Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5173 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

slipperieslippery

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

Puritas changed it: 201 times in 144 works
Consistency: 100% (201 of 201)
Reach if approved: ~211 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: slippery
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 201 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (201 changes in 144 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 201)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… did, was but in vayne. For Satan who had possessed their heartes, is so slipperieslippery, that it is not possible to take any holde on him. Moreouer, if ye …
With rule
… did, was but in vayne. For Satan who had possessed their heartes, is so slipperieslippery, that it is not possible to take any holde on him. Moreouer, if ye …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to build on; the other, though he hath them, yet he is in a slipperieslippery place, when hee inioyes them; it is an accidentall thing, he hath them from …
With rule
… to build on; the other, though he hath them, yet he is in a slipperieslippery place, when hee inioyes them; it is an accidentall thing, he hath them from …
John Preston · The Saints Daily Exercise · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many good bleſſings of God, (which the world counteth happineſſe) is compared to a ſlipperieslippery way, in the which a man is euer ſliding and readie to fall. Now …
With rule
… many good bleſſings of God, (which the world counteth happineſſe) is compared to a ſlipperieslippery way, in the which a man is euer ſliding and readie to fall. Now …
Richard Rogers · Seven Treatises · p. 385 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be blaſted, nor ſoule but may be corrupted▪ we ſtand all in a ſlipperieslippery place, where it is eaſie to ſlide, and hard to get vp, like little …
With rule
… may be blaſted, nor ſoule but may be corrupted▪ we ſtand all in a ſlipperieslippery place, where it is eaſie to ſlide, and hard to get vp, like little …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 1072 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many false pointes of doctrine, against the truth of the scriptures. Is it not slipperieslippery and inconstant? as their schoole-mens opinions irreconciliable plainelie proue. Is it not proud …
With rule
… many false pointes of doctrine, against the truth of the scriptures. Is it not slipperieslippery and inconstant? as their schoole-mens opinions irreconciliable plainelie proue. Is it not proud …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of the workes of God: euen of his iuſtice; They are ſet in ſlipperieslippery places, they ſtand but vpon the yee, and therefore God may ſoone caſt them …
With rule
… out of the workes of God: euen of his iuſtice; They are ſet in ſlipperieslippery places, they ſtand but vpon the yee, and therefore God may ſoone caſt them …
John Yates · Gods Arraignment of Hypocrites · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
The upper part's all smooth as slipperieslippery glasse:
With rule
The upper part's all smooth as slipperieslippery glasse:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we feare that wee are staggering and reeling persons, and that we are very slipperieslippery, is there not cause of humbling, that this humblenes should breed carefulnesse; carefulnesse should …
With rule
… we feare that wee are staggering and reeling persons, and that we are very slipperieslippery, is there not cause of humbling, that this humblenes should breed carefulnesse; carefulnesse should …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 498 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.