Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #1154 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vpwardsupwards

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 132 times in 77 works
Consistency: 97.0% (132 of 136)
Reach if approved: ~143 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: upwards
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 136 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (132 changes in 77 works, 97.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 132)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… hell, doth nayle the heart to the very ground, that it cannot bee lifted vpwardsupwards, and as a lime-twig ſet by the Diuell ſo intangles the wings of …
With rule
… hell, doth nayle the heart to the very ground, that it cannot bee lifted vpwardsupwards, and as a lime-twig ſet by the Diuell ſo intangles the wings of …
William Whately · A Caveat for the Covetous · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much for the iudgement of the Auncients, & the Primitiue Churches, for the firſt 400 yeeres & vpwardsupwards: I come now vnto our later times. My 5th Teſtimony then, ſhall be that …
With rule
… much for the iudgement of the Auncients, & the Primitiue Churches, for the firſt 400 yeeres & vpwardsupwards: I come now vnto our later times. My 5th Teſtimony then, ſhall be that …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 270 · Open in the reader
Printed
20 As the mightie Oake, whoſe roote as far ſtretcheth downwardes, as his bowes vpwardsupwards, may bee ſhaken, but yet not plucked vp quite: Euen ſo they which haue …
With rule
20 As the mightie Oake, whoſe roote as far ſtretcheth downwardes, as his bowes vpwardsupwards, may bee ſhaken, but yet not plucked vp quite: Euen ſo they which haue …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 266 · Open in the reader
Printed
Still vpwardsupwards mount; and let thy makers praise
With rule
Still vpwardsupwards mount; and let thy makers praise
John Donne · The First Anniversary · Open in the reader
Printed
… ground. But man is borne to trouble, as the ſparkes of burning coales flie vpwardsupwards. That is to ſay: we are not to aſcribe trouble and calamitie to chance …
With rule
… ground. But man is borne to trouble, as the ſparkes of burning coales flie vpwardsupwards. That is to ſay: we are not to aſcribe trouble and calamitie to chance …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… little the ſinewes of his throate and chapps, as a man doth that looketh vpwardsupwards with his lippes ſhut; therefore this idle foole draweth his breath in at his …
With rule
… little the ſinewes of his throate and chapps, as a man doth that looketh vpwardsupwards with his lippes ſhut; therefore this idle foole draweth his breath in at his …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
53. Thirdly, that in all Queene Elizabeths time by the ſpace of 44. yeares and vpwardsupwards, there were executed in all not aboue 180. Prieſts, receiuers and harbourers of them: and …
With rule
53. Thirdly, that in all Queene Elizabeths time by the ſpace of 44. yeares and vpwardsupwards, there were executed in all not aboue 180. Prieſts, receiuers and harbourers of them: and …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 457 · Open in the reader
Printed
… same Spirit, 1. Cor. 12. And the contempt that is cast vpon the meanest Christian, reboundeth vpwardsupwards againe, and in the last resolution reflecteth euen vpon GOD himselfe, and vpon his …
With rule
… same Spirit, 1. Cor. 12. And the contempt that is cast vpon the meanest Christian, reboundeth vpwardsupwards againe, and in the last resolution reflecteth euen vpon GOD himselfe, and vpon his …
Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… torments vniuersall, and withall eternall: not to be endured, yet not to be ended. VpwardsUpwards goes Christ, the blessed Angels and Saints, singing with melodie as neuer mortall eare …
With rule
… torments vniuersall, and withall eternall: not to be endured, yet not to be ended. VpwardsUpwards goes Christ, the blessed Angels and Saints, singing with melodie as neuer mortall eare …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 136 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… there is ſure remedy againſt ſinne, by looking vpwardsupwards, backwards, into our ſelues, forwards. VpwardsUpwards, at the glorious Maieſtie, and infinite goodneſſe of that God whom our ſinne would …
With rule
… there is ſure remedy againſt ſinne, by looking vpwardsupwards, backwards, into our ſelues, forwards. VpwardsUpwards, at the glorious Maieſtie, and infinite goodneſſe of that God whom our ſinne would …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 387 · Open in the reader

Epistles Volume 2 B13862

Printed
… there is sure remedie against sinne, by looking vpwardes, backwards, into our selues, forwards. VpwardsUpwards, at the glorious Maiesty, and infinite goodnesse of that God whom our sinne would …
With rule
… there is sure remedie against sinne, by looking vpwardes, backwards, into our selues, forwards. VpwardsUpwards, at the glorious Maiesty, and infinite goodnesse of that God whom our sinne would …
Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 2 · p. 24 · Open in the reader