Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19457 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

clouencloven

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

Puritas changed it: 116 times in 86 works
Consistency: 97.4% (116 of 119)
Reach if approved: ~125 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cloven
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 119 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 86 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
In clouencloven tungs of fire.
With rule
In clouencloven tungs of fire.
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the same worke: his tongue was forced out of his mouth, with a clouencloven sticke fastened vpon it, that he should not vtter his Faith and conscience vnto …
With rule
… of the same worke: his tongue was forced out of his mouth, with a clouencloven sticke fastened vpon it, that he should not vtter his Faith and conscience vnto …
John Foxe · Christs Victory over Satans Tyranny · p. 366 · Open in the reader
Printed
… also after that, the holy Ghost came downe vpon them in the forme of clouencloven tongues of fire, Act. …. Now these latter giuings, were in regard of greater measure …
With rule
… also after that, the holy Ghost came downe vpon them in the forme of clouencloven tongues of fire, Act. …. Now these latter giuings, were in regard of greater measure …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 458 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did the Apoſtles, by ſending downe the holy Ghoſt in the viſible ſimilitude of clouencloven tongues like as of fire, ſitting vpon euery one of them, whereby they that …
With rule
… did the Apoſtles, by ſending downe the holy Ghoſt in the viſible ſimilitude of clouencloven tongues like as of fire, ſitting vpon euery one of them, whereby they that …
Thomas Stoughton · The Christians Sacrifice Better than all the Legal Sacrifices of Jews · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Salome; vpon him as vpon the reſt, the holy Ghoſt deſcended, like fiery clouencloven tongues, induing them with the admirable gift of vnderſtanding, and ſpeaking all ſtrange languages …
With rule
… and Salome; vpon him as vpon the reſt, the holy Ghoſt deſcended, like fiery clouencloven tongues, induing them with the admirable gift of vnderſtanding, and ſpeaking all ſtrange languages …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… diuided the tongues of those presumptuous builders; so contrarily hee sent his spirit in clouencloven tongues vpon the heads of those master-builders of his Church. What they were …
With rule
… diuided the tongues of those presumptuous builders; so contrarily hee sent his spirit in clouencloven tongues vpon the heads of those master-builders of his Church. What they were …
John Brinsley · The Grammar School · Open in the reader
Printed
… or to breake the cable, or that the ſhippe by meanes thereof ſhould be clouencloven in twaine. This indeed falles out vpon the Sea: but the power of God …
With rule
… or to breake the cable, or that the ſhippe by meanes thereof ſhould be clouencloven in twaine. This indeed falles out vpon the Sea: but the power of God …
John Calvin · Commentary on Hebrews · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Sayles, how ſoone did his ſilly Boate daſh vppon the rocke, and was clouencloven in two or three peeces? Let not men be deceyued with euery vayne ſhewe …
With rule
… his Sayles, how ſoone did his ſilly Boate daſh vppon the rocke, and was clouencloven in two or three peeces? Let not men be deceyued with euery vayne ſhewe …
George Gifford · Short Treatise Against the Donatists of England · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.