Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4180 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

tryalstrials

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

Puritas changed it: 2,707 times in 848 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,707 of 2,711)
Reach if approved: ~2,848 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: trials
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,711 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,707 changes in 848 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,707)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… with this patience of proofe; fore-warneth them of the great perſecutions, and cloſe tryalstrials that were to come upon them; namely, that not onely their profeſſed enemies ſhould …
With rule
… with this patience of proofe; fore-warneth them of the great perſecutions, and cloſe tryalstrials that were to come upon them; namely, that not onely their profeſſed enemies ſhould …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 293 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out infirmitie. I, but what if that bee wounded too? Why, if there bee tryalstrials of all sorts, and you fall into them all, and that of a sudden …
With rule
… out infirmitie. I, but what if that bee wounded too? Why, if there bee tryalstrials of all sorts, and you fall into them all, and that of a sudden …
John Preston · A Lifeless Life · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deceiue your selues no longer: If your heart witnesse on your side by these tryalstrials, then be comforted, and labour to encrease in this grace, that so your euidence …
With rule
… deceiue your selues no longer: If your heart witnesse on your side by these tryalstrials, then be comforted, and labour to encrease in this grace, that so your euidence …
John Rogers · A Treatise of Love · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
TryalsTrials of our love to the beauty of Gods house, 206
With rule
TryalsTrials of our love to the beauty of Gods house, 206
Richard Sibbes · A Breathing After God · Open in the reader
Printed
… jealous and ſuſpicious, that there may be a propenſion in thee towards it: upon tryalstrials take not up fooliſh conceits upon frugalitie, but be jealous to ſcan thy heart …
With rule
… jealous and ſuſpicious, that there may be a propenſion in thee towards it: upon tryalstrials take not up fooliſh conceits upon frugalitie, but be jealous to ſcan thy heart …
John Stoughton · The Arraignment of Covetousness · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which GOD will inflict on them, if they repent not. Secondly, The proofes and tryalstrials of their faith, hope, inuocation, feare of GOD, and patience: that the elect may …
With rule
… which GOD will inflict on them, if they repent not. Secondly, The proofes and tryalstrials of their faith, hope, inuocation, feare of GOD, and patience: that the elect may …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the mountaines of miserie and thorow the muddie myres of sinfull mortalitie, thorow fearefull tryalstrials and troubles, euen from the dyets of grace to the dainties of glorie, from …
With rule
… the mountaines of miserie and thorow the muddie myres of sinfull mortalitie, thorow fearefull tryalstrials and troubles, euen from the dyets of grace to the dainties of glorie, from …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… O God, haſt proued, thou haſt tryed vs euen as ſiluer is tryed. Gods tryalstrials alway tend to his owne glory, and the good of his children.
With rule
… O God, haſt proued, thou haſt tryed vs euen as ſiluer is tryed. Gods tryalstrials alway tend to his owne glory, and the good of his children.
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 109 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

A Treasury of Divine Raptures A28161

Printed
Expect ſome trYalstrials; ſuch ſhall Have ſalvation
With rule
Expect ſome trYalstrials; ſuch ſhall Have ſalvation
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · Open in the reader

Patience and its Perfect Work under Sudden and Sore Trials A41527

Printed
PATIENCE AND ITS Perfect Work, UNDER SUDDEN & SORE TRYALSTRIALS.
With rule
PATIENCE AND ITS Perfect Work, UNDER SUDDEN & SORE TRYALSTRIALS.
Thomas Goodwin · Patience and its Perfect Work under Sudden and Sore Trials · Open in the reader

Further Account of the Trials of New England Witches A70086

Printed
A FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE TRYALSTRIALS OF THE New-England Witches.
With rule
A FURTHER ACCOUNT OF THE TRYALSTRIALS OF THE New-England Witches.
Increase Mather · Further Account of the Trials of New England Witches · Open in the reader