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ApprovedOrthographicPuritanRule #4

vnderunder

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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 1,720 places across the Puritan corpus, estimated: 1,720 in a random sample of 70 of 7,722 works.

Drawn Oct 19, 2026, 6:06 PM against rule-set version 3 · 1 sample drawn · no exact count yet (the overnight batch count is not built). Shown in original spelling.

  1. …doo outwardlie the office of charitie, which Chriſt comprehended vnderunder the name of almes-déeds; and then all things be cleane. In Daniel it…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 223 · Open in the reader

  2. …is broken, and made féeble by reaſon of ſinne: for we ſhould ſinke vnderunder afflictions, if we were not ſtaied vp by the might of Gods helpe.…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 279 · Open in the reader

  3. …Sion, neuer to bee moued: a kingdome neuer to be shaken. Wee are now vnderunder this lower heauen, then this shall be vnder vs. That which is our…

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 268 · Open in the reader

  4. …is there saluation in any other: for there is none other Name vnderunder heauen giuen among men, whereby we must be saued.

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 173 · Open in the reader

  5. …may add the testimonie of the Iewes Rabbies touching their estate, vnderunder that scholemaster of the law. With three crownes (say they) was…

    Henry Ainsworth · Animadversion to Cliftons Advertisement · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  6. …not Ex affectu rationis. Hee eschewed it secundum se, but did vnderunder goe it propter aliud. Ex impetu naturae hee declined it; but ex…

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 297 · Open in the reader

  7. …you. It is not Humanum inuentum, but Diuinum Institutum: authorised vnderunder the Broad-seale of heauen, in the power of the second Person of that…

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  8. …is explained in Levit. 18. 3. pillars] or, standing images, statues. VnderUnder these all other monuments of idolatry are comprehended: as Deuter.…

    Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  9. …ſinne ſhould abound. It bringeth alſo a curſe: for, As manie as are vnderunder the lawe, are vnder the curſe. But to what end are theſe things?…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  10. …ſonne, in the ſimilitude of ſinfull fleſh, made of a woman, made vnderunder the lawe.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 605 · Open in the reader

  11. …first groweth here-vnto, that in the bread, with the bread, and vnderunder the bread, or some way of those, is the realty of Christs person; &…

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 95 · Open in the reader

  12. …there is no alteration, no new thing done (Quaecun que sub axe) vnderunder Heauen. We say, (Non bonum ludere cum sanctis) it is no safe iesting…

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  13. …heart is intolerable in a Magistrate; when hee plyes his owne cause vnderunder the pretence of anothers; and cares not who lose, so hee bee a…

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  14. …for glory, and when he ſought naught elſe but his owne aduancement, vnderunder the colour of your holineſſe, to your maruellous detriment and…

    Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · Open in the reader

  15. …they haue what they wil almost. But their greatest benefit is, that vnderunder the king they haue free trafficke to the Indies to their inestimable…

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  16. Spirits, he doth not say bodies: they lie in the dust vnderunder the hope of a better resurrection. Spirits: Wee find here what…

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 138 · Open in the reader

  17. …O that man ſhould lay that next his heart, which God hath placed vnderunder his feet! that the thing which might bee beſt ſpared, ſhould bee…

    Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  18. …1 letter⟧ns too heauie for a poore crasie Soule to stand vnderunder: Piles of V…urie heauier then…

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader

  19. …to examine it the more déeplie: and ſomewhat I will ſaie, of Euill, vnderunder which generall word, ſinne is conteined. Euill is a certein…

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

  20. …made all things to all men, to the Iewes a Iew; to them which were vnderunder the lawe, as though he alſo had beene vnder the lawe; finallie, all…

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

  21. VnderUnder what conditions our Mōkes might haue bin ſuffered.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  22. …facts againſt his will: for otherwiſe, whoſoeuer be that author vnderunder the name of Salomon, he ſhould be againſt the true Salomon. For he…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  23. …bee onely at the Court, yet is he a ſufficient head for gouernement vnderunder God of his whole Kingdomes as his body politike.

    Robert Abbot · A Hand of Fellowship to Help Keep Out Sin and Antichrist · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  24. The militant part is a company of men liuing vnderunder the crosse, and desiring to be with Christ. They suffer, and this is…

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

  25. …to such a person, but p… out his name frō vnderunder heavē. A… the Lord when he taketh his…

    Henry Ainsworth · The Communion of Saints · p. 460 · Open in the reader

  26. …much to our matter: but by Gods speciall worke he had it, and sate vnderunder it. There is a double drift which is aymed at, by the sending of…

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 579 · Open in the reader

  27. …to set his sonne vpon, and thus mounted, hee must not enter saue vnderunder the noble roofe: no cost is spared to ambitious aduancement: ad quid…

    Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  28. …in him, although now the fire thereof seemed to be raked vp vnderunder the ashes: now the sappe of his election seemed to lye hid within…

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 613 · Open in the reader

  29. VnderUnder his wonted title of Errours, evasions, contradictions &c, wherwith…

    Henry Ainsworth · A Reply to a Pretended Christians Plea for the Church of Rome · p. 73 · Open in the reader

  30. …touching the adulterie of Dauids concubins, it was ſpoken by Nathan vnderunder the perſon of God. Wherefore it may verie well be called in…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  31. 14 Then to speake to this argument, whosoeuer thou art, that gronest vnderunder this heauie burthen, strengthen thy feeble knees, & resume thy…

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 241 · Open in the reader

  32. proposition 9 It is not lawfull vnderunder pretenſe of the ſafegard of Common-weales to ſtate innocents.

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 158 · Open in the reader

  33. …Séeing in euerie trouble, men contend one againſt another. VnderUnder this generall worde, there may be reckened foure kindes. For the…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 320 · Open in the reader

  34. …may come on the earth, yet if a man house himselfe, or bee shrouded vnderunder a thicke bush, or borough'd in the ground, hee will be drie still.…

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  35. …Areopagita, but against some meane fellowe shrowding himselfe vnderunder his name. In K. Henry the 7. time, a man might wel haue taunted…

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 375 · Open in the reader

  36. …Which, dooth note the ſubſtance, that there is no other ſubſtance vnderunder the ſhewes of bread and wine, than that which ſhall be giuen for…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 204 · Open in the reader

  37. …may vſe when we haue néed. And whereas they offer not the ſame, but vnderunder the name of idols, it gréeueth vs: and if it laie in vs to amend it,…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 371 · Open in the reader

  38. …the Galathians, in the 3. chapter; As manie as are of the lawe, are vnderunder the curſe: and goeth on proouing that ſentence; from whence (I…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 105 · Open in the reader

  39. …moſt of all be eaſily crucified, by beating it downe, and holding it vnderunder ſome obedience of abſtinence and auſterity, & weaning it from many…

    John Abernethy · The Dignity and Duty of a Christian · p. 134 · Open in the reader

  40. …Againe; The lawe indeed is ſpirituall, but I am carnall, & ſold vnderunder ſin; for that which I do: I allow not, for the good which I would, I…

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Common Places · p. 104 · Open in the reader

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  1. Proposed by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026, 6:06 PMversion 4
  2. Approved by QA reviewer · Oct 19, 2026, 6:06 PMversion 22

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