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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4522 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shyneshine

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

Puritas changed it
320 times in 136 works
Consistency
99.0% (320 of 323)
Reach if approved
~339 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: shine
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
323 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (320 changes in 136 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 320)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hurt hym after ye exāple of his heuēly father which ſuffreth the ſonne to ſhyneshine vpon good & euyll / & the rayne to rayne vpon ye kynde and vnkynde. Here alſo …
    With rule
    … hurt hym after ye exāple of his heuēly father which ſuffreth the ſonne to ſhyneshine vpon good & euyll / & the rayne to rayne vpon ye kynde and vnkynde. Here alſo …

    Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his laboures & paines not to be idle, if the sunne maye be perceiued to shyneshine because of his fyrie & glisteringe beames, surely Satā by the workes that he bryngeth …
    With rule
    … his laboures & paines not to be idle, if the sunne maye be perceiued to shyneshine because of his fyrie & glisteringe beames, surely Satā by the workes that he bryngeth …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of God fautles in the myddes of a frowarde and crokedde nacion, amonge whome shyneshine ye as lyghtes in the worlde, holdyng fast the word of lyfe. It is …
    With rule
    … of God fautles in the myddes of a frowarde and crokedde nacion, amonge whome shyneshine ye as lyghtes in the worlde, holdyng fast the word of lyfe. It is …

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

  4. Printed
    … the incorrupt virgin the churche of the Apostles, the glory of the Lord did shyneshine roundabout and illumined the very hardemen and true flokfeders ye Apostles, the holy ghost …
    With rule
    … the incorrupt virgin the churche of the Apostles, the glory of the Lord did shyneshine roundabout and illumined the very hardemen and true flokfeders ye Apostles, the holy ghost …

    Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … and meſſengers as haue wiſdome and knowledge. They that be wiſe (ſayeth Daniell) ſhall ſhyneshine as the brightneſſe of the firmament, and they that turne many vnto righteouſneſſe ſhall …
    With rule
    … and meſſengers as haue wiſdome and knowledge. They that be wiſe (ſayeth Daniell) ſhall ſhyneshine as the brightneſſe of the firmament, and they that turne many vnto righteouſneſſe ſhall …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 291 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … begyunynge and endynge, but hypocrysye, craste, and falsehede, haue it neuer so gloryouse a shyneshine of relygyon and holynesse.
    With rule
    … begyunynge and endynge, but hypocrysye, craste, and falsehede, haue it neuer so gloryouse a shyneshine of relygyon and holynesse.

    John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Where ſo they ſhyneshine with ſtreames of theyr Soules lyght
    With rule
    Where ſo they ſhyneshine with ſtreames of theyr Soules lyght

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    And them present vnto the fenix shyneshine
    With rule
    And them present vnto the fenix shyneshine

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · 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.

Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted A01042

  • Printed
    ShyneShine, and continue still,
    With rule
    ShyneShine, and continue still,

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 71 · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

  • Printed
    … awaye the workes of darkenes. Be no lōger darkenes, but lyght in the lorde. ShyneShine in the worlde as great lyght. Glorify God in your body, & in youre spirite …
    With rule
    … awaye the workes of darkenes. Be no lōger darkenes, but lyght in the lorde. ShyneShine in the worlde as great lyght. Glorify God in your body, & in youre spirite …

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

Reply Against Gilbert Brown A14926

  • Printed
    … your tents, and let not your fami…i…s be h…uſes of iniquitye. ShyneShine before your tennants, ſerrand…, and houſholdes, as lanterns of light, for ſik maiſter, ſik …
    With rule
    … your tents, and let not your fami…i…s be h…uſes of iniquitye. ShyneShine before your tennants, ſerrand…, and houſholdes, as lanterns of light, for ſik maiſter, ſik …

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · Open in the reader