Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4582 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sixtiesixty

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

Puritas changed it: 412 times in 188 works
Consistency: 96.7% (412 of 426)
Reach if approved: ~448 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sixty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 426 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (412 changes in 188 works, 96.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 412)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Seruice, at thirtie for Strength, at fortie for Vnderstanding, at fiftie for Counsell, at sixtiesixty for Old age, at seuentie for Gray haires, at eightie for Profoundnesse, at nintie …
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… Seruice, at thirtie for Strength, at fortie for Vnderstanding, at fiftie for Counsell, at sixtiesixty for Old age, at seuentie for Gray haires, at eightie for Profoundnesse, at nintie …
John Lightfoot · Miscellanies Christian and Judaical · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Pope, by the twentie ſixe propoſition, whoſe raign of a thouſand, two hundred ſixtiesixty yeares, beginneth anno Chriſti 300. or 316. at the fartheſt, propoſition, 36.
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… the Pope, by the twentie ſixe propoſition, whoſe raign of a thouſand, two hundred ſixtiesixty yeares, beginneth anno Chriſti 300. or 316. at the fartheſt, propoſition, 36.
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
❧Ane answer the xxvj day of septembre, the yere a thousand fyue hundreth sixtiesixty and one▪
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❧Ane answer the xxvj day of septembre, the yere a thousand fyue hundreth sixtiesixty and one▪
Theodore Beza · Answer to Navarre · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo let Man to God, returne a bleſſed vſury; ten for one; nay, thirtie, ſixtiesixty, an hundred fold.
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… ſo let Man to God, returne a bleſſed vſury; ten for one; nay, thirtie, ſixtiesixty, an hundred fold.
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a short time to liue, & to work in. Admit thou attainest to fortie, fiftie, sixtiesixty, or it may be eighty yeres (wherto fewe doe come, in comparison of those …
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… a short time to liue, & to work in. Admit thou attainest to fortie, fiftie, sixtiesixty, or it may be eighty yeres (wherto fewe doe come, in comparison of those …
Philip Stubbes · A Motive to Good Works · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
AN INDEX, OR TABLE, of all those two hundred and sixtiesixty holy Scriptures (which are contained in this harmonicall Tessarography, or Combination) whether they be …
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AN INDEX, OR TABLE, of all those two hundred and sixtiesixty holy Scriptures (which are contained in this harmonicall Tessarography, or Combination) whether they be …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… alike or in the ſame meaſure, for ſome bring forth an hundreth folde, ſome ſixtiesixty folde, ſome thirtie folde, according to the meaſure of Gods graces in them.
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… alike or in the ſame meaſure, for ſome bring forth an hundreth folde, ſome ſixtiesixty folde, ſome thirtie folde, according to the meaſure of Gods graces in them.
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Beast / for it is the Nombre of manne. And his Nombre is sixe hondred / sixtiesixty and sixe.
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… Beast / for it is the Nombre of manne. And his Nombre is sixe hondred / sixtiesixty and sixe.
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 72 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 are listed here. 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Calling of the Jews A00746

Printed
… be cut off whileſt Ieruſalem ſtood and flouriſhed, for ſo the Angell ſayth, ver. 26. SixtieSixty two ſeauens the cittie ſhall againe be built ſtreet and wall. And after thoſe …
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… be cut off whileſt Ieruſalem ſtood and flouriſhed, for ſo the Angell ſayth, ver. 26. SixtieSixty two ſeauens the cittie ſhall againe be built ſtreet and wall. And after thoſe …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 161 · Open in the reader

The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures A01074

Printed
THE MARROVV AND IVICE OF TWO HVNDRED AND SIXTIESIXTY SCRIPTVRES.
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THE MARROVV AND IVICE OF TWO HVNDRED AND SIXTIESIXTY SCRIPTVRES.
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

Printed
THE SIXTIESIXTY SEVENTH LECTVRE, ON SEPTEMBER, XXV. MDCX.
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THE SIXTIESIXTY SEVENTH LECTVRE, ON SEPTEMBER, XXV. MDCX.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 310 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Judges A10933

Printed
THE SIXTIESIXTY ONE SERMON ON THE TENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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THE SIXTIESIXTY ONE SERMON ON THE TENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 507 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE SIXTIESIXTY THREE SERMON ON THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CHAPTERS OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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THE SIXTIESIXTY THREE SERMON ON THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CHAPTERS OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 529 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE SIXTIESIXTY FIVE SERMON ON THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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THE SIXTIESIXTY FIVE SERMON ON THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 547 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE SIXTIESIXTY SIXE SERMON ON THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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THE SIXTIESIXTY SIXE SERMON ON THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 554 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE SIXTIESIXTY SEVEN SERMON ON THE ELEVNTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
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THE SIXTIESIXTY SEVEN SERMON ON THE ELEVNTH CHAPTER OF THE BOOKE OF IVDGES.
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 564 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
Vers. 8. There are threescore Queenes] Hebrew SixtieSixty, they Queenes, and eighty Concubines: which may be understood either affirmatively; There are sixtiesixty …
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Vers. 8. There are threescore Queenes] Hebrew SixtieSixty, they Queenes, and eighty Concubines: which may be understood either affirmatively; There are sixtiesixty …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 45 · Open in the reader