Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4114 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wrytewrite

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

Puritas changed it: 567 times in 160 works
Consistency: 98.9% (567 of 573)
Reach if approved: ~602 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: write
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 573 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (567 changes in 160 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 567)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… visible, that it may be pointed furth w^t the finger of man. Thus we wrytewrite shortly to giue occasion to Maister Tyrie, and to such as are blinded with …
With rule
… visible, that it may be pointed furth w^t the finger of man. Thus we wrytewrite shortly to giue occasion to Maister Tyrie, and to such as are blinded with …
John Knox · Answer to a Jesuit · Open in the reader
Printed
… this great man, was called, and commaūded to make hys apperaunce, accordinge to the wrytewrite that had bene dyrected out for hym. And the Lorde came, & was ther, but …
With rule
… this great man, was called, and commaūded to make hys apperaunce, accordinge to the wrytewrite that had bene dyrected out for hym. And the Lorde came, & was ther, but …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… of ſayntes is / which is ſpirytuall, y^t is to wytte ſuche as Paule doth wrytewrite to the Romanes in the .xv. Chapytre. whan he ſaythe.
With rule
… of ſayntes is / which is ſpirytuall, y^t is to wytte ſuche as Paule doth wrytewrite to the Romanes in the .xv. Chapytre. whan he ſaythe.
Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
… he dyed a very miserable death? To reherse what the doctoures of Christes churche wrytewrite of the vanitie of gorgious apparell, agayne to declare out of prophane histories how …
With rule
… he dyed a very miserable death? To reherse what the doctoures of Christes churche wrytewrite of the vanitie of gorgious apparell, agayne to declare out of prophane histories how …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader
Printed
And I wrytewrite theſe too the ende that youth ſhoulde bee heereby ſpecially admoniſhed. Ungodly people whereas …
With rule
And I wrytewrite theſe too the ende that youth ſhoulde bee heereby ſpecially admoniſhed. Ungodly people whereas …
Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of euery of whome I do not purpose to sette downe all that they wrytewrite touching my purpose: but I will giue you a taste of a fewe speciall …
With rule
… of euery of whome I do not purpose to sette downe all that they wrytewrite touching my purpose: but I will giue you a taste of a fewe speciall …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader
Printed
… who knoweth the Historie of those tymes.) And so hee maketh Saynct Cyrill to wrytewrite 30 yeares after his death; as if hee had beene the Surviver of Saynct Ierome …
With rule
… who knoweth the Historie of those tymes.) And so hee maketh Saynct Cyrill to wrytewrite 30 yeares after his death; as if hee had beene the Surviver of Saynct Ierome …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, hate them, reuyle them, and spightfully report them. In their cronicles shal they wrytewrite them for seducers of the people, and in their stories regester them for damnable …
With rule
… them, hate them, reuyle them, and spightfully report them. In their cronicles shal they wrytewrite them for seducers of the people, and in their stories regester them for damnable …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

6 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 Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 A02825

Printed
2 WryteWrite with thy penne / or marke surelye this sentēce folowinge for thē that here suffreth …
With rule
2 WryteWrite with thy penne / or marke surelye this sentēce folowinge for thē that here suffreth …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 87 · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
… I am a lyue for euermore. 6. And haue the keyes of Hell, & of Death. 7. WryteWrite therefore the thinges vvhich thou hast seene. 8. And the things vvhich are, and the …
With rule
… I am a lyue for euermore. 6. And haue the keyes of Hell, & of Death. 7. WryteWrite therefore the thinges vvhich thou hast seene. 8. And the things vvhich are, and the …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
2 WryteWrite with penne, or marke suerly this sentence following for them that here suffer in …
With rule
2 WryteWrite with penne, or marke suerly this sentence following for them that here suffer in …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… the seate sayde, 2. Behold, I make all thinges nevve. 3. And he sayde vnto me. 4 WryteWrite. 5. for these vvordes are faythfull and true. 6. And he sayde vnto me. 7. it is …
With rule
… the seate sayde, 2. Behold, I make all thinges nevve. 3. And he sayde vnto me. 4 WryteWrite. 5. for these vvordes are faythfull and true. 6. And he sayde vnto me. 7. it is …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric A68157

Printed
I WryteWrite this vnto the / thu sorowfull churche of Englāde / y^t in y^e middes of thy …
With rule
I WryteWrite this vnto the / thu sorowfull churche of Englāde / y^t in y^e middes of thy …
John Bale · The Vocation of John Bale to the Bishopric · p. 43 · Open in the reader

A Hundred Sermons on Revelation B11837

Printed
… cauſe why thou ſhouldeſt be affraide. But rather execute boldely, that he cōmaundeth thee. WryteWrite that he cō maundeth to be written. Be not affrayed of men, feare God …
With rule
… cauſe why thou ſhouldeſt be affraide. But rather execute boldely, that he cōmaundeth thee. WryteWrite that he cō maundeth to be written. Be not affrayed of men, feare God …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 40 · Open in the reader