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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27754 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

svvearethsweareth

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

Puritas changed it
4 times in 3 works
Consistency
100% (4 of 4)
Reach if approved
~4 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sweareth
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4 changes in 3 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 4)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … beleeve him though he svveare by the day and by the night, vvhatsoever he svvearethsweareth or sayth in his ovvne defence and justification, let it be never so true …
    With rule
    … beleeve him though he svveare by the day and by the night, vvhatsoever he svvearethsweareth or sayth in his ovvne defence and justification, let it be never so true …

    John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in this Church, vvhen the Oath vvas svvorne. 4. Whiles vve hold, that he vvho svvearethsweareth to the present Discipline of a Church, is no… by vertue of this Oath …
    With rule
    … in this Church, vvhen the Oath vvas svvorne. 4. Whiles vve hold, that he vvho svvearethsweareth to the present Discipline of a Church, is no… by vertue of this Oath …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … blynd guydes vvhich ſay, VVhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but vvhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the gold off the Temple, he offendeth. Ye fooles and blynd, vvhether is …
    With rule
    … blynd guydes vvhich ſay, VVhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but vvhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the gold off the Temple, he offendeth. Ye fooles and blynd, vvhether is …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to the Scribes and Phariſees / VVo be to you blynd guydes vvhich ſay, VVhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but vvhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the gold off the …
    With rule
    … to the Scribes and Phariſees / VVo be to you blynd guydes vvhich ſay, VVhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but vvhoſoever ſvvearethsweareth by the gold off the …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · 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.