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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4538 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whytherwhither

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

Puritas changed it
160 times in 67 works
Consistency
90.9% (160 of 176)
Reach if approved
~185 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whither
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
176 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (160 changes in 67 works, 90.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 160)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … godlye, necessarye or otherwyse, lette other menne iudge, that be better learnedde than I, whytherwhither it be agreable to the worde of GOD or not. But thys dare I …
    With rule
    … godlye, necessarye or otherwyse, lette other menne iudge, that be better learnedde than I, whytherwhither it be agreable to the worde of GOD or not. But thys dare I …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. lxx · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … darke ſo that no man knoweth what it is, or whēce it commeth, or whytherwhither it goeth, therfor can ran no man kepe hymſelfe ſurely from it: For yf …
    With rule
    … darke ſo that no man knoweth what it is, or whēce it commeth, or whytherwhither it goeth, therfor can ran no man kepe hymſelfe ſurely from it: For yf …

    Andreas Osiander · Whether a Christian Man Ought to Flee the Plague · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … by baptisme And yf an infante be offred to be christined, it is asked whytherwhither his parentes offer hym to be baptised, & when they answere by the wytnesses that …
    With rule
    … by baptisme And yf an infante be offred to be christined, it is asked whytherwhither his parentes offer hym to be baptised, & when they answere by the wytnesses that …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Reckoning and Declaration of Faith and Belief · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … his Canticle or Pſalme. But nowe one queſtion is to be handeled of vs, whytherwhither God created at that tyme the Fiſh which receyued Ionas. For ſo much that …
    With rule
    … his Canticle or Pſalme. But nowe one queſtion is to be handeled of vs, whytherwhither God created at that tyme the Fiſh which receyued Ionas. For ſo much that …

    John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … chalenge, ſo he meant not ſo much as to ſende the letters of chalenge, whytherwhither he woulde haue them thought to be directed. Now after all ſtormes, and other …
    With rule
    … chalenge, ſo he meant not ſo much as to ſende the letters of chalenge, whytherwhither he woulde haue them thought to be directed. Now after all ſtormes, and other …

    William Charke · An Answer to a Seditious Pamphlet · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … xi. chapter notably teſtifieth him ſo to be. I wyll demaunde of them alſo, whytherwhither Aaron were a holy man? They wil not deny it I ſuppoſe: when as …
    With rule
    … xi. chapter notably teſtifieth him ſo to be. I wyll demaunde of them alſo, whytherwhither Aaron were a holy man? They wil not deny it I ſuppoſe: when as …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … portion: for thou God haſte forſaken vs, thou haſt yéelded vp all thy right: whytherwhither ſhall we flée then? where may we finde reſt for our ſoules? Thy face …
    With rule
    … portion: for thou God haſte forſaken vs, thou haſt yéelded vp all thy right: whytherwhither ſhall we flée then? where may we finde reſt for our ſoules? Thy face …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … or other orders do / nother let hym loke of this worke, nor of that / whytherwhither it ſhyneth goodly or ſeme obſcure / but let hym take hede of his one …
    With rule
    … or other orders do / nother let hym loke of this worke, nor of that / whytherwhither it ſhyneth goodly or ſeme obſcure / but let hym take hede of his one …

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

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty A05142

  • Printed
    … behynde hym, peryll of death rounde about hym. What dyd he? dispayred he? no, WhytherWhither went he? He repayred to God with this prayer, & saied nothyng. Yet with a …
    With rule
    … behynde hym, peryll of death rounde about hym. What dyd he? dispayred he? no, WhytherWhither went he? He repayred to God with this prayer, & saied nothyng. Yet with a …

