Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4057 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

saiesay

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

Puritas changed it: 3,394 times in 253 works
Consistency: 99.7% (3,394 of 3,404)
Reach if approved: ~3,577 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: say
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,404 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,394 changes in 253 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,394)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as our Mediatour) of which a man experienced in the Scripture might not truely ſaiesay, Thus and thus it hapned, as the Lord ſpake by his Prophets, &c. Beſides …
With rule
… as our Mediatour) of which a man experienced in the Scripture might not truely ſaiesay, Thus and thus it hapned, as the Lord ſpake by his Prophets, &c. Beſides …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee, and none but hee that is Abiſhai in name, and in deede, I ſaiesay the Romiſh Abiſhai, that is the Father of bribes, and giftes, by corruption a …
With rule
… hee, and none but hee that is Abiſhai in name, and in deede, I ſaiesay the Romiſh Abiſhai, that is the Father of bribes, and giftes, by corruption a …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… died for my sinnes. This indeed is the vndoubted worke of faith. Dauid could saiesay, Blessed is the man whose sins are forgiuen. Yet this is but Christ in …
With rule
… died for my sinnes. This indeed is the vndoubted worke of faith. Dauid could saiesay, Blessed is the man whose sins are forgiuen. Yet this is but Christ in …
William Loe · Come and See the Bliss of Brightest Beauty · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne parte, I will not gaineſay you, becauſe I for my parte maie truelie ſaiesay, that his eldeſt childe neuer knewe him, and therefore is ignorant whether he be …
With rule
… owne parte, I will not gaineſay you, becauſe I for my parte maie truelie ſaiesay, that his eldeſt childe neuer knewe him, and therefore is ignorant whether he be …
Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhead teares, powre, powre out thy ſoul vnto God, and crie aloud, aloud, I ſaiesay, cry, oh ſpare ſpare me good Lord, whom thou (O God) haſt redeemed with …
With rule
… ſhead teares, powre, powre out thy ſoul vnto God, and crie aloud, aloud, I ſaiesay, cry, oh ſpare ſpare me good Lord, whom thou (O God) haſt redeemed with …
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bloude of Christ is deliuered to vs, to washe awaie our sinnes: and they saiesay it hath such vertue that the kingdome of heauen is promised to it in …
With rule
… bloude of Christ is deliuered to vs, to washe awaie our sinnes: and they saiesay it hath such vertue that the kingdome of heauen is promised to it in …
William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · Open in the reader
Printed
… arguments, than the testimonie of the Greeke. Againe it is vtterly false that you saiesay, we flie from both Hebrue and Greeke to the Latine, for wee neuer flie …
With rule
… arguments, than the testimonie of the Greeke. Againe it is vtterly false that you saiesay, we flie from both Hebrue and Greeke to the Latine, for wee neuer flie …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one Meſſias and ſauiour of the world▪ We belieue alſo, that which Paule doth ſaiesay of theym all, that all the fathers were vnder the cloude. Thei were'al Baptiſed …
With rule
… one Meſſias and ſauiour of the world▪ We belieue alſo, that which Paule doth ſaiesay of theym all, that all the fathers were vnder the cloude. Thei were'al Baptiſed …
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 (10)

9 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.

Rejoinder to Bristows Reply A01324

Printed
… Ep. 23. Bonifacio, Nempe saepè ita loquimur &c. Verily, oftentimes wee SPEAKE so, that wee SAIESAY Easter drawing neere, to morowe or the next day is the passion of our …
With rule
… Ep. 23. Bonifacio, Nempe saepè ita loquimur &c. Verily, oftentimes wee SPEAKE so, that wee SAIESAY Easter drawing neere, to morowe or the next day is the passion of our …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · Open in the reader
Printed
… passion was promised but once in all. Verily, on the sonday it selfe, we SAIESAY this day our Lorde arose againe, notwithstanding there are so many yeres since he …
With rule
… passion was promised but once in all. Verily, on the sonday it selfe, we SAIESAY this day our Lorde arose againe, notwithstanding there are so many yeres since he …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
… Let no man ſay when he is tempted, I am tempted of God. Eccle. 15. SaieSay not thou, it is through the Lord that I turne backe: for thou oughteſt …
With rule
… Let no man ſay when he is tempted, I am tempted of God. Eccle. 15. SaieSay not thou, it is through the Lord that I turne backe: for thou oughteſt …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Answer to Reynolds Book A15061

Printed
… place. Be it euen ſo: then I ſaiesay, it is not in a place. SaieSay you the ſame of Chriſtes bodie, and then ſhall you prooue your ſelfe to …
With rule
… place. Be it euen ſo: then I ſaiesay, it is not in a place. SaieSay you the ſame of Chriſtes bodie, and then ſhall you prooue your ſelfe to …
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 183 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 13-14 A20549

Printed
… doth God teache vs to ſhew mercy and beneficence timely, and in due ſeaſon. SaieSay not vnto thy neighbour, go and come againe, and to morrowe will I giue …
With rule
… doth God teache vs to ſhew mercy and beneficence timely, and in due ſeaſon. SaieSay not vnto thy neighbour, go and come againe, and to morrowe will I giue …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 13-14 · p. 33 · Open in the reader

The World Possessed with Devils A68845

Printed
… anſwered me and ſaid: aſke a woman that traualleth, and ſhe will tell thee. SaieSay vnto her: Wherefore are not thei whom thou haſt now brought forth, are thoſe …
With rule
… anſwered me and ſaid: aſke a woman that traualleth, and ſhe will tell thee. SaieSay vnto her: Wherefore are not thei whom thou haſt now brought forth, are thoſe …
Pierre Viret · The World Possessed with Devils · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Pentateuch A94797

Printed
… not one] Praier make's clean work; it can do wonders in heaven and earth. SaieSay thou with David, Cleanſ thou mee from ſecret faults, thoſe that are of dailie …
With rule
… not one] Praier make's clean work; it can do wonders in heaven and earth. SaieSay thou with David, Cleanſ thou mee from ſecret faults, thoſe that are of dailie …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ver. 23. Yee ſhall not make with mee gods] SaieSay wee of ſuch pettie Deities, as that Heathen did, Contemno minutulos iſtos deos, modò …
With rule
Ver. 23. Yee ſhall not make with mee gods] SaieSay wee of ſuch pettie Deities, as that Heathen did, Contemno minutulos iſtos deos, modò …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ʋnclean, unclean] SaieSay wee the ſame in our humbleſt acknowledgments; but withall add that of the leper …
With rule
Ʋnclean, unclean] SaieSay wee the ſame in our humbleſt acknowledgments; but withall add that of the leper …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 138 · Open in the reader