Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4614 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

decaieddecayed

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

Puritas changed it: 324 times in 216 works
Consistency: 99.6% (324 of 325)
Reach if approved: ~341 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: decayed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 325 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (324 changes in 216 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 324)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… people of the Sacrament of Christ his blood. From this time it hath againe decaieddecayed, being mightely subdued by the bright beames of the Gospell, shining in the world …
With rule
… people of the Sacrament of Christ his blood. From this time it hath againe decaieddecayed, being mightely subdued by the bright beames of the Gospell, shining in the world …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Lord.ii. Par.xxix. Kyng Iosias in like case restored again y^• decaieddecayed religiō, brought y^• lawes of the Lord to lighte, commaūded the people diligētly to …
With rule
… to the Lord.ii. Par.xxix. Kyng Iosias in like case restored again y^• decaieddecayed religiō, brought y^• lawes of the Lord to lighte, commaūded the people diligētly to …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… wherfore, what meruaile is it, if the priuate antiquity of Nobility & famous houſen be decaieddecayed? what ſhal I ſay of Spaine which ſuffred like calamity what priuy murthers they …
With rule
… wherfore, what meruaile is it, if the priuate antiquity of Nobility & famous houſen be decaieddecayed? what ſhal I ſay of Spaine which ſuffred like calamity what priuy murthers they …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… the thirde part of the worlde, were perſecuted, and the weak in faith vtterlie decaieddecayed, withered, and fell away therefrom.
With rule
… the thirde part of the worlde, were perſecuted, and the weak in faith vtterlie decaieddecayed, withered, and fell away therefrom.
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the full time of this popiſh rule and vſurped power, now againe greatly decaieddecayed, bleſſed be God.
With rule
… is the full time of this popiſh rule and vſurped power, now againe greatly decaieddecayed, bleſſed be God.
Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the corruption of a sinner is not only restrained, but also mortified, and the decaieddecayed image of God restored in righteousnes and true holines. Now then the conclusiō must …
With rule
… the corruption of a sinner is not only restrained, but also mortified, and the decaieddecayed image of God restored in righteousnes and true holines. Now then the conclusiō must …
William Perkins · A Grain of Mustard Seed · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing to the relief of Gods Saincts, or to the re-edifying of a decaieddecayed Church and place of praier, alas they haue in a readinesse without studie a …
With rule
… thing to the relief of Gods Saincts, or to the re-edifying of a decaieddecayed Church and place of praier, alas they haue in a readinesse without studie a …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · Open in the reader
Printed
… beare ſo well, but grow weaker, it is an argument that naturall vigour is decaieddecayed. The ſame may be ſaid for our ſpirituall condition, if graces exert not themſelves …
With rule
… beare ſo well, but grow weaker, it is an argument that naturall vigour is decaieddecayed. The ſame may be ſaid for our ſpirituall condition, if graces exert not themſelves …
Obadiah Sedgwick · Christs Counsel to His Languishing Church of Sardis · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.