Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4748 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

theyrstheirs

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

Puritas changed it: 182 times in 80 works
Consistency: 99.4% (182 of 183)
Reach if approved: ~192 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: theirs
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 183 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (182 changes in 80 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 182)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… contented to haue it in ſuche ſort obſerued, as men are contented to haue theyrstheirs obſerued.
With rule
… contented to haue it in ſuche ſort obſerued, as men are contented to haue theyrstheirs obſerued.
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 443 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vp in Italy and throughout all Germanie, and other realmes, by those bulles of theyrstheirs like to this Bull (for the deuyll is no chaingling) which is now put …
With rule
… vp in Italy and throughout all Germanie, and other realmes, by those bulles of theyrstheirs like to this Bull (for the deuyll is no chaingling) which is now put …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
Take therefore this ſaying of theyrstheirs: No ſinne neyther originall nor actuall, is the cauſe of Gods hate or eternal …
With rule
Take therefore this ſaying of theyrstheirs: No ſinne neyther originall nor actuall, is the cauſe of Gods hate or eternal …
Robert Crowley · A Defense of English Writers and Preachers · Open in the reader
Printed
… But manfully haue ye defended them for necessary vertues, lyke a valyaunt captayne of theyrstheirs, and a stought bene factour of Sodome.
With rule
… But manfully haue ye defended them for necessary vertues, lyke a valyaunt captayne of theyrstheirs, and a stought bene factour of Sodome.
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. cxl · Open in the reader
Printed
… in their owne perſon, they muſt be of neceſſitie reſident, vnto a perſonage of theyrstheirs in Hell, whiche is called perdition. The ſpeache as hee confeſſeth, is ouer pleaſaunt …
With rule
… in their owne perſon, they muſt be of neceſſitie reſident, vnto a perſonage of theyrstheirs in Hell, whiche is called perdition. The ſpeache as hee confeſſeth, is ouer pleaſaunt …
John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fayth of theſe i .ij is a greate deale greater & more better, then is theyrstheirs?
With rule
… fayth of theſe i .ij is a greate deale greater & more better, then is theyrstheirs?
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
… And here (sayth he) is the new Covenant set down both on Gods behalf, & theyrstheirs with whom it is made. On Gods that he would write his law in …
With rule
… And here (sayth he) is the new Covenant set down both on Gods behalf, & theyrstheirs with whom it is made. On Gods that he would write his law in …
John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by approbation▪ made them theyrstheirs / i pray yow remanded not the Grekes lawes ſtill theyrstheirs / for all that the Romanes vſed the ſame lawes? Was not the Romanes and …
With rule
… by approbation▪ made them theyrstheirs / i pray yow remanded not the Grekes lawes ſtill theyrstheirs / for all that the Romanes vſed the ſame lawes? Was not the Romanes and …
William Turner · The Rescuing of the Romish Fox · 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.

The Use and Abuse of Dancing B00830

Printed
TheyrsTheirs (who knoweth not) tended to the diſhonouring of God: and to tell thée how …
With rule
TheyrsTheirs (who knoweth not) tended to the diſhonouring of God: and to tell thée how …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Use and Abuse of Dancing · Open in the reader