Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #134 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

couercover

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

Puritas changed it: 2,918 times in 718 works
Consistency: 99.0% (2,918 of 2,947)
Reach if approved: ~3,096 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cover
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,947 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,918 changes in 718 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,918)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the poore that wander into thine houſe, when thou ſeeſt the naked, that thou couercover him, and hide not thy ſelfe from thine owne fleſhe: then ſhall thy light …
With rule
… the poore that wander into thine houſe, when thou ſeeſt the naked, that thou couercover him, and hide not thy ſelfe from thine owne fleſhe: then ſhall thy light …
George Gifford · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… bright ſunneſhine, and yet laboureth by continuall courſe to ſhadow the ſunne, and to couercover the whole earth. Wherfore the Lorde God to dryue away this naturall darkneſſe from …
With rule
… bright ſunneſhine, and yet laboureth by continuall courſe to ſhadow the ſunne, and to couercover the whole earth. Wherfore the Lorde God to dryue away this naturall darkneſſe from …
Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader
Printed
… abuſe of knowledge by hypocriſie and ſophiſtry. For men are not onely politicke to couercover and hide their filthineſſe by diſſimulation, and apiſh imitation of certaine words and termes …
With rule
… abuſe of knowledge by hypocriſie and ſophiſtry. For men are not onely politicke to couercover and hide their filthineſſe by diſſimulation, and apiſh imitation of certaine words and termes …
Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wounded sorely in any skirmish with vs, their fellowes presently binde it vp, and couercover it with a Crowne of a surmised victorie. I well knew, and foretold the …
With rule
… wounded sorely in any skirmish with vs, their fellowes presently binde it vp, and couercover it with a Crowne of a surmised victorie. I well knew, and foretold the …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader
Printed
… she heares the Pipe, she will couch one eare close to the ground, and couercover the other with her taile. So doe worldlings: they fill one eare with earth …
With rule
… she heares the Pipe, she will couch one eare close to the ground, and couercover the other with her taile. So doe worldlings: they fill one eare with earth …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… execrable then can bee borne withal. Your counterfayte hornes these many hundred yeeres nowe couercover…d with cloudes w…erw…th you haue hidden a rauening blo…dsucker vnder …
With rule
… execrable then can bee borne withal. Your counterfayte hornes these many hundred yeeres nowe couercover…d with cloudes w…erw…th you haue hidden a rauening blo…dsucker vnder …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… chapter of his prophecie, whiche had two winges to couercover there faces, two to couercover there feete, and two wherewith they did flye. For when as the Cherubins and …
With rule
… chapter of his prophecie, whiche had two winges to couercover there faces, two to couercover there feete, and two wherewith they did flye. For when as the Cherubins and …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… giueth vs aboundantly both bread and meat to feede vs, and good clothing to couercover vs, and conuenient houſing to harbor vs, & friends & fauour and credit and countenance in …
With rule
… giueth vs aboundantly both bread and meat to feede vs, and good clothing to couercover vs, and conuenient houſing to harbor vs, & friends & fauour and credit and countenance in …
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 57 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (29)

29 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

Printed
… red as bloud. Cloath mee with thy red garment died in thine owne bloud. CouerCover my nakednesse, deformities, wounds, and sores from the sight of thy Father. Thy garment …
With rule
… red as bloud. Cloath mee with thy red garment died in thine owne bloud. CouerCover my nakednesse, deformities, wounds, and sores from the sight of thy Father. Thy garment …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 363 · Open in the reader

The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net A00602

Printed
DIgnū patellâ operculū; such a cup, such a CouerCover; such ware, such inscriptiō on the outside of the box: such as the Inne …
With rule
DIgnū patellâ operculū; such a cup, such a CouerCover; such ware, such inscriptiō on the outside of the box: such as the Inne …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the Index or Finger of the Diall. A crackt Cup, and a false CouerCover; naughtie ware, and as bad an inscription; a cheating Inne, and a lewd Signe …
With rule
… is the Index or Finger of the Diall. A crackt Cup, and a false CouerCover; naughtie ware, and as bad an inscription; a cheating Inne, and a lewd Signe …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… in vaine they shal cry to the mountaines, Fallon vs, and to the hills, CouerCover vs. As neyther against the waters in the former Deluge, so nor against the …
With rule
… in vaine they shal cry to the mountaines, Fallon vs, and to the hills, CouerCover vs. As neyther against the waters in the former Deluge, so nor against the …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 8 · Open in the reader

