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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4195 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rychesriches

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

Puritas changed it
404 times in 119 works
Consistency
96.6% (404 of 418)
Reach if approved
~439 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: riches
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
418 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (404 changes in 119 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 404)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … theym that be best learned, for they seme belyke to do moste good wyth rychesriches and authoritie vnto theim cō mitted. If I therefore beynge a yonge simple scholer …
    With rule
    … theym that be best learned, for they seme belyke to do moste good wyth rychesriches and authoritie vnto theim cō mitted. If I therefore beynge a yonge simple scholer …

    Thomas Lever · A Fruitful Sermon · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … worlde of al chriſtianes, yt therfor they may diſpiſe this lyfe with al his rychesriches, profittes, pleaſures, & power, & ſhewe alſo their middel fynger to death, as Paule doeth. i …
    With rule
    … worlde of al chriſtianes, yt therfor they may diſpiſe this lyfe with al his rychesriches, profittes, pleaſures, & power, & ſhewe alſo their middel fynger to death, as Paule doeth. i …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Jeremiah 22 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … wysedome, nor the strong mā in his strength, neither the ryche mā in his rychesriches, but who so wyl reioyse, let hym reioyse in thys, that he vnderstandeth and …
    With rule
    … wysedome, nor the strong mā in his strength, neither the ryche mā in his rychesriches, but who so wyl reioyse, let hym reioyse in thys, that he vnderstandeth and …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … seduccyons & shall make her desolate and naked & eate vp her fleshe, that is hyr rychesriches and robbe her of all her possessions and substaū ce, and burne vp her …
    With rule
    … seduccyons & shall make her desolate and naked & eate vp her fleshe, that is hyr rychesriches and robbe her of all her possessions and substaū ce, and burne vp her …

    Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … And therfore thabuſed alters / the very open ſhoppes of ſo great idolatrye / and the rychesriches of theſe ſacrifyces / euen the pernicyouſe ſūptuouſe wyues to all chriſten peple no rulers …
    With rule
    … And therfore thabuſed alters / the very open ſhoppes of ſo great idolatrye / and the rychesriches of theſe ſacrifyces / euen the pernicyouſe ſūptuouſe wyues to all chriſten peple no rulers …

    Martin Bucer · Pictures not to be Worshiped · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … foundations of ſo many nothinges, and by their nothinge had heaped together all thynges, rychesriches, landes and tenementes.
    With rule
    … foundations of ſo many nothinges, and by their nothinge had heaped together all thynges, rychesriches, landes and tenementes.

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. cci · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … after the doctrine of saynt Paul…. i. Timoth. v. But from inordinate excesse of rychesriches ought they of all menne to be sequestred / consyderynge that the most wycked nature …
    With rule
    … after the doctrine of saynt Paul…. i. Timoth. v. But from inordinate excesse of rychesriches ought they of all menne to be sequestred / consyderynge that the most wycked nature …

    John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of Idolatry, your worldly substaunce shalbe lost & spoiled: but for obeiyng of Idolatry, heauenlye rychesriches shalbe lost. By auoyding Idolatry, you maye fal into the handes of earthly tyrauntes …
    With rule
    … of Idolatry, your worldly substaunce shalbe lost & spoiled: but for obeiyng of Idolatry, heauenlye rychesriches shalbe lost. By auoyding Idolatry, you maye fal into the handes of earthly tyrauntes …

    John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

13 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.

The Nobles A03850

  • Printed
    … as he is moſt famous and floryſhynge, in reuerende names; honourable titles, bright Images, RychesRiches, Pompe, and power: as euerie man vpryſeth to him, and yeldeth him place: as …
    With rule
    … as he is moſt famous and floryſhynge, in reuerende names; honourable titles, bright Images, RychesRiches, Pompe, and power: as euerie man vpryſeth to him, and yeldeth him place: as …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

Works A05537

  • Printed
    On RychesRiches, Dignite, and Rentis
    With rule
    On RychesRiches, Dignite, and Rentis

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    RychesRiches bene turnit to pouerte
    With rule
    RychesRiches bene turnit to pouerte

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    RychesRiches, wyſedome, nor dignite
    With rule
    RychesRiches, wyſedome, nor dignite

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To RychesRiches, and to Senſualite.
    With rule
    To RychesRiches, and to Senſualite.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Dame RychesRiches takis on the ſic cure,
    With rule
    Dame RychesRiches takis on the ſic cure,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay A05547

  • Printed
    RychesRiches I graunt is not to be refused
    With rule
    RychesRiches I graunt is not to be refused

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    On RychesRiches Dignitie and Rentis
    With rule
    On RychesRiches Dignitie and Rentis

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    RychesRiches bene turnit to powertie
    With rule
    RychesRiches bene turnit to powertie

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    RychesRiches, wysedome, nor dignitie
    With rule
    RychesRiches, wysedome, nor dignitie

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) A14133

  • Printed
    RychesRiches is the gyfte of God geuen man to mayntayne the degrees of thys worlde …
    With rule
    RychesRiches is the gyfte of God geuen man to mayntayne the degrees of thys worlde …

    William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. xii · Open in the reader

Exposition of Marys Magnificat A68425

  • Printed
    … of the prophet dealeth the worlde in thre, as namely: in Vvyſedom Povver and RychesRiches, the which he doth ouerthrowe whan he ſayeth that nomā ſhuld reioyce in them …
    With rule
    … of the prophet dealeth the worlde in thre, as namely: in Vvyſedom Povver and RychesRiches, the which he doth ouerthrowe whan he ſayeth that nomā ſhuld reioyce in them …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    … lyfte vp hymſelfe agaynſt God? Hereby then we be warned, not to cō demne RychesRiches in them ſelues, lyke alſo as we ſee howe our Lord Ieſus Chriſte hath …
    With rule
    … lyfte vp hymſelfe agaynſt God? Hereby then we be warned, not to cō demne RychesRiches in them ſelues, lyke alſo as we ſee howe our Lord Ieſus Chriſte hath …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 6 · Open in the reader