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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4704 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fynefine

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

Puritas changed it
205 times in 93 works
Consistency
95.3% (205 of 215)
Reach if approved
~226 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fine
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
215 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (205 changes in 93 works, 95.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 205)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    Aduerte, too what fynefine youre owne deſyre ſhal bring you, euen to be kyllers of Ieſus Chriſt.
    With rule
    Aduerte, too what fynefine youre owne deſyre ſhal bring you, euen to be kyllers of Ieſus Chriſt.

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    More ryche arraye is now with frenges fynefine
    With rule
    More ryche arraye is now with frenges fynefine

    David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the field, which although they neyther labour nor spynne, are so clothed wyth fynefine and pleasaunte coloures, that not Kynge Salomon in all hys royaltie and glorie was …
    With rule
    … of the field, which although they neyther labour nor spynne, are so clothed wyth fynefine and pleasaunte coloures, that not Kynge Salomon in all hys royaltie and glorie was …

    Thomas Becon · The Fortress of the Faithful Against the Cruel Assaults of Poverty and Hunger · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Dois rightlie rewl and dresse vnto their fynefine,
    With rule
    Dois rightlie rewl and dresse vnto their fynefine,

    James Melville · Fruitful and Comfortable Exhortation in Death · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſtrange Babyloniſh ornaments; the hallowed Prieſts daunce about the Altar, making pretty ſport, and fynefine paſtime, with trippings, and turnings, and croſſings, and crouchings; while Cretes, Dryopeſ que picti …
    With rule
    … ſtrange Babyloniſh ornaments; the hallowed Prieſts daunce about the Altar, making pretty ſport, and fynefine paſtime, with trippings, and turnings, and croſſings, and crouchings; while Cretes, Dryopeſ que picti …

    Peter Smart · The Vanity and Downfall of Superstitious Popish Ceremonies · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … prouoked Gods anger agaynſt all Iſraell: and our ſubteltie, yea open extorcion is ſo fynefine and politike, that God cannot eſpye it.
    With rule
    … prouoked Gods anger agaynſt all Iſraell: and our ſubteltie, yea open extorcion is ſo fynefine and politike, that God cannot eſpye it.

    John Bradford · Sermon of Repentance · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Expurgatorie Index of this Author, when they haue essayed, for escaping, to invent some fynefine Devyce, and feigne some cōmodious Sense for them, which is this, to wit, That …
    With rule
    … Expurgatorie Index of this Author, when they haue essayed, for escaping, to invent some fynefine Devyce, and feigne some cōmodious Sense for them, which is this, to wit, That …

    William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … aboue the heade and vnder of their chalices, which in many places be of fynefine gold. Neyther regarde they to knéele anye more downe and to kisse their pontificall …
    With rule
    … aboue the heade and vnder of their chalices, which in many places be of fynefine gold. Neyther regarde they to knéele anye more downe and to kisse their pontificall …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Acts of English Votaries A02573

  • Printed
    FyneFine workemanshyp to be marked,
    With rule
    FyneFine workemanshyp to be marked,

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 21 · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

  • Printed
    Thay wys efter that day, and to that FyneFine
    With rule
    Thay wys efter that day, and to that FyneFine

    David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

A Satire of the Three Estates A72573

  • Printed
    FyneFine Ducat gold with hard Gudlingis,
    With rule
    FyneFine Ducat gold with hard Gudlingis,

    David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 140 · Open in the reader