Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #20 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

leaueleave

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

Puritas changed it: 18,344 times in 1,321 works
Consistency: 99.9% (18,344 of 18,346)
Reach if approved: ~19,279 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: leave
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 18,348 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (18,344 changes in 1,321 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 18,344)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of men: thine old mates, and fellowes, sporte, play, riot, idlenes, and, by your leaueleave, chambering is thy repast: thou déemest it a Gentlemans lyfe to spend whole dayes …
With rule
… of men: thine old mates, and fellowes, sporte, play, riot, idlenes, and, by your leaueleave, chambering is thy repast: thou déemest it a Gentlemans lyfe to spend whole dayes …
John Foxe · Christ Jesus Triumphant · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
But let vs leaueleave the Papistes wyth their woful argumentes, & returne to the Apostels in their request made …
With rule
But let vs leaueleave the Papistes wyth their woful argumentes, & returne to the Apostels in their request made …
William Fulke · A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations · Open in the reader
Printed
… Babylon, & the scripture affirmeth that Babylon is the Sée of Antichrist. But let vs leaueleave s. Ierome, and sée what other say of the same matter.
With rule
… Babylon, & the scripture affirmeth that Babylon is the Sée of Antichrist. But let vs leaueleave s. Ierome, and sée what other say of the same matter.
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader
Printed
… things, Enter thou into the ioy of thy Lord . Where it is best to leaueleave Her, euen with her Lord, taking more ioy (as a Schoole-man teacheth truly …
With rule
… things, Enter thou into the ioy of thy Lord . Where it is best to leaueleave Her, euen with her Lord, taking more ioy (as a Schoole-man teacheth truly …
Hannibal Gamon · The Praise of a Godly Woman · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of goodneſſe; ſince good men ſo leaueleave the earth.
With rule
Of goodneſſe; ſince good men ſo leaueleave the earth.
John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… not so much feare this cut as I doe; for on this side, I leaueleave labour, sorrow, sinne, shame, vexation, anxiety, paine, and mortality; and on the other side …
With rule
… not so much feare this cut as I doe; for on this side, I leaueleave labour, sorrow, sinne, shame, vexation, anxiety, paine, and mortality; and on the other side …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 469 · Open in the reader
Printed
… righteouſnes and holines of life, which is alſo ſignified by the waſhing which doeth leaueleave vs cleane & white. And although it be true in deede, that this holines can …
With rule
… righteouſnes and holines of life, which is alſo ſignified by the waſhing which doeth leaueleave vs cleane & white. And although it be true in deede, that this holines can …
Dudley Fenner · The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
I'le rather dye, then leaueleave thy wisht embrace. Enter Pa… disguised.
With rule
I'le rather dye, then leaueleave thy wisht embrace. Enter Pa… disguised.
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

Printed
LEaueLeave off, my ſonne] Though in former times when thou waſt the diſciple of deceiuers …
With rule
LEaueLeave off, my ſonne] Though in former times when thou waſt the diſciple of deceiuers …
Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 299 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 18-20 B12458

Printed
LEaueLeave off, my ſonne] though in former times when thou waſt the diſciple of deceiuers …
With rule
LEaueLeave off, my ſonne] though in former times when thou waſt the diſciple of deceiuers …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 18-20 · p. 94 · Open in the reader