Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7759 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cytyecity

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

Puritas changed it: 90 times in 24 works
Consistency: 86.5% (90 of 104)
Reach if approved: ~109 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: city
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 104 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (90 changes in 24 works, 86.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 90)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… day is borne vnto you a sauiour, whiche is Christ y^e Lorde of the cytyecity of Dauid. Thus sewe, that Christ is a sauiour. Therfore maye he righte well …
With rule
… day is borne vnto you a sauiour, whiche is Christ y^e Lorde of the cytyecity of Dauid. Thus sewe, that Christ is a sauiour. Therfore maye he righte well …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader
Printed
… hys neyghboure? Euen ſo when God ſendeth a generall peſtylence or warre to thy cytyecity / to ponyſhe the ſynne therof / arte not thou worthy that thyne houſe ſhulde be …
With rule
… hys neyghboure? Euen ſo when God ſendeth a generall peſtylence or warre to thy cytyecity / to ponyſhe the ſynne therof / arte not thou worthy that thyne houſe ſhulde be …
William Tyndale · Exposition Upon Matthew 27(1) · p. xxxvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be an heretyke, or chefely becauſe that Leo coulde ſcante defende hys regall cytyecity frō the Sarracens, muche leſſe helpe other men. By thys meane therfore it came …
With rule
… to be an heretyke, or chefely becauſe that Leo coulde ſcante defende hys regall cytyecity frō the Sarracens, muche leſſe helpe other men. By thys meane therfore it came …
Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not commit vnto one bythop a whole ylde but hée did inioyne, that euery cytyecity ſhoulde haue his proper paſtor, ſuppoſing, y^e by this meanes they ſhoulde more diligently …
With rule
… not commit vnto one bythop a whole ylde but hée did inioyne, that euery cytyecity ſhoulde haue his proper paſtor, ſuppoſing, y^e by this meanes they ſhoulde more diligently …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so sore eschuynge to medle wyth temporall maters) but the hole body of the cytyecity / of all kyndes condicions and degrees. and the church of bristow / al that pertayne …
With rule
… so sore eschuynge to medle wyth temporall maters) but the hole body of the cytyecity / of all kyndes condicions and degrees. and the church of bristow / al that pertayne …
William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. vi · Open in the reader
Printed
… that virgine, the name of her husband, and the names of the contraye and cytyecity wher she dwelt, and fynally what was hys messsage. Luke. i. wythout these or …
With rule
… that virgine, the name of her husband, and the names of the contraye and cytyecity wher she dwelt, and fynally what was hys messsage. Luke. i. wythout these or …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lxxx · Open in the reader
Printed
… come, y^u shalt not die. Jt was merueyle that Jonas escaped in suche a cytyecity, what then? Yet God preserued hym, so that he could not pearish. Take therfore …
With rule
… come, y^u shalt not die. Jt was merueyle that Jonas escaped in suche a cytyecity, what then? Yet God preserued hym, so that he could not pearish. Take therfore …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
In the .xxxij. yere of Darius was the cytyecity finiſhed. Nehe. v. Ther are in al.
With rule
In the .xxxij. yere of Darius was the cytyecity finiſhed. Nehe. v. Ther are in al.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Most Faithful Sermon A05156

Printed
… like a village as Islington or such another in comparison of London. Suche a CytyeCity was Niniue, it was thre daies iourny to go through euery strete of it …
With rule
… like a village as Islington or such another in comparison of London. Suche a CytyeCity was Niniue, it was thre daies iourny to go through euery strete of it …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader
Printed
… must cry oute earnestlye, and neuer cease tyll it be rooted vp. In the CytyeCity of Corinthe one had maryed his stepmother, hys fathers wyfe. And he was a …
With rule
… must cry oute earnestlye, and neuer cease tyll it be rooted vp. In the CytyeCity of Corinthe one had maryed his stepmother, hys fathers wyfe. And he was a …
Hugh Latimer · A Most Faithful Sermon · Open in the reader

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
Cana a CytyeCity of Galyle, where as Chriſt tourned water in to wine. Ioan. ij.a.
With rule
Cana a CytyeCity of Galyle, where as Chriſt tourned water in to wine. Ioan. ij.a.
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
… dayes, a Citie was 6. or 7. myles long, beſide the ſubburbes and of that whole CytyeCity, was there but one Byſhop. So likewiſe now, a byſhop had but one Cathedrall …
With rule
… dayes, a Citie was 6. or 7. myles long, beſide the ſubburbes and of that whole CytyeCity, was there but one Byſhop. So likewiſe now, a byſhop had but one Cathedrall …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 221 · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Pastors Set Forth B08235

Printed
… was cō pelled by the deuyne commaundement of God, to goo into a ſtraunge CytyeCity, whych was al drowned in wyckedneſſe and ſynne, and to deuounce and tell vnto …
With rule
… was cō pelled by the deuyne commaundement of God, to goo into a ſtraunge CytyeCity, whych was al drowned in wyckedneſſe and ſynne, and to deuounce and tell vnto …
Ulrich Zwingli · The Image of Both Pastors Set Forth · Open in the reader