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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4404 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

penuriepenury

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

Puritas changed it
356 times in 172 works
Consistency
96.7% (356 of 368)
Reach if approved
~387 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: penury
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
368 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (356 changes in 172 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 356)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hath beene oft enough vrged and anſwered alreadie. It ſeemeth, that you haue great penuriepenury of arguments againſt vs, when this muſt come in thus often, eſpecially ſeeing (as …
    With rule
    … hath beene oft enough vrged and anſwered alreadie. It ſeemeth, that you haue great penuriepenury of arguments againſt vs, when this muſt come in thus often, eſpecially ſeeing (as …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 270 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … or elſe they are ſo pinched by great rents, and pined with want and penuriepenury, that they are rather like priſoners, then arrows in the hand of a Gyant.
    With rule
    … or elſe they are ſo pinched by great rents, and pined with want and penuriepenury, that they are rather like priſoners, then arrows in the hand of a Gyant.

    Francis Trigge · Petition of Two Sisters · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Church at Ieruſalem, and that money being ſo welcome to thoſe which are in penuriepenury, & he carying ſo plentifull ſtore, yet there needeth earneſt prayers that this his ſeruice …
    With rule
    … Church at Ieruſalem, and that money being ſo welcome to thoſe which are in penuriepenury, & he carying ſo plentifull ſtore, yet there needeth earneſt prayers that this his ſeruice …

    George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 283 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … not in this world reputed as an abject amongſt men? lived he not in penuriepenury, in povertie? Mat. 8.20. The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven neſts …
    With rule
    … not in this world reputed as an abject amongſt men? lived he not in penuriepenury, in povertie? Mat. 8.20. The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven neſts …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … numbreth their heares that none of them be loſt. Do you feare peril or penuriepenury? of the righteous thus ſaith ye Prophet. Pſa. 37. They ſhal not be confoūded in …
    With rule
    … numbreth their heares that none of them be loſt. Do you feare peril or penuriepenury? of the righteous thus ſaith ye Prophet. Pſa. 37. They ſhal not be confoūded in …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … pacientlye, that we maye reioyse in the Lord our God, namely in so greate penuriepenury and scasenes of thynges.
    With rule
    … pacientlye, that we maye reioyse in the Lord our God, namely in so greate penuriepenury and scasenes of thynges.

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … beeing put together, in that they gaue of their superfluitie, but shee of her penuriepenury, cast in all that shee had, euen all her liuing. Luk. 21. 4. It is well …
    With rule
    … beeing put together, in that they gaue of their superfluitie, but shee of her penuriepenury, cast in all that shee had, euen all her liuing. Luk. 21. 4. It is well …

    William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 590 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Gods children may be in want, and may bee brought to their ends through penuriepenury and want, how then can Dauids words be true? and how can this ſtand …
    With rule
    … Gods children may be in want, and may bee brought to their ends through penuriepenury and want, how then can Dauids words be true? and how can this ſtand …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The True Convert · p. 261 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Heaven and Earth Reconciled A02054

  • Printed
    … Bookes, and Presentations to good Beneficer, when Learning is so ill hors'd, riding vpon PenuriePenury, that the Benefice is gone, ere he comes; no matter how poore the stocke …
    With rule
    … Bookes, and Presentations to good Beneficer, when Learning is so ill hors'd, riding vpon PenuriePenury, that the Benefice is gone, ere he comes; no matter how poore the stocke …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Truths Purchase A03311

  • Printed
    … in the ſeuen plentifull yeares, and to lay vp corne againſt the time of PenuriePenury. This was good Pollicie in humane reaſon. It ſhall be no leſſe good Policie …
    With rule
    … in the ſeuen plentifull yeares, and to lay vp corne againſt the time of PenuriePenury. This was good Pollicie in humane reaſon. It ſhall be no leſſe good Policie …

    Samuel Hieron · Truths Purchase · p. 31 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    … Cities be, the wantoner and diſſoluter life the people therein lead: but where Famine, PenuriePenury, or other extremities pinche, there the Citezeins are nothyng ſo muche giuen to looſeneſſe …
    With rule
    … Cities be, the wantoner and diſſoluter life the people therein lead: but where Famine, PenuriePenury, or other extremities pinche, there the Citezeins are nothyng ſo muche giuen to looſeneſſe …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons A40658

  • Printed
    … themselves take all due labour, that they may not sinke in the Gulfe of PenuriePenury. Relieve an Husbandman, yet so, as that he may still continue in his Husbandry …
    With rule
    … themselves take all due labour, that they may not sinke in the Gulfe of PenuriePenury. Relieve an Husbandman, yet so, as that he may still continue in his Husbandry …

    Thomas Fuller · Two Sermons · p. 190 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 A41688

  • Printed
    (7) Sin ful of PenuriePenury and Want. 133.
    With rule
    (7) Sin ful of PenuriePenury and Want. 133.

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Repugnant each to other. (3) The Diſeaſe of the Soul. (4) Defilement. (5) Shame and Reproche. (6) Tyrannie. (7) PenuriePenury. (8) Captivitie. (9) Folie and Madneſſe. (10) It makes men Brutes. The Adjuncts of this Servitude. It …
    With rule
    … Repugnant each to other. (3) The Diſeaſe of the Soul. (4) Defilement. (5) Shame and Reproche. (6) Tyrannie. (7) PenuriePenury. (8) Captivitie. (9) Folie and Madneſſe. (10) It makes men Brutes. The Adjuncts of this Servitude. It …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    7. Al Sin is ful of PenuriePenury, Want and Neceſſitie; which is another attendent of ſervitude. Plato, Repub. 9. pag. 577. tels us …
    With rule
    7. Al Sin is ful of PenuriePenury, Want and Neceſſitie; which is another attendent of ſervitude. Plato, Repub. 9. pag. 577. tels us …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 133 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … that corrupt and debauch Citizens, and ſo bring ruine to Republics, namely foreign, Richeſſe and PenuriePenury. And he gives the reaſon of both. Richeſſe makes men idle and factioſe: An …
    With rule
    … that corrupt and debauch Citizens, and ſo bring ruine to Republics, namely foreign, Richeſſe and PenuriePenury. And he gives the reaſon of both. Richeſſe makes men idle and factioſe: An …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4 · p. 208 · Open in the reader