Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4353 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

despysedespise

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

Puritas changed it: 161 times in 74 works
Consistency: 98.7% (161 of 163)
Reach if approved: ~171 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: despise
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 163 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (161 changes in 74 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 161)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and not at yowrs. The couplynge of thē in the face of the congregacyon deſpyſedespise we not, but greatlye allowe vpon manye conſyderacyons neceſſarye, were yt godlye done, as …
With rule
… and not at yowrs. The couplynge of thē in the face of the congregacyon deſpyſedespise we not, but greatlye allowe vpon manye conſyderacyons neceſſarye, were yt godlye done, as …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with god. Agayne to the Galathians he writteth on this manner, Ye did not despysedespise nor abhorre me, but receyued me as an Aungell of God, yea, euen as …
With rule
… with god. Agayne to the Galathians he writteth on this manner, Ye did not despysedespise nor abhorre me, but receyued me as an Aungell of God, yea, euen as …
Thomas Becon · The Castle of Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
… quiet lyfe, a mery cōscience, & euerlastyng saluation. As for the vngodly and suche as despysedespise the worde of God, there can no more mischief be wyshed vnto them, then …
With rule
… quiet lyfe, a mery cōscience, & euerlastyng saluation. As for the vngodly and suche as despysedespise the worde of God, there can no more mischief be wyshed vnto them, then …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… from whens they were banysshed and shut out. And least any man should proudly despysedespise the iudgement of the churche, or lytell regarde that he by the churche is …
With rule
… from whens they were banysshed and shut out. And least any man should proudly despysedespise the iudgement of the churche, or lytell regarde that he by the churche is …
Richard Taverner · A Catechism · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we be. To let his Goſpell tary with vs, he can not, for we deſpyſedespise it, contempne it, are glutted with it, we diſdayne his Manna, it is but …
With rule
… we be. To let his Goſpell tary with vs, he can not, for we deſpyſedespise it, contempne it, are glutted with it, we diſdayne his Manna, it is but …
John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader
Printed
… we gather our ſelues frō the wanderyng and vaine diſtruction of the mynde, and deſpyſedespise the dignities, delicate thynges, ryches, and pompe of this worlde, and are content wyth …
With rule
… we gather our ſelues frō the wanderyng and vaine diſtruction of the mynde, and deſpyſedespise the dignities, delicate thynges, ryches, and pompe of this worlde, and are content wyth …
John Calvin · Four Sermons Against the Pollution of Idolatries · Open in the reader
Printed
… men shun and decline the studie of holinesse and will be prophane, why they despysedespise the Gospel and embrace the world and their lusts; but to leave such generalls …
With rule
… men shun and decline the studie of holinesse and will be prophane, why they despysedespise the Gospel and embrace the world and their lusts; but to leave such generalls …
James Durham · The Blessedness of the Death of These that Die in the Lord · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the tradition of the Apostles. Lastly, that they which doe eyther conte…e, despysedespise, or wilfullye omit these ceremonies, are excommunicated. And héere againe the margent is daw …
With rule
… by the tradition of the Apostles. Lastly, that they which doe eyther conte…e, despysedespise, or wilfullye omit these ceremonies, are excommunicated. And héere againe the margent is daw …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 43 · 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 Potion for This Holy Time of Lent A07085

Printed
… iustlye examyned it by the holy Scryptures. S. Paule saythe: Quenche not the spyryte. DespyseDespise not Prophesyes. Proue and examyne all thynges, & that whiche is good, holde. S. Iohn̄ …
With rule
… iustlye examyned it by the holy Scryptures. S. Paule saythe: Quenche not the spyryte. DespyseDespise not Prophesyes. Proue and examyne all thynges, & that whiche is good, holde. S. Iohn̄ …
Thomas Becon · A Potion for This Holy Time of Lent · Open in the reader