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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4266 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

begynbegin

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

Puritas changed it
220 times in 89 works
Consistency
99.1% (220 of 222)
Reach if approved
~233 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: begin
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
222 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (220 changes in 89 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 220)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … by their maiſter Chriſt, to preache his Goſpell throughout all the worlde, and to begynbegin at Ieruſalem, for which cauſe they were called and choſen from amongeſt all others …
    With rule
    … by their maiſter Chriſt, to preache his Goſpell throughout all the worlde, and to begynbegin at Ieruſalem, for which cauſe they were called and choſen from amongeſt all others …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … are wryten, are wrytten to be oure doctryne. The Parable that I toke to begynbegin wyth (most honorable audience) is written in the .xviii Chapter of S. Luke, and …
    With rule
    … are wryten, are wrytten to be oure doctryne. The Parable that I toke to begynbegin wyth (most honorable audience) is written in the .xviii Chapter of S. Luke, and …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and afflycted: I wolde haue ſayd is made a ſaynt? whā ſhall we ones begynbegin to be wyſe? Howe often tymes ſhall we nede to repete one thynge? why …
    With rule
    … and afflycted: I wolde haue ſayd is made a ſaynt? whā ſhall we ones begynbegin to be wyſe? Howe often tymes ſhall we nede to repete one thynge? why …

    Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … myre. Of these thyngs aforesaid maye wee learne that it is not inoughe to begynbegin well, except we perseuer and continue euen vnto the geuynge vp of the Goste …
    With rule
    … myre. Of these thyngs aforesaid maye wee learne that it is not inoughe to begynbegin well, except we perseuer and continue euen vnto the geuynge vp of the Goste …

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

  5. Printed
    … daungers. We may therfore by the helpe of the ſonne of God, which reygneth, begynbegin this newe obedience, which lyke a valiaunt captayne neuer forſaketh hys beloued, puttynge into …
    With rule
    … daungers. We may therfore by the helpe of the ſonne of God, which reygneth, begynbegin this newe obedience, which lyke a valiaunt captayne neuer forſaketh hys beloued, puttynge into …

    Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … good example Wherfore it doth euydētly appere that this byſſhop dyd in no wyſe begynbegin that thynge of a pure godly ſpirit: but if a mā wyll do well …
    With rule
    … good example Wherfore it doth euydētly appere that this byſſhop dyd in no wyſe begynbegin that thynge of a pure godly ſpirit: but if a mā wyll do well …

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

  7. Printed
    … euer they came thyther, do procede frō God, and from his holy ſpirite, they begynbegin with inuocation of him, to witte with a faire blaſphemie, to oultrage the grace …
    With rule
    … euer they came thyther, do procede frō God, and from his holy ſpirite, they begynbegin with inuocation of him, to witte with a faire blaſphemie, to oultrage the grace …

    Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 151 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … at theyr weddynges to put awaye all vntēperaunce, and wyth nurtour and honoure to begynbegin that honourable state, so shall God increace his grace in them, and graūt thē …
    With rule
    … at theyr weddynges to put awaye all vntēperaunce, and wyth nurtour and honoure to begynbegin that honourable state, so shall God increace his grace in them, and graūt thē …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    BegynBegin at pure law Creaturis
    With rule
    BegynBegin at pure law Creaturis

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    BegynBegin at pure lawe Creaturis
    With rule
    BegynBegin at pure lawe Creaturis

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