Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4646 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

penaltiepenalty

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

Puritas changed it: 505 times in 291 works
Consistency: 98.4% (505 of 513)
Reach if approved: ~539 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: penalty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 513 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (505 changes in 291 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 505)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Presbyterie, not that anie ſatisfaction ſhoulde thereby be made vnto God, as though the penaltiepenalty were ſatisfied, but to the end that the pride of the ſinner being beaten …
With rule
… Presbyterie, not that anie ſatisfaction ſhoulde thereby be made vnto God, as though the penaltiepenalty were ſatisfied, but to the end that the pride of the ſinner being beaten …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or els to abide this or that punishmente that the Lawe appointeth. The which penaltiepenalty. if thou wilt suffer, thy wil is free, to doe what thou wilt. Neither …
With rule
… or els to abide this or that punishmente that the Lawe appointeth. The which penaltiepenalty. if thou wilt suffer, thy wil is free, to doe what thou wilt. Neither …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader
Printed
… fiſh, and for the ſpare of the bréed of yoong cattle: appointing moreouer a penaltiepenalty for ſuch as ſhall take the daies to be obſerued as meritorious Romiſh faſts …
With rule
… fiſh, and for the ſpare of the bréed of yoong cattle: appointing moreouer a penaltiepenalty for ſuch as ſhall take the daies to be obſerued as meritorious Romiſh faſts …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For Christ hath redemed hir from the curse of y^e lawe, sustaining thereof the penaltiepenalty to make hir innocent. So that nowe there is no dampnation to them whych …
With rule
… For Christ hath redemed hir from the curse of y^e lawe, sustaining thereof the penaltiepenalty to make hir innocent. So that nowe there is no dampnation to them whych …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… impoſe on them (whether they will or no) their actes & Canons vnder ſome ſpirituall penaltiepenalty, as Excommunication, Suſpenſion, Deprivation, Degradation from the Miniſterie. &c. To which purpoſe many excellent …
With rule
… impoſe on them (whether they will or no) their actes & Canons vnder ſome ſpirituall penaltiepenalty, as Excommunication, Suſpenſion, Deprivation, Degradation from the Miniſterie. &c. To which purpoſe many excellent …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caste into suche disobedience, that all we vnto this time suffer the blame and penaltiepenalty therof.
With rule
… caste into suche disobedience, that all we vnto this time suffer the blame and penaltiepenalty therof.
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſt, that are joyned with him, are become mine enemies, to haue incurred, the penaltiepenalty of non of our laws, inaſmuch, as I haue not tranſgreſſed the lawe of …
With rule
… reſt, that are joyned with him, are become mine enemies, to haue incurred, the penaltiepenalty of non of our laws, inaſmuch, as I haue not tranſgreſſed the lawe of …
John Penry · The Appellation of John Penry · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but content themselues with morning and euening prayer: which they frequent to auoide the penaltiepenalty of the lawes of the Magistrate, and the shame of the world. But these …
With rule
… but content themselues with morning and euening prayer: which they frequent to auoide the penaltiepenalty of the lawes of the Magistrate, and the shame of the world. But these …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 187 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… follow the same day: and the Crier must goe before, proclaiming the Crime and PenaltiePenalty, with circumstances of Time, Place, and Witnesses. If any can say any thing for …
With rule
… follow the same day: and the Crier must goe before, proclaiming the Crime and PenaltiePenalty, with circumstances of Time, Place, and Witnesses. If any can say any thing for …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Of God or Death, of Law or PenaltiePenalty?
With rule
Of God or Death, of Law or PenaltiePenalty?
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody A96610

Printed
Firſt, Their Lawes cry out a Command under PenaltiePenalty for all to come to Church, though not to be Members, which in truth …
With rule
Firſt, Their Lawes cry out a Command under PenaltiePenalty for all to come to Church, though not to be Members, which in truth …
Roger Williams · The Bloody Tenant Yet more Bloody · p. 234 · Open in the reader