Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4135 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

maiestmayest

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

Puritas changed it: 1,798 times in 591 works
Consistency: 99.1% (1,798 of 1,814)
Reach if approved: ~1,907 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: mayest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,815 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,798 changes in 591 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,798)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… brought low, as low as the Grave, which is low indeed: yet there thou maieſtmayest reſt in hope; for even there, the Lord will not leave to helpe thee.
With rule
… brought low, as low as the Grave, which is low indeed: yet there thou maieſtmayest reſt in hope; for even there, the Lord will not leave to helpe thee.
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in afflicting thee: nor yet reap that good by thine afflictions, which otherwiſe thou maieſtmayest by beleeving. And for proofe herefore, I wiſh the to peruſe ſuch treatiſes as …
With rule
… in afflicting thee: nor yet reap that good by thine afflictions, which otherwiſe thou maieſtmayest by beleeving. And for proofe herefore, I wiſh the to peruſe ſuch treatiſes as …
Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in this world, and ſhall bee not much more raiſe thee vp, that thou maieſtmayest liue for euer? Know then, that as euery night hath his day, euery Sunſetting …
With rule
… in this world, and ſhall bee not much more raiſe thee vp, that thou maieſtmayest liue for euer? Know then, that as euery night hath his day, euery Sunſetting …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rid as thou liſteſt, after thou haſt giuen entertainment vnto it: neither thinkeſt thou maieſtmayest be the bolder, becauſe thou art in Gods fauour, which can neuer change nor …
With rule
… rid as thou liſteſt, after thou haſt giuen entertainment vnto it: neither thinkeſt thou maieſtmayest be the bolder, becauſe thou art in Gods fauour, which can neuer change nor …
Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to forgeue all thy enemies what soeuer they haue done against thee, than thou maiestmayest be sure that thou art one of the flock of god: yet thou must …
With rule
… to forgeue all thy enemies what soeuer they haue done against thee, than thou maiestmayest be sure that thou art one of the flock of god: yet thou must …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… correct vs, neyther haue they any authoritye to correct or punish vs. But thou maiestmayest vse them as thy terrible rods againste vs, forasmuche as we haue synned against …
With rule
… correct vs, neyther haue they any authoritye to correct or punish vs. But thou maiestmayest vse them as thy terrible rods againste vs, forasmuche as we haue synned against …
Martin Luther · Admonition to the Germans · Open in the reader
Printed
… that thou eate not the blood, for the blood is the life: therefore thou maiestmayest not eate the blood with the fleshe.
With rule
… that thou eate not the blood, for the blood is the life: therefore thou maiestmayest not eate the blood with the fleshe.
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… the word Iuſtified in this fenſe, looke vpon the ſaying of Dauid. That thou maieſtmayest be iustified in thy ſaying, and pure when thou iudgest: there it can ſignifie …
With rule
… the word Iuſtified in this fenſe, looke vpon the ſaying of Dauid. That thou maieſtmayest be iustified in thy ſaying, and pure when thou iudgest: there it can ſignifie …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 208 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Fort for the Afflicted A04930

Printed
… from my mothers wombe, nowe forget mee, the woorke manship of thine owne hands? MaiestMayest thou, that hast declared thy selfe so merciful vnto me in al my tribulatiōs …
With rule
… from my mothers wombe, nowe forget mee, the woorke manship of thine owne hands? MaiestMayest thou, that hast declared thy selfe so merciful vnto me in al my tribulatiōs …
John Knox · A Fort for the Afflicted · Open in the reader

The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People A30242

Printed
… to wood and ſtones, and not when the ſoul is proſtituted to the creature? MaieſtMayest thou not juſtly expect, that as God ſaid to thoſe Idolaters, They ſhould call …
With rule
… to wood and ſtones, and not when the ſoul is proſtituted to the creature? MaieſtMayest thou not juſtly expect, that as God ſaid to thoſe Idolaters, They ſhould call …
Anthony Burgess · The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Burning of London A57597

Printed
… him into heaven: ſo may he do by thee when thou commeſt to die. MaieſtMayest thou not yet hear him ſaying to thee, as to his Church, Iſa. 54.11. Oh …
With rule
… him into heaven: ſo may he do by thee when thou commeſt to die. MaieſtMayest thou not yet hear him ſaying to thee, as to his Church, Iſa. 54.11. Oh …
Samuel Rolle · The Burning of London · p. 76 · Open in the reader