Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8727 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iollitiejollity

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

Puritas changed it: 94 times in 54 works
Consistency: 91.2% (94 of 103)
Reach if approved: ~108 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: jollity
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 103 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (94 changes in 54 works, 91.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 94)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… easier, to sow in teares, and reap in ioy; or to sow in carnall iollitiejollity, and reape in eternall sorrow: whether is easier, to sow to the flesh, and …
With rule
… easier, to sow in teares, and reap in ioy; or to sow in carnall iollitiejollity, and reape in eternall sorrow: whether is easier, to sow to the flesh, and …
Thomas Taylor · The Practice of Repentance · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it, and ſpend away the time in feaſting & in all kinde of mirth and iollitiejollity (as it is to be feared, that too many do) euen as the wicked …
With rule
… it, and ſpend away the time in feaſting & in all kinde of mirth and iollitiejollity (as it is to be feared, that too many do) euen as the wicked …
Nicholas Bownd · The Holy Exercise of Fasting · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſpiſers of God do ſport thē ſelues as much as may be in their iollitiejollity: but yet haue they neuer any reſt or ioy: for they bee faine too …
With rule
… deſpiſers of God do ſport thē ſelues as much as may be in their iollitiejollity: but yet haue they neuer any reſt or ioy: for they bee faine too …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · p. 275 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſaid, with ſome merrie ieſt or ſcornefull ſmile, like the foole, laughing with great iollitiejollity when they are going to the ſtockes, and are ready to be called to …
With rule
… ſaid, with ſome merrie ieſt or ſcornefull ſmile, like the foole, laughing with great iollitiejollity when they are going to the ſtockes, and are ready to be called to …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 376 · Open in the reader
Printed
… witte, that when the wicked haue their owne wiſh, and are in their cheefe iollitiejollity, ſo as they ſeeme to bee the happyeſt men in the whole world: it …
With rule
… witte, that when the wicked haue their owne wiſh, and are in their cheefe iollitiejollity, ſo as they ſeeme to bee the happyeſt men in the whole world: it …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 797 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bloudy purpoſes to Eliſha; hee ſends them from Samaria full of good cheare, and iollitiejollity; Thus, thus ſhould a Prophet puniſh his purſuers; No vengeance but this is heroicall …
With rule
… bloudy purpoſes to Eliſha; hee ſends them from Samaria full of good cheare, and iollitiejollity; Thus, thus ſhould a Prophet puniſh his purſuers; No vengeance but this is heroicall …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 7 · p. 490 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be ſaued, hee is like one who hauing run out his youth in iollitiejollity, is in the end put to his ſhifts and glad to begge for his …
With rule
… to be ſaued, hee is like one who hauing run out his youth in iollitiejollity, is in the end put to his ſhifts and glad to begge for his …
Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christian vses; what ends, and vses should these bee? If carnall mirth, and riotous iollitiejollity? (the onely vse that I know for them:) all Christians know, that these are …
With rule
… Christian vses; what ends, and vses should these bee? If carnall mirth, and riotous iollitiejollity? (the onely vse that I know for them:) all Christians know, that these are …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Three Sermons 2 A03309

Printed
… remember it. It was like the fall of Sisera. First it was in the IollitieJollity thereof. The Nauy was called Inuincible: They had made themselues sure of vs, they …
With rule
… remember it. It was like the fall of Sisera. First it was in the IollitieJollity thereof. The Nauy was called Inuincible: They had made themselues sure of vs, they …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Proverbs A07874

Printed
Vaine & vngodly pleaſure bringeth loſſes, ſorrow, diſeaſes, yea ſometimes death. IollitieJollity is turned into wayling and weeping oftentimes. This ſentence thē accordeth with that threatening …
With rule
Vaine & vngodly pleaſure bringeth loſſes, ſorrow, diſeaſes, yea ſometimes death. IollitieJollity is turned into wayling and weeping oftentimes. This ſentence thē accordeth with that threatening …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 121 · Open in the reader