Interestingly, I think this was correct or at least colloquially correct a few centuries ago. I've seen that spelling used in text from the 1700s and 1800s by e

Interestingly, I think this was correct or at least colloquially correct a few centuries ago. I've seen that spelling used in text from the 1700s and 1800s by educated people. Probably a holdover from before spelling got really standardized.