Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4270 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kyllkill

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

Puritas changed it: 345 times in 127 works
Consistency: 99.4% (345 of 347)
Reach if approved: ~365 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: kill
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 347 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (345 changes in 127 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 345)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the hie places, who were idolaters, and had deceaued the people: he did kyllkill them, I say, and did burn theyre bones vpon theyre owne altars, and so …
With rule
… of the hie places, who were idolaters, and had deceaued the people: he did kyllkill them, I say, and did burn theyre bones vpon theyre owne altars, and so …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · Open in the reader
Printed
THe tyme ſhall come y^e who ſoeuer dothe kyllkill you, ſhall wene that he dothe honoure and ſeruyce vnto god. Forſothe this theyr …
With rule
THe tyme ſhall come y^e who ſoeuer dothe kyllkill you, ſhall wene that he dothe honoure and ſeruyce vnto god. Forſothe this theyr …
Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
… law of god nether can be, but geue vs grace to crucifye and to kyllkill the fleshe wyth the appetites & lustes therof, that we may lyue and walk in …
With rule
… law of god nether can be, but geue vs grace to crucifye and to kyllkill the fleshe wyth the appetites & lustes therof, that we may lyue and walk in …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… obeye as it teachethe, and as ye oughte, it rather cōdēpne thā saue you, kyllkill then quicken you. For no fleshe shalbe iustifyed by y^• workes of the lawe …
With rule
… obeye as it teachethe, and as ye oughte, it rather cōdēpne thā saue you, kyllkill then quicken you. For no fleshe shalbe iustifyed by y^• workes of the lawe …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
… to eate Christes body / and to eate Christes fleashe. Wherfore if the one doth kyllkill / except it be vnderstanded figuratiuelie / and spirituallie / then the other suerly doth kill likewise …
With rule
… to eate Christes body / and to eate Christes fleashe. Wherfore if the one doth kyllkill / except it be vnderstanded figuratiuelie / and spirituallie / then the other suerly doth kill likewise …
Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sacrament which being vnderstoode spiritually doth geue life: but be…ng carnally vnderstoode… doeth kyllkill. For flesh (according too the testimonie of Christe him selfe) doeth not pro…ite …
With rule
… Sacrament which being vnderstoode spiritually doth geue life: but be…ng carnally vnderstoode… doeth kyllkill. For flesh (according too the testimonie of Christe him selfe) doeth not pro…ite …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… called cowarde or boy, and will not aduenture although it ſhoulde be eyther to kyllkill or to be killed, they thinke hee is vtterlie diſhonoured, and the glory of …
With rule
… called cowarde or boy, and will not aduenture although it ſhoulde be eyther to kyllkill or to be killed, they thinke hee is vtterlie diſhonoured, and the glory of …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue they sent forth the world ouer, to deceiue and blinde, to destroy and kyllkill. Horsed they are with their beastly lawes and decrées, and armed with their fierce …
With rule
… haue they sent forth the world ouer, to deceiue and blinde, to destroy and kyllkill. Horsed they are with their beastly lawes and decrées, and armed with their fierce …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 131 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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 Pathway Into the Holy Scripture A14150

Printed
… blode of our ſauyour Jeſu Chriſt. Out of whiche cōmaūdemēt of loue ſpringe theſe. KyllKill nat thy neibour / defyle nat his wyfe / bere no falſe witnes agaynſt him / & fynally …
With rule
… blode of our ſauyour Jeſu Chriſt. Out of whiche cōmaūdemēt of loue ſpringe theſe. KyllKill nat thy neibour / defyle nat his wyfe / bere no falſe witnes agaynſt him / & fynally …
William Tyndale · A Pathway Into the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader