Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4730 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

plainlieplainly

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

Puritas changed it: 689 times in 175 works
Consistency: 99.8% (689 of 690)
Reach if approved: ~725 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: plainly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 690 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (689 changes in 175 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 689)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is laid on thee to ſlaye that remaining corruption. Brethren, I will tell you plainlieplainly. The death of Ieſus, and His ſuffering, is the only meane to enter into …
With rule
… is laid on thee to ſlaye that remaining corruption. Brethren, I will tell you plainlieplainly. The death of Ieſus, and His ſuffering, is the only meane to enter into …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 375 · Open in the reader
Printed
… exalteth himselfe aboue all that is called God. The pope …aketh the Assumption, and plainlieplainly crveth to the world in his vsurpation over Kings, me me adsum qui feci …
With rule
… exalteth himselfe aboue all that is called God. The pope …aketh the Assumption, and plainlieplainly crveth to the world in his vsurpation over Kings, me me adsum qui feci …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
Moreouer the ſame Chriſt vvitneſſeth plainlieplainly, that hee laid downe his life for his ſheepe Iohn. 10 15. and in that ſame …
With rule
Moreouer the ſame Chriſt vvitneſſeth plainlieplainly, that hee laid downe his life for his ſheepe Iohn. 10 15. and in that ſame …
John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and vndefiled. In the laſt clauſe of this verſe he ſheweth his meaning very plainlieplainly, In that, ſaith hee, yee flee the corruptions which are in the world through …
With rule
… and vndefiled. In the laſt clauſe of this verſe he ſheweth his meaning very plainlieplainly, In that, ſaith hee, yee flee the corruptions which are in the world through …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Melchisedec, quha maid oblation of breade and wyne vnto God, as the Scripture plainlieplainly teaches.
With rule
… of Melchisedec, quha maid oblation of breade and wyne vnto God, as the Scripture plainlieplainly teaches.
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
The second, the veritie being plainlieplainly spoken prouoketh the aduersaries to rage. And because that sōme did alledge that rather …
With rule
The second, the veritie being plainlieplainly spoken prouoketh the aduersaries to rage. And because that sōme did alledge that rather …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · Open in the reader
Printed
^d Hereby plainlieplainly doeth it appeare, that the Prophecie of Eſay 22.20. of Eliakim, hath both a literall …
With rule
^d Hereby plainlieplainly doeth it appeare, that the Prophecie of Eſay 22.20. of Eliakim, hath both a literall …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… care also of doing good workes, is an effect of predestination. And the Apostle plainlieplainly teacheth it, when he saith, that we were created in Christ to good works …
With rule
… care also of doing good workes, is an effect of predestination. And the Apostle plainlieplainly teacheth it, when he saith, that we were created in Christ to good works …
William Perkins · How a Man May Know Whether he be a Son of God · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty A14936

Printed
WHEREIN THE TITLE IS BRIEFLY AND PLAINLIEPLAINLY SET down: DOLMANS objections refuted, and inconveniences remoued.
With rule
WHEREIN THE TITLE IS BRIEFLY AND PLAINLIEPLAINLY SET down: DOLMANS objections refuted, and inconveniences remoued.
Peter Wentworth · A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty · Open in the reader