Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4744 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shortlieshortly

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

Puritas changed it: 257 times in 101 works
Consistency: 98.8% (257 of 260)
Reach if approved: ~273 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shortly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 260 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (257 changes in 101 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 257)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… iudgement, to bee ſorted and ſected altogether, if by ſuch treatiſes as this, which ſhortlieshortly, and, as it were vnder one ſight, lay forth the ſound doctrine of all …
With rule
… iudgement, to bee ſorted and ſected altogether, if by ſuch treatiſes as this, which ſhortlieshortly, and, as it were vnder one ſight, lay forth the ſound doctrine of all …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvhen Durand and Adrian, are produced, to testifie, That Gregorie did erre, Bellarmine aunswereth shortlieshortly, and sayeth, That Gregorie erred not: but they rather erred, departing from the Trueth …
With rule
… vvhen Durand and Adrian, are produced, to testifie, That Gregorie did erre, Bellarmine aunswereth shortlieshortly, and sayeth, That Gregorie erred not: but they rather erred, departing from the Trueth …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Theef ſaith to Chriſt as Man being yet in miſery, but beleeuing he ſhould ſhortlieshortly bee in glorie, Lord remember me when thou comeſt into thy kingdome. As if …
With rule
… Theef ſaith to Chriſt as Man being yet in miſery, but beleeuing he ſhould ſhortlieshortly bee in glorie, Lord remember me when thou comeſt into thy kingdome. As if …
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
16 Repent & amend thy ſelf hereof ſhortlieshortly, or els I will ſuddainlie come againſt thee, and will ouerthrowe them with the …
With rule
16 Repent & amend thy ſelf hereof ſhortlieshortly, or els I will ſuddainlie come againſt thee, and will ouerthrowe them with the …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… darcklie in one place, is in an other clearelie taught, that which heere is ſhortlieshortly, is elſewhere largelie ſet down, and ſo the Woord is the rule and the …
With rule
… darcklie in one place, is in an other clearelie taught, that which heere is ſhortlieshortly, is elſewhere largelie ſet down, and ſo the Woord is the rule and the …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the newe teſtament we reade, that an Angell from heauen tolde Ioſeph moſt plainlie, ſhortlieshortly after his conception, That his name ſhoulde be called Iheſus, becauſe he ſhoulde ſaue …
With rule
… the newe teſtament we reade, that an Angell from heauen tolde Ioſeph moſt plainlie, ſhortlieshortly after his conception, That his name ſhoulde be called Iheſus, becauſe he ſhoulde ſaue …
Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no longer, for your wickednesse is made manifest vnto all men, which God will shortlieshortly repay into your own bosoms seuen fold, but pray you to God to giue …
With rule
… no longer, for your wickednesse is made manifest vnto all men, which God will shortlieshortly repay into your own bosoms seuen fold, but pray you to God to giue …
John Udall · The State of the Church of England · Open in the reader
Printed
… y^e maſters mynde. &c. on this ſorte this Vſtazardes lamented. Now ſyr it cam ſhortlieshortly to the kinges care and therfore was he ſent for and demaunded the cauſe …
With rule
… y^e maſters mynde. &c. on this ſorte this Vſtazardes lamented. Now ſyr it cam ſhortlieshortly to the kinges care and therfore was he ſent for and demaunded the cauſe …
John Bradford · The Hurt of Hearing Mass · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… sigh for grace: Be carefull for a neerer acquaintance with the Lord of Heauen: ShortlieShortly thou shalt embrace him whom the Fathers by faith saluted but a farre off.
With rule
… sigh for grace: Be carefull for a neerer acquaintance with the Lord of Heauen: ShortlieShortly thou shalt embrace him whom the Fathers by faith saluted but a farre off.
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 998 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion A17676

Printed
16 ShortlieShortly after, Iohn of Conſtantinople being holpen with the fauour of Mauritius the Emperour vſurped …
With rule
16 ShortlieShortly after, Iohn of Conſtantinople being holpen with the fauour of Mauritius the Emperour vſurped …
John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 295 · Open in the reader

Sermons A68672

Printed
… will rejoyce, and no man will bee able to take my joye from me. ShortlieShortly then, there is Paules minde concerning theſe two ſortes.
With rule
… will rejoyce, and no man will bee able to take my joye from me. ShortlieShortly then, there is Paules minde concerning theſe two ſortes.
Robert Rollock · Sermons · p. 176 · Open in the reader