Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19480 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

euasionsevasions

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

Puritas changed it: 115 times in 68 works
Consistency: 93.5% (115 of 123)
Reach if approved: ~129 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: evasions
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 123 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (115 changes in 68 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 115)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and vnderstand, that all those gloses are thinges imagined & inuented onely for to bee euasionsevasions and stertynge holes from good argumentes and reasons that are to the contratie?
With rule
… and vnderstand, that all those gloses are thinges imagined & inuented onely for to bee euasionsevasions and stertynge holes from good argumentes and reasons that are to the contratie?
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. xvi · Open in the reader
Printed
… truth compels them: for there is nothing elſe to induce them; they want not euaſionsevasions (if any were to bee found) for they are men of learning, they haue …
With rule
… truth compels them: for there is nothing elſe to induce them; they want not euaſionsevasions (if any were to bee found) for they are men of learning, they haue …
Anthony Wotton · A Dangerous Plot Discovered · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… death, is alike. But this they will not allow of, but ſtill will haue euaſionsevasions. Ob. But he ſees their Sinnes daily, becauſe dayly hee commands them to pray …
With rule
… death, is alike. But this they will not allow of, but ſtill will haue euaſionsevasions. Ob. But he ſees their Sinnes daily, becauſe dayly hee commands them to pray …
Henry Burton · The Law and the Gospel Reconciled · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a Lot, which being a religious ordinance, appointed of the Lord in waighty euasionsevasions, to determine the doubtfulnesse thereof, ought not to be transferred to matter of recreation …
With rule
… of a Lot, which being a religious ordinance, appointed of the Lord in waighty euasionsevasions, to determine the doubtfulnesse thereof, ought not to be transferred to matter of recreation …
Thomas Cooper · The Art of Giving · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
8. S. Paul 1. Cor. 11. cutteth off all euasionsevasions; for he writeth to the Corinthians, and as he himselfe saith, cap. 1. verse 2. To …
With rule
8. S. Paul 1. Cor. 11. cutteth off all euasionsevasions; for he writeth to the Corinthians, and as he himselfe saith, cap. 1. verse 2. To …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Buckler of the Faith · p. 526 · Open in the reader
Printed
… no hope by corruptiō, or fauour, or fraud, or importunitie of ſute, to find euaſionsevasions. Thou art the Iudge of all the world, and thou wilt doe right; euery …
With rule
… no hope by corruptiō, or fauour, or fraud, or importunitie of ſute, to find euaſionsevasions. Thou art the Iudge of all the world, and thou wilt doe right; euery …
Samuel Hieron · A Help Unto Devotion · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the direction of scripture onely, and not any starlight of mans reason. 9. Bothe which euasionsevasions being cut off, wee haue in the next place declared after what sort the …
With rule
… the direction of scripture onely, and not any starlight of mans reason. 9. Bothe which euasionsevasions being cut off, wee haue in the next place declared after what sort the …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pledging, or beginning Healthes… together with a large, and punctuall answere, to all obiections, euasionsevasions, pretences, colours, or excuses which men make, to iustifie, moderate, or any way else …
With rule
… Pledging, or beginning Healthes… together with a large, and punctuall answere, to all obiections, euasionsevasions, pretences, colours, or excuses which men make, to iustifie, moderate, or any way else …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · p. 76 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 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.

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… in despight of Gods Command, with these two Wittie, or rather Impudent pretences, and EuasionsEvasions.
With rule
… in despight of Gods Command, with these two Wittie, or rather Impudent pretences, and EuasionsEvasions.
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 84 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

Printed
Here alſo are confuted, the vaine EuaſionsEvasions & diſtinctions, which are vſually framed againſt the ancient Sabbath day. Laſtly, here is a …
With rule
Here alſo are confuted, the vaine EuaſionsEvasions & diſtinctions, which are vſually framed againſt the ancient Sabbath day. Laſtly, here is a …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · Open in the reader

The Jesuits Shifts and Evasions A20949

Printed
… vouchſafed to beſtow his labour vpon the confutation of ſuch ſilly ſhifts and ſorry EuaſionsEvasions as our moderne Engliſh Jeſuites and Popiſh Prieſts ſucke out of their fathers plants …
With rule
… vouchſafed to beſtow his labour vpon the confutation of ſuch ſilly ſhifts and ſorry EuaſionsEvasions as our moderne Engliſh Jeſuites and Popiſh Prieſts ſucke out of their fathers plants …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Jesuits Shifts and Evasions · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. III. The fiue manners or wayes of EuaſionsEvasions, ſet downe by M^r. Arnoux to confute the Miniſters.
With rule
CHAP. III. The fiue manners or wayes of EuaſionsEvasions, ſet downe by M^r. Arnoux to confute the Miniſters.
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Jesuits Shifts and Evasions · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fitter rather to ſtay and hinder diſputation, then to inſtruct. To each of theſe EuaſionsEvasions, we will ſay ſomewhat, that we may not let any thing paſſe without replying.
With rule
… fitter rather to ſtay and hinder diſputation, then to inſtruct. To each of theſe EuaſionsEvasions, we will ſay ſomewhat, that we may not let any thing paſſe without replying.
Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Jesuits Shifts and Evasions · p. 19 · Open in the reader