Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #1155 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vsagesusages

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

Puritas changed it: 177 times in 75 works
Consistency: 95.6% (177 of 185)
Reach if approved: ~194 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: usages
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 185 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (177 changes in 75 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 177)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reuealed: what mad men, are they nowe that goe about to persuade vs toothe vsagesusages of the fathers, and custome of the tymes which were subiect vnto the tyranny …
With rule
… reuealed: what mad men, are they nowe that goe about to persuade vs toothe vsagesusages of the fathers, and custome of the tymes which were subiect vnto the tyranny …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… tradicions as haue no iust grounde vpon Gods holye worde / as are all the vsagesusages / rytes / lawes / decrees / seruices / supersticions / & sorceries of the Romishe Antichrist / and to s… in …
With rule
… tradicions as haue no iust grounde vpon Gods holye worde / as are all the vsagesusages / rytes / lawes / decrees / seruices / supersticions / & sorceries of the Romishe Antichrist / and to s… in …
John Bale · Exhortation of an English Christian unto his Beloved Country · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Abſolom called vnto him, and ſo intercepts him, and by faire ſpeeches, curteſies and vſagesusages, ſteales away his heart; approuing of all matters, how bad ſoeuer, ſaying, See, thy …
With rule
… Abſolom called vnto him, and ſo intercepts him, and by faire ſpeeches, curteſies and vſagesusages, ſteales away his heart; approuing of all matters, how bad ſoeuer, ſaying, See, thy …
Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The Maſſe therefore in your Church now is new, and ſo are all your vſagesusages of it, and iuſtly by Chriſtians to be exploded.
With rule
… The Maſſe therefore in your Church now is new, and ſo are all your vſagesusages of it, and iuſtly by Chriſtians to be exploded.
John Mayer · Antidote Against Popery · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… day that hath a good night; & though many bitter pils of harsh and strange vsagesusages must be swallowed by these strangers, yet the consideration of home is as sugar …
With rule
… day that hath a good night; & though many bitter pils of harsh and strange vsagesusages must be swallowed by these strangers, yet the consideration of home is as sugar …
Thomas Taylor · Three Treatises · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
Is not this now a goodlie religion, that retaineth still the idolatrous and superstitious vsagesusages of the heathen? that instructeth the people by signes and figures, euen as the …
With rule
Is not this now a goodlie religion, that retaineth still the idolatrous and superstitious vsagesusages of the heathen? that instructeth the people by signes and figures, euen as the …
Andrew Willet · An Antilogy · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of it yellow, and the wearing of dead bodies heare: which euill and corrupt vsagesusages hee thus seuerely and sharpely taxeth: pessime sibi auspicantur flamme… capite: ne exuuias capitis …
With rule
… of it yellow, and the wearing of dead bodies heare: which euill and corrupt vsagesusages hee thus seuerely and sharpely taxeth: pessime sibi auspicantur flamme… capite: ne exuuias capitis …
Andrew Willet · Solomons Marriage · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… liked them, but that which they ſaw (done) at Ieruſalem. all other rites or vſagesusages not there vſed, they not only reiected, but hardily alſo condemned. Such vvaywardneſſe is …
With rule
… liked them, but that which they ſaw (done) at Ieruſalem. all other rites or vſagesusages not there vſed, they not only reiected, but hardily alſo condemned. Such vvaywardneſſe is …
John Calvin · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

0 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.