Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4060 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chastitiechastity

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

Puritas changed it: 1,715 times in 428 works
Consistency: 99.8% (1,715 of 1,718)
Reach if approved: ~1,806 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: chastity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,719 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,715 changes in 428 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,715)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… are vnder three score yere old to marie, and beare children, then to vowe chastitiechastity. j. Timo. v.
With rule
… are vnder three score yere old to marie, and beare children, then to vowe chastitiechastity. j. Timo. v.
William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Hence is taken better opportunitie for profeſſed ſolicitation of ChaſtitieChastity, which if they went in grauer habit, would perhaps bee checked by modeſtie.
With rule
1. Hence is taken better opportunitie for profeſſed ſolicitation of ChaſtitieChastity, which if they went in grauer habit, would perhaps bee checked by modeſtie.
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to doe the contrary vertue: as Ioſeph being tempted to adultery, exerciſed himſelfe to chaſtitiechastity, Geneſ. 39. and Iob, who when Satan had done all that he could to make …
With rule
… to doe the contrary vertue: as Ioſeph being tempted to adultery, exerciſed himſelfe to chaſtitiechastity, Geneſ. 39. and Iob, who when Satan had done all that he could to make …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Gospel they call the vowes of their religious men, as profounde Humilitie, perfect ChastitieChastity, and wilfull Pouertie.
With rule
… the Gospel they call the vowes of their religious men, as profounde Humilitie, perfect ChastitieChastity, and wilfull Pouertie.
Patrick Hamilton · Concerning the Doctrine of Faith and of the Law · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… coactae caſtitatis: They were for the moſt part olde, yet virgines, which did vow chaſtitiechastity not of conſtraint, as the ſacrificing dames among the Greeks, (ſaith he) but vowing …
With rule
… coactae caſtitatis: They were for the moſt part olde, yet virgines, which did vow chaſtitiechastity not of conſtraint, as the ſacrificing dames among the Greeks, (ſaith he) but vowing …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Ring. Secondly, this teacheth the Saints, a ſecond duety to preſerve their ſpirituall chaſtitiechastity, and to carry themſelves as pure virgines towards their husband Chriſt: the Apoſtle tels …
With rule
… a Ring. Secondly, this teacheth the Saints, a ſecond duety to preſerve their ſpirituall chaſtitiechastity, and to carry themſelves as pure virgines towards their husband Chriſt: the Apoſtle tels …
Benjamin King · The Marriage of the Lamb · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dauid, ô my soule? Yes, yes, he sinned grosly, albeit not against Bathsheba, whose chastitiechastity was defiled; albeit not against Vriah, whose life was taken: yet he sinned against …
With rule
… Dauid, ô my soule? Yes, yes, he sinned grosly, albeit not against Bathsheba, whose chastitiechastity was defiled; albeit not against Vriah, whose life was taken: yet he sinned against …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her selfe. Faemina culta nimis, faemina casta minus: too gawdie brauerie, argues too slender chastitiechastity. The garment of saluation is slighted: and the long white robe of glory scorned …
With rule
… her selfe. Faemina culta nimis, faemina casta minus: too gawdie brauerie, argues too slender chastitiechastity. The garment of saluation is slighted: and the long white robe of glory scorned …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity A00742

Printed
CHaſtitieChastity is of the duties that touch the puritie of ones perſon. In minde, by …
With rule
CHaſtitieChastity is of the duties that touch the puritie of ones perſon. In minde, by …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 27 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
CHaſtitieChastity, is of the duties that touch the puritie of ones perſon, both ſoule and …
With rule
CHaſtitieChastity, is of the duties that touch the puritie of ones perſon, both ſoule and …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · Open in the reader