Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4443 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

testifyethtestifieth

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

Puritas changed it: 233 times in 131 works
Consistency: 99.5% (233 of 234)
Reach if approved: ~246 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: testifieth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 234 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (233 changes in 131 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 233)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… our desertes, whan we were synfull & poore w^toute onye goodnes or godlynes, he hymselfe testifyethtestifieth by hys Prophet, sayeng: I haue chosen the in the fyre of pouertie.
With rule
… our desertes, whan we were synfull & poore w^toute onye goodnes or godlynes, he hymselfe testifyethtestifieth by hys Prophet, sayeng: I haue chosen the in the fyre of pouertie.
Thomas Becon · A Christmas Banket · Open in the reader
Printed
… were deſtroyed: and alſo that of the Convent of the Auguſtines, wherein (as he teſtifyethtestifieth) they do ſtill preach vnto this day. This being ſo, every one may plainely …
With rule
… were deſtroyed: and alſo that of the Convent of the Auguſtines, wherein (as he teſtifyethtestifieth) they do ſtill preach vnto this day. This being ſo, every one may plainely …
John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… affayres, to bee his counſeller, whereby alſo it came to paſſe, that as he teſtifyethtestifieth of himſelfe in an other place, when being overwhelmed altogether in anxietie and trouble …
With rule
… affayres, to bee his counſeller, whereby alſo it came to paſſe, that as he teſtifyethtestifieth of himſelfe in an other place, when being overwhelmed altogether in anxietie and trouble …
Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him from falling? 3. It is called the oracle or testimonie of God, wherein he testifyethtestifieth what he alloweth, and what not: and then we vse it aright, when we …
With rule
… him from falling? 3. It is called the oracle or testimonie of God, wherein he testifyethtestifieth what he alloweth, and what not: and then we vse it aright, when we …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhalbe reueled in vs. Farther, merite hath ioyned vnto it debt, whych thynge Paule teſtifyethtestifieth, when he ſayth, That vnto hym whych woorketh rewarde is rendred accordinge to debte …
With rule
… ſhalbe reueled in vs. Farther, merite hath ioyned vnto it debt, whych thynge Paule teſtifyethtestifieth, when he ſayth, That vnto hym whych woorketh rewarde is rendred accordinge to debte …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, there behoueth to be an other ende of instruction. I graunte, the Apostle testifyethtestifieth that we are all condemned by iudgemente of the lawe, that euery mouthe maye …
With rule
… God, there behoueth to be an other ende of instruction. I graunte, the Apostle testifyethtestifieth that we are all condemned by iudgemente of the lawe, that euery mouthe maye …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Autichrist, and myghte both preache and heare confessions, for mayntenaūce of the same, as testifyethtestifieth Sybertus de Beca in tractatu de con syderatis super regula. But marke what frutes …
With rule
… Autichrist, and myghte both preache and heare confessions, for mayntenaūce of the same, as testifyethtestifieth Sybertus de Beca in tractatu de con syderatis super regula. But marke what frutes …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… me. And I am the way, the truth, and the life. Likewiſe the Apoſtle teſtifyethtestifieth, that thoſe are the makers of Schiſmes and diviſions, who teach and holde any …
With rule
… me. And I am the way, the truth, and the life. Likewiſe the Apoſtle teſtifyethtestifieth, that thoſe are the makers of Schiſmes and diviſions, who teach and holde any …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 174 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.