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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4718 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lethargielethargy

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

Puritas changed it
248 times in 153 works
Consistency
100% (248 of 248)
Reach if approved
~261 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lethargy
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
248 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (248 changes in 153 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 248)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … his vnderstanding is taken with a ſpirituall madneſſe, and his memorie with a forgetful LethargieLethargy, euen of his owne name, that he tooke in his baptiſme; for he neuer …
    With rule
    … his vnderstanding is taken with a ſpirituall madneſſe, and his memorie with a forgetful LethargieLethargy, euen of his owne name, that he tooke in his baptiſme; for he neuer …

    John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Nathan came, and by his Riddle vncharmed it, and so rowsed him from his LethargieLethargy.
    With rule
    … Nathan came, and by his Riddle vncharmed it, and so rowsed him from his LethargieLethargy.

    Henry Burton · Conflicts and Comforts of Conscience · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … being knowne, it is halfe cured. This is the difference betwixt a Feuer & a LethargieLethargy: the one angers the sense, but doth keepe it quicke, tender and sensible: the …
    With rule
    … being knowne, it is halfe cured. This is the difference betwixt a Feuer & a LethargieLethargy: the one angers the sense, but doth keepe it quicke, tender and sensible: the …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 254 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of heart: this euill ſickneſſe being accompanied with a kind of ſpirituall ſléepineſſe and lethargielethargy, maketh vs as it were a very lumpe of fluggiſhneſſe, ſlow in attention, ſlow …
    With rule
    … of heart: this euill ſickneſſe being accompanied with a kind of ſpirituall ſléepineſſe and lethargielethargy, maketh vs as it were a very lumpe of fluggiſhneſſe, ſlow in attention, ſlow …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 219 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … iust cause to abhor his companie; for example, if he be sicke of a LethargieLethargy, of the falling sicknes, or such like diseases; then, though it be lawfull to …
    With rule
    … iust cause to abhor his companie; for example, if he be sicke of a LethargieLethargy, of the falling sicknes, or such like diseases; then, though it be lawfull to …

    William Perkins · Christian Economy · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … foot, or an impedite tongue without any danger to the parts adjoyning; but a lethargielethargy in the head, or an obstruction in the liver, or a dyspepsie and indisposition …
    With rule
    … foot, or an impedite tongue without any danger to the parts adjoyning; but a lethargielethargy in the head, or an obstruction in the liver, or a dyspepsie and indisposition …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … at al tymes, as namely, being an infāt, being a ſleep, being in a LethargieLethargy or ſincope So the true Church though it have alwayes powre to al the …
    With rule
    … at al tymes, as namely, being an infāt, being a ſleep, being in a LethargieLethargy or ſincope So the true Church though it have alwayes powre to al the …

    John Smyth · Parallels Censures · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … be ready to anſwere; Speake Lord, for thy ſervant heareth. 5. Wee are infirme by LethargieLethargy; Waking muſt be our Cure, and therefore convenient.
    With rule
    … be ready to anſwere; Speake Lord, for thy ſervant heareth. 5. Wee are infirme by LethargieLethargy; Waking muſt be our Cure, and therefore convenient.

    Samuel Torshell · The Saints Humiliation · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.