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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4151 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

egiptegypt

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

Puritas changed it
777 times in 275 works
Consistency
99.2% (777 of 783)
Reach if approved
~823 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: egypt
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
783 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (777 changes in 275 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 777)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … lord may be in thy mouth, how yt ye lord brought yt out of EgiptEgypt wt a myghty hand
    With rule
    … lord may be in thy mouth, how yt ye lord brought yt out of EgiptEgypt wt a myghty hand

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue 2 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    In this perſecution ſuffered alſo Cyrus a Phyſition, borne in Alexandria, who flying into EgiptEgypt in the perſecution of Diocleſianus and Maximinianus, led a ſolitary life in Arabia: vnto …
    With rule
    In this perſecution ſuffered alſo Cyrus a Phyſition, borne in Alexandria, who flying into EgiptEgypt in the perſecution of Diocleſianus and Maximinianus, led a ſolitary life in Arabia: vnto …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … superstitions. Therfore the Lord commaundeth his people when hee had brought them out of EgiptEgypt that they should not geue eare vnto such as the heathen did. Hee promiseth …
    With rule
    … superstitions. Therfore the Lord commaundeth his people when hee had brought them out of EgiptEgypt that they should not geue eare vnto such as the heathen did. Hee promiseth …

    George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Of EgiptEgypt and abtained it, therefore come I
    With rule
    Of EgiptEgypt and abtained it, therefore come I

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … or that the Idoll which they made to day, did bring them out of EgiptEgypt three moneths before. It was the true God they meant to worſhip in the …
    With rule
    … or that the Idoll which they made to day, did bring them out of EgiptEgypt three moneths before. It was the true God they meant to worſhip in the …

    Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … auoyde Sathan. All that thys Boner doth here, and other lyke lecherouſe locuſtes of EgiptEgypt, y… to obſcure the glorye of God▪ and to demynyſhe that peple whych daylye …
    With rule
    … auoyde Sathan. All that thys Boner doth here, and other lyke lecherouſe locuſtes of EgiptEgypt, y… to obſcure the glorye of God▪ and to demynyſhe that peple whych daylye …

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … commaun… was … vnto Saule by … name to deſtroy … ſome time … the people of Iſrael, … EgiptEgypt, (Aduerte …cute y• people of God▪ albe…t youre paynes … differred, yet are they …
    With rule
    … commaun… was … vnto Saule by … name to deſtroy … ſome time … the people of Iſrael, … EgiptEgypt, (Aduerte …cute y• people of God▪ albe…t youre paynes … differred, yet are they …

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … I am the Lorde thy God whiche brought thee out of the lande of EgiptEgypt, out of the house of bondage. Knowe that the eternal God speaketh vnto thée …
    With rule
    … I am the Lorde thy God whiche brought thee out of the lande of EgiptEgypt, out of the house of bondage. Knowe that the eternal God speaketh vnto thée …

    Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

  • Printed
    … of his godly truth, to ye abolishment of all sects, false prophets, & cōiurers of egiptegypt.
    With rule
    … of his godly truth, to ye abolishment of all sects, false prophets, & cōiurers of egiptegypt.

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God B11843

  • Printed
    … roſted a great while, & at length burnt. In the ſame perſecution Artemius lieutenant of egiptegypt, bicauſe he cōſtantly profeſſed y• faith of Chriſt: was ſpoyled of al his goods …
    With rule
    … roſted a great while, & at length burnt. In the ſame perſecution Artemius lieutenant of egiptegypt, bicauſe he cōſtantly profeſſed y• faith of Chriſt: was ſpoyled of al his goods …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God · p. 49 · Open in the reader