Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4906 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

espieespy

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

Puritas changed it: 729 times in 373 works
Consistency: 99.7% (729 of 731)
Reach if approved: ~768 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: espy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 731 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (729 changes in 373 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 729)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and euerye them. And hathe nombred all the heares of theyr heade, and wyll eſpieespy if any die. And (if vniuſtly) not leaue hit vnpuniſhed. Wherfore, auant that churliſhe …
With rule
… and euerye them. And hathe nombred all the heares of theyr heade, and wyll eſpieespy if any die. And (if vniuſtly) not leaue hit vnpuniſhed. Wherfore, auant that churliſhe …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… to attempt expressedly repugning to Goddes word, honour, and glorie, or what ye shall espieespy him to do, be it by ignorance or be it by malice, against his …
With rule
… to attempt expressedly repugning to Goddes word, honour, and glorie, or what ye shall espieespy him to do, be it by ignorance or be it by malice, against his …
John Knox · Appellation from the Cruel and Unjust Sentence Against Him · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one ſide: he pryeth and tooteth within thee and without thee very diligently to eſpieespy thee at ſome vauntage, where he maie ſet vppon thee. For when he hath …
With rule
… one ſide: he pryeth and tooteth within thee and without thee very diligently to eſpieespy thee at ſome vauntage, where he maie ſet vppon thee. For when he hath …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaluation. If God ſhutt the heauens, that there be no raine, men can quickly eſpieespy that there is a plague. So is it great pittie that men ſee not …
With rule
… ſaluation. If God ſhutt the heauens, that there be no raine, men can quickly eſpieespy that there is a plague. So is it great pittie that men ſee not …
Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the truth out of them, as you haue pried here & there busily howe to espieespy some fault or errour in them, you shoulde easily haue founde, that he hath …
With rule
… the truth out of them, as you haue pried here & there busily howe to espieespy some fault or errour in them, you shoulde easily haue founde, that he hath …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cow or a horse? Is he become so doting with age, that men shall espieespy his craft: yea, be found craftier than he is? Alas may there not be …
With rule
… Cow or a horse? Is he become so doting with age, that men shall espieespy his craft: yea, be found craftier than he is? Alas may there not be …
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
… be assembled by the Spirituall Power of the Ministers, whose part it is, to espieespy and note all the misorders and abuses in the Church, which must bee righted …
With rule
… be assembled by the Spirituall Power of the Ministers, whose part it is, to espieespy and note all the misorders and abuses in the Church, which must bee righted …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · Open in the reader
Printed
… hang vpon the sleeues of Princes,) yet by her princely wisedome she may alwaies espieespy them, and finde them out, saying as the Philosopher is reported that was Nephew …
With rule
… hang vpon the sleeues of Princes,) yet by her princely wisedome she may alwaies espieespy them, and finde them out, saying as the Philosopher is reported that was Nephew …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 4 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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 Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
EspieEspy out of what strength the Citie Iericho was, by sending spies to learne the …
With rule
EspieEspy out of what strength the Citie Iericho was, by sending spies to learne the …
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
EspieEspy out the Ephraimites from the Gileadites, and that by making them to pronounce the …
With rule
EspieEspy out the Ephraimites from the Gileadites, and that by making them to pronounce the …
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 43 · Open in the reader