Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19354 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

couerscovers

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

Puritas changed it: 149 times in 85 works
Consistency: 95.5% (149 of 156)
Reach if approved: ~164 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: covers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 156 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (149 changes in 85 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 149)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as the hand … a salue vpon any sore part of the body, and then couerscovers it; so to apply a plaister of a gentle and milde reproofe, that it …
With rule
… as the hand … a salue vpon any sore part of the body, and then couerscovers it; so to apply a plaister of a gentle and milde reproofe, that it …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conspectu omnium, as proud of the fashion. They talke of a Conscience, that seekes couerscovers, like Adams Figge leaues: but these glory in their shame; whose end is damnation …
With rule
… conspectu omnium, as proud of the fashion. They talke of a Conscience, that seekes couerscovers, like Adams Figge leaues: but these glory in their shame; whose end is damnation …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which woords beſides that they contayne blaſphemy in them ſelues, ſo are they made couerscovers to abuſe the ſimple: & yet for al that, this may not bee their name …
With rule
… which woords beſides that they contayne blaſphemy in them ſelues, ſo are they made couerscovers to abuſe the ſimple: & yet for al that, this may not bee their name …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the sore in the foote or in the legge, and withall couerscovers it. Loue couerscovers the multitude of sinnes. And when men disgrace their brethren for their wants, and …
With rule
… the sore in the foote or in the legge, and withall couerscovers it. Loue couerscovers the multitude of sinnes. And when men disgrace their brethren for their wants, and …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 515 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to our God. As to the Helmet it is but a peece, and it couerscovers the vvhole head and ſenſes round about. So the Helmet of the Chriſtian vvarriour …
With rule
… to our God. As to the Helmet it is but a peece, and it couerscovers the vvhole head and ſenſes round about. So the Helmet of the Chriſtian vvarriour …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… great Emperour) they doe not consider the purple so much, as that the purple couerscovers dust, and base flesh that must turne to dust and ashes, and rottennesse ere …
With rule
… great Emperour) they doe not consider the purple so much, as that the purple couerscovers dust, and base flesh that must turne to dust and ashes, and rottennesse ere …
Richard Sibbes · The Riches of Mercy · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of faith. Sinceritie is a vaile to couer all sinne; because of this, God couerscovers and cures all our iniquities, as 1. King. 15. 14 They put not downe the high places …
With rule
… of faith. Sinceritie is a vaile to couer all sinne; because of this, God couerscovers and cures all our iniquities, as 1. King. 15. 14 They put not downe the high places …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If Haman do but feare the Kings diſpleaſure, he haſtes him home mourning, and couerscovers his head, and will not be comforted: and if Ahitophel do but ſee that …
With rule
… If Haman do but feare the Kings diſpleaſure, he haſtes him home mourning, and couerscovers his head, and will not be comforted: and if Ahitophel do but ſee that …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 768 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

Printed
… from patience. Charitie couerscovers a multitude of Sinnes: sayth Peter: All sinnes, sayth Salomon. CouersCovers them partly from the eyes of God, in praying for the offenders: partly from …
With rule
… from patience. Charitie couerscovers a multitude of Sinnes: sayth Peter: All sinnes, sayth Salomon. CouersCovers them partly from the eyes of God, in praying for the offenders: partly from …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 129 · Open in the reader

Davids Learning A13538

Printed
CouersCovers of sinne too short and thinne. 90
With rule
CouersCovers of sinne too short and thinne. 90
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader