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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4777 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chyldchild

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

Puritas changed it
179 times in 60 works
Consistency
91.3% (179 of 196)
Reach if approved
~206 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: child
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
196 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (179 changes in 60 works, 91.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 179)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſlew al the enhabitants of Thapſa and moſt cruelly murthered al the women wyth chyldchild, & rypte theyr bellyes, and tyrannouſlye wyth taxes & trybutes dyd vexe all hys ſubiectes, to …
    With rule
    … ſlew al the enhabitants of Thapſa and moſt cruelly murthered al the women wyth chyldchild, & rypte theyr bellyes, and tyrannouſlye wyth taxes & trybutes dyd vexe all hys ſubiectes, to …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … but my Lorde Protertours, and my Lord of Canterburyes doynge. The Kynge is a chyldchild, he knoweth not of it.
    With rule
    … but my Lorde Protertours, and my Lord of Canterburyes doynge. The Kynge is a chyldchild, he knoweth not of it.

    Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … a mother can forget the chyldchild of hyr wombe, and though she forget hyr chyldchild, yet can not he forget v…. For he hath written vp vs in his …
    With rule
    … a mother can forget the chyldchild of hyr wombe, and though she forget hyr chyldchild, yet can not he forget v…. For he hath written vp vs in his …

    Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hyr first chyldchild, yea hovv fearfull the expectation of death is to mother and chyldchild: I feare to say vvhat wyll be theyr aunswer, and I humbly besech hyr …
    With rule
    … hyr first chyldchild, yea hovv fearfull the expectation of death is to mother and chyldchild: I feare to say vvhat wyll be theyr aunswer, and I humbly besech hyr …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … siche vtwarde sensible signes. For when that sygne of circū cision was geuen the chyldchild: then were they certified (as an vtward tokē maye certifye) that the chylde was …
    With rule
    … siche vtwarde sensible signes. For when that sygne of circū cision was geuen the chyldchild: then were they certified (as an vtward tokē maye certifye) that the chylde was …

    William Tyndale · The Supper of the Lord · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of correcciō discrete ly vsed. For the rodde of correccion ministreth wysedome, but the chyldchild suffred to do what he listeth, is y• confusiō of his mother. And who …
    With rule
    … of correcciō discrete ly vsed. For the rodde of correccion ministreth wysedome, but the chyldchild suffred to do what he listeth, is y• confusiō of his mother. And who …

    Henrich Bullinger · The Golden Book of Christian Matrimony · p. lxxii · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … without redressing of it. After this maner will a father indeuer too keepe his chyldchild in his good fauour if it bee possible: but if he see that it …
    With rule
    … without redressing of it. After this maner will a father indeuer too keepe his chyldchild in his good fauour if it bee possible: but if he see that it …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 244 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    23 And Gideon aunſwered them: I will not raygne ouer you, neither ſhall my chyldchild reigne ouer you, the Lord ſhal raigne ouer you.
    With rule
    23 And Gideon aunſwered them: I will not raygne ouer you, neither ſhall my chyldchild reigne ouer you, the Lord ſhal raigne ouer you.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · p. 147 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

  • Printed
    The eldeſt ChyldChild hapnis to de
    With rule
    The eldeſt ChyldChild hapnis to de

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Wald tak ane ChyldChild of tender age,
    With rule
    Wald tak ane ChyldChild of tender age,

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Till his deir ChyldChild, mycht mak no ſupporting.
    With rule
    Till his deir ChyldChild, mycht mak no ſupporting.

    David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

Sermons on Ephesians A17705

  • Printed
    … children. It it is trew that the scripture dooth sundry tymes vse the woord (ChyldChild) in another sense: as when Saint Peter exhorteth vs too bee as newborne babes …
    With rule
    … children. It it is trew that the scripture dooth sundry tymes vse the woord (ChyldChild) in another sense: as when Saint Peter exhorteth vs too bee as newborne babes …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 187 · Open in the reader