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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4494 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beginnyngbeginning

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

Puritas changed it
396 times in 74 works
Consistency
99.0% (396 of 400)
Reach if approved
~420 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: beginning
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
400 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (396 changes in 74 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 396)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … sakes. This sainct Paule witnesseth, writyng these wordes, whom God hathe chosē before the beginnyngbeginning of the worlde, them also hath he ordeyned, to be lyke the image of …
    With rule
    … sakes. This sainct Paule witnesseth, writyng these wordes, whom God hathe chosē before the beginnyngbeginning of the worlde, them also hath he ordeyned, to be lyke the image of …

    Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Catechism for Children · p. clxxv · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … be dispersed ouer al the worlde, yet is shee heauenly, because shee hath her beginnyngbeginning of the heauenly grace, and dwelleth aboue by Fayth: and those her Children which …
    With rule
    … be dispersed ouer al the worlde, yet is shee heauenly, because shee hath her beginnyngbeginning of the heauenly grace, and dwelleth aboue by Fayth: and those her Children which …

    William Fulke · Sermon Preached 17 March 1577 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Summa the Enthuſiaſmus ſticketh in Adam & hys chyldren, from the beginnyngbeginning, vntyl the ende of the world, grafted and planted in thē of the olde …
    With rule
    Summa the Enthuſiaſmus ſticketh in Adam & hys chyldren, from the beginnyngbeginning, vntyl the ende of the world, grafted and planted in thē of the olde …

    Martin Luther · The Chief and Principal Articles of the Christian Faith · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the syghte of God. All that haue had theyr synnes forgyuē thē from the beginnyngbeginning of ye worlde vntyll this daye, or shall haue vnto the ende of the …
    With rule
    … the syghte of God. All that haue had theyr synnes forgyuē thē from the beginnyngbeginning of ye worlde vntyll this daye, or shall haue vnto the ende of the …

    Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the lay peple haue had but the on forme of the Sacrament from the beginnyngbeginning / But now let vs examine your reſon / Whiche your Popiſh brother Latomus the lawyer …
    With rule
    … the lay peple haue had but the on forme of the Sacrament from the beginnyngbeginning / But now let vs examine your reſon / Whiche your Popiſh brother Latomus the lawyer …

    William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … yet ye wordes of the makyng of these thinges by me written in the beginnyngbeginning of gene. euē as god spake thē & yf ye can not make the worke …
    With rule
    … yet ye wordes of the makyng of these thinges by me written in the beginnyngbeginning of gene. euē as god spake thē & yf ye can not make the worke …

    John Wycliffe · Wycliffes Wicket · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    From the Lambe, to the beginnyngbeginning of the Temple: a ſhadow of the truer Temple, are yeeres.
    With rule
    From the Lambe, to the beginnyngbeginning of the Temple: a ſhadow of the truer Temple, are yeeres.

    Hugh Broughton · Texts of Scripture Chaining the Holy Chronicle · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … and also wherin zinglius and Ecolampadius dyd erre: It was Luthers duetie: at the beginnyngbeginning to admonish that it was not his purpose to stablyshe suche a locall presence …
    With rule
    … and also wherin zinglius and Ecolampadius dyd erre: It was Luthers duetie: at the beginnyngbeginning to admonish that it was not his purpose to stablyshe suche a locall presence …

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

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    BeginnyngBeginning quhare we left afore.
    With rule
    BeginnyngBeginning quhare we left afore.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

  • Printed
    Heauen and Earth had their BeginnyngBeginning and Creation by the Woorde of God, thei were not from euerlaſtyng. And the …
    With rule
    Heauen and Earth had their BeginnyngBeginning and Creation by the Woorde of God, thei were not from euerlaſtyng. And the …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem A17009

  • Printed
    … of Scripture, as Diuines ſkant thinke of, tyll great errours driue them to conſider. BeginnyngBeginning from the Greeke, you demaunded why the 70. ſhould not be more accompted then the …
    With rule
    … of Scripture, as Diuines ſkant thinke of, tyll great errours driue them to conſider. BeginnyngBeginning from the Greeke, you demaunded why the 70. ſhould not be more accompted then the …

    Hugh Broughton · A Treatise Proving Melchizedek to be Shem · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … such sort, that he may haue a true profe of them that be his. BeginnyngBeginning at Christ, his first begotten sonne, he procedeth with this order toward al his …
    With rule
    … such sort, that he may haue a true profe of them that be his. BeginnyngBeginning at Christ, his first begotten sonne, he procedeth with this order toward al his …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader