Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4488 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

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

Puritas changed it: 173 times in 87 works
Consistency: 87.8% (173 of 197)
Reach if approved: ~207 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: briefly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 197 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 87 works, 87.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… but a small matter for mee to dispence withall: In summa if yee list briefliebriefly to heare the whole number of all such causes as properlic doe ppertaine to …
With rule
… but a small matter for mee to dispence withall: In summa if yee list briefliebriefly to heare the whole number of all such causes as properlic doe ppertaine to …
John Foxe · A Blow for the Pope · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alone, haue both need and iuſt cauſe wherefore to reioyce: we will now come briefliebriefly to ſome few vſes of this point, and paſſe to the next in order.
With rule
… alone, haue both need and iuſt cauſe wherefore to reioyce: we will now come briefliebriefly to ſome few vſes of this point, and paſſe to the next in order.
Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
And a little after he writes thus: I will ſhewe the ſame more briefliebriefly and with a plainer example: Thou ſeeſt a henne that ſits vpon her egges …
With rule
And a little after he writes thus: I will ſhewe the ſame more briefliebriefly and with a plainer example: Thou ſeeſt a henne that ſits vpon her egges …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the goſpell, and performed in the perſon of Chriſt: or, to ſay more briefliebriefly as the matter is: wee are ſaid to be iuſtified by faith, that is …
With rule
… in the goſpell, and performed in the perſon of Chriſt: or, to ſay more briefliebriefly as the matter is: wee are ſaid to be iuſtified by faith, that is …
Girolamo Zanchi · Confession of the Christian Religion · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… concerning theſe two places of Scripture, which eſpecially they reſt vpon: I muſt alſo briefliebriefly examine his ſecond ſort of proofes which hee promiſed to vſe, and that is …
With rule
… concerning theſe two places of Scripture, which eſpecially they reſt vpon: I muſt alſo briefliebriefly examine his ſecond ſort of proofes which hee promiſed to vſe, and that is …
Francis Bunny · A Survey of the Popes Supremacy · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the proportion they haue with this inward, whereunto now let vs come, and briefliebriefly touch the ſame.
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… and the proportion they haue with this inward, whereunto now let vs come, and briefliebriefly touch the ſame.
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… giue the lye, but with obligation to defend it in the fielde. Whereunto I briefliebriefly reply for this time, that if this masked companion will put off his vizzard …
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… giue the lye, but with obligation to defend it in the fielde. Whereunto I briefliebriefly reply for this time, that if this masked companion will put off his vizzard …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Excommunication, by vvhich in these times Bishops onely exceed. Presbyters, the defendent vvill here briefliebriefly demonstrat it, referring those of this honorable Court, that have a desire to search …
With rule
… Excommunication, by vvhich in these times Bishops onely exceed. Presbyters, the defendent vvill here briefliebriefly demonstrat it, referring those of this honorable Court, that have a desire to search …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

19 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric A00630

Printed
… a ſigne vppon thine hande, and let them be for frontelettes betweene thine eyes. 9 BrieflieBriefly, write them on the poſtes of thine houſe, and on thy gates.
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… a ſigne vppon thine hande, and let them be for frontelettes betweene thine eyes. 9 BrieflieBriefly, write them on the poſtes of thine houſe, and on thy gates.
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Godly and Learned Treatises A00635

Printed
… for a ſigne vpon thine hand, & let them be for frontlets between thine eies. 9 BrieflieBriefly, write them on the poſtes of thine houſe, & on thy gates.]
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… for a ſigne vpon thine hand, & let them be for frontlets between thine eies. 9 BrieflieBriefly, write them on the poſtes of thine houſe, & on thy gates.]
Dudley Fenner · Godly and Learned Treatises · p. 14 · Open in the reader

A Blow for the Pope A09846

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… minds and bodies also of men now to be weaker then they were then: 213. BrieflieBriefly against the vniversall state of the Church, I haue dispensation, and for mariage in …
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… minds and bodies also of men now to be weaker then they were then: 213. BrieflieBriefly against the vniversall state of the Church, I haue dispensation, and for mariage in …
John Foxe · A Blow for the Pope · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs A09998

Printed
… Kings and of other Magiſtrates, although the tyrantes abuſe it, Eſai. 3.4. and 56.10. Oſee. 13.12. Ier. 23.11.14.15. BrieflieBriefly the whole Scripture is full of ſuch teſtimonies of Kinges and reproches of Prophetes …
With rule
… Kings and of other Magiſtrates, although the tyrantes abuſe it, Eſai. 3.4. and 56.10. Oſee. 13.12. Ier. 23.11.14.15. BrieflieBriefly the whole Scripture is full of ſuch teſtimonies of Kinges and reproches of Prophetes …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 323 · Open in the reader

Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed A10250

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… naturall, and yet, neither to haue quantity, nor to be contained in any place. BrieflieBriefly we denie, that God can doe any thing, which if they were done, might …
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… naturall, and yet, neither to haue quantity, nor to be contained in any place. BrieflieBriefly we denie, that God can doe any thing, which if they were done, might …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Deuill: that they ſhuld bee bandes of the mutuall loue of the faithfull. BrieflieBriefly, that they ſhould bee a profeſsion and a teſtification of the onelie true Religion …
With rule
… the Deuill: that they ſhuld bee bandes of the mutuall loue of the faithfull. BrieflieBriefly, that they ſhould bee a profeſsion and a teſtification of the onelie true Religion …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mooued therevnto: or when as wee complaine vnto God, of injuries done vnto vs: BrieflieBriefly, by thanks-giuing, we praiſe God for the benefites that we haue receiued, and …
With rule
… mooued therevnto: or when as wee complaine vnto God, of injuries done vnto vs: BrieflieBriefly, by thanks-giuing, we praiſe God for the benefites that we haue receiued, and …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 195 · Open in the reader
Printed
… according to the majeſtie therof, be acknowledged and celebrated amongeſt men heere vppon earth. BrieflieBriefly, that the honor and worſhip due vnto God, may be yeelded vnto him in …
With rule
… according to the majeſtie therof, be acknowledged and celebrated amongeſt men heere vppon earth. BrieflieBriefly, that the honor and worſhip due vnto God, may be yeelded vnto him in …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the conſecration of Temples and Altars, in the wicked ordination of their ſacrifices: BrieflieBriefly, it conſiſteth in the godleſſe rites of their Idolatrous worſhip.
With rule
… in the conſecration of Temples and Altars, in the wicked ordination of their ſacrifices: BrieflieBriefly, it conſiſteth in the godleſſe rites of their Idolatrous worſhip.
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 240 · Open in the reader

Answer to Reynolds Book A15061

Printed
… would burſt the veſſel, if it breathed not forth, you could not pr…termit. BrieflieBriefly let vs peruſe this litle, or nothing rather, that you bring.
With rule
… would burſt the veſſel, if it breathed not forth, you could not pr…termit. BrieflieBriefly let vs peruſe this litle, or nothing rather, that you bring.
William Whitaker · Answer to Reynolds Book · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

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… Let thriftines be vſed, which is the greateſt reuenue that a man can inioye. BrieflieBriefly, whatſoeuer is contrarie to honeſtie and ſéemelines, let it by lawe bée driuen out …
With rule
… Let thriftines be vſed, which is the greateſt reuenue that a man can inioye. BrieflieBriefly, whatſoeuer is contrarie to honeſtie and ſéemelines, let it by lawe bée driuen out …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 190 · Open in the reader

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

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… the Sea, the flooddes compaſſed me, all thy waues and ſurges paſſed ouer me. BrieflieBriefly, Here Ionas ſheweth, what gréeuous tentations were layde vpon him, whyle he endeuored to …
With rule
… the Sea, the flooddes compaſſed me, all thy waues and ſurges paſſed ouer me. BrieflieBriefly, Here Ionas ſheweth, what gréeuous tentations were layde vpon him, whyle he endeuored to …
John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · Open in the reader

Sermons on the Ten Commandments A17717

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… ſit in the ſeate of iuſtice, let ſeruauntes doe the like towardes their maiſters. BrieflieBriefly, let there bee an harmonie and conſent of agreeing in duetie among vs, according …
With rule
… ſit in the ſeate of iuſtice, let ſeruauntes doe the like towardes their maiſters. BrieflieBriefly, let there bee an harmonie and conſent of agreeing in duetie among vs, according …
John Calvin · Sermons on the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
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… dwelleth neere it, of all that which may induce and lead vs vnto it. BrieflieBriefly, we muſt beare in minde that which latelie I touched out of Paule, that …
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… dwelleth neere it, of all that which may induce and lead vs vnto it. BrieflieBriefly, we muſt beare in minde that which latelie I touched out of Paule, that …
John Calvin · Sermons on the Ten Commandments · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
BrieflieBriefly, both by ſignes and wonders aboue and beneath, God hath declared that the Goſpell …
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BrieflieBriefly, both by ſignes and wonders aboue and beneath, God hath declared that the Goſpell …
John Calvin · Sermons on the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader