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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27348 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

svvordsswords

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

Puritas changed it
15 times in 12 works
Consistency
100% (15 of 15)
Reach if approved
~16 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: swords
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
15 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (15 changes in 12 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 15)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    To dravv their ſvvordsswords againſt a Tyrants daring;
    With rule
    To dravv their ſvvordsswords againſt a Tyrants daring;

    George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the manner hovv vve ſhall get it, and that is ſet dovvne in the ſvvordsswords (he ſhall giue it vnto you) A man might thinke by the former vvords …
    With rule
    … the manner hovv vve ſhall get it, and that is ſet dovvne in the ſvvordsswords (he ſhall giue it vnto you) A man might thinke by the former vvords …

    John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … is made againſt a thing: novv the divell doth not come againſt vs vvith ſvvordsswords, but vvith ſpirituall ſuggeſtions to vvithdravv vs; labouring to withdraw vs from righteouſnes and …
    With rule
    … is made againſt a thing: novv the divell doth not come againſt vs vvith ſvvordsswords, but vvith ſpirituall ſuggeſtions to vvithdravv vs; labouring to withdraw vs from righteouſnes and …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … cannot. Nor to be as hammers to knocke out on anothers braines, nor as ſvvordsswords in each others bovvells, nor as arrovves to on anothers harts. But rather vvhich …
    With rule
    … cannot. Nor to be as hammers to knocke out on anothers braines, nor as ſvvordsswords in each others bovvells, nor as arrovves to on anothers harts. But rather vvhich …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … he came vp vvith 40000. heads or cheeftaines of his campe: vvith 50000. men armed vvith ſvvordsswords: vvith 60000. armed vvith ſpeares: vvith 70000. armed vvith targets: vvith 80000. ſhooters of ſtones or bolts …
    With rule
    … he came vp vvith 40000. heads or cheeftaines of his campe: vvith 50000. men armed vvith ſvvordsswords: vvith 60000. armed vvith ſpeares: vvith 70000. armed vvith targets: vvith 80000. ſhooters of ſtones or bolts …

    John Paget · Arrow Against the Separationists · p. 386 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … svvord, and the benefite of the spirituall svvord, and vvhen the Kirk hath both svvordsswords, the use of the spirituall sword, and the benefite of the temporall: When the …
    With rule
    … svvord, and the benefite of the spirituall svvord, and vvhen the Kirk hath both svvordsswords, the use of the spirituall sword, and the benefite of the temporall: When the …

    David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · p. 60 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … of Chriſt, as to the Lavv, then vvhoſe Unrighteouſneſs is that, vvhich the many SvvordsSwords are fulfilling in this day? for the uſe of the Sword, as to the …
    With rule
    … of Chriſt, as to the Lavv, then vvhoſe Unrighteouſneſs is that, vvhich the many SvvordsSwords are fulfilling in this day? for the uſe of the Sword, as to the …

    Thomas Mall · Truth Held Forth and Maintained · p. 142 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … him rectifying this miſtake of the Diſciples, or ſaying, That he meaned no ſuch svvordsswords; his ſaying it is enough, Importeth ſome other thing, as is ſaid: Againe, if …
    With rule
    … him rectifying this miſtake of the Diſciples, or ſaying, That he meaned no ſuch svvordsswords; his ſaying it is enough, Importeth ſome other thing, as is ſaid: Againe, if …

    James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · 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.