Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4250 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

multipliemultiply

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

Puritas changed it: 488 times in 265 works
Consistency: 99.3% (488 of 491)
Reach if approved: ~516 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: multiply
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 491 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (488 changes in 265 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 488)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… wiſedom, to bleſſe thy ſtudies, to proſper thy labours, to ſtabliſh thy faith, to multipliemultiply thy conſolations, to direct thy wayes, and finally to glorifie thee both body and …
With rule
… wiſedom, to bleſſe thy ſtudies, to proſper thy labours, to ſtabliſh thy faith, to multipliemultiply thy conſolations, to direct thy wayes, and finally to glorifie thee both body and …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… from Sarai to Sarah, becauſe he would giue her a ſon and bleſſe and multipliemultiply her ſeede. Here Abraham entreated God for Iſmael ſaying: O that Iſmael might liue …
With rule
… from Sarai to Sarah, becauſe he would giue her a ſon and bleſſe and multipliemultiply her ſeede. Here Abraham entreated God for Iſmael ſaying: O that Iſmael might liue …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… times well beseemeth; and yet God forbade the King ouer his owne people, to multipliemultiply ouermuch his horses and furniture, his siluer and his golde, Deuteron. 17. 16, 17. II. When men …
With rule
… times well beseemeth; and yet God forbade the King ouer his owne people, to multipliemultiply ouermuch his horses and furniture, his siluer and his golde, Deuteron. 17. 16, 17. II. When men …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 404 · Open in the reader
Printed
And molehill faults to mountains multipliemultiply.
With rule
And molehill faults to mountains multipliemultiply.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my ſmall gifte in good part: which nothing doubting of, I pray God to multipliemultiply his bleſſings and gracesvpon you, to his glorie, and your euerlaſting comfort.
With rule
… my ſmall gifte in good part: which nothing doubting of, I pray God to multipliemultiply his bleſſings and gracesvpon you, to his glorie, and your euerlaſting comfort.
George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader
Printed
… you … So may yee promise to your selfe, that yee shall die in your … & multipliemultiply your dayes as the sand: your Root also shall spread… out by the Waters …
With rule
… you … So may yee promise to your selfe, that yee shall die in your … & multipliemultiply your dayes as the sand: your Root also shall spread… out by the Waters …
William Guild · The Humble Address Both of Church and Poor to Britains Monarch · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… creatures for man, yea & he made them bliſſed for man: ſaying, bring forth fruite & multipliemultiply. Now when God had thus prouided all things to mans hand, & ſet them in …
With rule
… creatures for man, yea & he made them bliſſed for man: ſaying, bring forth fruite & multipliemultiply. Now when God had thus prouided all things to mans hand, & ſet them in …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… lyke a graine of muster ſeade, Deut. 11. Alſo I wyll cauſe thy ſeade to multipliemultiply, as the ſtarres of heauen. This argumente is diuerſly, vſed by the Ethnicke authors …
With rule
… lyke a graine of muster ſeade, Deut. 11. Alſo I wyll cauſe thy ſeade to multipliemultiply, as the ſtarres of heauen. This argumente is diuerſly, vſed by the Ethnicke authors …
Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

Works A05537

Printed
Saying Incres, and MultiplieMultiply
With rule
Saying Incres, and MultiplieMultiply
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… remouing the guilt of all repenting sinners: Shewe him a signe of thy loue: MultiplieMultiply in his heart the pledges of thy kindnes: Make him faithfull vnto death, that …
With rule
… remouing the guilt of all repenting sinners: Shewe him a signe of thy loue: MultiplieMultiply in his heart the pledges of thy kindnes: Make him faithfull vnto death, that …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1078 · Open in the reader