Waiting for reviewi / jCandidate #5690 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iestjest

i standing for j: Iesus → Jesus, iudge → judge.

Puritas changed it: 580 times in 301 works
Consistency: 90.4% (580 of 641)
Reach if approved: ~674 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 641 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (580 changes in 301 works, 90.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 580)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Was there one sayd I am a witch? you do but iestjest.
With rule
Was there one sayd I am a witch? you do but iestjest.
George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader
Printed
… dreme, thei dote, thei fume they face, thei grunte they grudge, they iangle they iestjest they mocke they mowe, they scoffe they scorne, they ruffle they rage, wyth daggerand …
With rule
… dreme, thei dote, thei fume they face, thei grunte they grudge, they iangle they iestjest they mocke they mowe, they scoffe they scorne, they ruffle they rage, wyth daggerand …
John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader
Printed
… their owne houses, feede them at their owne Tables, and (because they can play, iestjest, game, and make fooles of themselues and others) vse them as their familiar companions …
With rule
… their owne houses, feede them at their owne Tables, and (because they can play, iestjest, game, and make fooles of themselues and others) vse them as their familiar companions …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… there of, seing he hath giuen vs beardes his self, And so you skoffe & iestjest at vs, saying y^t we be very religiouse: because we say that none oght …
With rule
… there of, seing he hath giuen vs beardes his self, And so you skoffe & iestjest at vs, saying y^t we be very religiouse: because we say that none oght …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… see by experience, that his word and threatninges are true, which they scorne and iestjest at, and that he is able to deliuer out of trouble hys Christian children …
With rule
… see by experience, that his word and threatninges are true, which they scorne and iestjest at, and that he is able to deliuer out of trouble hys Christian children …
Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader
Printed
… reioice: yet know I withall, that I may not cover ſome of their ſinnes, ieſtjest the vncircumciſed encreaſe. One ſaide, if ſome mens drunkenneſſe were not reproved, they would …
With rule
… reioice: yet know I withall, that I may not cover ſome of their ſinnes, ieſtjest the vncircumciſed encreaſe. One ſaide, if ſome mens drunkenneſſe were not reproved, they would …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. It must proceede from the hatred of sinne: take heede of confessing sins, in iestjest or boasting: it is as in vomit, casting out thinges, enemies to the stomack.
With rule
1. It must proceede from the hatred of sinne: take heede of confessing sins, in iestjest or boasting: it is as in vomit, casting out thinges, enemies to the stomack.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… french reformed barne, then in a popishe gilded minster. And how so euer you iestjest like a scornefull caytifie, of those holy assemblees of Gods children in Fraunce, there …
With rule
… french reformed barne, then in a popishe gilded minster. And how so euer you iestjest like a scornefull caytifie, of those holy assemblees of Gods children in Fraunce, there …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 341 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (61)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 45 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted A02886

Printed
… moued my mynde / after that I had seane a thre years ago / an abhomynable IestJest made vndre the tyttle of a Genealogye of heresye / & by two diuerse prentes spred …
With rule
… moued my mynde / after that I had seane a thre years ago / an abhomynable IestJest made vndre the tyttle of a Genealogye of heresye / & by two diuerse prentes spred …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… space / so longe as he dwesseth on the earthe / and that is that prodygyouse IestJest or Generacyon of heresye. Vnsemelye were yt / so manye swete scripturs to remayne so …
With rule
… space / so longe as he dwesseth on the earthe / and that is that prodygyouse IestJest or Generacyon of heresye. Vnsemelye were yt / so manye swete scripturs to remayne so …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… plentuouslye deserued it as hath anye other ranke Papist of that affinite / yf this IestJest of his be but indifferentlye wayed. As for those good menne (whom he hee …
With rule
… plentuouslye deserued it as hath anye other ranke Papist of that affinite / yf this IestJest of his be but indifferentlye wayed. As for those good menne (whom he hee …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… What Ponce Pantolabus is (which putteth himselfe forth here for y^• Author of this IestJest) I nede not to describe. For the verye worke it selfe setteth forth his …
With rule
… What Ponce Pantolabus is (which putteth himselfe forth here for y^• Author of this IestJest) I nede not to describe. For the verye worke it selfe setteth forth his …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 86 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… to turne the most serious Oracles of Gods sacred Word into a Play, a IestJest, a Fable, a Sport, a May-game? to temper the purest Scriptures with the …
With rule
… to turne the most serious Oracles of Gods sacred Word into a Play, a IestJest, a Fable, a Sport, a May-game? to temper the purest Scriptures with the …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… such parts, such pranks, yea, use such gestures, speeches, rayment, complements, and behaviour in IestJest, which none but children, fooles, or mad-men, doe act, or vse in earnest …
With rule
… such parts, such pranks, yea, use such gestures, speeches, rayment, complements, and behaviour in IestJest, which none but children, fooles, or mad-men, doe act, or vse in earnest …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Twenty-Nine Lectures A10399

