Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4598 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wytwit

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

Puritas changed it: 199 times in 84 works
Consistency: 99.5% (199 of 200)
Reach if approved: ~210 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 200 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (199 changes in 84 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 199)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… fonliſh imaginations, or the vayne trifling ſtuffe of Sophiſters. For theſe Sophiſters haue neyther wytwit nor wyſdome. They are belly beaſtes borne onely to thoſe feaſtes of ſchooles. But …
With rule
… fonliſh imaginations, or the vayne trifling ſtuffe of Sophiſters. For theſe Sophiſters haue neyther wytwit nor wyſdome. They are belly beaſtes borne onely to thoſe feaſtes of ſchooles. But …
Martin Luther · Preface to the Epistle of Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne similitude, lykenes & ymage, y^• is to saye, he in dued hym with immortalyte, wytwit, reason, sapience, iustyce, free wyll, mercy, goodnes, holynes, truethe, & all perfeccion, and gaue hym …
With rule
… owne similitude, lykenes & ymage, y^• is to saye, he in dued hym with immortalyte, wytwit, reason, sapience, iustyce, free wyll, mercy, goodnes, holynes, truethe, & all perfeccion, and gaue hym …
Thomas Becon · News Out of Heaven · Open in the reader
Printed
This felow is out of his wytwit: yf he cannot be compelled, no man would compell him: but they do conſtrayne …
With rule
This felow is out of his wytwit: yf he cannot be compelled, no man would compell him: but they do conſtrayne …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… so euer wyll attempte to aduaūce him selfe, not refreynynge the rashnes of hys wytwit, shall fynde it true y^t Salomon sayth, whoso woll serche the maiesty: shal be …
With rule
… so euer wyll attempte to aduaūce him selfe, not refreynynge the rashnes of hys wytwit, shall fynde it true y^t Salomon sayth, whoso woll serche the maiesty: shal be …
Richard Taverner · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… prone to luſtes, wherby is ouer whelmed the loue of God, and alſo the wytwit, and mynde. Eccleſiaſticall writers alſo leaned to this opiniō: whoſe conſentes being many, Augustine …
With rule
… prone to luſtes, wherby is ouer whelmed the loue of God, and alſo the wytwit, and mynde. Eccleſiaſticall writers alſo leaned to this opiniō: whoſe conſentes being many, Augustine …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould now renounce his owne wiſedome and forſake the fooliſhe confidence in his own wytwit, and then that he ſhould ſubdue his wicked and corrupt affections and ſubmit them …
With rule
… ſhould now renounce his owne wiſedome and forſake the fooliſhe confidence in his own wytwit, and then that he ſhould ſubdue his wicked and corrupt affections and ſubmit them …
John Calvin · Commentary on Daniel · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo puniſhed and plaged for hys vaine imaginacion, that he dyd loſe hys reaſō, wytwit, and vnderſtandynge, and became a brute beaſt, eatyng graſſe in the fielde for the …
With rule
… ſo puniſhed and plaged for hys vaine imaginacion, that he dyd loſe hys reaſō, wytwit, and vnderſtandynge, and became a brute beaſt, eatyng graſſe in the fielde for the …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… Northumberland? But who I pray you vnder kynge Edwarde ruled al by counsel and wytwit? Shall I name the man? I wil wryte no more plain ly now, thē …
With rule
… Northumberland? But who I pray you vnder kynge Edwarde ruled al by counsel and wytwit? Shall I name the man? I wil wryte no more plain ly now, thē …
John Knox · A Faithful Admonition · p. 29 · 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.

A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold A06955

Printed
… sāctifyed by y^e oblaciō of y^e bodye o… Iesꝰ christ, done once for al. WytWit one oblacion hath christ made ther perfecte for euermore that are sanctifyed. Ergo so …
With rule
… sāctifyed by y^e oblaciō of y^e bodye o… Iesꝰ christ, done once for al. WytWit one oblacion hath christ made ther perfecte for euermore that are sanctifyed. Ergo so …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader