppieHappy man, whose perfect sight
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Englands Hallelujah A14379

Printed
HAppieHappy, thrice happiehappy is that holy Saint,
With rule
HAppieHappy, thrice happiehappy is that holy Saint,
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader

Solomons Marriage A15435

Printed
A TREATISE OF SALOMONS MARIAGE, OR, A CONGRATVLATION FOR THE HAPPIEHAPPY AND HOPEFVLL MARIAGE betweene the most illustrious and Noble Prince FREDERIKE the V. Count …
With rule
A TREATISE OF SALOMONS MARIAGE, OR, A CONGRATVLATION FOR THE HAPPIEHAPPY AND HOPEFVLL MARIAGE betweene the most illustrious and Noble Prince FREDERIKE the V. Count …
Andrew Willet · Solomons Marriage · Open in the reader

Nuptial Poems A15635

Printed
EPITHALAMIA: OR NVPTIALL POEMS VPON THE MOST BLESSED AND HAPPIEHAPPY MARIAGE BETWEENE the High and Mightie Prince FREDERICK the fifth, Count Palatine of the …
With rule
EPITHALAMIA: OR NVPTIALL POEMS VPON THE MOST BLESSED AND HAPPIEHAPPY MARIAGE BETWEENE the High and Mightie Prince FREDERICK the fifth, Count Palatine of the …
George Wither · Nuptial Poems · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Contention A18015

Printed
HAppieHappy kinde of men which ſay well & do well cap. 15.1.
With rule
HAppieHappy kinde of men which ſay well & do well cap. 15.1.
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

Printed
HAppieHappy is the man,] For Gods fauour, and all comfortable effects thereof, both preſent and …
With rule
HAppieHappy is the man,] For Gods fauour, and all comfortable effects thereof, both preſent and …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 482 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

Printed
… END OF THEIR ADVERSARIES, which ſhall bee tragicall and mortall. And laſtly, FROM THE HAPPIEHAPPY CHANGE OF THEIR WARFARE, Chriſt will powerfully revenge the cauſe of his Church in …
With rule
… END OF THEIR ADVERSARIES, which ſhall bee tragicall and mortall. And laſtly, FROM THE HAPPIEHAPPY CHANGE OF THEIR WARFARE, Chriſt will powerfully revenge the cauſe of his Church in …
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 84 · Open in the reader