Printed
Secondly others ſcoffing at it as a toy and a IeſtJest.
With rule
Secondly others ſcoffing at it as a toy and a IeſtJest.
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 68 · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

Printed
Behold a mery IeſtJest to laught at, at Caſter.
With rule
Behold a mery IeſtJest to laught at, at Caſter.
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… afſhes put vppon their foreheades, as though they woulde playe a Maſke or a IeſtJest, and to mocke wyth God and wyth men. Thery abſteyned not onely from certeyne …
With rule
… afſhes put vppon their foreheades, as though they woulde playe a Maſke or a IeſtJest, and to mocke wyth God and wyth men. Thery abſteyned not onely from certeyne …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 169 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
Oh doe not smile at sorrow as a IestJest;
With rule
Oh doe not smile at sorrow as a IestJest;
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Way to True Peace and Rest A17051

Printed
… an heauy thing that he is fallen into the hands of such a God: IestJest not with the maiesty of God, whateuer ye do with flesh. Indeed, it is …
With rule
… an heauy thing that he is fallen into the hands of such a God: IestJest not with the maiesty of God, whateuer ye do with flesh. Indeed, it is …
Robert Bruce · The Way to True Peace and Rest · p. 294 · Open in the reader

Daily Sermons Upon Jonah A17683

Printed
… in. In fol. 47. line, 24. for expoſitinally, reade, expoſitiuely. In fol. 49. line. 35. for, feaſt, reade IeſtJest. In fol. 51. line. 5. for, theefe reade chiefe. In fol. 64. line, 7. for, went out, reade …
With rule
… in. In fol. 47. line, 24. for expoſitinally, reade, expoſitiuely. In fol. 49. line. 35. for, feaſt, reade IeſtJest. In fol. 51. line. 5. for, theefe reade chiefe. In fol. 64. line, 7. for, went out, reade …
John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Jesuits Gospel 2 A19582

Printed
… wit nor learning to giue anſwere) ſpeakeſt thou in ieſtjest or earneſt? if in IeſtJest, then, knoweſt thou with whom thou ieſteſt? conſidereſt thou that it is Ieſus of …
With rule
… wit nor learning to giue anſwere) ſpeakeſt thou in ieſtjest or earneſt? if in IeſtJest, then, knoweſt thou with whom thou ieſteſt? conſidereſt thou that it is Ieſus of …
William Crashaw · The Jesuits Gospel 2 · p. 66 · Open in the reader

Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife A20648

Printed
… learned men are not so earnest, nor so diligent to ouerthrow, and confute a IestJest, or Scorne, as they are, an Argument; and so they passe more vncontrol'd, and …
With rule
… learned men are not so earnest, nor so diligent to ouerthrow, and confute a IestJest, or Scorne, as they are, an Argument; and so they passe more vncontrol'd, and …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Micro-Cosmography A21075

Printed
… man much giuen to Apothegms which serue him for wit, and seldome breakes any IestJest, but which belong'd to some Lacedemonian or Romane in Lycosthenes. He is like a …
With rule
… man much giuen to Apothegms which serue him for wit, and seldome breakes any IestJest, but which belong'd to some Lacedemonian or Romane in Lycosthenes. He is like a …
John Earle · Micro-Cosmography · Open in the reader

The Jesuits Gospel A69161

Printed
… wit nor learning to giue anſwer) ſpeakeſt thou in ieſtjest or earneſt? If in IeſtJest, then, knoweſt thou with whome thou ieſteſt? conſidereſt thou that it is Ieſus of …
With rule
… wit nor learning to giue anſwer) ſpeakeſt thou in ieſtjest or earneſt? If in IeſtJest, then, knoweſt thou with whome thou ieſteſt? conſidereſt thou that it is Ieſus of …
William Crashaw · The Jesuits Gospel · p. 66 · Open in the reader