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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4390 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

belliebelly

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

Puritas changed it
859 times in 321 works
Consistency
95.9% (859 of 895)
Reach if approved
~940 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: belly
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
895 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (859 changes in 321 works, 95.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 859)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Quhy ȝeid ȝe with ȝour belliebelly bair?
    With rule
    Quhy ȝeid ȝe with ȝour belliebelly bair?

    David Lindsay · The History of a Noble Squire · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Gods truth haue no delight nor pleasure in heauenly and spirituall thyngs, but like belliebelly beastes only borne to consume the good frutes of the earth, they desire and …
    With rule
    … Gods truth haue no delight nor pleasure in heauenly and spirituall thyngs, but like belliebelly beastes only borne to consume the good frutes of the earth, they desire and …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … nothing, let vs lament his doome. Their end is damnation, whose God is their belliebelly, and whose glorie is in their shame, who minde earthly things.
    With rule
    … nothing, let vs lament his doome. Their end is damnation, whose God is their belliebelly, and whose glorie is in their shame, who minde earthly things.

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … against the same dotages, Christ (saith hee) had hands and sides, had breast and belliebelly too: he that had hands and feete, had armes and thighes too. And seeing …
    With rule
    … against the same dotages, Christ (saith hee) had hands and sides, had breast and belliebelly too: he that had hands and feete, had armes and thighes too. And seeing …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … example: amongs other cuſtomes which mayntayne idlenes, and ſerue the greedy appetite of the belliebelly (which all men are loth to forgo) how harde a thinge were it to …
    With rule
    … example: amongs other cuſtomes which mayntayne idlenes, and ſerue the greedy appetite of the belliebelly (which all men are loth to forgo) how harde a thinge were it to …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 151 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to flie into Egrpt, where being a ſtranger no doubt) ſhe indured adverſity her belliebelly full; nor the fear of Archelaus after her return; nor her long deferred hopes …
    With rule
    … to flie into Egrpt, where being a ſtranger no doubt) ſhe indured adverſity her belliebelly full; nor the fear of Archelaus after her return; nor her long deferred hopes …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … substance, and he shall vomit it; for God shall drawe it out of his belliebelly: The encrease of his house shall goe away, it shall flowe away in the …
    With rule
    … substance, and he shall vomit it; for God shall drawe it out of his belliebelly: The encrease of his house shall goe away, it shall flowe away in the …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … not meikle on the feeding of the flesh, nather be cu…us for the belliebelly, bot be thou s…ber, and … pleased.
    With rule
    … not meikle on the feeding of the flesh, nather be cu…us for the belliebelly, bot be thou s…ber, and … pleased.

    Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (36)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word A02797

  • Printed
    Seeking the lust of your God the BellieBelly;
    With rule
    Seeking the lust of your God the BellieBelly;

    Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 139 · Open in the reader

Appeal to the Parliament A05285

  • Printed
    … of corrupt, and corrupting men, such as be abusers of the Kings favour; prophane BellieBelly-Gods; time-servers, enimies to the Gospell, whether professed Papists, neutrals; or mungrils, yea …
    With rule
    … of corrupt, and corrupting men, such as be abusers of the Kings favour; prophane BellieBelly-Gods; time-servers, enimies to the Gospell, whether professed Papists, neutrals; or mungrils, yea …

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … force of the strongest reasons. But as thrise noble Nehemias said to that false BellieBelly-God, betraying Priest Semaiah, should such a man as I flie?
    With rule
    … force of the strongest reasons. But as thrise noble Nehemias said to that false BellieBelly-God, betraying Priest Semaiah, should such a man as I flie?

