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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7689 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pittiepity

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

Puritas changed it
1,229 times in 499 works
Consistency
100% (1,229 of 1,229)
Reach if approved
~1,291 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pity
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,229 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,229 changes in 499 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of ours, that wee ſhall ſtand in need of, and be glad to have pittiepity from others, but it ſhall be denied us. For there ſhall be judgement mercileſſe …
    With rule
    … of ours, that wee ſhall ſtand in need of, and be glad to have pittiepity from others, but it ſhall be denied us. For there ſhall be judgement mercileſſe …

    Adam Harsnett · A Cordial for the Afflicted · p. 572 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … conſcionable and wary in their courſes of adminiſtring, are cozeners, and that it were pittiepity but the countrey were rid of them all? it were an indignitie once to …
    With rule
    … conſcionable and wary in their courſes of adminiſtring, are cozeners, and that it were pittiepity but the countrey were rid of them all? it were an indignitie once to …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … destroy) dread not, eyther by periury to saue life in the vessels of carnall pittiepity and corrupt hyre; or to shed bloud by crueltie, where no cause is, saue …
    With rule
    … destroy) dread not, eyther by periury to saue life in the vessels of carnall pittiepity and corrupt hyre; or to shed bloud by crueltie, where no cause is, saue …

    Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … It were well for him on earth, that he should dwell alone. It is pittiepity hee should come into heauen; for to see one starre excel another in glory …
    With rule
    … It were well for him on earth, that he should dwell alone. It is pittiepity hee should come into heauen; for to see one starre excel another in glory …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … a falſe matter for fauour or feare: neither yet vpon a kinde of fooliſh pittiepity, to honor the poore, and to ioyne with them in their vniuſt cauſe: ſo …
    With rule
    … a falſe matter for fauour or feare: neither yet vpon a kinde of fooliſh pittiepity, to honor the poore, and to ioyne with them in their vniuſt cauſe: ſo …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … wounds, to giue wholſōe medicines & ſalues vnto it: to mourn with the bowells of pittiepity & compaſſion for it. From hence it ariſeth that al true faithfull hearts doe ſob …
    With rule
    … wounds, to giue wholſōe medicines & ſalues vnto it: to mourn with the bowells of pittiepity & compaſſion for it. From hence it ariſeth that al true faithfull hearts doe ſob …

    George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the protection of the Defender of the true, ancient, Catholick, and Apostolick faith: have pittiepity, have pitty on thoſe that are in bondage under adverſaries, and perſecutors of the …
    With rule
    … the protection of the Defender of the true, ancient, Catholick, and Apostolick faith: have pittiepity, have pitty on thoſe that are in bondage under adverſaries, and perſecutors of the …

    William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 62 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … neede, then the hartes of men are shut vp agaynst him, no man doth pittiepity him, & all men will see, and say, that his owne sinne is brought vppon …
    With rule
    … neede, then the hartes of men are shut vp agaynst him, no man doth pittiepity him, & all men will see, and say, that his owne sinne is brought vppon …

    Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.