Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #1173 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rauenraven

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

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 75 works
Consistency: 70.3% (116 of 165)
Reach if approved: ~173 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: raven
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 165 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 75 works, 70.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… well weigh this one thing, they woulde not be ſo greedie with the hungrie RauenRaven, to pray on the venemous Serpent to his owne deſtruction, as ſayth the Prouerbe …
With rule
… well weigh this one thing, they woulde not be ſo greedie with the hungrie RauenRaven, to pray on the venemous Serpent to his owne deſtruction, as ſayth the Prouerbe …
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 274 · Open in the reader
Printed
When Stag, and RauenRaven, and the long-liu'd tree,
With rule
When Stag, and RauenRaven, and the long-liu'd tree,
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… beaſts their meate, to the young Rauens when they cry, who prepareth for the RauenRaven his Prouender, when the young ones make a noyſe vnto the mightie God, wandering …
With rule
… beaſts their meate, to the young Rauens when they cry, who prepareth for the RauenRaven his Prouender, when the young ones make a noyſe vnto the mightie God, wandering …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God can fi…d them by a Reader, as he fed Elijah by a RauenRaven, 1 King 17.6. But it is not ſafe to truſt to a miracle, when by our …
With rule
… God can fi…d them by a Reader, as he fed Elijah by a RauenRaven, 1 King 17.6. But it is not ſafe to truſt to a miracle, when by our …
Robert Horne · The History of the Woman of Great Faith · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… among the Heathen. What followed? Preſently, they learned their works. The reaſon why the RauenRaven returned not to Noahs Arke, is giuen by ſome, becauſe it met with a …
With rule
… among the Heathen. What followed? Preſently, they learned their works. The reaſon why the RauenRaven returned not to Noahs Arke, is giuen by ſome, becauſe it met with a …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. A RauenRaven and a Doue.
With rule
A. A RauenRaven and a Doue.
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
But Satan doth with vs, as the RauenRaven doth with the Lambe, Simil. it firſt pulleth forth the eyes, then deuoureth it …
With rule
But Satan doth with vs, as the RauenRaven doth with the Lambe, Simil. it firſt pulleth forth the eyes, then deuoureth it …
Archibald Simson · Exposition on the Seven Psalms of Repentance · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the sowre crab is like the sweet pippin: true it is, so the RauenRaven is a bird, and the Swan is but a bird: euen so many women …
With rule
… for the sowre crab is like the sweet pippin: true it is, so the RauenRaven is a bird, and the Swan is but a bird: euen so many women …
Joseph Swetnam · The Arraignment of Lewd Women · p. 30 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (49)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 40 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Black Devil A00564

Printed
… our wooll, the Parsonage. Nay, and they would clippe off the tag-locks too; rauenraven vp the vicaredges, if the lawe would but allow them a paire of sheares …
With rule
… our wooll, the Parsonage. Nay, and they would clippe off the tag-locks too; rauenraven vp the vicaredges, if the lawe would but allow them a paire of sheares …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 16 · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… if like beasts they might perish to nothing. Here they enuie the storke, stagge, rauenraven, oake for long life, and chide nature for their owne shortnesse. But at this …
With rule
… if like beasts they might perish to nothing. Here they enuie the storke, stagge, rauenraven, oake for long life, and chide nature for their owne shortnesse. But at this …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 47 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

Printed
… Synagogue off Antechriſte / as yt vvere to make accorde between the owle / and the rauenraven: there is no kinde of falſe dealinge / nether in addinge / changinge / dimyniſhinge / falſe interpretinge …
With rule
… Synagogue off Antechriſte / as yt vvere to make accorde between the owle / and the rauenraven: there is no kinde of falſe dealinge / nether in addinge / changinge / dimyniſhinge / falſe interpretinge …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCLXXXV · Open in the reader

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

Printed
… compared to wolues, and maſterleſſe dogges which liue by ſpoyles, and are driuen to rauenraven about for all that they eate, and therfore are leane, thinne, and hunger-ſtarued …
With rule
… compared to wolues, and maſterleſſe dogges which liue by ſpoyles, and are driuen to rauenraven about for all that they eate, and therfore are leane, thinne, and hunger-ſtarued …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 489 · Open in the reader
Printed
… building, and then hauing proceeded ſo farre, will kindle vpon the next houſe, and rauenraven after the whole ſtreete, and if it may ſeaze thereon, it will make a …
With rule
… building, and then hauing proceeded ſo farre, will kindle vpon the next houſe, and rauenraven after the whole ſtreete, and if it may ſeaze thereon, it will make a …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 523 · Open in the reader

Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon A19422

Printed
… verſe 11. His head is as fine gould, his lockes curled and blacke as a rauenraven. When the ſpouſe ſaith that his head is as fine, ſtrong or perfect gould …
With rule
… verſe 11. His head is as fine gould, his lockes curled and blacke as a rauenraven. When the ſpouſe ſaith that his head is as fine, ſtrong or perfect gould …
Bartimaeus Andrewes · Sermons upon the Fifth Chapter of the Song of Solomon · p. 138 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs A20796

Printed
The ruine of a rauenraven.
With rule
The ruine of a rauenraven.
Thomas Draxe · A Treasury of Ancient Adages and Proverbs · p. 166 · Open in the reader

The Christian Armory A20802

Printed
… man and gray headed, is more like a beautifull swanne, then a crow or rauenraven; and though beauty, health, strength, and the vse of bodily pleasures cease, and are …
With rule
… man and gray headed, is more like a beautifull swanne, then a crow or rauenraven; and though beauty, health, strength, and the vse of bodily pleasures cease, and are …
Thomas Draxe · The Christian Armory · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Commentaries A68840

Printed
… Salmona is prohibiting ſhadowe and refreſhing. So do tirannes behaue themſelues, they waſt and rauenraven all thinges, they kil lyke woolues, and take awaye all refreſhing and commodity from …
With rule
… Salmona is prohibiting ſhadowe and refreſhing. So do tirannes behaue themſelues, they waſt and rauenraven all thinges, they kil lyke woolues, and take awaye all refreſhing and commodity from …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader