Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4572 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pettiepetty

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

Puritas changed it: 297 times in 192 works
Consistency: 93.4% (297 of 318)
Reach if approved: ~334 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: petty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 318 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (297 changes in 192 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 297)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to Deifie, or Adore themselues, their Haire, their Heads, and Faces, like so many pettiepetty Gods: Or else they doe it to winne respect and praise, from Carnall, Gracelesse …
With rule
… to Deifie, or Adore themselues, their Haire, their Heads, and Faces, like so many pettiepetty Gods: Or else they doe it to winne respect and praise, from Carnall, Gracelesse …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sinne is occupied, are the profits, and pleasures, and trifles of this world, meane pettiepetty things; it is a base slaverie, to consider whom we serve.
With rule
… sinne is occupied, are the profits, and pleasures, and trifles of this world, meane pettiepetty things; it is a base slaverie, to consider whom we serve.
Richard Sibbes · Beams of Divine Light · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without ceasing when they haue no neede, might finde no more fauour, than those pettiepetty theeues which rob and steale sometime, when they are driuen thereto by extreame necessitie …
With rule
… without ceasing when they haue no neede, might finde no more fauour, than those pettiepetty theeues which rob and steale sometime, when they are driuen thereto by extreame necessitie …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… none charged theſe of theft: but they ſate as Iudges and condemners of other pettiepetty theeues, and yet fayled they not to be condemned before God. And thus the …
With rule
… none charged theſe of theft: but they ſate as Iudges and condemners of other pettiepetty theeues, and yet fayled they not to be condemned before God. And thus the …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuites in Law, and enter actions of treſpaſſe of defamation, and of other like pettiepetty matters vpon very ſleight occaſions. The Prophet foretold the Wolfe ſhould dwell with the …
With rule
… ſuites in Law, and enter actions of treſpaſſe of defamation, and of other like pettiepetty matters vpon very ſleight occaſions. The Prophet foretold the Wolfe ſhould dwell with the …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… where the Spirit of God, as also in Pro. 11.13. & 20.19. compareth such busie bodies, to pettiepetty Chapmen, or Pedlers. who carry wares about, selling in one place, and buying in …
With rule
… where the Spirit of God, as also in Pro. 11.13. & 20.19. compareth such busie bodies, to pettiepetty Chapmen, or Pedlers. who carry wares about, selling in one place, and buying in …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
108 That Doctour Bancroft in affirming her Maieſtie to be a pettiepetty pope in his Sermon preached at Paules the ninth of Februarie 1588. preached treaſon againſt …
With rule
108 That Doctour Bancroft in affirming her Maieſtie to be a pettiepetty pope in his Sermon preached at Paules the ninth of Februarie 1588. preached treaſon againſt …
Martin Marprelate · Theses · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his ioy, was the good estate of the church, Psal. 137 6. And all other pettiepetty ioyes must flow from this, and be sutable to it.
With rule
… of his ioy, was the good estate of the church, Psal. 137 6. And all other pettiepetty ioyes must flow from this, and be sutable to it.
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 359 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (21)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Law A00741

Printed
ANd of bare Felonies ſo much ſhall ſuffice. PettiePetty Treaſon is a Felonie, For where one is arraigned for falſifying the Kings ſeale …
With rule
ANd of bare Felonies ſo much ſhall ſuffice. PettiePetty Treaſon is a Felonie, For where one is arraigned for falſifying the Kings ſeale …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
Againſt mortall creatures, as Petty-treaſon (properly ſo called) and Sodomitrie. PettiePetty treaſon (properly ſo called) is the killing of any to whom priuate obedience is …
With rule
Againſt mortall creatures, as Petty-treaſon (properly ſo called) and Sodomitrie. PettiePetty treaſon (properly ſo called) is the killing of any to whom priuate obedience is …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of PettiePetty Treaſon, growing by Prerogatiue.
With rule
Of PettiePetty Treaſon, growing by Prerogatiue.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 220 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Realme. As by pleading an Excommunication vnder the Popes Bull. and are puniſhable as PettiePetty Treaſon.
With rule
… Realme. As by pleading an Excommunication vnder the Popes Bull. and are puniſhable as PettiePetty Treaſon.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 220 · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

Printed
… ſeat thereof be the Practick Judgement, which Divines terme Conſcience, which is as a PettiePetty God, or God's Vice-gerent, and Vicar in the Soul, to command, or threaten …
With rule
… ſeat thereof be the Practick Judgement, which Divines terme Conſcience, which is as a PettiePetty God, or God's Vice-gerent, and Vicar in the Soul, to command, or threaten …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he termes Conſcience foreign, Fame, and makes it to be a kind of Daemon, or PettiePetty God in Men. So Plato, de Leg. 8. foreign. This Law of Fame partakes of a …
With rule
… he termes Conſcience foreign, Fame, and makes it to be a kind of Daemon, or PettiePetty God in Men. So Plato, de Leg. 8. foreign. This Law of Fame partakes of a …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 290 · Open in the reader

Canterburys Doom A56144

Printed
… and Cathedrall Hiſtories, as well as Churches, require more time to finiſh them, then PettiePetty Relations. We read John 2. 20. that the later Temple of Ieruſalem was 46. yeares in building …
With rule
… and Cathedrall Hiſtories, as well as Churches, require more time to finiſh them, then PettiePetty Relations. We read John 2. 20. that the later Temple of Ieruſalem was 46. yeares in building …
William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · Open in the reader

Beheaded John Hewytts Ghost A91147

Printed
… by proceeding againſt him by a lawfull Indictment and Trial by a Grand and PettiePetty Jurie, according to the great Charter, Laws, and Statutes of the Land, and the …
With rule
… by proceeding againſt him by a lawfull Indictment and Trial by a Grand and PettiePetty Jurie, according to the great Charter, Laws, and Statutes of the Land, and the …
William Prynne · Beheaded John Hewytts Ghost · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Pentateuch A94797

Printed
Ver. 4. Turn yee not unto idols] Heb. Elilim deunculi, deaſtri, PettiePetty-gods, dunghill-deities, of all which wee ſhould ſaie, as hee did once, Contemno …
With rule
Ver. 4. Turn yee not unto idols] Heb. Elilim deunculi, deaſtri, PettiePetty-gods, dunghill-deities, of all which wee ſhould ſaie, as hee did once, Contemno …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 150 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Thoſe PettiePetty-Governments reformed ſee,
With rule
Thoſe PettiePetty-Governments reformed ſee,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 184 · Open in the reader