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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4067 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

abydeabide

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

Puritas changed it
1,197 times in 255 works
Consistency
99.7% (1,197 of 1,200)
Reach if approved
~1,261 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: abide
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,200 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,197 changes in 255 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,197)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … doth ſeruyce to man (whiche thynge greueth the deuyll ſore for he cā not abydeabide any thynge to be ſafe that perteyneth to man) be that mayſt thou well …
    With rule
    … doth ſeruyce to man (whiche thynge greueth the deuyll ſore for he cā not abydeabide any thynge to be ſafe that perteyneth to man) be that mayſt thou well …

    Martin Luther · Sermon on Matthew 18 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the glory of God then our papistes & pharises do at this time, could not abydeabide y• Christ, whome they iudged only mā, should chalēge to him power to forgeue …
    With rule
    … the glory of God then our papistes & pharises do at this time, could not abydeabide y• Christ, whome they iudged only mā, should chalēge to him power to forgeue …

    Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … are, we wyl geue place, and yelde, but if he be not able to abydeabide our strokes, we wyll take the castell of Astrologie, and destroy all thynges that …
    With rule
    … are, we wyl geue place, and yelde, but if he be not able to abydeabide our strokes, we wyll take the castell of Astrologie, and destroy all thynges that …

    William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſhal ſhortely be kyndled, and no creature ſhalbe able to quenche it, or to abydeabide the heate thereof: For thys oure Prophet wayleth and cryeth wo.
    With rule
    … ſhal ſhortely be kyndled, and no creature ſhalbe able to quenche it, or to abydeabide the heate thereof: For thys oure Prophet wayleth and cryeth wo.

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Who can abydeabide thy ryghtousuesse?
    With rule
    Who can abydeabide thy ryghtousuesse?

    John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    To abydeabide, where wyſdome foſtreth vertues ſkyll.
    With rule
    To abydeabide, where wyſdome foſtreth vertues ſkyll.

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … realme, sufferyng honger, colde, heate, thrist, wearines, and po uertie, then that they wyl abydeabide (hauyng al haboundaunce) in subiecciō of Idolatrie. To some may God offer suche occasion …
    With rule
    … realme, sufferyng honger, colde, heate, thrist, wearines, and po uertie, then that they wyl abydeabide (hauyng al haboundaunce) in subiecciō of Idolatrie. To some may God offer suche occasion …

    John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Than Chaiſtite, thare no langer wald abydeabide.
    With rule
    Than Chaiſtite, thare no langer wald abydeabide.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

  • Printed
    … intent and earneſtnes, becauſe they did it, and regarded not the word of God. AbydeAbide therfore in the worde, leaſt thou neglect the ſame, and follow thine owne wayes …
    With rule
    … intent and earneſtnes, becauſe they did it, and regarded not the word of God. AbydeAbide therfore in the worde, leaſt thou neglect the ſame, and follow thine owne wayes …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 77 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Psalm 22 A06532

  • Printed
    … it is not done of anger or hate, but of pure and entier loue. AbydeAbide therfore for the LORDE in all your ſufferynge, and truſte wholy and inceaſſaūtly in …
    With rule
    … it is not done of anger or hate, but of pure and entier loue. AbydeAbide therfore for the LORDE in all your ſufferynge, and truſte wholy and inceaſſaūtly in …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

  • Printed
    4. AbydeAbide in mee, and I in you, as the braunch cannot beare fruite of it …
    With rule
    4. AbydeAbide in mee, and I in you, as the braunch cannot beare fruite of it …

    John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 344 · Open in the reader