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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5225 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

envyedenvied

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

Puritas changed it
236 times in 164 works
Consistency
95.9% (236 of 246)
Reach if approved
~258 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: envied
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
246 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (236 changes in 164 works, 95.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 236)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … his ashes: From them, this product of his notable spirit, these Posthuma (he having envyedenvied the uncharitable world other remains of his choise literature and observation,) have taken wing …
    With rule
    … his ashes: From them, this product of his notable spirit, these Posthuma (he having envyedenvied the uncharitable world other remains of his choise literature and observation,) have taken wing …

    Archibald Argyll · Instructions to a Son · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not as he ſpake; that he knew Man was capable of greater Knowledge, but envyedenvied him that happineſs; and that the eating of that Fruit, was not the way …
    With rule
    … not as he ſpake; that he knew Man was capable of greater Knowledge, but envyedenvied him that happineſs; and that the eating of that Fruit, was not the way …

    Richard Baxter · The Reasons of the Christian Religion Part 1 · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … maketh them the object of their envy, that they are godly. Thus Cain, he envyedenvied, and ſo hated his brother Abel. We might have thought, there being no more …
    With rule
    … maketh them the object of their envy, that they are godly. Thus Cain, he envyedenvied, and ſo hated his brother Abel. We might have thought, there being no more …

    Anthony Burgess · The Scripture Directory for Church Officers and People · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … of this assumed Title with great sums of mony; Especially the Emperor of Constantinople envyedenvied it; but Charlemagne by his magnanimity prevailed against their contumacy, wherein he excelled the …
    With rule
    … of this assumed Title with great sums of mony; Especially the Emperor of Constantinople envyedenvied it; but Charlemagne by his magnanimity prevailed against their contumacy, wherein he excelled the …

    Samuel Clarke · The Life and Death of Alexander the Great · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Some were proud of spiritual Gifts, and despised others in comparison with themselves; Some envyedenvied others because they had a larger measure of spiritual Gifts, most abused their gifts …
    With rule
    Some were proud of spiritual Gifts, and despised others in comparison with themselves; Some envyedenvied others because they had a larger measure of spiritual Gifts, most abused their gifts …

    David Dickson · An Exposition of Pauls Epistles · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … I were not aſſured they were greatly addicted to him, I would ſuſpect they envyedenvied his praiſes. He is deceived in my …pinion, whoſoever he be, that counts Plato …
    With rule
    … I were not aſſured they were greatly addicted to him, I would ſuſpect they envyedenvied his praiſes. He is deceived in my …pinion, whoſoever he be, that counts Plato …

    Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 245 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … for though many deserv to be hated, feared, and despised; yet none to be envyedenvied. Good, and wise men are to be honoured in, and for all the good …
    With rule
    … for though many deserv to be hated, feared, and despised; yet none to be envyedenvied. Good, and wise men are to be honoured in, and for all the good …

    John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 218 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … those holy Iewes vnder the law, fore-seeing what would be vnder the Messias, envyedenvied not to the Apostles and other of that age, the more perfect & liuely knowledge …
    With rule
    … those holy Iewes vnder the law, fore-seeing what would be vnder the Messias, envyedenvied not to the Apostles and other of that age, the more perfect & liuely knowledge …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 239 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Government of the Thoughts A23734

  • Printed
    … Enmity. The Psalmist found in the Sanctuary, that his Enemies were not to be EnvyedEnvied: Surely, said he, thou didst set them in slippery places: Thou castedst them down …
    With rule
    … Enmity. The Psalmist found in the Sanctuary, that his Enemies were not to be EnvyedEnvied: Surely, said he, thou didst set them in slippery places: Thou castedst them down …

    Richard Allestree · The Government of the Thoughts · p. 47 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes A52356

  • Printed
    … Vanity in the Envyers, and a penal Vanity of Diſappointment and Unſatisfaction in the EnvyedEnvied, and a thing that will work vexation of Spirit in both; while the one …
    With rule
    … Vanity in the Envyers, and a penal Vanity of Diſappointment and Unſatisfaction in the EnvyedEnvied, and a thing that will work vexation of Spirit in both; while the one …

    Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 187 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

  • Printed
    … Corruptâ livorem ducitabab Vuâ: Hence the Pſalmiſt Imputeth this Conſpiracy to all Iſrael, [They EnvyedEnvied Moſes alſo, and Aaron the Saint of the Lord, Pſa. 106. 16.] Inaſmuch as the People …
    With rule
    … Corruptâ livorem ducitabab Vuâ: Hence the Pſalmiſt Imputeth this Conſpiracy to all Iſrael, [They EnvyedEnvied Moſes alſo, and Aaron the Saint of the Lord, Pſa. 106. 16.] Inaſmuch as the People …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 53 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Luther, and though the Reformed Religion (which he ſcornfully call'd The New Sumpſinius) he EnvyedEnvied, yet the Romiſh Religion [calling it Sarcaſtically, The Old Mumpſimus,] he Despiſed: The Occaſion …
    With rule
    … Luther, and though the Reformed Religion (which he ſcornfully call'd The New Sumpſinius) he EnvyedEnvied, yet the Romiſh Religion [calling it Sarcaſtically, The Old Mumpſimus,] he Despiſed: The Occaſion …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 466 · Open in the reader

The Cure of Prejudice A97247

  • Printed
    1 They EnvyedEnvied him, Matth. 26.15.
    With rule
    1 They EnvyedEnvied him, Matth. 26.15.

    Richard Younge · The Cure of Prejudice · p. 58 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

  • Printed
    … Envied that … and Me…a… ſhould Propheſy, Numb. 11.29. Thus K…r… and his Company EnvyedEnvied M…ſes and A…ron the Preſerment which God had advanced them to, Pſal …
    With rule
    … Envied that … and Me…a… ſhould Propheſy, Numb. 11.29. Thus K…r… and his Company EnvyedEnvied M…ſes and A…ron the Preſerment which God had advanced them to, Pſal …

    Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 750 · Open in the reader