Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4186 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

armiearmy

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

Puritas changed it: 2,866 times in 721 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,866 of 2,870)
Reach if approved: ~3,016 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: army
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,870 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,866 changes in 721 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,866)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the accounting of them to be rebells, and by the gathering of a huge armiearmy, for bringing the kingdome againe to Rehoboam) it was no longer safe for his …
With rule
… the accounting of them to be rebells, and by the gathering of a huge armiearmy, for bringing the kingdome againe to Rehoboam) it was no longer safe for his …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtoared up, ſending out ſome of their garriſons abroad, notice thereof comes to the armiearmy of the States in ſiege at the Boſche. They forthwith ſend ſome troupes to …
With rule
… ſtoared up, ſending out ſome of their garriſons abroad, notice thereof comes to the armiearmy of the States in ſiege at the Boſche. They forthwith ſend ſome troupes to …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 282 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and each Creature liues in his owne Element; but woe be to the Heathens armiearmy, when all wil be Captaines, and none Souldiers, woe to that body that will …
With rule
… and each Creature liues in his owne Element; but woe be to the Heathens armiearmy, when all wil be Captaines, and none Souldiers, woe to that body that will …
Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Now you begin to plant your great Ordnance, to muſter your men, range your ArmieArmy, and to charge the enemy with a ſharpe aſſault for the vtter aboliſhing of …
With rule
… Now you begin to plant your great Ordnance, to muſter your men, range your ArmieArmy, and to charge the enemy with a ſharpe aſſault for the vtter aboliſhing of …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… enemies, nor know we what to doe, 2. Chron. 20.12. But had not Iehoſhaphat a great ArmieArmy, and valiant men? Yes, yet in them was no might. Did not he know …
With rule
… enemies, nor know we what to doe, 2. Chron. 20.12. But had not Iehoſhaphat a great ArmieArmy, and valiant men? Yes, yet in them was no might. Did not he know …
Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Simon of Momford, with a ſmall armiearmy: but there is no mention of an armiearmy, which they had in the Chronicles.
With rule
… Simon of Momford, with a ſmall armiearmy: but there is no mention of an armiearmy, which they had in the Chronicles.
John Forbes · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… giue him a rodde of yron which is the scepter of Christ, yea an armiearmy of souldiers to subdue Irelande, and to wrest it out of the Queene of …
With rule
… giue him a rodde of yron which is the scepter of Christ, yea an armiearmy of souldiers to subdue Irelande, and to wrest it out of the Queene of …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 418 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue beene destroied, for which the wrath of God was kindled against the whole armiearmy; but the Offender vnreuealed and vndiscouered lay hid; by Gods speciall appointment a Lot …
With rule
… haue beene destroied, for which the wrath of God was kindled against the whole armiearmy; but the Offender vnreuealed and vndiscouered lay hid; by Gods speciall appointment a Lot …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 280 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Word for the Army and Two to the Kingdom A90548

Printed
A word for the ARMIEARMY.
With rule
A word for the ARMIEARMY.
Hugh Peters · A Word for the Army and Two to the Kingdom · Open in the reader
Printed
A Word for the ARMIEARMY, and two words for the KINGDOME.
With rule
A Word for the ARMIEARMY, and two words for the KINGDOME.
Hugh Peters · A Word for the Army and Two to the Kingdom · p. 3 · Open in the reader

A Timely Expostulation A96743

Printed
… A timely Expoſtulation with thoſe both of the City of LONDON, and the preſent ARMIEARMY, who have either endeavoured to ingage theſe Kingdomes in a Second Warre; or neglected …
With rule
… A timely Expoſtulation with thoſe both of the City of LONDON, and the preſent ARMIEARMY, who have either endeavoured to ingage theſe Kingdomes in a Second Warre; or neglected …
George Wither · A Timely Expostulation · Open in the reader

The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon B01752

Printed
A PRAYER FOR AN ARMIEARMY, IN THE DAY OF BATTELL.
With rule
A PRAYER FOR AN ARMIEARMY, IN THE DAY OF BATTELL.
Zacharie Boyd · The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon · p. 167 · Open in the reader