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … with all the enemies of the Church, and Common-wealth, and with all the BellieBelly-serving crew that depend upon them. They have further with them the Counsell of …
    With rule
    … with all the enemies of the Church, and Common-wealth, and with all the BellieBelly-serving crew that depend upon them. They have further with them the Counsell of …

    Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 292 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Philippians 3 A12184

  • Printed
    THese words, doe partly shew the inward disposition of these m…n, by BellieBelly, in this place hee meanes in generall all contentments, and worldly pleasures, whereof these …
    With rule
    THese words, doe partly shew the inward disposition of these m…n, by BellieBelly, in this place hee meanes in generall all contentments, and worldly pleasures, whereof these …

    Richard Sibbes · Exposition of Philippians 3 · p. 198 · Open in the reader

The Seven Days A12258

  • Printed
    This LVTES round BellieBelly was the azur'd Heauen;
    With rule
    This LVTES round BellieBelly was the azur'd Heauen;

    Archibald Simson · The Seven Days · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

  • Printed
    … the parts of the bodie (said hee) were angrie on a time at the BellieBelly, because by their care and service all things were purchased for it, which in …
    With rule
    … the parts of the bodie (said hee) were angrie on a time at the BellieBelly, because by their care and service all things were purchased for it, which in …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … nor the teeth bray it: But while by this anger, they would dantoun the BellieBelly, all the members of the Bodie fell in extreame consumption whereby it appeared that …
    With rule
    … nor the teeth bray it: But while by this anger, they would dantoun the BellieBelly, all the members of the Bodie fell in extreame consumption whereby it appeared that …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the Bodie fell in extreame consumption whereby it appeared that the service of the BellieBelly was not in vaine, and that it was no more nourished, than did nourish …
    With rule
    … the Bodie fell in extreame consumption whereby it appeared that the service of the BellieBelly was not in vaine, and that it was no more nourished, than did nourish …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Theerfore they resolved to quyte their miscontentment, and doe their wonted offices to the BellieBelly. By this rude and populare Oration, the people of Rome began to heare of …
    With rule
    … Theerfore they resolved to quyte their miscontentment, and doe their wonted offices to the BellieBelly. By this rude and populare Oration, the people of Rome began to heare of …

    William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

  • Printed
    … hee get of them all but a belliebelly full of meate? What is the BellieBelly to that spirituall Birth-right and blessing that is laide vp into the Heauens …
    With rule
    … hee get of them all but a belliebelly full of meate? What is the BellieBelly to that spirituall Birth-right and blessing that is laide vp into the Heauens …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … a thing ordained for destruction with all that is in it? Meats for the BellieBelly, and the BellieBelly for the meates, But God shall destroy both it and them …
    With rule
    … a thing ordained for destruction with all that is in it? Meats for the BellieBelly, and the BellieBelly for the meates, But God shall destroy both it and them …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … destroy both it and them. Cast out of your heart the care of your BellieBelly: The BellieBelly in the Heart maketh a man a monster: Let this bee your …
    With rule
    … destroy both it and them. Cast out of your heart the care of your BellieBelly: The BellieBelly in the Heart maketh a man a monster: Let this bee your …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … appeare with hands as gold rings set with the Berill; and with a bright BellieBelly ouer laid with Saphires.
    With rule
    … appeare with hands as gold rings set with the Berill; and with a bright BellieBelly ouer laid with Saphires.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 622 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … on flees, so they flee while they feede: What should man doe with his BellieBelly, but feede it as in a flight: Let the winges of sobrietie carrie you …
    With rule
    … on flees, so they flee while they feede: What should man doe with his BellieBelly, but feede it as in a flight: Let the winges of sobrietie carrie you …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1019 · Open in the reader

A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold A93060

  • Printed
    … of the Whale to awake him, and out of the Whales belliebelly into the BellieBelly of Hell, and there he awakes: And there he cries, Out of the belliebelly …
    With rule
    … of the Whale to awake him, and out of the Whales belliebelly into the BellieBelly of Hell, and there he awakes: And there he cries, Out of the belliebelly …

    John Sheffeild · A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold · p. 249 · Open in the reader

Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell B00104

  • Printed
    … of the earth: For, as Ionas was three dayes, & three nights, in the Whales BellieBelly; So shall the Sonne of Man bee three dayes, and three nightes, in the …
    With rule
    … of the earth: For, as Ionas was three dayes, & three nights, in the Whales BellieBelly; So shall the Sonne of Man bee three dayes, and three nightes, in the …

    William Guild · Answer to a Popish Pamphlet of Christs Descent to Hell · p. 81 · Open in the reader