Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4355 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fiftiefifty

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

Puritas changed it: 1,144 times in 386 works
Consistency: 97.8% (1,144 of 1,169)
Reach if approved: ~1,229 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: fifty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,170 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,144 changes in 386 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,144)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the grace and spirite of GOD. Neither doth Augustine who… hee cyteth vppon the fiftiefifty foure Psalme, maintayne his cruel and desperate Censure: who… w…Wrdes …. then hee …. …: Cum …
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… the grace and spirite of GOD. Neither doth Augustine who… hee cyteth vppon the fiftiefifty foure Psalme, maintayne his cruel and desperate Censure: who… w…Wrdes …. then hee …. …: Cum …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader
Printed
… once in an hundred yeares, in imitation of the Gentiles, and after once in fiftiefifty yeares in imitation of the Iewes Iubilee, (which was meerly proper to thoſe people …
With rule
… once in an hundred yeares, in imitation of the Gentiles, and after once in fiftiefifty yeares in imitation of the Iewes Iubilee, (which was meerly proper to thoſe people …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gathered vp againe, for our teares are put vp in Gods bottell; Psalme the fiftiefifty six, and the eighth verse, they shall be gathered and reaped againe with increase …
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… gathered vp againe, for our teares are put vp in Gods bottell; Psalme the fiftiefifty six, and the eighth verse, they shall be gathered and reaped againe with increase …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the aboundant encrease of Corne proues this Countrey to bee a wonderment. Thirtie, fortie, fiftiefifty, sixtie are ordinarie here: yea Iosephs encrease in Aegypt is out-stript here with …
With rule
… the aboundant encrease of Corne proues this Countrey to bee a wonderment. Thirtie, fortie, fiftiefifty, sixtie are ordinarie here: yea Iosephs encrease in Aegypt is out-stript here with …
Francis Higginson · New Englands Plantation · Open in the reader
Printed
… there came out a fire from the Lord, and conſumed the two hundred and fiftiefifty men (who were Princes of the aſſembly— men of renowne) that offered incenſe. Loe …
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… there came out a fire from the Lord, and conſumed the two hundred and fiftiefifty men (who were Princes of the aſſembly— men of renowne) that offered incenſe. Loe …
Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
That fiftiefifty to the …irth thay duschit.
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That fiftiefifty to the …irth thay duschit.
David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader
Printed
… very memorable by the Lord in … Corah Dathan Abi…am / & the two hundreth and fiftiefifty captaines of the Congregation / who not being of the sonnes of Aaron / would needs …
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… very memorable by the Lord in … Corah Dathan Abi…am / & the two hundreth and fiftiefifty captaines of the Congregation / who not being of the sonnes of Aaron / would needs …
Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader
Printed
A. Sixe hundred and three thouſand, fiue hundred and fiftiefifty.
With rule
A. Sixe hundred and three thouſand, fiue hundred and fiftiefifty.
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 75 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… than fowerscore and fiue Iubilees, that is to say, Fower thousand two hundred and FiftieFifty yeres, and in the last Iubilee, shall the sonne of Dauid come without doubt …
With rule
… than fowerscore and fiue Iubilees, that is to say, Fower thousand two hundred and FiftieFifty yeres, and in the last Iubilee, shall the sonne of Dauid come without doubt …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 536 · Open in the reader

The History of the Bible A08820

Printed
A. FiftieFifty two yeares.
With rule
A. FiftieFifty two yeares.
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. FiftieFifty yeares.
With rule
A. FiftieFifty yeares.
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… hundred Spaniards, fourescore Horses, seuenteene Peeces of Ordinance, thirteene Galliots, and six thousand Cannons. FiftieFifty Spaniards were slaine, and six Horses: of the Mexicans a hundred thousand, besides those …
With rule
… hundred Spaniards, fourescore Horses, seuenteene Peeces of Ordinance, thirteene Galliots, and six thousand Cannons. FiftieFifty Spaniards were slaine, and six Horses: of the Mexicans a hundred thousand, besides those …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 658 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Judges A10933

Printed
THE FIFTIEFIFTY ONE SERMON ON THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
With rule
THE FIFTIEFIFTY ONE SERMON ON THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE FIFTIEFIFTY TWO SERMON ON THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
With rule
THE FIFTIEFIFTY TWO SERMON ON THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 397 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE FIFTIEFIFTY FIVE SERMON ON THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
With rule
THE FIFTIEFIFTY FIVE SERMON ON THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 432 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE FIFTIEFIFTY FIVE SERMON IS CONtinued on the ninth Chapter of Iudges.
With rule
THE FIFTIEFIFTY FIVE SERMON IS CONtinued on the ninth Chapter of Iudges.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 435 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE FIFTIEFIFTY EIGHT SERMON ON THE NINTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
With rule
THE FIFTIEFIFTY EIGHT SERMON ON THE NINTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 468 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of the curtaine, in the second coupling. FiftieFifty loopes shalt thou make in the one curtaine, and fiftiefifty loopes shalt thou make …
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… shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of the curtaine, in the second coupling. FiftieFifty loopes shalt thou make in the one curtaine, and fiftiefifty loopes shalt thou make …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 103 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Genesis and Exodus A15408

Printed
Vers. 5. FIftieFifty strings or loops shalt thou make in one curtaine, &c. 1. Some think that the …
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Vers. 5. FIftieFifty strings or loops shalt thou make in one curtaine, &c. 1. Some think that the …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 499 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A16078

Printed
57 FiftieFifty yeeres. They goe about to refute the saying of Christ as a thing vnpossible …
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57 FiftieFifty yeeres. They goe about to refute the saying of Christ as a thing vnpossible …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 218 · Open in the reader

The Balm of Gilead Prepared for the Sick A16535

Printed
… strange fire before the Lord the fire of God consumed them into a moment: FiftieFifty men with their Captaine, and againe other fiftiefifty men with their Captaine that came …
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… strange fire before the Lord the fire of God consumed them into a moment: FiftieFifty men with their Captaine, and againe other fiftiefifty men with their Captaine that came …
Zacharie Boyd · The Balm of Gilead Prepared for the Sick · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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FIFTIEFIFTY GODLIE AND LEARned Sermons, diuided into fiue Decades, conteyning the chiefe and principall pointes …
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FIFTIEFIFTY GODLIE AND LEARned Sermons, diuided into fiue Decades, conteyning the chiefe and principall pointes …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism A29753

Printed
… have gathered together an heap of such, to the Number of Three Hundered and FiftieFifty, and moe (and the Reader may possibly finde yet moe, that have escaped me …
With rule
… have gathered together an heap of such, to the Number of Three Hundered and FiftieFifty, and moe (and the Reader may possibly finde yet moe, that have escaped me …
John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… than Princely Equipage. His Charets rattle, and his Horſes trample proudly in the Streets; FiftieFifty Foot-men runne before their glittering Maſter; Ieruſalem rings of their glorious Prince; and …
With rule
… than Princely Equipage. His Charets rattle, and his Horſes trample proudly in the Streets; FiftieFifty Foot-men runne before their glittering Maſter; Ieruſalem rings of their glorious Prince; and …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1150 · Open in the reader

History of the Old Testament Volume 7 B13857

Printed
… iourney, yet will not be debarred from being ſpectators of ſo maruellous an iſſue; FiftieFifty men of the ſonnes of the Prophets went and ſtood to view a farre …
With rule
… iourney, yet will not be debarred from being ſpectators of ſo maruellous an iſſue; FiftieFifty men of the ſonnes of the Prophets went and ſtood to view a farre …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 7 · p. 340 · Open in the reader