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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4273 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

offyceoffice

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

Puritas changed it
449 times in 102 works
Consistency
98.9% (449 of 454)
Reach if approved
~477 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: office
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
454 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (449 changes in 102 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 449)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … or names: for if a manne denye anye thing, eyther in the perſonne or offyceoffice of Chriſte, hee denyeth Chriſte. For it is but a vaine thing to confeſſe …
    With rule
    … or names: for if a manne denye anye thing, eyther in the perſonne or offyceoffice of Chriſte, hee denyeth Chriſte. For it is but a vaine thing to confeſſe …

    George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Be good in thy offyceoffice, & thou shalt haue money & meat
    With rule
    Be good in thy offyceoffice, & thou shalt haue money & meat

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … actions, prepared of God for euery man, accordynge to to his dignity…, power, and offyceoffice to waine in. But what der des and dutyes pertayne to Noble men, we …
    With rule
    … actions, prepared of God for euery man, accordynge to to his dignity…, power, and offyceoffice to waine in. But what der des and dutyes pertayne to Noble men, we …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The pyote sayd what shall my offyceoffice be
    With rule
    The pyote sayd what shall my offyceoffice be

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

  5. Printed
    Of the offyceoffice and authorytye of the man towardes the woman, Gene, ij,d, iij,d. xxxix …
    With rule
    Of the offyceoffice and authorytye of the man towardes the woman, Gene, ij,d, iij,d. xxxix …

    Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … haue made him king. fled awaye from them, & by no meanes would enioy ye offyceoffice, although beynge the very Messias and true annoynted kynge of ye Lord Moreouer he …
    With rule
    … haue made him king. fled awaye from them, & by no meanes would enioy ye offyceoffice, although beynge the very Messias and true annoynted kynge of ye Lord Moreouer he …

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the lande. Nowe though sometymes hys flesh doth grudge for the burthen, of his offyceoffice, and anguishe of hart, as though he had beene an abiecte or Reprobate, yet …
    With rule
    … the lande. Nowe though sometymes hys flesh doth grudge for the burthen, of his offyceoffice, and anguishe of hart, as though he had beene an abiecte or Reprobate, yet …

    Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Let every man therfore wayte on the offyceoffice wherin Chriſt hath put him & therin ſerve his bretherne. If he be of lowe …
    With rule
    Let every man therfore wayte on the offyceoffice wherin Chriſt hath put him & therin ſerve his bretherne. If he be of lowe …

    William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · p. xliiij · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

Commentary Upon Micah A01754

  • Printed
    … Lorde to delyuer the. O whye are you faynte hearted, whiche haue the lyke OffyceOffice, what can be ſayde more to encorage you? Whye dare you not crye agaynſte …
    With rule
    … Lorde to delyuer the. O whye are you faynte hearted, whiche haue the lyke OffyceOffice, what can be ſayde more to encorage you? Whye dare you not crye agaynſte …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin A02947

  • Printed
    OffyceOffice of a ryght byſſhopp. 31. b. 50. a
    With rule
    OffyceOffice of a ryght byſſhopp. 31. b. 50. a

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    OffyceOffice of a true Chriſtyane. 35. b
    With rule
    OffyceOffice of a true Chriſtyane. 35. b

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

  • Printed
    … yt be brought vp iniquitie & couetousnes? It is a Prouerbe that magistratus virum commonstrat. OffyceOffice and authoritye sheweth what a man is. A man knoweth not hym selfe, tyll …
    With rule
    … yt be brought vp iniquitie & couetousnes? It is a Prouerbe that magistratus virum commonstrat. OffyceOffice and authoritye sheweth what a man is. A man knoweth not hym selfe, tyll …

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

Twenty-Seven Sermons A05143

  • Printed
    … brought vp in iniquity and couetousnes? It is a Prouerbe that magistratus virum commonstrat. OffyceOffice & authority sheweth what a man is. A man knoweth not hym selfe, tyl he …
    With rule
    … brought vp in iniquity and couetousnes? It is a Prouerbe that magistratus virum commonstrat. OffyceOffice & authority sheweth what a man is. A man knoweth not hym selfe, tyl he …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader