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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27116 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvottonwotton

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
56 times in 6 works
Consistency
100% (56 of 56)
Reach if approved
~59 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wotton
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
56 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 6 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    And although Sir Hen. VVottonWotton gives this verdiſt of them. VVe do commonly and juſtly ſtile him the Conquerour …
    With rule
    And although Sir Hen. VVottonWotton gives this verdiſt of them. VVe do commonly and juſtly ſtile him the Conquerour …

    William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 3 · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Lion ra. in the first quarter of the sec. 35 Mich. Sond, ar. * Throughley 36 Edw VVottonWotton, mil. ut prins * ut prius 37 Tho Palmer, ar. 38 Moilo Finch, mil. Eastwell Arg. a …
    With rule
    … Lion ra. in the first quarter of the sec. 35 Mich. Sond, ar. * Throughley 36 Edw VVottonWotton, mil. ut prins * ut prius 37 Tho Palmer, ar. 38 Moilo Finch, mil. Eastwell Arg. a …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 92 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … M. Walker loves to turn round) wherein nothing is truely alledged out of M. VVottonWotton, that any way crosseth Christs satisfaction made, or the price by him paid, for …
    With rule
    … M. Walker loves to turn round) wherein nothing is truely alledged out of M. VVottonWotton, that any way crosseth Christs satisfaction made, or the price by him paid, for …

    Thomas Gataker · Answer to Walkers Vindication · p. 103 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    * Piscator and Mr VVottonWotton make Justification to be nothing but the Remission of sins, and imputation of Righteousnesse …
    With rule
    * Piscator and Mr VVottonWotton make Justification to be nothing but the Remission of sins, and imputation of Righteousnesse …

    Edward Leigh · Body of Divinity · p. 513 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    And although Sir Hen. VVottonWotton gives this verdict of them. VVe do commonly and justly stile him the Conquerour …
    With rule
    And although Sir Hen. VVottonWotton gives this verdict of them. VVe do commonly and justly stile him the Conquerour …

    William Prynne · The Exact Recorder · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    And although Sir Hen. VVottonWotton gives this verdict of them. VVe do commonly and juſtly ſtile him the Conquerour …
    With rule
    And although Sir Hen. VVottonWotton gives this verdict of them. VVe do commonly and juſtly ſtile him the Conquerour …

    William Prynne · Vindication of Fundamental Rights and Governments of English Freemen · p. 387 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    VVillielmi VVottonWotton de Denton.
    With rule
    VVillielmi VVottonWotton de Denton.

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 88 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … he is now free. But however, he might do well to remember, that M. VVottonWotton, upon occasion of a passage used in his prayer, when the setling of Church …
    With rule
    … he is now free. But however, he might do well to remember, that M. VVottonWotton, upon occasion of a passage used in his prayer, when the setling of Church …

    Thomas Gataker · Answer to Walkers Vindication · p. 6 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.