Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5227 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fryarfriar

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

Puritas changed it: 257 times in 103 works
Consistency: 94.4% (257 of 272)
Reach if approved: ~286 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: friar
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 272 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (257 changes in 103 works, 94.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 257)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… man, tis worth observing, whom he commends, not only Lilly and Booker, but also FryarFriar Bacon [sic mulus mulum, it becomes one FryarFriar to claw another] and Paracelsus, a …
With rule
… man, tis worth observing, whom he commends, not only Lilly and Booker, but also FryarFriar Bacon [sic mulus mulum, it becomes one FryarFriar to claw another] and Paracelsus, a …
Thomas Hall · The Schools Guarded · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
A RECANTATION SERMON, PREACHED BY A DOMINICAN FryarFriar.
With rule
A RECANTATION SERMON, PREACHED BY A DOMINICAN FryarFriar.
John Harding · A Recantation · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… gratifie Rome, and England. Luthers Ministery from Rome was his Fryardome: and is a FryarFriar a true minister of Christ by his office, or of Artichrist whither? Besides, look …
With rule
… gratifie Rome, and England. Luthers Ministery from Rome was his Fryardome: and is a FryarFriar a true minister of Christ by his office, or of Artichrist whither? Besides, look …
John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 361 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their life vvere not altogether diſſolute; for a man ſhall finde neither Monke nor FryarFriar, Doctor, nor yet any of that ſhorne Rable, but they are either rybauldes, skorners …
With rule
… their life vvere not altogether diſſolute; for a man ſhall finde neither Monke nor FryarFriar, Doctor, nor yet any of that ſhorne Rable, but they are either rybauldes, skorners …
John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… my ſoul in the caſe of a godly Anabaptiſt, yea or a Monk or FryarFriar among the Papiſts that liveth a truly heavenly life, in the love of God …
With rule
… my ſoul in the caſe of a godly Anabaptiſt, yea or a Monk or FryarFriar among the Papiſts that liveth a truly heavenly life, in the love of God …
Richard Baxter · Now or Never · Open in the reader
Printed
… Deering a Monke, Edward Thwayts Gentleman, Henry Gold Parson of Aldermary, Hugh Rich a FryarFriar observant, Richard Risby and Thomas Gold, Centlemen. This Maid had learned to counterfeit falling …
With rule
… Deering a Monke, Edward Thwayts Gentleman, Henry Gold Parson of Aldermary, Hugh Rich a FryarFriar observant, Richard Risby and Thomas Gold, Centlemen. This Maid had learned to counterfeit falling …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… difference, if it be in dangers, which usually men escape not. He prayseth one FryarFriar, who being by his Abbat commanded to returne that night, the waters being risen …
With rule
… difference, if it be in dangers, which usually men escape not. He prayseth one FryarFriar, who being by his Abbat commanded to returne that night, the waters being risen …
John Donne · Self-Homicide is Not So Naturally Sin that it may Never be Otherwise · p. 138 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch things, and have deliverance? No, within 8. moneths after he was ſlain by a FryarFriar in the midſt of his Army.
With rule
… ſuch things, and have deliverance? No, within 8. moneths after he was ſlain by a FryarFriar in the midſt of his Army.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 14-19 · p. 422 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Tragical Death of David Beaton A05559

Printed
Ye sende one simple fryarfriar, for you to preache
With rule
Ye sende one simple fryarfriar, for you to preache
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

Read John Bridges A07038

Printed
… reasons / they must stay vntill M. Deane hath read euer his predicables / & predicaments with fryarfriar. Titlemanes rules / De inveniendis medijs .v…. vntil he hath gotten a bishoppricke / before he …
With rule
… reasons / they must stay vntill M. Deane hath read euer his predicables / & predicaments with fryarfriar. Titlemanes rules / De inveniendis medijs .v…. vntil he hath gotten a bishoppricke / before he …
Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader

Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland A14227

Printed
… Saints should with pious Religion be worshipped by Christians: saith Zacharias Boverius the Spanish fryarfriar, in his late Consultation directed to our most noble Prince Charles, the Hope of …
With rule
… Saints should with pious Religion be worshipped by Christians: saith Zacharias Boverius the Spanish fryarfriar, in his late Consultation directed to our most noble Prince Charles, the Hope of …
James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 447 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
One Henry Forr'ſt, betrayed by a fryarfriar,
With rule
One Henry Forr'ſt, betrayed by a fryarfriar,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 133 · Open in the reader

The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages A33378

Printed
FRYARFRIAR Stephen, a Portugais, in his Hiſtory of the Kingdom of Cyprus, Relates that altho …
With rule
FRYARFRIAR Stephen, a Portugais, in his Hiſtory of the Kingdom of Cyprus, Relates that altho …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 79 · Open in the reader

The Monks Hood Pulled Off A36877

Printed
THE MONK'S HOOD PULL'D OFF; OR, THE CAPƲCIN FRYARFRIAR DESCRIBED.
With rule
THE MONK'S HOOD PULL'D OFF; OR, THE CAPƲCIN FRYARFRIAR DESCRIBED.
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Monks Hood Pulled Off · Open in the reader
Printed
THE MONK'S HOOD PULL'D OFF; OR, THE CAPƲCIN FRYARFRIAR Deſcribed.
With rule
THE MONK'S HOOD PULL'D OFF; OR, THE CAPƲCIN FRYARFRIAR Deſcribed.
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Monks Hood Pulled Off · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
THE MONK'S HOOD PULL'D OFF; OR, THE CAPƲCIN FRYARFRIAR Deſcribed.
With rule
THE MONK'S HOOD PULL'D OFF; OR, THE CAPƲCIN FRYARFRIAR Deſcribed.
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Monks Hood Pulled Off · Open in the reader