Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4271 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

meanyngmeaning

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

Puritas changed it: 552 times in 95 works
Consistency: 98.2% (552 of 562)
Reach if approved: ~591 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: meaning
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 562 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (552 changes in 95 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 552)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Helyas shall fyrst come, that is shall come before Christe and restore all thynges meanyngmeaning of Io. bap. Io. bap. dyd restore the lawe and the scriptur vnto y^e …
With rule
… Helyas shall fyrst come, that is shall come before Christe and restore all thynges meanyngmeaning of Io. bap. Io. bap. dyd restore the lawe and the scriptur vnto y^e …
William Tyndale · The Parable of the Wicked Mammon · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnderſtande: that is, ſacramentally, as he mēt them, and not ſymply, contrarye to hys meanyngmeaning, as the papiſtes wreſt them.
With rule
… vnderſtande: that is, ſacramentally, as he mēt them, and not ſymply, contrarye to hys meanyngmeaning, as the papiſtes wreſt them.
John Bradford · An Exhortation to the Carrying of Christs Cross · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… trinitie, but for the gyfte & operacion of the ſpirite of God. The ſenſe and meanyngmeaning of this place, is therfore, that the gyfte of prophecy, is ſo in the …
With rule
… trinitie, but for the gyfte & operacion of the ſpirite of God. The ſenſe and meanyngmeaning of this place, is therfore, that the gyfte of prophecy, is ſo in the …
Henrich Bullinger · A Wholesome Antidote Against Anabaptists · Open in the reader
Printed
… handes, do haſt to perfourme theyr wicked deuyſes. For thys is the ſence and meanyngmeaning, thys is the true vnderſtāding of the latten, and of the firſt verſe wher …
With rule
… handes, do haſt to perfourme theyr wicked deuyſes. For thys is the ſence and meanyngmeaning, thys is the true vnderſtāding of the latten, and of the firſt verſe wher …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… cheriſheth thē all, in her lappe, and armes. Nor ſwarueth this affection, from the meanyngmeaning and maieſtye of the Scriptures. Syth euen Paule wryteth, he is vexed wyth great …
With rule
… cheriſheth thē all, in her lappe, and armes. Nor ſwarueth this affection, from the meanyngmeaning and maieſtye of the Scriptures. Syth euen Paule wryteth, he is vexed wyth great …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… hys well doynge. They saye, they passe lytle what any man saythe by them, meanyngmeaning therby that though all men fynde fautes wyth theim, yet wyll they neuer be …
With rule
… hys well doynge. They saye, they passe lytle what any man saythe by them, meanyngmeaning therby that though all men fynde fautes wyth theim, yet wyll they neuer be …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the lord, and do them, y^• ye order not your selues after the meanyngmeaning yf your owne harte, nor go a whoryng after your owne eyes. Therefore shall …
With rule
… of the lord, and do them, y^• ye order not your selues after the meanyngmeaning yf your owne harte, nor go a whoryng after your owne eyes. Therefore shall …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their former ſpeach, laſte we ſhould contende in diſputing whether that were there meanyngmeaning or no: but I ſay, that ſelf thing which themſelues confeſſe. And ſo much …
With rule
… of their former ſpeach, laſte we ſhould contende in diſputing whether that were there meanyngmeaning or no: but I ſay, that ſelf thing which themſelues confeſſe. And ſo much …
Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 96 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Art of Rhetoric A15530

Printed
… dede (ꝙ Tullie) my nobilitie begynnes in me, and thyne dothe ende in the. MeanyngMeaning thereby that though Salust were borne noble, yet he were lyke to dye wretched …
With rule
… dede (ꝙ Tullie) my nobilitie begynnes in me, and thyne dothe ende in the. MeanyngMeaning thereby that though Salust were borne noble, yet he were lyke to dye wretched …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… you be here, you are lyke to be drowned euery mothers sonne of you. MeanyngMeaning that they were so nought, and so fainedly made their prayour to false Godes …
With rule
… you be here, you are lyke to be drowned euery mothers sonne of you. MeanyngMeaning that they were so nought, and so fainedly made their prayour to false Godes …
Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 106 · Open in the reader