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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27633 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvisemanwiseman

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

Puritas changed it
6 times in 6 works
Consistency
100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved
~6 places (estimated)
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Agrees: wiseman
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 6 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … knovven of Salomon, & touched in Kohe…th or eccleſiaſtes vvhether he vvold be a vviſemanwiseman or a foole. A foole he ſone proved: & could not rule that vvhich his …
    With rule
    … knovven of Salomon, & touched in Kohe…th or eccleſiaſtes vvhether he vvold be a vviſemanwiseman or a foole. A foole he ſone proved: & could not rule that vvhich his …

    Hugh Broughton · Our Lords Family · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a very great slauery, for the borrower is seruant to the lender, saith the VVisemanWiseman, and so in the rest, consider, and lay to heart the afflictions of others …
    With rule
    … a very great slauery, for the borrower is seruant to the lender, saith the VVisemanWiseman, and so in the rest, consider, and lay to heart the afflictions of others …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the ſinnes of the people, a land often changeth her princes, as the VViſemanWiseman ſaith: and as we ſee in the kingdome of Iſrael, falling vnto idolatrie, that …
    With rule
    … of the ſinnes of the people, a land often changeth her princes, as the VViſemanWiseman ſaith: and as we ſee in the kingdome of Iſrael, falling vnto idolatrie, that …

    Nicholas Bownd · Medicines for the Plague · p. 281 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … they will giue blowes, for blowes vvounds, and for vvounds death. And therefore the vviſemanwiseman ſayth; That anger is cruell, and wrath is raging. Pro. 27. 4. Yea it prouoketh men …
    With rule
    … they will giue blowes, for blowes vvounds, and for vvounds death. And therefore the vviſemanwiseman ſayth; That anger is cruell, and wrath is raging. Pro. 27. 4. Yea it prouoketh men …

    John Downame · Spiritual Physic to Cure the Diseases of the Soul · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Newton Ut prius. 9. Joh. Isham, mil. ut prius 10 Euse. Andrews, m. ut prius 11 Joh. VVisemanWiseman, ar. Sa. a Cheveron betwixt 3 Cronells [or Spear Burs] Arg. 12 VVill. VVillmer, a. Sywell …
    With rule
    … Newton Ut prius. 9. Joh. Isham, mil. ut prius 10 Euse. Andrews, m. ut prius 11 Joh. VVisemanWiseman, ar. Sa. a Cheveron betwixt 3 Cronells [or Spear Burs] Arg. 12 VVill. VVillmer, a. Sywell …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 295 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Chriſt ſtoans in ſtead of bread: but this man giueth chriſtians ſtonie bread. The VViſemanWiseman ſaith, lay vppe thy almes in the hands of the poore, and know that …
    With rule
    … Chriſt ſtoans in ſtead of bread: but this man giueth chriſtians ſtonie bread. The VViſemanWiseman ſaith, lay vppe thy almes in the hands of the poore, and know that …

    Henry Smith · The Poor Mans Tears Opened · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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