Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4699 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

flyethflieth

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

Puritas changed it: 699 times in 403 works
Consistency: 99.2% (699 of 704)
Reach if approved: ~740 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: flies
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 704 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (699 changes in 403 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 699)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… neere her nest, she flyethflieth a little before a man, and then lighteth, and flyethflieth a little further, till it hath led us quite out of the way.
With rule
… neere her nest, she flyethflieth a little before a man, and then lighteth, and flyethflieth a little further, till it hath led us quite out of the way.
John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… full of trouble. Hee commeth forth like a flower, and is cut downe, he flyethflieth as a shadow, and continueth not.
With rule
… full of trouble. Hee commeth forth like a flower, and is cut downe, he flyethflieth as a shadow, and continueth not.
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, is conſtrayned to abide manye aſſaults of the fleſh & the deuill. The fleſh flyethflieth the croſſe, and deſireth rather eaſe and pleaſure, and ſeeketh by all meanes to …
With rule
… God, is conſtrayned to abide manye aſſaults of the fleſh & the deuill. The fleſh flyethflieth the croſſe, and deſireth rather eaſe and pleaſure, and ſeeketh by all meanes to …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 382 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to arrowes, we know, as the arrow is directed at the first, so it flyethflieth all the way, ouer, or vnder, or beside, but it neuer commeth vnto the …
With rule
… to arrowes, we know, as the arrow is directed at the first, so it flyethflieth all the way, ouer, or vnder, or beside, but it neuer commeth vnto the …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
Nor for the arrow that flyethflieth by day.
With rule
Nor for the arrow that flyethflieth by day.
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vp againe. And here ye se Dauid what he doth. Ye see whither he flyethflieth in his great distresse. He despaireth not, but cryeth vnto the Lord, as one …
With rule
… vp againe. And here ye se Dauid what he doth. Ye see whither he flyethflieth in his great distresse. He despaireth not, but cryeth vnto the Lord, as one …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Angell to vnderſtand an Angell properly, as in ſpeaking of other Angels, who flyethflieth thorow the midſt of the Heauen, that the ſound of his denunciation might bee …
With rule
… this Angell to vnderſtand an Angell properly, as in ſpeaking of other Angels, who flyethflieth thorow the midſt of the Heauen, that the ſound of his denunciation might bee …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… leauing of a flocke cōdemned ther, is the leauing of an evill ſheepheard that flyethflieth daunger, we if wee leaue our flocks, leaue our ſecuritie and peace withall, and …
With rule
… leauing of a flocke cōdemned ther, is the leauing of an evill ſheepheard that flyethflieth daunger, we if wee leaue our flocks, leaue our ſecuritie and peace withall, and …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 187 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… the Welsh under Sir....... Salisbury their Leader, made true the Greek Proverb, foreign, he that FlyethFlieth will fight again. … These who shewed swift heels at Edgehill …attle, use as stout …
With rule
… the Welsh under Sir....... Salisbury their Leader, made true the Greek Proverb, foreign, he that FlyethFlieth will fight again. … These who shewed swift heels at Edgehill …attle, use as stout …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 188 · Open in the reader