Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #23 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obserueobserve

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

Puritas changed it: 10,394 times in 1,048 works
Consistency: 99.9% (10,394 of 10,397)
Reach if approved: ~10,927 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: observe
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 10,400 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10,394 changes in 1,048 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10,394)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… lande which the Lorde ſhall giue vnto you as he hath ſaide, and ſhall obſerueobserve this worſhippe. Lette it be (I ſaye) when your children aske pou: What ſignifieth …
With rule
… lande which the Lorde ſhall giue vnto you as he hath ſaide, and ſhall obſerueobserve this worſhippe. Lette it be (I ſaye) when your children aske pou: What ſignifieth …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… Philosopher, but better to bee a supernaturall, a Christian Philosopher. That whiles we intentiuely obserueobserve the creature, we may attentiuely serue the Creator.
With rule
… Philosopher, but better to bee a supernaturall, a Christian Philosopher. That whiles we intentiuely obserueobserve the creature, we may attentiuely serue the Creator.
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 219 · Open in the reader
Printed
There be (as I heard a worthy Diuine obserueobserve) three maine Riuers in the land, whereof this is held the best: and this …
With rule
There be (as I heard a worthy Diuine obserueobserve) three maine Riuers in the land, whereof this is held the best: and this …
Thomas Adams · The City of Peace · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
Howe many of these thinges, doe the Papistes obserueobserve more then wée? If they maye bée discharged for omitting some of these aunciente …
With rule
Howe many of these thinges, doe the Papistes obserueobserve more then wée? If they maye bée discharged for omitting some of these aunciente …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader
Printed
… so, as the infidels seeing them, they might be taken asunder. But I will obserueobserve, that seeing they made no images of the reede, sponge, speare, &c. they made …
With rule
… so, as the infidels seeing them, they might be taken asunder. But I will obserueobserve, that seeing they made no images of the reede, sponge, speare, &c. they made …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 181 · Open in the reader
Printed
… way that ſeemed beſt or moſt compendious in their owne eyes. So muſt we obſerueobserve Gods wayes in our trading & trafficking, in our walking towards wealth: we muſt keepe …
With rule
… way that ſeemed beſt or moſt compendious in their owne eyes. So muſt we obſerueobserve Gods wayes in our trading & trafficking, in our walking towards wealth: we muſt keepe …
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
Q. Come now vnto the peticions. What doe ye obſerueobserve in the order, by which they are placed?
With rule
Q. Come now vnto the peticions. What doe ye obſerueobserve in the order, by which they are placed?
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
Answ. The Iewish sabboth is changed into that day which we obserueobserve, for the keeping in memory the great benifit of Christs resurrection which is greater …
With rule
Answ. The Iewish sabboth is changed into that day which we obserueobserve, for the keeping in memory the great benifit of Christs resurrection which is greater …
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Mirror or Miracle of Gods Love Unto the World of His Elect A06060

Printed
OBſerueObserve heere wherein the ſpeciall loue of God conſiſteth: not in health, wealth, honours, countenance …
With rule
OBſerueObserve heere wherein the ſpeciall loue of God conſiſteth: not in health, wealth, honours, countenance …
Paul Baynes · The Mirror or Miracle of Gods Love Unto the World of His Elect · p. 11 · Open in the reader

Balm from Gilead B15555

Printed
OBserueObserve in the next place, Doct. 5 that it is the Lord that will heale the …
With rule
OBserueObserve in the next place, Doct. 5 that it is the Lord that will heale the …
Henry Roborough · Balm from Gilead · p. 84 · Open in the reader