Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4143 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hyghhigh

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

Puritas changed it: 632 times in 125 works
Consistency: 98.9% (632 of 639)
Reach if approved: ~671 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: high
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 639 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (632 changes in 125 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 632)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… God (O you prynces of Sodom) that geueth ſentence in thys matter. Before the hyghhigh Iudge ſhall you be condemned (you ſeed of Babilon) becauſe it hath pleaſed God …
With rule
… God (O you prynces of Sodom) that geueth ſentence in thys matter. Before the hyghhigh Iudge ſhall you be condemned (you ſeed of Babilon) becauſe it hath pleaſed God …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cxlv · Open in the reader
Printed
I am soch a grace, and so hyghhigh tydynges of gladnesse,
With rule
I am soch a grace, and so hyghhigh tydynges of gladnesse,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Londo… examyned hym, as wa… Chriſt whan he came b… fore Annas the hyghhigh pre… of the Iewes, as yt ys here manyfeſt. O… hys dyſcyples and doctrine …
With rule
… of Londo… examyned hym, as wa… Chriſt whan he came b… fore Annas the hyghhigh pre… of the Iewes, as yt ys here manyfeſt. O… hys dyſcyples and doctrine …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… you downe wyth some sodein mischiefe, rather then mainteine or suffer you in so hyghhigh authorytye, to vse such vncharitable, vngodly, and cruell pytye. You knowe that some of …
With rule
… you downe wyth some sodein mischiefe, rather then mainteine or suffer you in so hyghhigh authorytye, to vse such vncharitable, vngodly, and cruell pytye. You knowe that some of …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached Third Sunday in Lent · Open in the reader
Printed
… to lyghten the hertes & senses of the apostles before they could syncerly vnderstand the hyghhigh misteries of thy deuyne wyll: We moost humbly besech the, that all cloudes of …
With rule
… to lyghten the hertes & senses of the apostles before they could syncerly vnderstand the hyghhigh misteries of thy deuyne wyll: We moost humbly besech the, that all cloudes of …
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader
Printed
… accordyng to her propre nature and true dignitie. The whiche God hath in so hyghhigh estimation, that his pleasure is, that his sonne and his mother, shoulde be as …
With rule
… accordyng to her propre nature and true dignitie. The whiche God hath in so hyghhigh estimation, that his pleasure is, that his sonne and his mother, shoulde be as …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… obedience, declaringe that he is nat ordeyned of man but of God, as the hyghhigh miniſter and officer of god, and that he beareth nat the ſwerd in vayne …
With rule
… obedience, declaringe that he is nat ordeyned of man but of God, as the hyghhigh miniſter and officer of god, and that he beareth nat the ſwerd in vayne …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader
Printed
… are taught out of the commaundementes, and towardes Gheſtes and ſtraungers: ritche and poore, hyghhigh and lowe, as they be taught out of the fifte commaundement: And thus of …
With rule
… are taught out of the commaundementes, and towardes Gheſtes and ſtraungers: ritche and poore, hyghhigh and lowe, as they be taught out of the fifte commaundement: And thus of …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan A02658

Printed
HyghHigh tyme is it than, for me the cooles to ſteare.
With rule
HyghHigh tyme is it than, for me the cooles to ſteare.
John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

Printed
HyghHigh, mynyon for monye,
With rule
HyghHigh, mynyon for monye,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man A02906

Printed
HyghHigh honour, worshypp, and glorye be vnto the.
With rule
HyghHigh honour, worshypp, and glorye be vnto the.
John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem A17009

Printed
… of God: in the wordes, Bleſſed be Abraham to El. Elion, (the Mightie, the HyghHigh) poſſeſſor of heauen and earth. There alſo he handleth Thamars caſe, that ſentence was …
With rule
… of God: in the wordes, Bleſſed be Abraham to El. Elion, (the Mightie, the HyghHigh) poſſeſſor of heauen and earth. There alſo he handleth Thamars caſe, that ſentence was …
Hugh Broughton · A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… Redeemer. And therewithall it behoued the Leuites moreouer to pray vnto God: and the HyghHigh priest was to goe into the tabernacle in the name of all the people …
With rule
… Redeemer. And therewithall it behoued the Leuites moreouer to pray vnto God: and the HyghHigh priest was to goe into the tabernacle in the name of all the people …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 660 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Ephesians A17705

Printed
… in all things, sauing onely in sinne, to the intent that wee hauing a HyghHigh priest which could bee touched with the feeling of our infirmities, might boldly preace …
With rule
… in all things, sauing onely in sinne, to the intent that wee hauing a HyghHigh priest which could bee touched with the feeling of our infirmities, might boldly preace …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · Open in the reader