Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4692 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dowriedowry

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

Puritas changed it: 190 times in 90 works
Consistency: 89.2% (190 of 213)
Reach if approved: ~224 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dowry
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 213 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (190 changes in 90 works, 89.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 190)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by imputation, & the punishment thereof is wholly laide upon him. This is all the dowriedowry which the Church being the spouse of Christ hath brought unto him.
With rule
… by imputation, & the punishment thereof is wholly laide upon him. This is all the dowriedowry which the Church being the spouse of Christ hath brought unto him.
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 480 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may buy servants, and lands, and uncleane beasts, and pay his debts, or wives dowriedowry, and buy bookes. Maim. in Biccurim, chap. 4. sect. 14.
With rule
… may buy servants, and lands, and uncleane beasts, and pay his debts, or wives dowriedowry, and buy bookes. Maim. in Biccurim, chap. 4. sect. 14.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lovers, and hireſt them. So Pſal. 16.4. deum alienum dotant, that is, they give a dowriedowry to their idols, and beſtow their goods upon them, and ſtand not for coſt.
With rule
… lovers, and hireſt them. So Pſal. 16.4. deum alienum dotant, that is, they give a dowriedowry to their idols, and beſtow their goods upon them, and ſtand not for coſt.
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shift is this, that a concubine is here vnderstoode for a wife without a dowriedowry, and further sayth, that Agar was Abrahams wife, and not his concubine, agaynst the …
With rule
… shift is this, that a concubine is here vnderstoode for a wife without a dowriedowry, and further sayth, that Agar was Abrahams wife, and not his concubine, agaynst the …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… marriage unto him, then was he to pay his monie only according to the dowriedowry of virgins. If it were a bond maid, though ſhe were betrothed: yet ſo …
With rule
… marriage unto him, then was he to pay his monie only according to the dowriedowry of virgins. If it were a bond maid, though ſhe were betrothed: yet ſo …
Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… auoide this snare. Secondly, his wife was intended a snare vnto him, and her dowriedowry also was layd as a snare, that the hand of the Philistines might bee …
With rule
… auoide this snare. Secondly, his wife was intended a snare vnto him, and her dowriedowry also was layd as a snare, that the hand of the Philistines might bee …
Thomas Cooper · A Brand Taken out of the Fire · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to them, and reckoned upon their score, or made over unto them, as the dowriedowry is made over to the wife and reckoned hers, upon her marriage. We grant …
With rule
… to them, and reckoned upon their score, or made over unto them, as the dowriedowry is made over to the wife and reckoned hers, upon her marriage. We grant …
John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · p. 152 · Open in the reader
Printed
… what if his meanes decay, what will hee eſtate her in? now ſee your dowriedowry, and the point is this, that there is a conveyance of all ſpirituall grace …
With rule
… what if his meanes decay, what will hee eſtate her in? now ſee your dowriedowry, and the point is this, that there is a conveyance of all ſpirituall grace …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… Historie, which telleth that this Citie was renowned for Antiquitie, giuen by Iupiter in DowrieDowry to Proserpina; whom therefore the inhabitants worship. The greatnesse, beauty, lawes, and other excellencies …
With rule
… Historie, which telleth that this Citie was renowned for Antiquitie, giuen by Iupiter in DowrieDowry to Proserpina; whom therefore the inhabitants worship. The greatnesse, beauty, lawes, and other excellencies …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet few marry foure, because the wiues friends will haue a sufficient bill of DowrieDowry for her maintenance, which none but rich men can performe: and againe, the wiues …
With rule
… yet few marry foure, because the wiues friends will haue a sufficient bill of DowrieDowry for her maintenance, which none but rich men can performe: and againe, the wiues …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 517 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not yet obtayned the full fruition of her Loue, and possession of her gainefull DowrieDowry, which yet now (more then euer before) shee seemeth to promise, and doubtlesse will …
With rule
… not yet obtayned the full fruition of her Loue, and possession of her gainefull DowrieDowry, which yet now (more then euer before) shee seemeth to promise, and doubtlesse will …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 631 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at first in sorts and sutes, befitting her marriage solemnitie: all which her rich DowrieDowry would maintayne for euer after with aduantage.
With rule
… at first in sorts and sutes, befitting her marriage solemnitie: all which her rich DowrieDowry would maintayne for euer after with aduantage.
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 631 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Laws of Moses A73378

Printed
DowrieDowry given by the man at the firſt, 124.
With rule
DowrieDowry given by the man at the firſt, 124.
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · Open in the reader

Explication of the Judicial Laws of Moses B16297

Printed
DowrieDowry given by the man at the firſt, 124.
With rule
DowrieDowry given by the man at the firſt, 124.
John Weemes · Explication of the Judicial Laws of Moses · Open in the reader