Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11046 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vertuousvirtuous

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 5,704 times in 1,672 works
Consistency: 99.7% (5,704 of 5,721)
Reach if approved: ~6,012 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: virtuous
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,722 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5,704 changes in 1,672 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 5,704)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… lyke consideration had also the people of Samosatum, who after the depriuation of theyr vertuousvirtuous and catho…ke byshop Eusebius, and the thrusting into his place, by the Aryans …
With rule
… lyke consideration had also the people of Samosatum, who after the depriuation of theyr vertuousvirtuous and catho…ke byshop Eusebius, and the thrusting into his place, by the Aryans …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Nobility numerous, ibid. S ^t George, 1 17 Gibellines and Guelfes, 4 1 Godfrey King of Ierusalem, 2 1 his vertuousvirtuous vice, ibid. his death, 6 a Goose carried by the Pilgrimes to Ierusalem, 1 10 Greek Church …
With rule
… Nobility numerous, ibid. S ^t George, 1 17 Gibellines and Guelfes, 4 1 Godfrey King of Ierusalem, 2 1 his vertuousvirtuous vice, ibid. his death, 6 a Goose carried by the Pilgrimes to Ierusalem, 1 10 Greek Church …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · Open in the reader
Printed
… Romanist, and hope they may pretend ſo, becauſe ſhe liued and dyed a very vertuousvirtuous life: Godlines being a proper Priviledge entailed to the Romaniſts, who ſeeing any Ship …
With rule
… Romanist, and hope they may pretend ſo, becauſe ſhe liued and dyed a very vertuousvirtuous life: Godlines being a proper Priviledge entailed to the Romaniſts, who ſeeing any Ship …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the Living to treaſure up the worthy Acts of the Dead. 3. The Religious, vertuousvirtuous Practiſe of the Dead, is an admirable Paterne for the Living to worke by …
With rule
… to the Living to treaſure up the worthy Acts of the Dead. 3. The Religious, vertuousvirtuous Practiſe of the Dead, is an admirable Paterne for the Living to worke by …
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · Open in the reader
Printed
TO THE WORSHIPFVL and vertuousvirtuous Lady, the Lady, IOAN ALTHAM, temporall happineſſe, and eternall bleſſedneſſe.
With rule
TO THE WORSHIPFVL and vertuousvirtuous Lady, the Lady, IOAN ALTHAM, temporall happineſſe, and eternall bleſſedneſſe.
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · Open in the reader
Printed
… moſt excellent Maieſty: who is maieſticall in his place: in religion zealous: in life vertuousvirtuous: and in mercy aboundantly gracious: The Lord increaſe his graces in him: the Lord …
With rule
… moſt excellent Maieſty: who is maieſticall in his place: in religion zealous: in life vertuousvirtuous: and in mercy aboundantly gracious: The Lord increaſe his graces in him: the Lord …
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
7. To comfort them by their vertuousvirtuous disposition, and towardlinesse.
With rule
7. To comfort them by their vertuousvirtuous disposition, and towardlinesse.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
All so the vertuousvirtuous bud in blooming falls,
With rule
All so the vertuousvirtuous bud in blooming falls,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 127 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

Printed
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL SIR IVLIVS CAESAR KNIGHT, AND TO THE RIGHT VERtuousVirtuous Lady his wife: HENRY HOLLAND▪ wisheth an increase of all prosperitie, and the rich …
With rule
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL SIR IVLIVS CAESAR KNIGHT, AND TO THE RIGHT VERtuousVirtuous Lady his wife: HENRY HOLLAND▪ wisheth an increase of all prosperitie, and the rich …
Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

History of the First Ten Persecutions A13296

Printed
TO THE MOST NOBLE, VERtuousVirtuous and elect Ladie MARIE Countesse of Mar wisheth Grace, Mercie and eternall Felicitie.
With rule
TO THE MOST NOBLE, VERtuousVirtuous and elect Ladie MARIE Countesse of Mar wisheth Grace, Mercie and eternall Felicitie.
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader

The Observation and Keeping of the Sabbath Day A14213

Printed
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL AND VERtuousVirtuous Ladie, the Ladie Pellam of Laughton in the Countie of Suſſex, Iohn Stockwood Schoolemaſter …
With rule
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL AND VERtuousVirtuous Ladie, the Ladie Pellam of Laughton in the Countie of Suſſex, Iohn Stockwood Schoolemaſter …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Observation and Keeping of the Sabbath Day · Open in the reader

A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence A39911

Printed
On the MEMORY Of the RIGHT HONOURABLE, And VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS LADY, The Lady ELIZABETH, Late Wife to the worthy Sr. JAMES LANGHAM KNIGHT.
With rule
On the MEMORY Of the RIGHT HONOURABLE, And VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS LADY, The Lady ELIZABETH, Late Wife to the worthy Sr. JAMES LANGHAM KNIGHT.
Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
IN PERPETUAL MEMORY Of the Moſt RELIGIOUS, TRUELY NOBLE, and VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS LADY, ELISABETH: WIFE to Sir JAMES LANGHAM, Knight.
With rule
IN PERPETUAL MEMORY Of the Moſt RELIGIOUS, TRUELY NOBLE, and VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS LADY, ELISABETH: WIFE to Sir JAMES LANGHAM, Knight.
Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
To the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL Sir JAMES LANGHAM IN MEMORY Of his moſt VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS LADY, The RIGHT HONOURABLE, The Lady ELISABETH,
With rule
To the RIGHT WORSHIPFUL Sir JAMES LANGHAM IN MEMORY Of his moſt VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS LADY, The RIGHT HONOURABLE, The Lady ELISABETH,
Simon Ford · A Christians Acquiescence in Divine Providence · p. 202 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Matthew 4 B00238

Printed
❧ TO THE VERtuousVirtuous and my very godly friend, M^res. Anne PROVZE OF EXETER: IOHN Field, Prayeth encrease …
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❧ TO THE VERtuousVirtuous and my very godly friend, M^res. Anne PROVZE OF EXETER: IOHN Field, Prayeth encrease …
John Knox · Exposition of Matthew 4 · Open in the reader

The Honor and Happiness of the Virtuous Woman N01517

Printed
THE Honour and Happineſs OF THE VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS WOMAN; More eſpecially Conſidered in the two Relations Of a Wife and Mother. Meditated …
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THE Honour and Happineſs OF THE VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS WOMAN; More eſpecially Conſidered in the two Relations Of a Wife and Mother. Meditated …
Benjamin Colman · The Honor and Happiness of the Virtuous Woman · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Relation of Wives. Or it may be ſhe gave this Deſcription of a VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS WOMAN to the Prince her Son, as a Direction to him in the Choice …
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… the Relation of Wives. Or it may be ſhe gave this Deſcription of a VERTUOUSVIRTUOUS WOMAN to the Prince her Son, as a Direction to him in the Choice …
Benjamin Colman · The Honor and Happiness of the Virtuous Woman · p. 1 · Open in the reader