Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4456 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

breakyngbreaking

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

Puritas changed it: 141 times in 43 works
Consistency: 97.9% (141 of 144)
Reach if approved: ~151 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: breaking
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 144 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (141 changes in 43 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 141)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… accōpanied with fourſcore thouſande men, greatly blaming the periurie of the Chriſtians, and their breakyngbreaking of the peace, where hée ſlewe the young king which had bin deceiued by …
With rule
… accōpanied with fourſcore thouſande men, greatly blaming the periurie of the Chriſtians, and their breakyngbreaking of the peace, where hée ſlewe the young king which had bin deceiued by …
Henrich Bullinger · The Tragedies of Tyrants Exercised Upon the Church of God · Open in the reader
Printed
… Faithe either feele not temptations at all, or els thei willyngly yeelde vnto theim, breakyngbreaking out into outragious wickedneſſe, and yeldyng them ſelues to the ſeruice of their owne …
With rule
… Faithe either feele not temptations at all, or els thei willyngly yeelde vnto theim, breakyngbreaking out into outragious wickedneſſe, and yeldyng them ſelues to the ſeruice of their owne …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lyke as an hygh waull, that falleth because of some ryfte or blast, whose breakyngbreaking cometh sodenly. And your destrucciō shall be lyke as an earthen potte, which breketh …
With rule
… lyke as an hygh waull, that falleth because of some ryfte or blast, whose breakyngbreaking cometh sodenly. And your destrucciō shall be lyke as an earthen potte, which breketh …
Thomas Becon · The New Policy of War · Open in the reader
Printed
… of breade. They did perseuer (saieth S Luke) in the Apostles doctrine / communion / and breakyngbreaking of breade. And againe they brake breade in euerie house.
With rule
… of breade. They did perseuer (saieth S Luke) in the Apostles doctrine / communion / and breakyngbreaking of breade. And againe they brake breade in euerie house.
Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · Open in the reader
Printed
… other newe casualtees Some others againe there haue been, which haue affirmed that same breakyngbreaking not to be a true breakyngbreaking in verai dede: but onely to appere so …
With rule
… other newe casualtees Some others againe there haue been, which haue affirmed that same breakyngbreaking not to be a true breakyngbreaking in verai dede: but onely to appere so …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. xix · Open in the reader
Printed
… of mariage there chaunse suche rudenes and vncomely discorde, then wyll it alwaye be breakyngbreaking oute, euen as it is wythe great woundes and broken legges, whyche seldome are …
With rule
… of mariage there chaunse suche rudenes and vncomely discorde, then wyll it alwaye be breakyngbreaking oute, euen as it is wythe great woundes and broken legges, whyche seldome are …
Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · p. li · Open in the reader
Printed
… plainly, that bread & wyne remayne, than by takyng the breade in his handes, and breakyngbreaking it him selfe, and geuyng it vnto his disciples, comaundyng them to eate it …
With rule
… plainly, that bread & wyne remayne, than by takyng the breade in his handes, and breakyngbreaking it him selfe, and geuyng it vnto his disciples, comaundyng them to eate it …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Defense of the True Doctrine of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… preached vnto the beholders of it, Ieruſalem to be deſtroyed: none otherwiſe thē the breakyngbreaking and diſtributing of the bread and wyne called Chriſtes body and bloud ſignifieth and …
With rule
… preached vnto the beholders of it, Ieruſalem to be deſtroyed: none otherwiſe thē the breakyngbreaking and diſtributing of the bread and wyne called Chriſtes body and bloud ſignifieth and …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 469 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

Printed
BreakyngBreaking signifieth the whole vse of the Supper. 260
With rule
BreakyngBreaking signifieth the whole vse of the Supper. 260
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
BreakyngBreaking of promiſe. 290. b
With rule
BreakyngBreaking of promiſe. 290. b
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader
Printed
BreakyngBreaking the Sacrament among Princes. 295. b
With rule
BreakyngBreaking the Sacrament among Princes. 295. b
William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader