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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4458 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

continualliecontinually

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

Puritas changed it
440 times in 158 works
Consistency
97.7% (440 of 450)
Reach if approved
~474 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: continually
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
451 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (440 changes in 158 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 440)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Oliue degender into a wilde Oliue, and the leproſie of Naaman, the Nobleman, cleaue continualliecontinually to the houſe of Gehezie, and leaſt the Pope, and the Phariſies crucifie Chriſt …
    With rule
    … Oliue degender into a wilde Oliue, and the leproſie of Naaman, the Nobleman, cleaue continualliecontinually to the houſe of Gehezie, and leaſt the Pope, and the Phariſies crucifie Chriſt …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 294 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … hope for anie better at the papiſtes aſſembles and Concils, who in perſecuting Chriſte continualliecontinually, and his holie worde, ſhewe them ſelues open enemies to bothe? Doeſt thou here …
    With rule
    … hope for anie better at the papiſtes aſſembles and Concils, who in perſecuting Chriſte continualliecontinually, and his holie worde, ſhewe them ſelues open enemies to bothe? Doeſt thou here …

    Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Be continualliecontinually occupied ather in the … seruice, or … thine a win vocation, for the negle…ing …
    With rule
    Be continualliecontinually occupied ather in the … seruice, or … thine a win vocation, for the negle…ing …

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

  4. Printed
    That on him wait it continualliecontinually.
    With rule
    That on him wait it continualliecontinually.

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

  5. Printed
    … at hande wherewith to delude that curſe: which is, that although they cānot be continualliecontinually reſident at euery one of their charges, yet they are not all the yeare …
    With rule
    … at hande wherewith to delude that curſe: which is, that although they cānot be continualliecontinually reſident at euery one of their charges, yet they are not all the yeare …

    John Penry · Reformation Unjustly Charged as Enemies · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to be ouercome by the Deuill, and the luſts of our fleſh, which doe continualliecontinually warre againſt vs.
    With rule
    … to be ouercome by the Deuill, and the luſts of our fleſh, which doe continualliecontinually warre againſt vs.

    Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 219 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … bleſſinges, I am obliſhed to pray vpon the knees of my ſoule and bodie continualliecontinually.
    With rule
    … bleſſinges, I am obliſhed to pray vpon the knees of my ſoule and bodie continualliecontinually.

    Archibald Simson · The Seven Days · p. 125 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … is there to the contrary, but that this, the which hath ſo generallie and continualliecontinually bene obſerued, ſhould in like maner goe and be taken for a law, the …
    With rule
    … is there to the contrary, but that this, the which hath ſo generallie and continualliecontinually bene obſerued, ſhould in like maner goe and be taken for a law, the …

    John Stockwood · A Bartholomew Fairing for Parents to Bestow · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

8 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.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    And wrocht on it ContinuallieContinually.
    With rule
    And wrocht on it ContinuallieContinually.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ContinuallieContinually two ȝeir and more
    With rule
    ContinuallieContinually two ȝeir and more

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ContinuallieContinually that ſicht contempland.
    With rule
    ContinuallieContinually that ſicht contempland.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ContinuallieContinually, in mouing maruellous
    With rule
    ContinuallieContinually, in mouing maruellous

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ContinuallieContinually with king and quene.
    With rule
    ContinuallieContinually with king and quene.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians A11010

  • Printed
    … in Chriſt is ſet downe to vs, as a ground wherevpon we are eſtabliſhed. ContinuallieContinually euerie houre and moment we craue a ſetling on that ground: for why? the …
    With rule
    … in Chriſt is ſet downe to vs, as a ground wherevpon we are eſtabliſhed. ContinuallieContinually euerie houre and moment we craue a ſetling on that ground: for why? the …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 117 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

  • Printed
    What is in this world so worthie that it should bee so eagerlie desired? ContinuallieContinually while wee liuewee are in feare of Death, for this cause seeke wee Physicke …
    With rule
    What is in this world so worthie that it should bee so eagerlie desired? ContinuallieContinually while wee liuewee are in feare of Death, for this cause seeke wee Physicke …

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 519 · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter B01589

  • Printed
    ContinuallieContinually yea let them ſay,
    With rule
    ContinuallieContinually yea let them ſay,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader