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ApprovedOrthographicPuritanRule #1

vntounto

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In early modern print v and u are one letter in two shapes: v at the start of a word, u inside it, whichever sound is meant. Initial v here is the vowel.

Proposed by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026Approved by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026

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About 17,909 places across the Puritan corpus, estimated: 17,909 in a random sample of 70 of 7,722 works.

Drawn Oct 19, 2026, 6:06 PM · 1 sample drawn · no exact count yet (the overnight batch count is not built). Shown in original spelling.

  1. …Deuill hath wrought mans woe, and brought him to hell, it is a rest vntounto him. But his rest is mans vnrest: his melody our malady. His…

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  2. The wicked is kept vntounto the day of destruction; they shal be brought forth to…

    Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  3. …forth a ſimilitude of a certeine maiſter, which hath manie ſeruants; vntounto whom, to the end they ſhould the more diligentlie and ſpéedilie…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  4. …in praiſing of their vertues, they drew verie néere (as ſome thinke) vntounto the chriſtian doctrine. Yet will I beare more in this behalfe with…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  5. …they onlie ſhould obteine this benefit, which ſhall be ioined vntounto Chriſt. Wherevpon it followeth, that the vngodlie, which are…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 330 · Open in the reader

  6. …the Church ought to be viſible which the faithfull may haue acceſſe vntounto, becauſe Chriſt ſayd, Tell the Church. To aunſwere heereunto, we…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 91 · Open in the reader

  7. They that suffer. All men suffer: Man is borne vntounto trouble, as the sparkes she vpward. This life is well compared to a…

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 350 · Open in the reader

  8. …be ſo far foorth onelie regenerated, in how much we are become like vntounto Chriſt: for in that we be vnlike vnto him, therein we are not borne…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  9. …hand of a man, that he ſhould be deliuered, and ſhould giue credit vntounto thoſe words; ſtraitwaie his mind would wholie be changed to mirth,…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 132 · Open in the reader

  10. …or any ſuch thing? Whence (I ſay) doth the Holy Ghoſt ſpeake vntounto Gods people, Let vs as many as be perfect bee thus minded? as if…

    Robert Abbot · A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist · p. 111 · Open in the reader

  11. …that thoſe things, which be ſpoken, belong to the firſt, and not vntounto the latter comming: for it is ſaid; Leaſt perhaps I ſtrike the earth…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 383 · Open in the reader

  12. …faith and obedience. For theſe reaſons (I ſay) haue heretickes runne vntounto the Scriptures: yet for all that as Chriſt obiected Scripture in…

    Robert Abbot · The Danger of Popery · p. 9 · Open in the reader

  13. …written of the lawe by an antitheſis, or contrarie poſition vntounto faith; for being taken by it ſelfe, it is ſo farre from giuing…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 576 · Open in the reader

  14. …send out his voyce, and that a mighty voyce. Ascribe ye strength vntounto God. I might speake of his thunders in Sinai; but I turne to the…

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 277 · Open in the reader

  15. …ſaie in the ſenat houſe, in the iudgement place, before the king, vntounto the ſouldiours, and vnto the people; but what ſhall come to paſſe,…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  16. …him vpon that daie. Some thinke that the letter Caph which is added vntounto Iod dooth ſignifie, Before: and they cite the place out of the 25.…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 374 · Open in the reader

  17. …Epheſ. 6.5, 6. And whatſoeuer wee doe, wee muſt doe it heartily, as vntounto the Lord, Col. 3.23.

    John Abernethy · The Dignity and Duty of a Christian · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  18. …Wherefore, when we teach a certeintie thereof, we open not a windowe vntounto vices, as our aduerſaries ſlander vs; neither doo we ſtir vp men to…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  19. …of faith, and ioyning to the church which their people are compelled vntounto, they plead; that Synce Kings became noursing fathers &c. to the…

    Henry Ainsworth · Counterpoison Considerations · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  20. …So carefull is God, that we should heare this lesson, and lay it vntounto our hearts.

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermon Preached 26 May 1608 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  21. …were admoniſhed, that the firſt fruits of their actions were ſo due vntounto God, as for his ſake they ſhould order all their affaires. And in…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 580 · Open in the reader

  22. 52 VntoUnto the Hebrues and Ethniks it was but a light matter to put away their…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 457 · Open in the reader

  23. …and brotherhood; the fault of a few, yea even of one, may be a snare vntounto the whol companie. This Israel felt of old, when for Achans syn the…

    Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 443 · Open in the reader

  24. …you) I ſee that God (bleſſed for euer) hath beene maruellous kinde vntounto me, I haue heard and felt many particulars of it, and I ſee that the…

    Robert Abbot · Be Thankful London and Her Sisters · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  25. …to beléeue, and yet on the other ſide he ſaith; that No man can com vntounto him, but he whom the father ſhall drawe. He alſo ſaith; He which…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  26. …vttered the words: for this may appeare, if onelie a reſpect be had vntounto the order of the words in the narration. But let vs ſet the action…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 212 · Open in the reader

  27. …would auoid offenſes. For they ſaie; If we ſhall vtterlie be enimies vntounto the Maſſe, we ſhalbe accompted wicked and vngodlie men, and in our…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 321 · Open in the reader

  28. …This is the cauſe why the holie ſcriptures ſo diligentlie ſhew vntounto men, how they be guiltie of ſinnes; namelie, that they ſhould the…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 128 · Open in the reader

  29. Mens ſins are as pitch vntounto other men.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 313 · Open in the reader

  30. …the Corinthians he writeth; Euill talke corrupteth good maners. And vntounto the Epheſians, the fift chapter, it is written; Let not whooredome,…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 550 · Open in the reader

  31. …Your children be holie. Then it is not probable, that they drew vntounto them originall ſinne: for that holines hath no agréement with ſinne.…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 238 · Open in the reader

  32. One maner of honour is giuen vntounto men, and another vnto God.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 342 · Open in the reader

  33. …corner stone, in whom all the building fitly framed together, growes vntounto an holy Temple in the Lord. Hee doth not onely by his authority…

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  34. …ſent to féede the flocke of the Lord? Vndoubtedlie Chriſt ſaid vntounto them all: As my father ſent me, ſo I ſend you. He breathed vpon them…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 84 · Open in the reader

  35. …that it is an effectuall ſigne ordeined by God, whereby is ſignified vntounto vs a certeine kind of effect of the helpe and grace of God, which is…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 209 · Open in the reader

  36. …& for a thousand yeeres together hee was so farre from drawing all vntounto him as hee said hee would do, that he drew not so much as one person…

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  37. …to inſtruct him in the art of warfare, or to ſend him foorth vntounto warre. Thou wouldeſt much rather haue thought, that his bringing vp…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  38. …1 letter⟧65a b, Whether it be a ſufficient ſchoolemaiſter vntounto vs. [3] 166.a

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · Open in the reader

  39. …found in habite as a man. He humbled himſelfe, being made obedient vntounto the death, euē the death of the croſſe: for the which alſo God…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  40. …God hath adorned them. For they are ſo glorious, that they ſéeme vntounto vs, which walke as it were in darknes, to be like a candle lighted…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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  1. Proposed by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026, 6:06 PMversion 1
  2. Approved by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026, 6:06 PMversion 19

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