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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5333 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

drossiedrossy

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

Puritas changed it
229 times in 148 works
Consistency
98.2% (229 of 233)
Reach if approved
~245 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: drossy
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
233 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (229 changes in 148 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … is that which melts vs, purges vs, wrings vs, and so makes vs of drossiedrossy pure, of foggie sound, of crooked straight Christians. Doest thou then desire to bee …
    With rule
    … is that which melts vs, purges vs, wrings vs, and so makes vs of drossiedrossy pure, of foggie sound, of crooked straight Christians. Doest thou then desire to bee …

    Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · p. 382 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … That they were lately in fleſh, as we now are. They had bodies as droſſiedrossy, as vile, as frail, as burdenſome as ours are. It coſt them as dear …
    With rule
    … That they were lately in fleſh, as we now are. They had bodies as droſſiedrossy, as vile, as frail, as burdenſome as ours are. It coſt them as dear …

    Richard Baxter · The Life of Faith · p. 561 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    45. We change our drossiedrossy Dust for Gold,
    With rule
    45. We change our drossiedrossy Dust for Gold,

    John Bunyan · One Thing is Needful · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … after that communication of God that we ſhall have hereafter! O thoſe baſe and droſſiedrossy ſpirits that we have! Becauſe we receive ſome goodneſs of God here, we are …
    With rule
    … after that communication of God that we ſhall have hereafter! O thoſe baſe and droſſiedrossy ſpirits that we have! Becauſe we receive ſome goodneſs of God here, we are …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Moses Choice · p. 508 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that Lot is a meere abuse of a Lot: and it is therefore, as drossiedrossy matter, that will not endure the Finers fire, but runneth all to smoake or …
    With rule
    … that Lot is a meere abuse of a Lot: and it is therefore, as drossiedrossy matter, that will not endure the Finers fire, but runneth all to smoake or …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 360 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … which mounteth vp on high, and cannot bee shut vp in these vyle and drossiedrossy things. Therefore it must néedes bee sayd, that this nature of ours was not …
    With rule
    … which mounteth vp on high, and cannot bee shut vp in these vyle and drossiedrossy things. Therefore it must néedes bee sayd, that this nature of ours was not …

    Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 303 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … to the Angel calling him, wher he ſaith, what is the Lord? Wheras ye droſſiedrossy tranſlation whiche goeth vnder ye name of Ierom, & the cōmon tranſlation, & is the Pope …
    With rule
    … to the Angel calling him, wher he ſaith, what is the Lord? Wheras ye droſſiedrossy tranſlation whiche goeth vnder ye name of Ierom, & the cōmon tranſlation, & is the Pope …

    John Stockwood · Sermon 24 August 1578 · p. 158 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … riuen vessell which can not containe the discourse of immortalitie: Our mindes are so drossiedrossy & …mpish that they cannot conceiue euerlasting matters.
    With rule
    … riuen vessell which can not containe the discourse of immortalitie: Our mindes are so drossiedrossy & …mpish that they cannot conceiue euerlasting matters.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 861 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Two Treatises A30615

  • Printed
    DroſſieDrossy How a droſſiedrossy heart is known 57
    With rule
    DroſſieDrossy How a droſſiedrossy heart is known 57

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Two Treatises · Open in the reader

Sermons Volume 4 A51840

  • Printed
    Doct. That an Vnsanctified Heart is a DrossieDrossy Heart, of no value and use as to Heavenly Things.
    With rule
    Doct. That an Vnsanctified Heart is a DrossieDrossy Heart, of no value and use as to Heavenly Things.

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1059 · Open in the reader

The Practical Sabbatarian A65408

  • Printed
    … employment, they are contraries in themſelves. The Shop-board and the Church cannot unite. DroſſieDrossy avocaſions will call us off from ſpiritual devotions. The gueſts who were invited to …
    With rule
    … employment, they are contraries in themſelves. The Shop-board and the Church cannot unite. DroſſieDrossy avocaſions will call us off from ſpiritual devotions. The gueſts who were invited to …

    John Wells · The Practical Sabbatarian · p. 13 · Open in the reader