Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5497 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

secreciesecrecy

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

Puritas changed it: 304 times in 169 works
Consistency: 95.6% (304 of 318)
Reach if approved: ~334 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: secrecy
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 318 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (304 changes in 169 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 304)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The Pensive secreciesecrecy of desert cell
With rule
The Pensive secreciesecrecy of desert cell
John Milton · A Mask Presented · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for heaven nor hell, and to commit all kinde of sinne and mischiefe with secreciesecrecy and art, you neede not goe to any other schooles: for all these good …
With rule
… for heaven nor hell, and to commit all kinde of sinne and mischiefe with secreciesecrecy and art, you neede not goe to any other schooles: for all these good …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 793 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of, is the modeſtie of the times wherein the Apoſtle liued, chuſing, darkneſſe and ſecreciesecrecy to couer their enormities. The things they do, are ſuch as a Saint would …
With rule
… of, is the modeſtie of the times wherein the Apoſtle liued, chuſing, darkneſſe and ſecreciesecrecy to couer their enormities. The things they do, are ſuch as a Saint would …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 432 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, the secreciesecrecy of his worke, which is hid oft-times to those who have it: The …
With rule
Secondly, the secreciesecrecy of his worke, which is hid oft-times to those who have it: The …
William Struther · True Happiness · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and finding their owne consciences burdened with the like sinnes, which being carried in secreciesecrecy, were not subject to the censures of the Church; to the end they might …
With rule
… and finding their owne consciences burdened with the like sinnes, which being carried in secreciesecrecy, were not subject to the censures of the Church; to the end they might …
James Ussher · Answer to a Jesuit in Ireland · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… within the hearing: the roofe then of the house was a fit place for secreciesecrecy, as Peter went vp thither to pray, Act. 10.9. Iun.
With rule
… within the hearing: the roofe then of the house was a fit place for secreciesecrecy, as Peter went vp thither to pray, Act. 10.9. Iun.
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 1 Samuel · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… As for the misterious bracelet of which this brabler talketh, in which all the secreciesecrecy of Wyats conspiracie was said to lie hidden, which Gardiner farther pierced then any …
With rule
… As for the misterious bracelet of which this brabler talketh, in which all the secreciesecrecy of Wyats conspiracie was said to lie hidden, which Gardiner farther pierced then any …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſhift for our ſelues: then ſtolen waters are ſweete, and the bread of ſecreciesecrecy is pleaſant to vs, Prou. 9.17. then, we bowe downe for a morſell of bread …
With rule
… and ſhift for our ſelues: then ſtolen waters are ſweete, and the bread of ſecreciesecrecy is pleaſant to vs, Prou. 9.17. then, we bowe downe for a morſell of bread …
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
… this alone doth inforce the delicacie: Neither is all water, for the Bread of SecrecieSecrecy is one halfe of the Banket. Let vs not be too nice in the …
With rule
… this alone doth inforce the delicacie: Neither is all water, for the Bread of SecrecieSecrecy is one halfe of the Banket. Let vs not be too nice in the …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… some such thing to his guests, Bread and Waters; Waters of Stealth, Bread of SecrecieSecrecy. He is loath to giue God the better: he would not doe it in …
With rule
… some such thing to his guests, Bread and Waters; Waters of Stealth, Bread of SecrecieSecrecy. He is loath to giue God the better: he would not doe it in …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 113 · Open in the reader

The Looking Glass of the Holy War A05289

Printed
… his hand bathed in bloud; with that he executeth the malice of his heart. SecrecieSecrecy (if God had ſo ſo ordained,) might haue ſaved all this. Such be the …
With rule
… his hand bathed in bloud; with that he executeth the malice of his heart. SecrecieSecrecy (if God had ſo ſo ordained,) might haue ſaved all this. Such be the …
Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing A13280

Printed
SecrecieSecrecy: The reaſon of affectation of ſecrecy about ſelf-murder. Page 211
With rule
SecrecieSecrecy: The reaſon of affectation of ſecrecy about ſelf-murder. Page 211
John Sym · Lifes Preservative Against Self-Killing · Open in the reader

The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 A41659

Printed
… he collected out of Sacred Revelations into his Platonick Philoſophizings, with an adjuration of SecrecieSecrecy to his Scholars. How far this deſign of Ammonius to reforme Platonick Philoſophie by …
With rule
… he collected out of Sacred Revelations into his Platonick Philoſophizings, with an adjuration of SecrecieSecrecy to his Scholars. How far this deſign of Ammonius to reforme Platonick Philoſophie by …
Theophilus Gale · The Court of the Gentiles Part 2 · p. 253 · Open in the reader

The Grand Designs of the Papists A43468

Printed
Thirdly, That he discovered it under an Oath of SecrecieSecrecy, and offered to confirm every particular by solemn Oath.
With rule
Thirdly, That he discovered it under an Oath of SecrecieSecrecy, and offered to confirm every particular by solemn Oath.
William Prynne · The Grand Designs of the Papists · Open in the reader