Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4665 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wariewary

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

Puritas changed it: 412 times in 241 works
Consistency: 99.2% (412 of 415)
Reach if approved: ~436 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wary
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 415 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 241 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 412)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… litle diſcretion. Paul as he was paineful in vndertaking this iourney, ſo was he wariewary and careful in collating the matter with the chiefe and that in priuate maner.
With rule
… litle diſcretion. Paul as he was paineful in vndertaking this iourney, ſo was he wariewary and careful in collating the matter with the chiefe and that in priuate maner.
John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Trade it ſelfe? Hence alſo is it, that men are faine to bee as wariewary in buying and bargaining with moſt Tradeſmen in theſe ſinfull daies, as if they …
With rule
… Trade it ſelfe? Hence alſo is it, that men are faine to bee as wariewary in buying and bargaining with moſt Tradeſmen in theſe ſinfull daies, as if they …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… use those things with lesse hinderance then we doe. A wise Christian will be wariewary in that kind: If he find the things of the world to hinder him …
With rule
… use those things with lesse hinderance then we doe. A wise Christian will be wariewary in that kind: If he find the things of the world to hinder him …
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs. Yea and it cauſeth vs alſo to bee ſomewhat the more circumſpect and wariewary in our doinges, when ſuch ſeuere iudges doe obſerue vs narrowly. Thus much touching …
With rule
… vs. Yea and it cauſeth vs alſo to bee ſomewhat the more circumſpect and wariewary in our doinges, when ſuch ſeuere iudges doe obſerue vs narrowly. Thus much touching …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be fed, he may be poyſoned? Nay rather, he is to become the more wariewary, the more diligent in prayer, the more exerciſed in the Scripture, that when he …
With rule
… be fed, he may be poyſoned? Nay rather, he is to become the more wariewary, the more diligent in prayer, the more exerciſed in the Scripture, that when he …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 230 · Open in the reader
Printed
Quharefor thare motheris did me wariewary.
With rule
Quharefor thare motheris did me wariewary.
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… moſte faithfull teachers and expert guids of this preſent life, would make vs more wariewary and ſtand vs in ſtead of a rule whereby to direct al our enterpriſes …
With rule
… moſte faithfull teachers and expert guids of this preſent life, would make vs more wariewary and ſtand vs in ſtead of a rule whereby to direct al our enterpriſes …
Phillips Marnix · An Exhortation Concerning the Estate of Christendom · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſon of all others to blame me; for I taught him how to be wariewary in his houſe-keeping, how to manage his eſtate for his beſt thrift, how …
With rule
… reaſon of all others to blame me; for I taught him how to be wariewary in his houſe-keeping, how to manage his eſtate for his beſt thrift, how …
Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 223 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

Works A05537

Printed
WarieWary the hour, that thay wer borne,
With rule
WarieWary the hour, that thay wer borne,
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

The Isle of Man A09156

Printed
… ſons of mine honeſt Neighbour Good-husbandrie; as Care and Forecast, Makehaſ…e and WarieWary, Thriftie and Pinch, Aduantage and Holdfast, Cunning and Catch, Watchfull and Toileſome, Homely-fare …
With rule
… ſons of mine honeſt Neighbour Good-husbandrie; as Care and Forecast, Makehaſ…e and WarieWary, Thriftie and Pinch, Aduantage and Holdfast, Cunning and Catch, Watchfull and Toileſome, Homely-fare …
Richard Bernard · The Isle of Man · p. 227 · Open in the reader