Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4334 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

laieslays

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

Puritas changed it: 1,329 times in 538 works
Consistency: 99.1% (1,329 of 1,340)
Reach if approved: ~1,408 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lays
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,340 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,329 changes in 538 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,329)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Fiftly and laſtly, Chriſt laieslays downe the ende likewiſe why this bleſſed Sacrament of his was ordayned, namely to …
With rule
Fiftly and laſtly, Chriſt laieslays downe the ende likewiſe why this bleſſed Sacrament of his was ordayned, namely to …
Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gate, as fitter for the societie of Moores and Pagans; she banisheth them. Or laieslays them vp in New-gate; a place very conuenient, beeing not so olde as …
With rule
… gate, as fitter for the societie of Moores and Pagans; she banisheth them. Or laieslays them vp in New-gate; a place very conuenient, beeing not so olde as …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſon ſhall bee drawne from our owne practiſe, and ſo an end. As God laieslays many croſſes on vs, ſo we may thanke our ſelues for many too, not …
With rule
… reaſon ſhall bee drawne from our owne practiſe, and ſo an end. As God laieslays many croſſes on vs, ſo we may thanke our ſelues for many too, not …
Robert Harris · Absoloms Funeral · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our redemption, and in applying it: Chriſt does not onely provide a ſalve, but laieslays it on, applies it effectually, in calling, juſtifying, ſanctifying.
With rule
… our redemption, and in applying it: Chriſt does not onely provide a ſalve, but laieslays it on, applies it effectually, in calling, juſtifying, ſanctifying.
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
The King therefore consults God touching his purpose, and intendment against the Idumaeans, laieslays forth to view former calamities happened to his people, whereby he moueth God to …
With rule
The King therefore consults God touching his purpose, and intendment against the Idumaeans, laieslays forth to view former calamities happened to his people, whereby he moueth God to …
William Loe · The Kings Shoe · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to cleaue to the bodie of the tree: and he that with one hand laieslays hold vpon the bodie of the tree, and with the other staies himselfe vpon …
With rule
… to cleaue to the bodie of the tree: and he that with one hand laieslays hold vpon the bodie of the tree, and with the other staies himselfe vpon …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… loue of vs, whereby wee confeſſe our ſelues beholding vnto him, that loue which laieslays vs flat before him, and whereby we acknowledge we owe our ſelues vnto him …
With rule
… loue of vs, whereby wee confeſſe our ſelues beholding vnto him, that loue which laieslays vs flat before him, and whereby we acknowledge we owe our ſelues vnto him …
William Pinke · The Trial of a Christians Sincere Love Unto Christ · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
Each on the other laieslays his steely brand,
With rule
Each on the other laieslays his steely brand,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The First Anniversary A20620

Printed
LaiesLays thee to sleepe but a saint Lucies night.
With rule
LaiesLays thee to sleepe but a saint Lucies night.
John Donne · The First Anniversary · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John A63065

Printed
And ſcourgeth every Sonne] LaiesLays upon them hard and heavy ſtrokes. When Ignatius came to the wilde-beaſts, Now …
With rule
And ſcourgeth every Sonne] LaiesLays upon them hard and heavy ſtrokes. When Ignatius came to the wilde-beaſts, Now …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Epistles and Revelation of John · p. 399 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

Printed
LaiesLays hold on, I do otherwhile fore-ſee
With rule
LaiesLays hold on, I do otherwhile fore-ſee
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
LaiesLays thee to ſleepe but a Saint Lucies night.
With rule
LaiesLays thee to ſleepe but a Saint Lucies night.
John Donne · Poems · p. 264 · Open in the reader