Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4749 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thyngsthings

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

Puritas changed it: 682 times in 85 works
Consistency: 99.8% (682 of 683)
Reach if approved: ~718 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: things
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 683 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (682 changes in 85 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 682)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… is the vpholdyng of their kyngdome, with many other lyke blasphemies. Certayne other great thyngsthings are vttered by thys mouth, whiche now I passe ouer, least I shoulde bée …
With rule
… is the vpholdyng of their kyngdome, with many other lyke blasphemies. Certayne other great thyngsthings are vttered by thys mouth, whiche now I passe ouer, least I shoulde bée …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… as by byinge and sellynge make thyngsthings more dere, & when they be gone, all thyngsthings wylbe more plen tye and better chepe. Now maye ye se who they be …
With rule
… as by byinge and sellynge make thyngsthings more dere, & when they be gone, all thyngsthings wylbe more plen tye and better chepe. Now maye ye se who they be …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… trust in vncerten rychesse, but in y^e, the liuing god: which geuest vs al thyngsthings abundantelye to enioye them. Teache them to do good and to be rich in …
With rule
… trust in vncerten rychesse, but in y^e, the liuing god: which geuest vs al thyngsthings abundantelye to enioye them. Teache them to do good and to be rich in …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. cxx · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne power, to winne the grace of GOD, that hée doeth not perceiue the thyngsthings of GOD, neither can doe. And as for deſeruing, the Scripture playnelye teacheth, that …
With rule
… owne power, to winne the grace of GOD, that hée doeth not perceiue the thyngsthings of GOD, neither can doe. And as for deſeruing, the Scripture playnelye teacheth, that …
John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
Declare vnto me yet in how manye maner of wayes I maye vſe theſe thyngsthings vnto my profit.
With rule
Declare vnto me yet in how manye maner of wayes I maye vſe theſe thyngsthings vnto my profit.
Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader
Printed
… things that come out of the mouth procede out of the hart, & be those thyngsthings that defile a man &c. Math. 15. And the Apostle sayth. Let noman iudge you …
With rule
… things that come out of the mouth procede out of the hart, & be those thyngsthings that defile a man &c. Math. 15. And the Apostle sayth. Let noman iudge you …
Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · Open in the reader
Printed
… passe vppon that shadowe which they reteine) of the peoples consent, and of other thyngsthings necessarie, they make no mention. I cal a shadowe their folishe gesturinges mete to …
With rule
… passe vppon that shadowe which they reteine) of the peoples consent, and of other thyngsthings necessarie, they make no mention. I cal a shadowe their folishe gesturinges mete to …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be repreſented by any image. For when as heauen and earthe, and all thyngsthings conteined within the compaſſe of them, cannot repreſent God, muche leſſe ſhall vile images …
With rule
… may be repreſented by any image. For when as heauen and earthe, and all thyngsthings conteined within the compaſſe of them, cannot repreſent God, muche leſſe ſhall vile images …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 35 · 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.

Philargyry of Great Britain A19665

Printed
ThyngsThings done long tyme before
With rule
ThyngsThings done long tyme before
Robert Crowley · Philargyry of Great Britain · Open in the reader