Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4846 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thirstiethirsty

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

Puritas changed it: 652 times in 335 works
Consistency: 99.0% (652 of 658)
Reach if approved: ~691 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thirsty
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 658 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (652 changes in 335 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 652)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… what doe I meane thus to exceede: Brethren I would faine haue you more thirſtiethirsty of your time, doe you not waſte it (as others doe) in idle impertinencies …
With rule
… what doe I meane thus to exceede: Brethren I would faine haue you more thirſtiethirsty of your time, doe you not waſte it (as others doe) in idle impertinencies …
Robert Harris · Peters Enlargement · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon which he is to be received by us. And to these hungry and thirstiethirsty soules am I to direct the word of consolation, that I shall now deliver …
With rule
… upon which he is to be received by us. And to these hungry and thirstiethirsty soules am I to direct the word of consolation, that I shall now deliver …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 675 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtynkynge wyth deade coarſes, denyed he euer dranke ſweeter draughte. For than dranke he thirſtiethirsty, whyche neuer tofore. But wyſe and godlye talke, and reaſoninge of matters pertinente eyther …
With rule
… ſtynkynge wyth deade coarſes, denyed he euer dranke ſweeter draughte. For than dranke he thirſtiethirsty, whyche neuer tofore. But wyſe and godlye talke, and reaſoninge of matters pertinente eyther …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… oppreſsion; delivereth the confederates that are in danger, from the hand of the bloud-thirſtiethirsty, is full of righteouſnes. There be but two wayes, ſaith Tully, to decide matters …
With rule
… oppreſsion; delivereth the confederates that are in danger, from the hand of the bloud-thirſtiethirsty, is full of righteouſnes. There be but two wayes, ſaith Tully, to decide matters …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be of good cheere, for after this day thou shalt neuer be hungry or thirstiethirsty, which was performed: for spéedily after he was burned, and from that time vntill …
With rule
… be of good cheere, for after this day thou shalt neuer be hungry or thirstiethirsty, which was performed: for spéedily after he was burned, and from that time vntill …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God that doth juſtifie? Pleaſant and ſweet were the waters of Meribah to the thirſtiethirsty Iſraelites, of Aenochore to Sampſons fainting ſpirits, gratefull the newes of life to ſicke …
With rule
… God that doth juſtifie? Pleaſant and ſweet were the waters of Meribah to the thirſtiethirsty Iſraelites, of Aenochore to Sampſons fainting ſpirits, gratefull the newes of life to ſicke …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 530 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a cup of rancke poison to all those that besiege her; which when a thirstiethirsty man lighteth vpon, and swalloweth downe suddenly, hee findeth his bane in that, that …
With rule
… a cup of rancke poison to all those that besiege her; which when a thirstiethirsty man lighteth vpon, and swalloweth downe suddenly, hee findeth his bane in that, that …
Thomas Gataker · An Anniversary Memorial · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… poynts of doctrine; which being lightly most pleasing to the flesh, are drunke with thirstiethirsty attention. Heresie is (thus defined) humanosensu electa, Scripturae sacrae contraria, palam docta, pertinaciter defensa …
With rule
… poynts of doctrine; which being lightly most pleasing to the flesh, are drunke with thirstiethirsty attention. Heresie is (thus defined) humanosensu electa, Scripturae sacrae contraria, palam docta, pertinaciter defensa …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 117 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens A10177

Printed
1 To feed the Hungry: 2 To giue drinke to the ThirstieThirsty: 3 To harbour the Stranger: 4 To clothe the Naked: 5 To visit the Sicke: 6 To visit …
With rule
1 To feed the Hungry: 2 To giue drinke to the ThirstieThirsty: 3 To harbour the Stranger: 4 To clothe the Naked: 5 To visit the Sicke: 6 To visit …
William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
1 To feed the Hungry, and to giue drinke to the ThirstieThirsty: 2 To clothe the Naked: 3 To harbour the stranger▪ and needy: 4 To visit the Sicke …
With rule
1 To feed the Hungry, and to giue drinke to the ThirstieThirsty: 2 To clothe the Naked: 3 To harbour the stranger▪ and needy: 4 To visit the Sicke …
William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 60 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

Printed
… headed fellowes, haue said that by the phrase which hath y^e word Thirst or ThirstieThirsty, Moses meant that part of the soule, which yeeldeth it selfe to be gouerned …
With rule
… headed fellowes, haue said that by the phrase which hath y^e word Thirst or ThirstieThirsty, Moses meant that part of the soule, which yeeldeth it selfe to be gouerned …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1035 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the better declaring and confirming of that which we haue seene alreadie. By the ThirstieThirsty therefore or by Thirst, hee meaneth the appetite of man which is alwayes hungrie …
With rule
… the better declaring and confirming of that which we haue seene alreadie. By the ThirstieThirsty therefore or by Thirst, hee meaneth the appetite of man which is alwayes hungrie …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 1035 · Open in the reader

The Good Samaritan A57545

Printed
… poore and needy are diſtinguiſhed into many kinds by our Saviour, Mat. 25.35. The Hungry, ThirſtieThirsty, Stranger, Naked, Sicke, Poore, Priſoner.
With rule
… poore and needy are diſtinguiſhed into many kinds by our Saviour, Mat. 25.35. The Hungry, ThirſtieThirsty, Stranger, Naked, Sicke, Poore, Priſoner.
Nehemiah Rogers · The Good Samaritan · p. 91 · Open in the reader