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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #243 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

whensoeuerwhensoever

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

Puritas changed it
1,779 times in 444 works
Consistency
99.8% (1,779 of 1,782)
Reach if approved
~1,873 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: whensoever
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,783 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,779 changes in 444 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,779)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſhowne on both ſides, the kingdome of darkneſſe would not be ſo populous. Now whenſoeuerwhensoever the Tempter ſets vpon any poore ſoule, all ſting of conſcience, wrath, iudgement, torment …
    With rule
    … ſhowne on both ſides, the kingdome of darkneſſe would not be ſo populous. Now whenſoeuerwhensoever the Tempter ſets vpon any poore ſoule, all ſting of conſcience, wrath, iudgement, torment …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 424 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … confessyng altogither .iij. distinct persons in one Godheade agaynst the aforesayd heretikes & erronious prelates. WhensoeuerWhensoever therfore the dyuill goeth forth with hys blacke horse or deceiptfull doctours, to subuerte …
    With rule
    … confessyng altogither .iij. distinct persons in one Godheade agaynst the aforesayd heretikes & erronious prelates. WhensoeuerWhensoever therfore the dyuill goeth forth with hys blacke horse or deceiptfull doctours, to subuerte …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Bishops answer hereunto is, that This kind of argument is thought to be good, whensoeuerwhensoever proofe is taken of Gods word, and is vsed not only by vs, but …
    With rule
    … Bishops answer hereunto is, that This kind of argument is thought to be good, whensoeuerwhensoever proofe is taken of Gods word, and is vsed not only by vs, but …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … allegiance for the King, and a brow of apostacy of treason for the Pope; whensoeuerwhensoever he shall call for it. You would thinke it a strange defect in nature …
    With rule
    … allegiance for the King, and a brow of apostacy of treason for the Pope; whensoeuerwhensoever he shall call for it. You would thinke it a strange defect in nature …

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … truly deserueth to be accounted good, but what proceedeth onely from him. So that whensoeuerwhensoever we attribute any good, either vnto man, or to any other creature, and call …
    With rule
    … truly deserueth to be accounted good, but what proceedeth onely from him. So that whensoeuerwhensoever we attribute any good, either vnto man, or to any other creature, and call …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … with God, may haue all his forces, and armies for their helpe, and assistance, whensoeuerwhensoever need shall be. And what are all the Creatures but Gods hoasts? He is …
    With rule
    … with God, may haue all his forces, and armies for their helpe, and assistance, whensoeuerwhensoever need shall be. And what are all the Creatures but Gods hoasts? He is …

    Thomas Gataker · An Anniversary Memorial · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the rules for matters, when ye pray, when is as much as to ſay whenſoeuerwhensoever ye pray, becauſe we may not depart from thoſe matters conteined in the general …
    With rule
    … the rules for matters, when ye pray, when is as much as to ſay whenſoeuerwhensoever ye pray, becauſe we may not depart from thoſe matters conteined in the general …

    George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 97 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … our bonds vnto him, the condition whereof is, that wee be readie to remooue whensoeuerwhensoever he pleaseth, knowing that Gods prouidence forceth vs alwaies to the best, and as …
    With rule
    … our bonds vnto him, the condition whereof is, that wee be readie to remooue whensoeuerwhensoever he pleaseth, knowing that Gods prouidence forceth vs alwaies to the best, and as …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 72 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines A01262

  • Printed
    WHenſoeuerWhensoever the Goſpel is preached, wee haue to knowe and conſider, that it is to …
    With rule
    WHenſoeuerWhensoever the Goſpel is preached, wee haue to knowe and conſider, that it is to …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 18 · Open in the reader

An ABC for Laymen A15621

  • Printed
    WHensoeuerWhensoever we see the Rainbowe, we are to call to minde Gods iudgementes against the …
    With rule
    WHensoeuerWhensoever we see the Rainbowe, we are to call to minde Gods iudgementes against the …

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    WHensoeuerWhensoever wee see throanes or Chayres of state, wherein it is not lawfull for any …
    With rule
    WHensoeuerWhensoever wee see throanes or Chayres of state, wherein it is not lawfull for any …

    Clergy George Wither · An ABC for Laymen · p. 150 · Open in the reader