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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7610 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

eieeye

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
2,025 times in 518 works
Consistency
97.8% (2,025 of 2,069)
Reach if approved
~2,174 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: eye
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,069 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,025 changes in 518 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,025)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of man be violated: we are in making lawes to haue thereunto an especiall eieeye. As for example, it might perhaps seeme reasonable vnto the Church of God, following …
    With rule
    … of man be violated: we are in making lawes to haue thereunto an especiall eieeye. As for example, it might perhaps seeme reasonable vnto the Church of God, following …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 147 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … wil not tary lang: and at leist, sa far as is possible, haue the eieeye of thy heart direct towardes the Lord, and thy thocht caried vp to the …
    With rule
    … wil not tary lang: and at leist, sa far as is possible, haue the eieeye of thy heart direct towardes the Lord, and thy thocht caried vp to the …

    Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … tlemā in a park, & the mā regarded not mi talk, but cast his hed & eieeye this and that way, so that I perceiued he gaue no great eare to …
    With rule
    … tlemā in a park, & the mā regarded not mi talk, but cast his hed & eieeye this and that way, so that I perceiued he gaue no great eare to …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Durst not looke vp vpon her eieeye to gaze
    With rule
    Durst not looke vp vpon her eieeye to gaze

    Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Secondly it excludeth Presumptuousnes; that howsoeuer we haue an eieeye vnto and take notice of Gods prouidence thus in generall, yet we take heed …
    With rule
    Secondly it excludeth Presumptuousnes; that howsoeuer we haue an eieeye vnto and take notice of Gods prouidence thus in generall, yet we take heed …

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 259 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … made ſuch particular promiſes of particular mercies, which he would have us have an eieeye unto in our prayers; all which is, becauſe often he means to beſtow the …
    With rule
    … made ſuch particular promiſes of particular mercies, which he would have us have an eieeye unto in our prayers; all which is, becauſe often he means to beſtow the …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … but that M. Some (consideringe howe faine he would be thought somebody in the eieeye of the learned,) hath by this meanes rather disaduantaged him selfe, by bringing the …
    With rule
    … but that M. Some (consideringe howe faine he would be thought somebody in the eieeye of the learned,) hath by this meanes rather disaduantaged him selfe, by bringing the …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … robbes all Christendome vnder a good colour: who can say, he hath a blacke eieeye, or a light finger? for experience hath taught him, that cui pollis Leonina non …
    With rule
    … robbes all Christendome vnder a good colour: who can say, he hath a blacke eieeye, or a light finger? for experience hath taught him, that cui pollis Leonina non …

    Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (44)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 15 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford A08356

  • Printed
    A wiſe EieEye. 85
    With rule
    A wiſe EieEye. 85

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A fooliſh EieEye. 85
    With rule
    A fooliſh EieEye. 85

    Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · Open in the reader

A Strange Vineyard in Palestine A10926

  • Printed
    Can we maruell now at the Apoſtles words; EieEye hath not ſeene, nor eare heard, neither hath entred into the heart of man …
    With rule
    Can we maruell now at the Apoſtles words; EieEye hath not ſeene, nor eare heard, neither hath entred into the heart of man …

    Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 56 · Open in the reader

The Wild Vine A10928

  • Printed
    Can we maruell now at the Apoſtles words; EieEye hath not ſeene, nor eare heard, neither hath entred into the heart of man …
    With rule
    Can we maruell now at the Apoſtles words; EieEye hath not ſeene, nor eare heard, neither hath entred into the heart of man …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

  • Printed
    … by t… judges. And if mischiefe be, then shalt thou give soule for soule. EieEye for eye; tooth for tooth; hand for hand; foot for foot. Burning for burning …
    With rule
    … by t… judges. And if mischiefe be, then shalt thou give soule for soule. EieEye for eye; tooth for tooth; hand for hand; foot for foot. Burning for burning …

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 78 · Open in the reader

A Childs Patrimony A15695

  • Printed
    … bring them to our hands againe, and the fruite of our labours to our EieEye and Taſte: Oxen, Horſes, Sheepe, &c. they quickly ſerve for our uſe, and much …
    With rule
    … bring them to our hands againe, and the fruite of our labours to our EieEye and Taſte: Oxen, Horſes, Sheepe, &c. they quickly ſerve for our uſe, and much …

    Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Comforting Afflicted Consciences A16330

  • Printed
    … it is ordinary with all those dunghill dispositions, to whom His sincerity was an EieEye-sore; His power and authority, a restraint to their lewdnesse; the glory of His …
    With rule
    … it is ordinary with all those dunghill dispositions, to whom His sincerity was an EieEye-sore; His power and authority, a restraint to their lewdnesse; the glory of His …

    Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 23 · Open in the reader

The Anatomy of Conscience A16503

  • Printed
    … Hugo de Anima deſcribes it, lib. 2. cap. 9. It is as the Apple of the EieEye, the tree of life, and the Bed of the Soule, wherein a Chriſtian deſireth …
    With rule
    … Hugo de Anima deſcribes it, lib. 2. cap. 9. It is as the Apple of the EieEye, the tree of life, and the Bed of the Soule, wherein a Chriſtian deſireth …

    Immanuel Bourne · The Anatomy of Conscience · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Scepter of Judah A17243

  • Printed
    EieEye for eieeye; tooth for tooth, &c. 58.i.
    With rule
    EieEye for eieeye; tooth for tooth, &c. 58.i.

    Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    EieEye for eieeye: ſee witnes, a.
    With rule
    EieEye for eieeye: ſee witnes, a.

    Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · Open in the reader

Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper A20536

  • Printed
    4 EieEye-ſeruice.
    With rule
    4 EieEye-ſeruice.

    John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 6 · Open in the reader

Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions A20631

  • Printed
    … tell Clocks? why is none of the heauinesse of my heart, dispensed into mine EieEye-lids, …hat they might fall as my heart doth? And why, since I haue …
    With rule
    … tell Clocks? why is none of the heauinesse of my heart, dispensed into mine EieEye-lids, …hat they might fall as my heart doth? And why, since I haue …

    John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 365 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … occasion wrought vpon him, hee is vnited to God. Who casts not vp his EieEye to the Sunne when it rises? but who takes off his EieEye from a …
    With rule
    … occasion wrought vpon him, hee is vnited to God. Who casts not vp his EieEye to the Sunne when it rises? but who takes off his EieEye from a …

    John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 410 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … vp his EieEye to the Sunne when it rises? but who takes off his EieEye from a Com…t, when that breakes out? who bends not his eare to …
    With rule
    … vp his EieEye to the Sunne when it rises? but who takes off his EieEye from a Com…t, when that breakes out? who bends not his eare to …

    John Donne · Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions · p. 410 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

  • Printed
    EieEye.
    With rule
    EieEye.

    Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A23717

  • Printed
    … Lord shall be thy rereward, and then 'tis clearly prov'd, that such a single EieEye shall make the body full of light.
    With rule
    … Lord shall be thy rereward, and then 'tis clearly prov'd, that such a single EieEye shall make the body full of light.

    Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 288 · Open in the reader

A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence A39911

  • Printed
    Stock their EieEye-veſſels, in each Channel'd Vein
    With rule
    Stock their EieEye-veſſels, in each Channel'd Vein

    Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 217 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To ſummon ev'ry EieEye to come and ſee
    With rule
    To ſummon ev'ry EieEye to come and ſee

    Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Poems A50938

  • Printed
    EieEye me bleſt Providence, and ſquare my triall
    With rule
    EieEye me bleſt Providence, and ſquare my triall

    John Milton · Poems · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    My Bed I water with my tears, mine EieEye
    With rule
    My Bed I water with my tears, mine EieEye

    John Milton · Poems · p. 137 · Open in the reader

Of the Childs Portion A67002

  • Printed
    … bring them to our hands againe, and the fruite of our labours to our EieEye and Taſte: Oxen, Horſes, Sheepe, &c. they quickly ſerve for our uſe, and much …
    With rule
    … bring them to our hands againe, and the fruite of our labours to our EieEye and Taſte: Oxen, Horſes, Sheepe, &c. they quickly ſerve for our uſe, and much …

    Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · p. 2 · Open in the reader

A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion A67005

  • Printed
    … bring them to our hands againe, and the fruite of our labours to our EieEye and Taſte: Oxen, Horſes, Sheepe, &c. they quickly ſerve for our uſe, and much …
    With rule
    … bring them to our hands againe, and the fruite of our labours to our EieEye and Taſte: Oxen, Horſes, Sheepe, &c. they quickly ſerve for our uſe, and much …

    Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

  • Printed
    1. EieEye-ſeruice, which is oppoſed to doing of things— as Chriſts ſeruants. from the heart.
    With rule
    1. EieEye-ſeruice, which is oppoſed to doing of things— as Chriſts ſeruants. from the heart.

    William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 590 · Open in the reader

A Vindication of Godliness A74976

  • Printed
    … God cannot be mocked; there's no juggling with God; there's no deceiving of Gods EieEye; when you have done all you can to varniſh an empty or deceitful work …
    With rule
    … God cannot be mocked; there's no juggling with God; there's no deceiving of Gods EieEye; when you have done all you can to varniſh an empty or deceitful work …

    Richard Alleine · A Vindication of Godliness · p. 357 · Open in the reader

Poems 2 A89149

  • Printed
    EieEye me bleſt Providence, and ſquare my triall
    With rule
    EieEye me bleſt Providence, and ſquare my triall

    John Milton · Poems 2 · p. 89 · Open in the reader

A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold A93060

  • Printed
    … confined to a narrow roome; Hearing lies in the Ear only, Seeing in the EieEye, Taſte in the Tongue or Palate, Smell in the Noſtrils: Feeling hath no ſuch …
    With rule
    … confined to a narrow roome; Hearing lies in the Ear only, Seeing in the EieEye, Taſte in the Tongue or Palate, Smell in the Noſtrils: Feeling hath no ſuch …

    John Sheffeild · A Good Conscience the Strongest Hold · p. 217 · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Pentateuch A94797

  • Printed
    Ver. 24. EieEye for eieeye] How the Phariſees had wreſted that Text, See the Note on Mat …
    With rule
    Ver. 24. EieEye for eieeye] How the Phariſees had wreſted that Text, See the Note on Mat …

    John Trapp · Commentary on the Pentateuch · p. 81 · Open in the reader

Lawless Liberty Set Forth A95657

  • Printed
    … the mutuall decency, ſervice, and ſuccour of the fame body. The Aegyptians made an EieEye and a Scepter, the Embleme, by which they figured their government: a Scepter for …
    With rule
    … the mutuall decency, ſervice, and ſuccour of the fame body. The Aegyptians made an EieEye and a Scepter, the Embleme, by which they figured their government: a Scepter for …

    Edward Terry · Lawless Liberty Set Forth · p. 4 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Embleme, by which they figured their government: a Scepter for Juriſdiction and power; an EieEye for watchfulneſſe and diſcretion. And certainely a Kingdome without order and government, is like …
    With rule
    … Embleme, by which they figured their government: a Scepter for Juriſdiction and power; an EieEye for watchfulneſſe and diſcretion. And certainely a Kingdome without order and government, is like …

    Edward Terry · Lawless Liberty Set Forth · p. 4 · Open in the reader