Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19162 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouidovid

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

Puritas changed it: 229 times in 55 works
Consistency: 99.5% (229 of 230)
Reach if approved: ~242 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ovid
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 230 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (229 changes in 55 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 229)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… holy fire, as hath bene ſayde, and as it appeareth by the witneſſe of OuidOvid, ſaying.
With rule
… holy fire, as hath bene ſayde, and as it appeareth by the witneſſe of OuidOvid, ſaying.
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as euen naturall men doe, that are ouercome of their affections. Witnes Medea in OuidOvid: I see what is good, and like it, and doe that is euill. Otherwise …
With rule
… as euen naturall men doe, that are ouercome of their affections. Witnes Medea in OuidOvid: I see what is good, and like it, and doe that is euill. Otherwise …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 101 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Adrianus: in which age Pauſanias had as ſuer recordes of number in Olympiades, as OuidOvid had of Actaeones houndes: or the Chaldeans for monumentes of foure hundreth thouſande yeeres …
With rule
… Adrianus: in which age Pauſanias had as ſuer recordes of number in Olympiades, as OuidOvid had of Actaeones houndes: or the Chaldeans for monumentes of foure hundreth thouſande yeeres …
Hugh Broughton · An Apology in Brief Assertions · Open in the reader
Printed
… fallere. Chooſe rather to die, then to falcifie thy faith. And therof thus cenſureth OuidOvid.
With rule
… fallere. Chooſe rather to die, then to falcifie thy faith. And therof thus cenſureth OuidOvid.
John Carpenter · A Preparative to Contention · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dignity and purple of Prieſts, they being themſelues halfe naked, like to that which OuidOvid ſaith in his fourth booke de Fastis.
With rule
… dignity and purple of Prieſts, they being themſelues halfe naked, like to that which OuidOvid ſaith in his fourth booke de Fastis.
Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Defense of the Catholic Faith · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo that Engliſh-men turned that praiſe which was ſpoken to Auguſtus Caeſar by OuidOvid, vnto him,
With rule
… ſo that Engliſh-men turned that praiſe which was ſpoken to Auguſtus Caeſar by OuidOvid, vnto him,
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his owne corrupt flesh, to beleeue that there is no God at all. As OuidOvid saith of himself, Eleg. 3. Sollicitor nullos esse putare deos: I am often tempted to …
With rule
… his owne corrupt flesh, to beleeue that there is no God at all. As OuidOvid saith of himself, Eleg. 3. Sollicitor nullos esse putare deos: I am often tempted to …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 574 · Open in the reader
Printed
… floud that drowned the worlde, which we cal the floud of Noe, not only OuidOvid testifieth in his Metamorphosis, but also diuers ancient heathē writers, namely Berosus, Chaldaeus, Ieronimus …
With rule
… floud that drowned the worlde, which we cal the floud of Noe, not only OuidOvid testifieth in his Metamorphosis, but also diuers ancient heathē writers, namely Berosus, Chaldaeus, Ieronimus …
Henry Smith · Gods Arrow Against Atheists · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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 Christian Disputations A14461

Printed
… kerchiefes vppon their heades, as the Papiſts doe at this day. The which thinges ouidovid hath compriſed in a fewe bearſes, ſpeaking of the yeare ordayned by Romulus, after …
With rule
… kerchiefes vppon their heades, as the Papiſts doe at this day. The which thinges ouidovid hath compriſed in a fewe bearſes, ſpeaking of the yeare ordayned by Romulus, after …
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · Open in the reader