Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4121 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

merriemerry

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

Puritas changed it: 706 times in 268 works
Consistency: 98.7% (706 of 715)
Reach if approved: ~751 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: merry
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 715 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (706 changes in 268 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 706)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… length reape. Sighes thy God ô sinner for thy sinnes, while thou art making merriemerry with thy sinnes. Be sure, be sure, ô sinner, as God liueth, as Christ …
With rule
… length reape. Sighes thy God ô sinner for thy sinnes, while thou art making merriemerry with thy sinnes. Be sure, be sure, ô sinner, as God liueth, as Christ …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 223 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their owne miſerie, they may (as deſperate wretches after their curſed manner) be ſound merriemerry together, playing at dice and cards, to driue (as they vſe to ſay) the …
With rule
… their owne miſerie, they may (as deſperate wretches after their curſed manner) be ſound merriemerry together, playing at dice and cards, to driue (as they vſe to ſay) the …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 194 · Open in the reader
Printed
… paſt, what things are now in preſent being (in which the Papiſts make themſelues merriemerry; but it is their Cygnea cantio, before their day of mourning) and what the …
With rule
… paſt, what things are now in preſent being (in which the Papiſts make themſelues merriemerry; but it is their Cygnea cantio, before their day of mourning) and what the …
Richard Bernard · The Seven Golden Candlesticks · Open in the reader
Printed
… addeth The king hauing brought vs into his priuy chambers, we wil be cheerful & merriemerry. Declaring by theſe words that ſhe is indeed the true Church, cheering her ſelfe …
With rule
… addeth The king hauing brought vs into his priuy chambers, we wil be cheerful & merriemerry. Declaring by theſe words that ſhe is indeed the true Church, cheering her ſelfe …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that he may be found in the faith? No such matter. They make themselues merriemerry with such enormous sins by which God is made angry, & his wrath provoked; by …
With rule
… that he may be found in the faith? No such matter. They make themselues merriemerry with such enormous sins by which God is made angry, & his wrath provoked; by …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who, being troubled in conſcience and wounded in ſoule, ſeeke to eaſe themſelues by merriemerry company, muſicke, gaming, and the like. So Saul, when the euill ſpirit came vpon …
With rule
… who, being troubled in conſcience and wounded in ſoule, ſeeke to eaſe themſelues by merriemerry company, muſicke, gaming, and the like. So Saul, when the euill ſpirit came vpon …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee would faine doe more, he holds it his happinesse, and is neuer more merriemerry, then when he hath mourned most. If then in true reason you preferre godly …
With rule
… hee would faine doe more, he holds it his happinesse, and is neuer more merriemerry, then when he hath mourned most. If then in true reason you preferre godly …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as much ioy at the proſperitie of others, as in our owne. Are we merriemerry? let it be in thée: are we ſorrowfull? let it be for our ſins …
With rule
… as much ioy at the proſperitie of others, as in our owne. Are we merriemerry? let it be in thée: are we ſorrowfull? let it be for our ſins …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 271 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

7 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 Buckler Against the Fear of Death A17129

Printed
MerrieMerry with 't.) Had I my wishes,
With rule
MerrieMerry with 't.) Had I my wishes,
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
MerrieMerry.
With rule
MerrieMerry.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
With whome or with what companie wee shoulde make MerrieMerry in Gods presence.
With rule
With whome or with what companie wee shoulde make MerrieMerry in Gods presence.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Who they be that must be MerrieMerry with those that present themselues to God to offer sacrifice vnto him.
With rule
Who they be that must be MerrieMerry with those that present themselues to God to offer sacrifice vnto him.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
Why it is saide by Moses, that men should make MerrieMerry with their housholdes before God.
With rule
Why it is saide by Moses, that men should make MerrieMerry with their housholdes before God.
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader
Printed
The Iewes commaunded to be MerrieMerry in the presence of the Lord, & why the same is more than once mentioned …
With rule
The Iewes commaunded to be MerrieMerry in the presence of the Lord, & why the same is more than once mentioned …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Midnights Meditations of Death A77759

Printed
MerrieMerry with 't.) Had I my wiſhes,
With rule
MerrieMerry with 't.) Had I my wiſhes,
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader