Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4554 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

constraynedconstrained

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

Puritas changed it: 410 times in 195 works
Consistency: 99.7% (410 of 411)
Reach if approved: ~432 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: constrained
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 411 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (410 changes in 195 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 410)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to tie him to the ſtake, or Tarre barrell to burne him, but were conſtraynedconstrained to cut y^e cords of their maſters owne Pauilion, to ſerue their turne. So …
With rule
… to tie him to the ſtake, or Tarre barrell to burne him, but were conſtraynedconstrained to cut y^e cords of their maſters owne Pauilion, to ſerue their turne. So …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… power of men, and ſéeke to thruſt his Father from the kingdome. Dauid is conſtraynedconstrained to flie from Ieruſalem, leauing ſome of his wiues there: thether commeth Abſhalom, and …
With rule
… power of men, and ſéeke to thruſt his Father from the kingdome. Dauid is conſtraynedconstrained to flie from Ieruſalem, leauing ſome of his wiues there: thether commeth Abſhalom, and …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
Tolwyn conſtraynedconstrained to deuye chriſt. 3. b
With rule
Tolwyn conſtraynedconstrained to deuye chriſt. 3. b
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… come in Chriſte Ieſus, and doeth open windowes & doores to al iniquities, I am conſtraynedconstrained to confute it in this place and that in fewe woordes.
With rule
… come in Chriſte Ieſus, and doeth open windowes & doores to al iniquities, I am conſtraynedconstrained to confute it in this place and that in fewe woordes.
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thoſe that firmely adhered to the Church of Rome, yet in thoſe times were conſtraynedconstrained to reproue an infinite number of errours and abuſes that raged in that Church …
With rule
… thoſe that firmely adhered to the Church of Rome, yet in thoſe times were conſtraynedconstrained to reproue an infinite number of errours and abuſes that raged in that Church …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… workes / and it than ſwarmeth moſt quyckely & louyngly in y^e herte, whan it is conſtraynedconstrained ſo to be angrye and to exercyſe ſeueryte But here we muſt beware, that …
With rule
… workes / and it than ſwarmeth moſt quyckely & louyngly in y^e herte, whan it is conſtraynedconstrained ſo to be angrye and to exercyſe ſeueryte But here we muſt beware, that …
Martin Luther · Treatise of Good Works · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, Not of all that fall being constraynedconstrained through feare in the time of persecution. Thirdly, No not of all that doe …
With rule
Secondly, Not of all that fall being constraynedconstrained through feare in the time of persecution. Thirdly, No not of all that doe …
Thomas Bedford · The Sin Unto Death · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cutte in two, my dayes haue bene, as it were ſhortened: I haue bene conſtraynedconstrained to beſeeche my God, that he would not plucke me away with ſuch violence …
With rule
… cutte in two, my dayes haue bene, as it were ſhortened: I haue bene conſtraynedconstrained to beſeeche my God, that he would not plucke me away with ſuch violence …
Theodore Beza · Meditations Upon Eight Psalms · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
ConſtraynedConstrained Obedience is no Obedience at all 230. a 33. b
With rule
ConſtraynedConstrained Obedience is no Obedience at all 230. a 33. b
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader