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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4895 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deformitiedeformity

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

Puritas changed it
456 times in 265 works
Consistency
94.4% (456 of 483)
Reach if approved
~507 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: deformity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
483 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (456 changes in 265 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 456)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … knowne to be the Conscience: which, where it is not informed, no marvell that deformitiedeformity of manners, and breach of duetie bee both to GOD and Man.
    With rule
    … knowne to be the Conscience: which, where it is not informed, no marvell that deformitiedeformity of manners, and breach of duetie bee both to GOD and Man.

    William Guild · The Humble Address Both of Church and Poor to Britains Monarch · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … vs; and should it not as much concerne v…, vvhen vve perceiue any little deformitiedeformity in the face of our soules? Is not he that is Lord of the …
    With rule
    … vs; and should it not as much concerne v…, vvhen vve perceiue any little deformitiedeformity in the face of our soules? Is not he that is Lord of the …

    Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the Frame, your gracious acceptance, as a ſtately Roofe, ſhall cover all the deformitiedeformity. Jn great things it is enough to will: as Princes are Gods, ſo in …
    With rule
    … of the Frame, your gracious acceptance, as a ſtately Roofe, ſhall cover all the deformitiedeformity. Jn great things it is enough to will: as Princes are Gods, ſo in …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and yet thou wilt finde fault with it in the whole world, as a deformitiedeformity and want of order. But thou Lucrece, durst thou (I pray thée) bee so …
    With rule
    … and yet thou wilt finde fault with it in the whole world, as a deformitiedeformity and want of order. But thou Lucrece, durst thou (I pray thée) bee so …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ornaments of our Engliſh and welch miniſtery, for the moſt part conſiſteth in the deformitiedeformity of ſuche lothſome ſpots.
    With rule
    … ornaments of our Engliſh and welch miniſtery, for the moſt part conſiſteth in the deformitiedeformity of ſuche lothſome ſpots.

    John Penry · Defense of Writings on the Ignorant Ministry · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as that which is moſt deteſtable and loathſome. Wherfore wil we ſuffer this vgly deformitiedeformity to feſter in vs? why doe wee delight ſo much in loathſomeneſſe, euen in …
    With rule
    … as that which is moſt deteſtable and loathſome. Wherfore wil we ſuffer this vgly deformitiedeformity to feſter in vs? why doe wee delight ſo much in loathſomeneſſe, euen in …

    Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 162 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of wiſedome, iuſtice, goodneſſe; where the world is blind and can diſcerne nothing but deformitiedeformity and confuſion.
    With rule
    … of wiſedome, iuſtice, goodneſſe; where the world is blind and can diſcerne nothing but deformitiedeformity and confuſion.

    Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … light of the gospell is spronge vp, they shal clearely see and perceiue her deformitiedeformity, they will hate her with deadly hatred. So that the which before was inuironed …
    With rule
    … light of the gospell is spronge vp, they shal clearely see and perceiue her deformitiedeformity, they will hate her with deadly hatred. So that the which before was inuironed …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 116 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (27)

21 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

  • Printed
    … long Haire, are neither a Grace, nor Ornament to the Beautifull, but rather a DeformitieDeformity, Disgrace, and Shame: they make men not more Terrible, but more Contemptible to their …
    With rule
    … long Haire, are neither a Grace, nor Ornament to the Beautifull, but rather a DeformitieDeformity, Disgrace, and Shame: they make men not more Terrible, but more Contemptible to their …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

  • Printed
    … of thy selfe; thy cloathes and oathes, thy gestures and vestures, make thy naked DeformitieDeformity worse then their thus deformed nakednesse: both indeed seeme to haue receiued some hellish …
    With rule
    … of thy selfe; thy cloathes and oathes, thy gestures and vestures, make thy naked DeformitieDeformity worse then their thus deformed nakednesse: both indeed seeme to haue receiued some hellish …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 655 · Open in the reader

The Returning Backslider A12190

  • Printed
    … in ſickneſſe there is, 1. Griefe troubling and vexing the partie who feeles it: and 2. DeformitieDeformity of the place affected, which comes by wounds and weakeneſſes. So in all ſinne …
    With rule
    … in ſickneſſe there is, 1. Griefe troubling and vexing the partie who feeles it: and 2. DeformitieDeformity of the place affected, which comes by wounds and weakeneſſes. So in all ſinne …

    Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 131 · Open in the reader

A Childs Patrimony A15695

  • Printed
    … not do, for it might have been their caſe, as it was their deſert. DeformitieDeformity, where ever we ſee it, admits of nothing but our Pitie and our Praiſe.
    With rule
    … not do, for it might have been their caſe, as it was their deſert. DeformitieDeformity, where ever we ſee it, admits of nothing but our Pitie and our Praiſe.

    Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Infidelity A41604

  • Printed
    … againſt that, which is their ſupreme Happineſſe? Is there ſo much Beautie in the DeformitieDeformity of Sin? So much Pleaſure in the Chains and Fetters of Satan? So much …
    With rule
    … againſt that, which is their ſupreme Happineſſe? Is there ſo much Beautie in the DeformitieDeformity of Sin? So much Pleaſure in the Chains and Fetters of Satan? So much …

    Theophilus Gale · The Anatomy of Infidelity · Open in the reader

Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief A41628

  • Printed
    … againſt that, which is their ſupreme Happineſſe? Is there ſo much Beautie in the DeformitieDeformity of Sin? So much Pleaſure in the Chains and Fetters of Satan? So much …
    With rule
    … againſt that, which is their ſupreme Happineſſe? Is there ſo much Beautie in the DeformitieDeformity of Sin? So much Pleaſure in the Chains and Fetters of Satan? So much …

    Theophilus Gale · Christs Tears for Jerusalems Unbelief · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 A41639

  • Printed
    … be ſaid, that in the whole Univerſe there is no ſuch thing as Inordination, DeformitieDeformity, or Sin ſimply conſidered, but only Sin in ſome reſpect? Becauſe in regard of …
    With rule
    … be ſaid, that in the whole Univerſe there is no ſuch thing as Inordination, DeformitieDeformity, or Sin ſimply conſidered, but only Sin in ſome reſpect? Becauſe in regard of …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the very ſubſtance of the act and whatever is poſitive in it from the DeformitieDeformity of ſin, and can produce and conſerve ſuch an effect really poſitive and good …
    With rule
    … the very ſubſtance of the act and whatever is poſitive in it from the DeformitieDeformity of ſin, and can produce and conſerve ſuch an effect really poſitive and good …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … really poſitive and good, without ſuch a defect and privative malice: Specially, ſithat Sin, DeformitieDeformity, Vitioſitie, or defect is not eſſentially the very act, nor of the eſſence of …
    With rule
    … really poſitive and good, without ſuch a defect and privative malice: Specially, ſithat Sin, DeformitieDeformity, Vitioſitie, or defect is not eſſentially the very act, nor of the eſſence of …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 4:2 · p. 122 · Open in the reader

The Saints Amity with God in Christ A41751

  • Printed
    … with himſelf? what tranſcendent condeſcendence is this? Was it ever known, that Beautie courted DeformitieDeformity; that Riches begged friendſhip of Povertie; that Honor bended the knee to Reproche, and …
    With rule
    … with himſelf? what tranſcendent condeſcendence is this? Was it ever known, that Beautie courted DeformitieDeformity; that Riches begged friendſhip of Povertie; that Honor bended the knee to Reproche, and …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 236 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … prodigious thing is it, that our black Natures, which are clothed with ſo much DeformitieDeformity, and ſtuffed out with ſo much Malignitie, and Venome of ſin, ſhould be ſo …
    With rule
    … prodigious thing is it, that our black Natures, which are clothed with ſo much DeformitieDeformity, and ſtuffed out with ſo much Malignitie, and Venome of ſin, ſhould be ſo …

    Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 380 · Open in the reader

Of the Childs Portion A67002

  • Printed
    … not do, for it might have been their caſe, as it was their deſert. DeformitieDeformity, where ever we ſee it, admits of nothing but our Pitie and our Praiſe.
    With rule
    … not do, for it might have been their caſe, as it was their deſert. DeformitieDeformity, where ever we ſee it, admits of nothing but our Pitie and our Praiſe.

    Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · p. 1 · Open in the reader

A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion A67005

  • Printed
    … not do, for it might have been their caſe, as it was their deſert. DeformitieDeformity, where ever we ſee it, admits of nothing but our Pitie and our Praiſe.
    With rule
    … not do, for it might have been their caſe, as it was their deſert. DeformitieDeformity, where ever we ſee it, admits of nothing but our Pitie and our Praiſe.

    Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

  • Printed
    … ſelfe, and her brother Moſes, euery Iſraelite now ſees his face glorious, here leprous. DeformitieDeformity is a fit cure of Pride. Becauſe the venome of her tongue would haue …
    With rule
    … ſelfe, and her brother Moſes, euery Iſraelite now ſees his face glorious, here leprous. DeformitieDeformity is a fit cure of Pride. Becauſe the venome of her tongue would haue …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 915 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

  • Printed
    Their Nakedneſſe, and groſſe DeformitieDeformity.
    With rule
    Their Nakedneſſe, and groſſe DeformitieDeformity.

    William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 35 · Open in the reader

Gangrena Part 3 A83515

  • Printed
    … and weak Pamphlets, beginning with his Pr…testation Proteſted, and ending with his Conformities DeformitieDeformity, in which Pamphlets the poore man hath laid down many grounds of Donatiſme and …
    With rule
    … and weak Pamphlets, beginning with his Pr…testation Proteſted, and ending with his Conformities DeformitieDeformity, in which Pamphlets the poore man hath laid down many grounds of Donatiſme and …

    Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … modeſteſt of that way ſaid upon the comming forth of his laſt Book Conformities DeformitieDeformity, to a friend of his that ſhewed it him, and asked him of it …
    With rule
    … modeſteſt of that way ſaid upon the comming forth of his laſt Book Conformities DeformitieDeformity, to a friend of his that ſhewed it him, and asked him of it …

    Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … I will for preſent animadvert a few things only on his laſt Book, Conformities DeformitieDeformity, in a Dialogue between Conformity and Conſcience, and I ſhall refer all I have …
    With rule
    … I will for preſent animadvert a few things only on his laſt Book, Conformities DeformitieDeformity, in a Dialogue between Conformity and Conſcience, and I ſhall refer all I have …

    Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 242 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … all his former principles of zeale and love to truth, he can finde no DeformitieDeformity now in Hereſie, nor Blaſphemy, but onely in Conformity to Presbyteriall-Government, and the …
    With rule
    … all his former principles of zeale and love to truth, he can finde no DeformitieDeformity now in Hereſie, nor Blaſphemy, but onely in Conformity to Presbyteriall-Government, and the …

    Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 245 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … in matters of Religion, for this is the way of his reaſoning in Conformities DeformitieDeformity, and the ſtrength of the man.
    With rule
    … in matters of Religion, for this is the way of his reaſoning in Conformities DeformitieDeformity, and the ſtrength of the man.

    Thomas Edwards · Gangrena Part 3 · p. 247 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

  • Printed
    Their Nakedneſſe, and groſſe DeformitieDeformity.
    With rule
    Their Nakedneſſe, and groſſe DeformitieDeformity.

    William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 35 · Open in the reader