Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4397 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

goynggoing

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

Puritas changed it: 321 times in 103 works
Consistency: 98.4% (321 of 326)
Reach if approved: ~343 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: going
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 326 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (321 changes in 103 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 321)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… marryed, and that hir huſbande which was verye iealous had well beaten hir for goynggoing or gaddinge abroade many times, and had well druſed hir bones, ſéeing that that …
With rule
… marryed, and that hir huſbande which was verye iealous had well beaten hir for goynggoing or gaddinge abroade many times, and had well druſed hir bones, ſéeing that that …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader
Printed
… to a houſe. Beſides this: in y^e after noone I prech at Bow church, & goynggoing vp into the pulpitte, one wylled me not to reꝓue y^e people for y^e …
With rule
… to a houſe. Beſides this: in y^e after noone I prech at Bow church, & goynggoing vp into the pulpitte, one wylled me not to reꝓue y^e people for y^e …
John Bradford · All the Examinations of the Martyr John Bradford · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath crept in her also, & t…ogh he can not make the ordinaunce of goynggoing to the church to be vtterly omitted & despysed, yet is he thus mighty, & cā …
With rule
… hath crept in her also, & t…ogh he can not make the ordinaunce of goynggoing to the church to be vtterly omitted & despysed, yet is he thus mighty, & cā …
Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · p. xlviii · Open in the reader
Printed
… y^e good workes that ye haue cassed vpon afore ty me / w…re the goynggoing… to pardons / the se…ynge to ymages / the prayinge to dead saynctes / the takynge …
With rule
… y^e good workes that ye haue cassed vpon afore ty me / w…re the goynggoing… to pardons / the se…ynge to ymages / the prayinge to dead saynctes / the takynge …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hys ſpirite or grace, but onely throughe or with the forſaid outwarde word afore goynggoing. Vvherewith we vs defend agaynſt the Enthuſiaſtes, That is ſpirites, whiche boaſte themſelues to …
With rule
… hys ſpirite or grace, but onely throughe or with the forſaid outwarde word afore goynggoing. Vvherewith we vs defend agaynſt the Enthuſiaſtes, That is ſpirites, whiche boaſte themſelues to …
Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader
Printed
Behold, I see foure men goynggoing lose in the middest of the fire, and nothyng hurt, and the fourth is …
With rule
Behold, I see foure men goynggoing lose in the middest of the fire, and nothyng hurt, and the fourth is …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of thy soule, frō all perell & from all misery and wretchednes: folow this captayn goynggoing before the in this cō flicte and battell: he is a kynge not like …
With rule
… of thy soule, frō all perell & from all misery and wretchednes: folow this captayn goynggoing before the in this cō flicte and battell: he is a kynge not like …
Thomas Becon · The Solace of the Soul Against the Bitter Storms of Sickness and Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… stabiles vs que ad occasum solis, & his handes were steady and stable vntill the goynggoing downe of the sun. So doth Paule terme it vaiehi iadan emunah the cōmon …
With rule
… stabiles vs que ad occasum solis, & his handes were steady and stable vntill the goynggoing downe of the sun. So doth Paule terme it vaiehi iadan emunah the cōmon …
Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

Printed
… vnder Saint Leonards hill, accompanied with Doctor Warner his old acquaintaunce, parſon of Winterton. GoyngGoing to execution, he was comforted ſecréetly by one of his acquaintaunce, that willed him …
With rule
… vnder Saint Leonards hill, accompanied with Doctor Warner his old acquaintaunce, parſon of Winterton. GoyngGoing to execution, he was comforted ſecréetly by one of his acquaintaunce, that willed him …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… here in this worlde is cladd withall: the offices and functions whereof are theſe, GoyngGoing, Standyng, Eatyng, Drinkyng, Sleapyng, Watchyng, Seeyng, Hearyng, Touchyng, Feelyng, and to ſpeake all at …
With rule
… here in this worlde is cladd withall: the offices and functions whereof are theſe, GoyngGoing, Standyng, Eatyng, Drinkyng, Sleapyng, Watchyng, Seeyng, Hearyng, Touchyng, Feelyng, and to ſpeake all at …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 88 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
GoyngGoing to law. 212. b
With rule
GoyngGoing to law. 212. b
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader