Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27588 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

covvardcoward

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

Puritas changed it: 6 times in 5 works
Consistency: 100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved: ~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: coward
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6 changes in 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… anſwered, we could not tell: whereupon they ſeverally replyed oft times, We hope the covvardcoward is taken, and cryed out vvith better Oathes and curſes, hang him, hang him …
With rule
… anſwered, we could not tell: whereupon they ſeverally replyed oft times, We hope the covvardcoward is taken, and cryed out vvith better Oathes and curſes, hang him, hang him …
William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as most of my Detracters, and Oppressors, have hitherto proved) is a FOOLE, a COVVARDCOWARD, or, a VILLAIN, or ALL.
With rule
… as most of my Detracters, and Oppressors, have hitherto proved) is a FOOLE, a COVVARDCOWARD, or, a VILLAIN, or ALL.
George Wither · A Shield and a Shaft · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hold vp their head in the assembly of the juste Vice is ever a covvardcoward vvhere vertue is in place: Only this vve intreate your honours. that you vvould …
With rule
… hold vp their head in the assembly of the juste Vice is ever a covvardcoward vvhere vertue is in place: Only this vve intreate your honours. that you vvould …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · Open in the reader
Printed
And like a feareful CovvardCoward slunke avvay.
With rule
And like a feareful CovvardCoward slunke avvay.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… freind persvvade him to a further inquiry, he seeks after the truth, as a covvardcoward doth for his enemy, being a frayd to fynd it. Loath he is, to …
With rule
… freind persvvade him to a further inquiry, he seeks after the truth, as a covvardcoward doth for his enemy, being a frayd to fynd it. Loath he is, to …
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvalke the ſtreets; his deſire I ſeconded, telling the Governour, he had played the covvardcoward formerly, and vvas not fit for ſuch a Charge; (or words to that effect …
With rule
… vvalke the ſtreets; his deſire I ſeconded, telling the Governour, he had played the covvardcoward formerly, and vvas not fit for ſuch a Charge; (or words to that effect …
William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

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