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

An Invective Against Swearing A06866

  • Printed
    … Lorde, he shall dye for it. All the multitude shall stone hym to death. WhytherWhither he be Cytezyn or Straunger, if he blaspheme the name of the Lord, let …
    With rule
    … Lorde, he shall dye for it. All the multitude shall stone hym to death. WhytherWhither he be Cytezyn or Straunger, if he blaspheme the name of the Lord, let …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Lorde, he shall dye for it. All the multitude shall stonne hym to deathe. WhytherWhither he be Citizyn or straunger, if he blasphemethe the name of the Lord, let …
    With rule
    … Lorde, he shall dye for it. All the multitude shall stonne hym to deathe. WhytherWhither he be Citizyn or straunger, if he blasphemethe the name of the Lord, let …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · p. xxvii · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … be rehersed. Whā Moses helde vp hys handes and prayed hys people dyd ouercome. WhytherWhither our Prestes holde vp theyr handes & praye, as they ought, let other mē iudge …
    With rule
    … be rehersed. Whā Moses helde vp hys handes and prayed hys people dyd ouercome. WhytherWhither our Prestes holde vp theyr handes & praye, as they ought, let other mē iudge …

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WhytherWhither all oothes are takē away from Christen men. folio. lxvi
    With rule
    WhytherWhither all oothes are takē away from Christen men. folio. lxvi

    Thomas Becon · An Invective Against Swearing · Open in the reader

A New Pathway Unto Prayer A06909

  • Printed
    … in daunger of destruccion at euery hour, excepte we deligētly watch and take hede. WhytherWhither so euer we turne vs, our enemies mete with vs & so cruelly assayle vs …
    With rule
    … in daunger of destruccion at euery hour, excepte we deligētly watch and take hede. WhytherWhither so euer we turne vs, our enemies mete with vs & so cruelly assayle vs …

    Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels A06932

  • Printed
    … somuche that all men synned. For yf syn were not, we shold neuer dye. WhytherWhither therfore shall we turne vs? The debte is certayne, we can not denye it …
    With rule
    … somuche that all men synned. For yf syn were not, we shold neuer dye. WhytherWhither therfore shall we turne vs? The debte is certayne, we can not denye it …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 165 · Open in the reader

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

  • Printed
    … holy ghost But nowe let vs se by what means these synnes are forgyuē. WhytherWhither for our dedes & merites, or for Christes bloudes sake, and so shal we easely …
    With rule
    … holy ghost But nowe let vs se by what means these synnes are forgyuē. WhytherWhither for our dedes & merites, or for Christes bloudes sake, and so shal we easely …

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

News Out of Heaven A06966

  • Printed
    … to Satan, and fyrye brondes of hell. What remedy? What shyfte wyl ye fynd: WhytherWhither wyl ye go? to what coast wyl ye turne you? Howe wyll ye escape …
    With rule
    … to Satan, and fyrye brondes of hell. What remedy? What shyfte wyl ye fynd: WhytherWhither wyl ye go? to what coast wyl ye turne you? Howe wyll ye escape …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … coast wyl ye turne you? Howe wyll ye escape the fearce wrath of God? WhytherWhither wyll ye go from hys spyrite. WhytherWhither wyll ye flye from his face? Yf …
    With rule
    … coast wyl ye turne you? Howe wyll ye escape the fearce wrath of God? WhytherWhither wyll ye go from hys spyrite. WhytherWhither wyll ye flye from his face? Yf …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … ye escape the fearce wrath of God? WhytherWhither wyll ye go from hys spyrite. WhytherWhither wyll ye flye from his face? Yf ye go vp into heauen, he is …
    With rule
    … ye escape the fearce wrath of God? WhytherWhither wyll ye go from hys spyrite. WhytherWhither wyll ye flye from his face? Yf ye go vp into heauen, he is …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … synne, iustifica…ion, saluacion, and eternall glorye by y• workes of the lawe only. WhytherWhither wil ye now fly? wil ye pacyfye Gods wrath by offrynge vp the sacrifyces …
    With rule
    … synne, iustifica…ion, saluacion, and eternall glorye by y• workes of the lawe only. WhytherWhither wil ye now fly? wil ye pacyfye Gods wrath by offrynge vp the sacrifyces …

    Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

  • Printed
    Now reſteth the other queſtion: WhytherWhither Aungels clothed wyth bodyes taken, dyd in verye deede eate and drinke. Of the …
    With rule
    Now reſteth the other queſtion: WhytherWhither Aungels clothed wyth bodyes taken, dyd in verye deede eate and drinke. Of the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 212 · Open in the reader