Works A02178

Printed
… calling as before: for these sinnes of all other bite sorest and pearce deepest. CouerCover them not, but confesse them to God in time least thou be constrained to …
With rule
… calling as before: for these sinnes of all other bite sorest and pearce deepest. CouerCover them not, but confesse them to God in time least thou be constrained to …
Richard Greenham · Works · Open in the reader

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation A02872

Printed
13 Fall vpon vs with such stuffe as ye haue. CouerCover vs with your works more than néed. Pray, pray, pray, sing, sing, sing, say …
With rule
13 Fall vpon vs with such stuffe as ye haue. CouerCover vs with your works more than néed. Pray, pray, pray, sing, sing, sing, say …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 91 · Open in the reader

The Abridgment of the Gospel A03268

Printed
… will make vs ſay to the mountaines, Fall on vs, and to the hils, CouerCover vs . What then ſhall we ſay of our owne ſelues, who for all this …
With rule
… will make vs ſay to the mountaines, Fall on vs, and to the hils, CouerCover vs . What then ſhall we ſay of our owne ſelues, who for all this …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 100 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Peter and Jude A06502

Printed
… winketh at all thinges, as though he ſawe them not. So that this worde (CouerCover) wherof both Solomon and ſainct Peter ſpeake, when thei ſaie, that Loue couereth the …
With rule
… winketh at all thinges, as though he ſawe them not. So that this worde (CouerCover) wherof both Solomon and ſainct Peter ſpeake, when thei ſaie, that Loue couereth the …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 97 · Open in the reader

Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens A10177

Printed
… and Chara…ter of the Romish Whore, which is stamped on the Frontispiece, and CouerCover of …esuiticall, and Popish Prayer and pocket Bookes: I will begin my Paralell, with …
With rule
… and Chara…ter of the Romish Whore, which is stamped on the Frontispiece, and CouerCover of …esuiticall, and Popish Prayer and pocket Bookes: I will begin my Paralell, with …
William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 53 · Open in the reader

The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ A11012

Printed
… they begin to ſay to the mountaines, Fall on vs: and to the hilles, CouerCover vs. verse 31 For if they do theſe thinges to a greene tree, what ſhall …
With rule
… they begin to ſay to the mountaines, Fall on vs: and to the hilles, CouerCover vs. verse 31 For if they do theſe thinges to a greene tree, what ſhall …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 114 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they begin to ſay to the mountaines, Fall on vs: and to the hilles, CouerCover vs. And vn…er the deſtruction of Hieruſalem, Hee vnderſtands & adumbrates that terrible judgement …
With rule
… they begin to ſay to the mountaines, Fall on vs: and to the hilles, CouerCover vs. And vn…er the deſtruction of Hieruſalem, Hee vnderſtands & adumbrates that terrible judgement …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 121 · Open in the reader

Two Sermons of Jonahs Punishment A12430

Printed
… the foundation of the earth ſhall tremble, and they ſhall ſay to the mountaines, CouerCover vs, fall vpon vs, and hide vs from the preſence of his anger and …
With rule
… the foundation of the earth ſhall tremble, and they ſhall ſay to the mountaines, CouerCover vs, fall vpon vs, and hide vs from the preſence of his anger and …
Henry Smith · Two Sermons of Jonahs Punishment · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

Printed
Euery man must get a CouerCover for his sinne. 16
With rule
Euery man must get a CouerCover for his sinne. 16
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader
Printed
Many sorts of men CouerCover themselues with fig-leaues. 18
With rule
Many sorts of men CouerCover themselues with fig-leaues. 18
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
to CouerCover the feete. sig:
With rule
to CouerCover the feete. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 71 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… is taken from him: This is his Princes will, Caput obnubito arbori infoelici suspendito: CouerCover his face… And seeing hee was the chiefe of a knot of knaues, let …
With rule
… is taken from him: This is his Princes will, Caput obnubito arbori infoelici suspendito: CouerCover his face… And seeing hee was the chiefe of a knot of knaues, let …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 496 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his will, and incline his affections, that his chiefest delight may bee in thee: CouerCover his sillie Soule vnder the shadow of thy Winges, vntill all these calamities bee …
With rule
… his will, and incline his affections, that his chiefest delight may bee in thee: CouerCover his sillie Soule vnder the shadow of thy Winges, vntill all these calamities bee …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 554 · Open in the reader
Printed
… long white robe of Christes righteousnesse, euen the innocencie of thy deare Sonne Iesus: CouerCover him Lord, couercover him with the golden fleece of thy righteous Lambe: Parsume him …
With rule
… long white robe of Christes righteousnesse, euen the innocencie of thy deare Sonne Iesus: CouerCover him Lord, couercover him with the golden fleece of thy righteous Lambe: Parsume him …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 556 · Open in the reader

A Godly Meditation A16579

Printed
MOſte thycke & darke cloudes doe CouerCover our myndes, except thy lyght (O Lord) do dyſpell them. Thy ſon (O moſt …
With rule
MOſte thycke & darke cloudes doe CouerCover our myndes, except thy lyght (O Lord) do dyſpell them. Thy ſon (O moſt …
John Bradford · A Godly Meditation · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

Printed
Nowe, the force of the argument or demonſtration doeth conſiſt in the wordes: Forgiue, CouerCover, and not Impute. The creditour forgiueth the debtour that, whiche hee hath not payde …
With rule
Nowe, the force of the argument or demonſtration doeth conſiſt in the wordes: Forgiue, CouerCover, and not Impute. The creditour forgiueth the debtour that, whiche hee hath not payde …
Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 556 · Open in the reader

The Christians Bulwark A17299

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… whole trust in this his onely death. Commit thy selfe wholly to his death. CouerCover thy whole selfe with this death, and wrap thy selfe wholly in it. And …
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… whole trust in this his onely death. Commit thy selfe wholly to his death. CouerCover thy whole selfe with this death, and wrap thy selfe wholly in it. And …
Henry Burton · The Christians Bulwark · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Truths Triumph Over Trent A17308

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… whole trust in this his onely death. Commit thy selfe wholly to his death. CouerCover thy whole selfe with this death, and wrap thy selfe wholly in it. And …
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… whole trust in this his onely death. Commit thy selfe wholly to his death. CouerCover thy whole selfe with this death, and wrap thy selfe wholly in it. And …
Henry Burton · Truths Triumph Over Trent · p. 147 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

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… their miserie, is lamentable to consider: Adam gets Figge-leaues, and Israell a foolish CouerCover . As for Death and Hell, men are at a point, they haue made a …
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… their miserie, is lamentable to consider: Adam gets Figge-leaues, and Israell a foolish CouerCover . As for Death and Hell, men are at a point, they haue made a …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 139 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

Printed
3. CouerCover their nakednesses.
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3. CouerCover their nakednesses.
Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 434 · Open in the reader

The Rules of a Holy Life A17410

Printed
3. CouerCover their nakednesses.
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3. CouerCover their nakednesses.
Nicholas Byfield · The Rules of a Holy Life · Open in the reader

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

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… truly. But when the seruant is come home, the Maister will say vnto him, CouerCover the table, dresse my supper, and giue me drinke. Euen so sayth Iesus Christ …
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… truly. But when the seruant is come home, the Maister will say vnto him, CouerCover the table, dresse my supper, and giue me drinke. Euen so sayth Iesus Christ …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 942 · Open in the reader

The Guide Unto True Blessedness A19634

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… and be with vs in our ſpirituall conflict, as the King in the armie: CouerCover our he…ds, aſſure our hearts, inſtruct our hands, helpe vs ſo to fight …
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… and be with vs in our ſpirituall conflict, as the King in the armie: CouerCover our he…ds, aſſure our hearts, inſtruct our hands, helpe vs ſo to fight …
Samuel Crook · The Guide Unto True Blessedness · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

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… as the holie Scripture reporteth of them, that they ſhall ſay vnto the mountaines, CouerCover vs. You ſee how the wicked doo alwayes flee from the preſence of God …
With rule
… as the holie Scripture reporteth of them, that they ſhall ſay vnto the mountaines, CouerCover vs. You ſee how the wicked doo alwayes flee from the preſence of God …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 408 · Open in the reader

A Help Unto Devotion A72314

Printed
… his infinite fulnes, the depth wherof cannot be fadomed, nor the ſtore thereof conſumed. CouerCover my vncleanneſſe with the rove of his holineſſe, euen with the garment of ſaluation …
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… his infinite fulnes, the depth wherof cannot be fadomed, nor the ſtore thereof conſumed. CouerCover my vncleanneſſe with the rove of his holineſſe, euen with the garment of ſaluation …
Samuel Hieron · A Help Unto Devotion · p. 122 · Open in the reader