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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4462 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

hyghesthighest

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

Puritas changed it
173 times in 75 works
Consistency
97.1% (173 of 178)
Reach if approved
~187 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: highest
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
178 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (173 changes in 75 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the fourth thynge to be declared vnto you, which all we subiectes from the hyghesthighest to the lowest owe to our moost excellēt kynge.
    With rule
    … the fourth thynge to be declared vnto you, which all we subiectes from the hyghesthighest to the lowest owe to our moost excellēt kynge.

    Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … they haue taken in hande to handle, rather then to come downe from the hyghesthighest degrée vnto the lowest. For the brightnesse of God his Maiestie sodainlie offered, is …
    With rule
    … they haue taken in hande to handle, rather then to come downe from the hyghesthighest degrée vnto the lowest. For the brightnesse of God his Maiestie sodainlie offered, is …

    Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … shame enoughe of him. There is an other kynde of Amplification when vnto the hyghesthighest, there is added some thinge higher then it is. As thus. There is not …
    With rule
    … shame enoughe of him. There is an other kynde of Amplification when vnto the hyghesthighest, there is added some thinge higher then it is. As thus. There is not …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … gather our meaynyng: … quiniꝰ superbꝰ dyd when he strake of the toppes of the hyghesthighest poppyes, declaringe therby that his aduise was to haue the greatest rulers beheaded. We …
    With rule
    … gather our meaynyng: … quiniꝰ superbꝰ dyd when he strake of the toppes of the hyghesthighest poppyes, declaringe therby that his aduise was to haue the greatest rulers beheaded. We …

    John Calvin · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    THis sharpe poynted piller, is generated in the hyghesthighest region of the ayre, and after this sort. When the Exhalatiō hath much earthly …
    With rule
    THis sharpe poynted piller, is generated in the hyghesthighest region of the ayre, and after this sort. When the Exhalatiō hath much earthly …

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … was his refiuge / and that he dwelled vnder the defence and shaddowe of the hyghesthighest. So longe as the lorde is my gouernour (sayth he) I can wante nothinge …
    With rule
    … was his refiuge / and that he dwelled vnder the defence and shaddowe of the hyghesthighest. So longe as the lorde is my gouernour (sayth he) I can wante nothinge …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … dothe teche in the .xii. Chapitre to the Romanes. Fyrſt to begyn at the hygheſthighest, the matter went gaylye forwarde, yt that Satan was in Miſnia aduaū ſyd & ſet …
    With rule
    … dothe teche in the .xii. Chapitre to the Romanes. Fyrſt to begyn at the hygheſthighest, the matter went gaylye forwarde, yt that Satan was in Miſnia aduaū ſyd & ſet …

    Martin Luther · Against the New Idol and Old Devil · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … for euermore. Theyr reward also is wt ye Lord, & theyr re membraunce with the hyghesthighest.
    With rule
    … for euermore. Theyr reward also is wt ye Lord, & theyr re membraunce with the hyghesthighest.

    Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 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.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

  • Printed
    … the Manna of mens Soules; the Wisedome of God; the perfect Image of the HyghestHighest; and the Organe or Iustrument whereby God (being moued thereto of his owne goodnesse …
    With rule
    … the Manna of mens Soules; the Wisedome of God; the perfect Image of the HyghestHighest; and the Organe or Iustrument whereby God (being moued thereto of his owne goodnesse …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 80 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Apocalypse A16853

  • Printed
    … every ſide for the ſafety of it: whatſoever is within the circuit, is the HygheſtHighest Throne, the Lambe, the Beaſts, the Lā pes, the Chryſtall ſea, the Altar &c …
    With rule
    … every ſide for the ſafety of it: whatſoever is within the circuit, is the HygheſtHighest Throne, the Lambe, the Beaſts, the Lā pes, the Chryſtall ſea, the Altar &c …

    Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Marys Magnificat A68425

  • Printed
    … to do, in the fyrſt chapter of Eccleſiaſticus, ſayenge: Ther is one, euen the HygheſtHighest, the maker of all thynges, the Almyghty, the kynge of power (of whome men …
    With rule
    … to do, in the fyrſt chapter of Eccleſiaſticus, ſayenge: Ther is one, euen the HygheſtHighest, the maker of all thynges, the Almyghty, the kynge of power (of whome men …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    And thou chylde ſhalt be called a prophete of the HygheſtHighest: for thou ſhalte go before the LORD to prepare hys vvayes
    With rule
    And thou chylde ſhalt be called a prophete of the HygheſtHighest: for thou ſhalte go before the LORD to prepare hys vvayes

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … teſtifye of hym. Thou (ſayeth he) chylde ſhalte be called a prophete of the HygheſtHighest? That is, thou ſhalte be the chefe preacher in Gods church or congregacion, for …
    With rule
    … teſtifye of hym. Thou (ſayeth he) chylde ſhalte be called a prophete of the HygheſtHighest? That is, thou ſhalte be the chefe preacher in Gods church or congregacion, for …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Marys Magnificat · Open in the reader