Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4085 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

remedieremedy

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

Puritas changed it: 3,864 times in 897 works
Consistency: 99.8% (3,864 of 3,871)
Reach if approved: ~4,067 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: remedy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,871 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,864 changes in 897 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,864)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vs ſuch a lazineſſe about our buſines, he thinkes it reaſon to prouide ſome remedieremedy in time, leſt theſe fore-runners of ſicknes breake forth into worſe inconueniences; and …
With rule
… vs ſuch a lazineſſe about our buſines, he thinkes it reaſon to prouide ſome remedieremedy in time, leſt theſe fore-runners of ſicknes breake forth into worſe inconueniences; and …
Robert Harris · Absoloms Funeral · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cannot help thee; thy conſcience will condemne thee at the day of judgement without remedieremedy. Hath the word convinced thee of thy ſinnes, and made thy conſcience ſay, I …
With rule
… cannot help thee; thy conſcience will condemne thee at the day of judgement without remedieremedy. Hath the word convinced thee of thy ſinnes, and made thy conſcience ſay, I …
William Fenner · The Souls Looking Glass 2 · p. 291 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this light, doeth only reveyle to man his bondage: but doth not remove nor remedieremedy it: becauſe that was impoſſible to the Lawe, in as much as it was …
With rule
… this light, doeth only reveyle to man his bondage: but doth not remove nor remedieremedy it: becauſe that was impoſſible to the Lawe, in as much as it was …
John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be to shew (as hée sayth) How the only way which catholiks haue of remedieremedy or easement in these their afflictions, is prayer & humble recoursevnto the good nature, mercy …
With rule
… be to shew (as hée sayth) How the only way which catholiks haue of remedieremedy or easement in these their afflictions, is prayer & humble recoursevnto the good nature, mercy …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to have been crucified of the Jews, against whom the Christians might seek their remedieremedy. These two stories I thought good to insert, because though of later date, and …
With rule
… to have been crucified of the Jews, against whom the Christians might seek their remedieremedy. These two stories I thought good to insert, because though of later date, and …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one ſpeciall inſtruction, and one of another, this man delighteth in one comforte and remedieremedy againſt his temptation, and an other in that which beſt aunſwereth his infirmitie. Furthermore …
With rule
… one ſpeciall inſtruction, and one of another, this man delighteth in one comforte and remedieremedy againſt his temptation, and an other in that which beſt aunſwereth his infirmitie. Furthermore …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… is Repentance for our sinnes. That as the oile of Scorpions is the best remedieremedy for them that are stung with scorpions: so repentance for sin, is the best …
With rule
… is Repentance for our sinnes. That as the oile of Scorpions is the best remedieremedy for them that are stung with scorpions: so repentance for sin, is the best …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 326 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is, in praising God, that he might not be intangled with their pleasures. The remedieremedy of sinne, that we fall not into those sinnes which others haue, is to …
With rule
… is, in praising God, that he might not be intangled with their pleasures. The remedieremedy of sinne, that we fall not into those sinnes which others haue, is to …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 425 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear A03597

Printed
A REMEDIEREMEDY AGAINST SORROW AND FEARE, delivered in a funerall Sermon,
With rule
A REMEDIEREMEDY AGAINST SORROW AND FEARE, delivered in a funerall Sermon,
Richard Hooker · A Remedy Against Sorrow and Fear · Open in the reader

The Only Remedy A11077

Printed
THE ONLY REMEDIEREMEDY.
With rule
THE ONLY REMEDIEREMEDY.
Francis Rous · The Only Remedy · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Remedy Against Private Contentions A20534

Printed
A REMEDIEREMEDY AGAINST Priuate Contentions.
With rule
A REMEDIEREMEDY AGAINST Priuate Contentions.
John Dod · A Remedy Against Private Contentions · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Remedy of Schism A94264

Printed
THE REMEDIEREMEDY OF SCHISME.
With rule
THE REMEDIEREMEDY OF SCHISME.
William Sclater · The Remedy of Schism · Open in the reader
Printed
THE REMEDIEREMEDY of SCHISME.
With rule
THE REMEDIEREMEDY of SCHISME.
William Sclater · The Remedy of Schism · p. 1 · Open in the reader