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Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50177 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bailyBailey

Proper names whose form changes beyond mechanical spelling: Ionas → Jonah. Approve one at a time.

Puritas changed it
370 times in 119 works
Consistency
95.1% (370 of 389)
Reach if approved
~409 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: baily
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
389 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (370 changes in 119 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 370)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … I was drawne into the lists with Christopher Bagshan D. D. sometimes fellow of BailyBailey Colledge in Oxford, and afterwards Principall of Gloster-Hall. This D. I met at …
    With rule
    … I was drawne into the lists with Christopher Bagshan D. D. sometimes fellow of BailyBailey Colledge in Oxford, and afterwards Principall of Gloster-Hall. This D. I met at …

    Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … George Miller, for George Edwa…d…, and are to be ſold in the Old BailyBailey, in Greene Arbour, at the ſigne of the Angell. 1630
    With rule
    … George Miller, for George Edwa…d…, and are to be ſold in the Old BailyBailey, in Greene Arbour, at the ſigne of the Angell. 1630

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Antibarbarian · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Printed by T. C. For John Wright at the Kings Head in the Old BailyBailey 1656.
    With rule
    … Printed by T. C. For John Wright at the Kings Head in the Old BailyBailey 1656.

    Daniel Cawdry · Family Reformation Promoted · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Harvey Eſq Water-BailyBailey.
    With rule
    Harvey Eſq Water-BailyBailey.

    Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 476 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    BailyBailey. But if all Men are lighted with the true Light (as I Believe,) then …
    With rule
    BailyBailey. But if all Men are lighted with the true Light (as I Believe,) then …

    William Haworth · The Quaker Converted to Christianity · p. 116 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … his Circumſtances, I know not: for what D. is ſaid to expreſs before Mr. BailyBailey, in the Gallery of the Old Hall, in Whally, was but ſaid by one …
    With rule
    … his Circumſtances, I know not: for what D. is ſaid to expreſs before Mr. BailyBailey, in the Gallery of the Old Hall, in Whally, was but ſaid by one …

    Thomas Jollie · A Vindication of the Surrey Demoniac · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in this New Assault. He had been for some While kindly entertained, with Mr. BailyBailey at Watertown where he had enjoyed a long time of ease; the Devils having …
    With rule
    … in this New Assault. He had been for some While kindly entertained, with Mr. BailyBailey at Watertown where he had enjoyed a long time of ease; the Devils having …

    Cotton Mather · Memorable Providences · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … from the Church, saith Duraeus In earnest, that saying deserved a Cardinals Cap. And BailyBailey the Jesuite seconds him in it, where putting this question; Whether the Authority of …
    With rule
    … from the Church, saith Duraeus In earnest, that saying deserved a Cardinals Cap. And BailyBailey the Jesuite seconds him in it, where putting this question; Whether the Authority of …

    Matthew Poole · The Nullity of the Romish Faith · p. 58 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

6 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.

The Right Way to Heaven A20958

  • Printed
    At your Ladiſhips ſervice and command, RICHARD BAILYBAILEY.
    With rule
    At your Ladiſhips ſervice and command, RICHARD BAILYBAILEY.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · The Right Way to Heaven · Open in the reader

A Good Man Making a Good End A50132

  • Printed
    THE LIFE and DEATH, of the Reverend Mr. JOHN BAILYBAILEY, Comprised and Expressed IN A Sermon, On the Day of his FUNERAL Thursday. 16. d …
    With rule
    THE LIFE and DEATH, of the Reverend Mr. JOHN BAILYBAILEY, Comprised and Expressed IN A Sermon, On the Day of his FUNERAL Thursday. 16. d …

    Cotton Mather · A Good Man Making a Good End · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    If our Faithful BAILYBAILEY were now Alive, I …o not know any one CASE, that he would …ore …
    With rule
    If our Faithful BAILYBAILEY were now Alive, I …o not know any one CASE, that he would …ore …

    Cotton Mather · A Good Man Making a Good End · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … thy Badness, and He will do Good unto thy Soul! I am sure my BAILYBAILEY, would have said nothing more Heartily than this among you; you heard him often …
    With rule
    … thy Badness, and He will do Good unto thy Soul! I am sure my BAILYBAILEY, would have said nothing more Heartily than this among you; you heard him often …

    Cotton Mather · A Good Man Making a Good End · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    My Reverend BAILYBAILEY did so; and it is as from Him, that I do this Day, bespeak …
    With rule
    My Reverend BAILYBAILEY did so; and it is as from Him, that I do this Day, bespeak …

    Cotton Mather · A Good Man Making a Good End · p. 32 · Open in the reader

David Serving His Generation A50193

  • Printed
    … lately gone to their Rest. Occasioned by the Death, of the Reverend Mr. JOHN BAILYBAILEY, Who Deceased at Boston in New-England December 12th. 1697.
    With rule
    … lately gone to their Rest. Occasioned by the Death, of the Reverend Mr. JOHN BAILYBAILEY, Who Deceased at Boston in New-England December 12th. 1697.

    Increase Mather · David Serving His Generation · Open in the reader