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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4548 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bydbid

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

Puritas changed it
150 times in 85 works
Consistency
95.5% (150 of 157)
Reach if approved
~165 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bid
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
157 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (150 changes in 85 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 150)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the praier which commeth from the harte / is moſt acceptable / ſo doth our Sauyoure bydbid us praye vnto our father in ſecrete.
    With rule
    … the praier which commeth from the harte / is moſt acceptable / ſo doth our Sauyoure bydbid us praye vnto our father in ſecrete.

    Miles Coverdale · A Confutation of Standishs Treatise · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    If I bydbid ye make, of ſtones breade for your bodye,
    With rule
    If I bydbid ye make, of ſtones breade for your bodye,

    John Bale · Brief Comedy Concerning the Temptation of Jesus Christ by Satan · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … bridal to his sonne, he maryed hys sonne, and sente hys seruauntes oute to bydbid hys gestes. Wel they wold not come althoughe he had made greate preparing & much …
    With rule
    … bridal to his sonne, he maryed hys sonne, and sente hys seruauntes oute to bydbid hys gestes. Wel they wold not come althoughe he had made greate preparing & much …

    Hugh Latimer · Sermon 9 October 1550 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of our forefathers dissēt him, they shote at a wrong marke, and we must bydbid them farewell in the playne fieldes, & haue nothyng to do with them, be they …
    With rule
    … of our forefathers dissēt him, they shote at a wrong marke, and we must bydbid them farewell in the playne fieldes, & haue nothyng to do with them, be they …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … And therfore he him selfe dyd euer eate and dryncke with swetnes, bycause he bydbid neyther of them, but when he hungred and thursted.
    With rule
    … And therfore he him selfe dyd euer eate and dryncke with swetnes, bycause he bydbid neyther of them, but when he hungred and thursted.

    Richard Taverner · The Garden of Wisdom · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ly vnto you, ye ought therfore to beleue vs and to do as we bydbid you. The yong monkes shall answere, we se that you ly, cleane cōtrary vnto …
    With rule
    … ly vnto you, ye ought therfore to beleue vs and to do as we bydbid you. The yong monkes shall answere, we se that you ly, cleane cōtrary vnto …

    William Tyndale · The Practice of Prelates · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … generall iudgemēt with moste horrible feare shall ye be so smyten, that ye shall bydbid the mountains to fall downe vpon you to couer you from the fearfull face …
    With rule
    … generall iudgemēt with moste horrible feare shall ye be so smyten, that ye shall bydbid the mountains to fall downe vpon you to couer you from the fearfull face …

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

  8. Printed
    … and truth / why wynke thes perſones at the doctryne and facte of them whych bydbid men to worſhyp him in breade? Therfore may we crie wyth Elyas / how longe …
    With rule
    … and truth / why wynke thes perſones at the doctryne and facte of them whych bydbid men to worſhyp him in breade? Therfore may we crie wyth Elyas / how longe …

    Henrich Bullinger · Two Epistles · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Gatherings of Scripture and Declaring of Faith and Works of the Law A02601

  • Printed
    Cursed be he that trusteth ī man. BydBid the rych men of thys worlde that they trust not in theyr vnstable ryches …
    With rule
    Cursed be he that trusteth ī man. BydBid the rych men of thys worlde that they trust not in theyr vnstable ryches …

    Patrick Hamilton · Gatherings of Scripture and Declaring of Faith and Works of the Law · Open in the reader

The Governance of Virtue A06832

  • Printed
    … Maister, doest thou not care that my sister hath leste me to minister alone. BydBid her therefore that she helpe me. He said: Martha, Martha, thou carest and arte …
    With rule
    … Maister, doest thou not care that my sister hath leste me to minister alone. BydBid her therefore that she helpe me. He said: Martha, Martha, thou carest and arte …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … hide thē not. Wo bee vnto their soules, for they haue rewarded … vnto thēselues. BydBid the righteous do wel, for they shal enioy y• fruites of their study. But …
    With rule
    … hide thē not. Wo bee vnto their soules, for they haue rewarded … vnto thēselues. BydBid the righteous do wel, for they shal enioy y• fruites of their study. But …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader