Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #128 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuildevil

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

Puritas changed it: 1,861 times in 362 works
Consistency: 100% (1,861 of 1,861)
Reach if approved: ~1,955 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devil
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,861 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,861 changes in 362 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,861)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… now we may defie the ſerpent & his ſéede with all their ſubtiltie: let the DeuilDevil now rore and rage, let him fret, let him fume, & fome, Chriſt is on …
With rule
… now we may defie the ſerpent & his ſéede with all their ſubtiltie: let the DeuilDevil now rore and rage, let him fret, let him fume, & fome, Chriſt is on …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… reſt. They ſéeing him in that conſtant mind, left him, & commended him to the deuildevil, whom they ſaid he ſerued, thinking he had béene poſſeſſed. This is faithfully aduouched …
With rule
… reſt. They ſéeing him in that conſtant mind, left him, & commended him to the deuildevil, whom they ſaid he ſerued, thinking he had béene poſſeſſed. This is faithfully aduouched …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in deede, but that which is by aequiuocation called faith, such saith as the DeuilDevil and the reprobate may haue.
With rule
… in deede, but that which is by aequiuocation called faith, such saith as the DeuilDevil and the reprobate may haue.
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 344 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hurt, euen for this cause because she is a Witch and dealeth by the DeuilDevil, and we our selues in our owne conscience cannot but condemne such kinde of …
With rule
… hurt, euen for this cause because she is a Witch and dealeth by the DeuilDevil, and we our selues in our owne conscience cannot but condemne such kinde of …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 328 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to become reſolute not to feare God nor man, (as they ſay) nor the deuildevil, they thinke themſelues braue men, and ſuch as are to bee eſteemed among the …
With rule
… to become reſolute not to feare God nor man, (as they ſay) nor the deuildevil, they thinke themſelues braue men, and ſuch as are to bee eſteemed among the …
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · Open in the reader
Printed
Iuſtine Martyr ſaith, That the DeuilDevil ſhall ſuffer puniſhment and vengeance, encloſed in euerlaſting fire: and they are no bodies …
With rule
Iuſtine Martyr ſaith, That the DeuilDevil ſhall ſuffer puniſhment and vengeance, encloſed in euerlaſting fire: and they are no bodies …
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
20 To shewe the certente of the aforesayd battayle / Saynt Iohan sayth tha… the deuildevil gathered together those wicked newlers into a serten place called in the Hebr… …onge …
With rule
20 To shewe the certente of the aforesayd battayle / Saynt Iohan sayth tha… the deuildevil gathered together those wicked newlers into a serten place called in the Hebr… …onge …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee tryeth his children, hee permitteth Sathan firſt to accuſe them, for therein the deuildevil wearieth himſelfe. Secondly, note another difference betweene Iob and Achab: The Lorde there calleth …
With rule
… hee tryeth his children, hee permitteth Sathan firſt to accuſe them, for therein the deuildevil wearieth himſelfe. Secondly, note another difference betweene Iob and Achab: The Lorde there calleth …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 171 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.