Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4939 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leysureleisure

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

Puritas changed it: 346 times in 151 works
Consistency: 99.7% (346 of 347)
Reach if approved: ~365 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: leisure
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 347 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (346 changes in 151 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 346)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… inueneat occupatum: Be alwayes doing something, that the Deuill may neuer find thee at leysureleisure. There is no crosse, no holy-water, no Exorcisme so powerfull to driue away …
With rule
… inueneat occupatum: Be alwayes doing something, that the Deuill may neuer find thee at leysureleisure. There is no crosse, no holy-water, no Exorcisme so powerfull to driue away …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 410 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we, after that the Lorde hath commaunded and commaunded againe, ſtraine courteſie, and take leyſureleisure to performe his wil, communing with fleſhe and bloude, whether it be good pollicie …
With rule
… we, after that the Lorde hath commaunded and commaunded againe, ſtraine courteſie, and take leyſureleisure to performe his wil, communing with fleſhe and bloude, whether it be good pollicie …
John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 158 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it ſhall ſéeme good in thy ſight) and boldly abide and wayte thy bleſſed leyſureleisure when it ſhall happen that thou ſéemeſt to prolong the tyme for our, helpe …
With rule
… it ſhall ſéeme good in thy ſight) and boldly abide and wayte thy bleſſed leyſureleisure when it ſhall happen that thou ſéemeſt to prolong the tyme for our, helpe …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… in his warres againſt Clement the French Pope, his aduerſarie; that he had neither leyſureleisure, nor liſt to attend vppon Wickliffes matters, by reaſon of which ſchiſme, Wickliffe was …
With rule
… in his warres againſt Clement the French Pope, his aduerſarie; that he had neither leyſureleisure, nor liſt to attend vppon Wickliffes matters, by reaſon of which ſchiſme, Wickliffe was …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you all, most gentle fathers, who are troubled with grauer matters, and haue no leysureleisure to reade your prayses. And indued with suche modestie, that you will scarse attende …
With rule
… you all, most gentle fathers, who are troubled with grauer matters, and haue no leysureleisure to reade your prayses. And indued with suche modestie, that you will scarse attende …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… or if anie number: yet ſuch ſweepinges of the people, as may, at good leyſureleisure, eaſily bee caſt out. For the firſt whereof, they little knowe either what the …
With rule
… or if anie number: yet ſuch ſweepinges of the people, as may, at good leyſureleisure, eaſily bee caſt out. For the firſt whereof, they little knowe either what the …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… in deed wrote / page 79. But D. Perne wrote page 60. the which you had no leysureleisure to ouersee. This is a prettie aunswere / is it not think… you? Let me …
With rule
… in deed wrote / page 79. But D. Perne wrote page 60. the which you had no leysureleisure to ouersee. This is a prettie aunswere / is it not think… you? Let me …
Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader
Printed
… pouertie, sicknesse, or other waies; but cō tinuing in prayer, waite vpon the Lords leysureleisure, and leaue these circumstances to his good will and pleasure.
With rule
… pouertie, sicknesse, or other waies; but cō tinuing in prayer, waite vpon the Lords leysureleisure, and leaue these circumstances to his good will and pleasure.
William Perkins · Satans Sophistry Answered · p. 81 · 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.

The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay A05547

Printed
LeysureLeisure to make confession generall
With rule
LeysureLeisure to make confession generall
David Lindsay · The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay · Open in the reader