Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #151 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuilsdevils

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

Puritas changed it: 3,011 times in 485 works
Consistency: 100% (3,011 of 3,011)
Reach if approved: ~3,164 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devils
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,011 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,011 changes in 485 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,011)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Thou haſt heere a powerfull weapon, euen the voyce of God, to ſcarre away deuilsdevils, and to reproue the wicked in all their vniuſt dealings: Whatſoeuer men ſay, iudge …
With rule
… Thou haſt heere a powerfull weapon, euen the voyce of God, to ſcarre away deuilsdevils, and to reproue the wicked in all their vniuſt dealings: Whatſoeuer men ſay, iudge …
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · Open in the reader
Printed
… on earth, and vnder the earth: Which last sort, seeing it is not the deuilsdevils, nor the damned that giue voluntary obedience, it must be the soules in Purgatory.
With rule
… on earth, and vnder the earth: Which last sort, seeing it is not the deuilsdevils, nor the damned that giue voluntary obedience, it must be the soules in Purgatory.
William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and vers. 21. Ye cannot drinke the Cup of the Lord, and the Cup of deuilsdevils: and 1. Cor. 12. 13. we are all made to drinke into one spirit. Besides, Mat. 26. 28. Drinke …
With rule
… and vers. 21. Ye cannot drinke the Cup of the Lord, and the Cup of deuilsdevils: and 1. Cor. 12. 13. we are all made to drinke into one spirit. Besides, Mat. 26. 28. Drinke …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… marry & eating flesh on fridayes & lent? The Apostle doth call this The doctrine of DeuilsDevils.
With rule
… marry & eating flesh on fridayes & lent? The Apostle doth call this The doctrine of DeuilsDevils.
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… that they were vncleane spirits, nowe he repeateth that they are the spirites of deuilsdevils, that is euen the verie members and Instrumentes of the deuill, that all may …
With rule
… that they were vncleane spirits, nowe he repeateth that they are the spirites of deuilsdevils, that is euen the verie members and Instrumentes of the deuill, that all may …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cause a soiritual Earth-quake in a mans Heart, able to ouerthrow all the DeuilsDevils strongest holds, any Bosome-finne, be it neuer so pleasing and profitable, by reason …
With rule
… cause a soiritual Earth-quake in a mans Heart, able to ouerthrow all the DeuilsDevils strongest holds, any Bosome-finne, be it neuer so pleasing and profitable, by reason …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
Spaniſh Iohn, cōmonly called The DeuilsDevils factor: or Forty pound Iohn, which name was giuen him for coſening two gentlewomē …
With rule
Spaniſh Iohn, cōmonly called The DeuilsDevils factor: or Forty pound Iohn, which name was giuen him for coſening two gentlewomē …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… better? Hee then is ſtrong & mightie, which dooth ouer-come not onelie men, but deuilsdevils & wicked luſts. All thys S. Paule ſetteth forth. Ephe. 6.
With rule
… better? Hee then is ſtrong & mightie, which dooth ouer-come not onelie men, but deuilsdevils & wicked luſts. All thys S. Paule ſetteth forth. Ephe. 6.
George Gifford · Treatise of True Fortitude · 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.