Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19586 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

thovthou

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

Puritas changed it: 93 times in 32 works
Consistency: 91.1% (93 of 102)
Reach if approved: ~118 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: thou
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 112 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (93 changes in 32 works, 91.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 93)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… buildings, or stoppeth wells, or destroyeth meats, by way of corrupting, transgresseth this law, THOVTHOU SHALT NOT CORRVPT: yet is he not to be beaten therefore, but by the …
With rule
… buildings, or stoppeth wells, or destroyeth meats, by way of corrupting, transgresseth this law, THOVTHOU SHALT NOT CORRVPT: yet is he not to be beaten therefore, but by the …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and servant of God, as to whom it is said heere, My sonne, feare THOVTHOU the Lord: though thou seest many other give out, and flinch for feare of …
With rule
… and servant of God, as to whom it is said heere, My sonne, feare THOVTHOU the Lord: though thou seest many other give out, and flinch for feare of …
Henry Burton · For God and the King · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
THOVTHOU art worthy, O Lord God of Heaven and Earth, Ver. 1 to whom a new …
With rule
THOVTHOU art worthy, O Lord God of Heaven and Earth, Ver. 1 to whom a new …
William Nicholson · Davids Harp Strung and Tuned · p. 533 · Open in the reader
Printed
But THOVTHOU chiefly, moſt adored,
With rule
But THOVTHOU chiefly, moſt adored,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader
Printed
… stand by thy ſelf, come not near to me, FOR I AM HOLIER THAN THOVTHOU. Theſe are a ſmoak in my noſe, a fire that burneth all the day …
With rule
… stand by thy ſelf, come not near to me, FOR I AM HOLIER THAN THOVTHOU. Theſe are a ſmoak in my noſe, a fire that burneth all the day …
William Prynne · Vindication of Free-Admission to Holy Communion · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… HONOR them; as euidently appeareth out of the Text, Take not VNTO THEE, lest THOVTHOU be enſnared therewith: Bring it not into THINE HOVSE.
With rule
… HONOR them; as euidently appeareth out of the Text, Take not VNTO THEE, lest THOVTHOU be enſnared therewith: Bring it not into THINE HOVSE.
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caſe, and ſecond perſon: as if more fully it had bene thus ſaid, O THOVTHOU OVR FATHER.
With rule
… caſe, and ſecond perſon: as if more fully it had bene thus ſaid, O THOVTHOU OVR FATHER.
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
THOVTHOU Lytil quair, of mat miserabyll
With rule
THOVTHOU Lytil quair, of mat miserabyll
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

4 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.

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
As thovthou did schaw thy heych power Diuyne
With rule
As thovthou did schaw thy heych power Diuyne
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
Quhare thovthou conuertit cauld watter in wyne
With rule
Quhare thovthou conuertit cauld watter in wyne
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
In to the Bibyll thovthou may reid
With rule
In to the Bibyll thovthou may reid
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader
Printed
The suith (said he) sonne gyfe thovthou knew
With rule
The suith (said he) sonne gyfe thovthou knew
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader