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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4344 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

directliedirectly

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

Puritas changed it
301 times in 128 works
Consistency
99.6% (301 of 302)
Reach if approved
~317 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: directly
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
302 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (301 changes in 128 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 301)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Theſe can not ſtand togeather with any of the former. Everie of thoſe is directliedirectly contrarie to theſe. Seeing theſe in ſuch caſe are properly but Members and partes …
    With rule
    … Theſe can not ſtand togeather with any of the former. Everie of thoſe is directliedirectly contrarie to theſe. Seeing theſe in ſuch caſe are properly but Members and partes …

    Henry Jacob · Necessity of Reforming Our Churches · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in as much as in their doctrine, and their dooings, concerning nonreſidencie, they are directliedirectly againſt Chriſt and his worde. I charge thee reade the place, becauſe at this …
    With rule
    … in as much as in their doctrine, and their dooings, concerning nonreſidencie, they are directliedirectly againſt Chriſt and his worde. I charge thee reade the place, becauſe at this …

    Martin Marprelate · The Just Censure and Reproof of Martin Junior · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … taken away and aboliſhed, but not that this Sea or any affected thereunto being directliedirectly oppoſed vnto the Church of God, was at any time the Church. We proteſt …
    With rule
    … taken away and aboliſhed, but not that this Sea or any affected thereunto being directliedirectly oppoſed vnto the Church of God, was at any time the Church. We proteſt …

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 143 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and outwardly, both in Gods holie worſhip and in our whole conuerſation towards God directliedirectly, we are to ſhew in the whole ſixe daies throughout our life.
    With rule
    … and outwardly, both in Gods holie worſhip and in our whole conuerſation towards God directliedirectly, we are to ſhew in the whole ſixe daies throughout our life.

    Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 165 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … lawe beeing as it is, an offence againſt the almightie, and ſo a meanes directliedirectly to deſerue the ſeueritie of his iuſtice, to be ſhewed againſt the ſame, who …
    With rule
    … lawe beeing as it is, an offence againſt the almightie, and ſo a meanes directliedirectly to deſerue the ſeueritie of his iuſtice, to be ſhewed againſt the ſame, who …

    Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … number, moſt fearing GOD, and of beſt abilitie for that purpoſe, which is moſt directliedirectly contrarie to tyrannie, this vſurpation could not reaſonably bee feared. If there be manie …
    With rule
    … number, moſt fearing GOD, and of beſt abilitie for that purpoſe, which is moſt directliedirectly contrarie to tyrannie, this vſurpation could not reaſonably bee feared. If there be manie …

    Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … even choppe agaynst the Foundation, by cleare, and necessarie Consequence; but not immediatelie, or directliedirectly. So, as, if you should challenge the Holders, of that which their opinion doth …
    With rule
    … even choppe agaynst the Foundation, by cleare, and necessarie Consequence; but not immediatelie, or directliedirectly. So, as, if you should challenge the Holders, of that which their opinion doth …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of the death of Chriſt. Vaſquez, Diſput. 222. cap. 8. As alſo Aquinas propounding that queſtion directliedirectly as well as Lombard, whether or no Chriſt bee ſacrificed in the Euchariſt, giveth …
    With rule
    … of the death of Chriſt. Vaſquez, Diſput. 222. cap. 8. As alſo Aquinas propounding that queſtion directliedirectly as well as Lombard, whether or no Chriſt bee ſacrificed in the Euchariſt, giveth …

    William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 189 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed A10250

  • Printed
    2 DirectlieDirectly diuine, becauſe, that ſeeing God is the onelie Authour and judge of mankinde: he …
    With rule
    2 DirectlieDirectly diuine, becauſe, that ſeeing God is the onelie Authour and judge of mankinde: he …

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 86 · Open in the reader