Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #30408 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lavveslawes

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

Puritas changed it: 11 times in 6 works
Consistency: 4.6% (11 of 236)
Reach if approved: ~248 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: laws
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 236 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: laws (225)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (11 changes in 6 works, 4.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (7 of 11)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and aboliſhed Kingly Government; as not governing the people in righteouſneſſe ACCORDING TO THE LAVVESLAWES, but impriſoning them, and impoſing Taxes and Impoſitions on them contrary to Law, without …
With rule
… and aboliſhed Kingly Government; as not governing the people in righteouſneſſe ACCORDING TO THE LAVVESLAWES, but impriſoning them, and impoſing Taxes and Impoſitions on them contrary to Law, without …
William Prynne · Legal and Rational Plea · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Aires and Songs ſet by Mr. HENRY LAVVESLAWES, ſervant to his late Majeſty in his publick and private Muſick.
With rule
The Aires and Songs ſet by Mr. HENRY LAVVESLAWES, ſervant to his late Majeſty in his publick and private Muſick.
William Strode · The Floating Island · Open in the reader
Printed
… by this it may bee ſufficiently acknowledged, how much wee are to attribute to LAVVESLAWES and ORDER, which whoſoeuer goeth about to abrogate, or to remoue from Humane ſocietie …
With rule
… by this it may bee ſufficiently acknowledged, how much wee are to attribute to LAVVESLAWES and ORDER, which whoſoeuer goeth about to abrogate, or to remoue from Humane ſocietie …
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
OF THE LAVVESLAWES of Ecclesiasticall Politie, Eight bookes.
With rule
OF THE LAVVESLAWES of Ecclesiasticall Politie, Eight bookes.
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · Open in the reader
Printed
H. LAVVESLAWES.
With rule
H. LAVVESLAWES.
John Milton · A Mask Presented · Open in the reader
Printed
AN EXPLANATION OF THE CEREMONIALL LAVVESLAWES OF MOSES, AS THEY ARE ANNEXED TO THE TENNE COMMANDEMENTS.
With rule
AN EXPLANATION OF THE CEREMONIALL LAVVESLAWES OF MOSES, AS THEY ARE ANNEXED TO THE TENNE COMMANDEMENTS.
John Weemes · Exposition of the Laws of Moses · Open in the reader
Printed
2 Hence firſt of all, proceeded all HVMANE LAVVESLAWES, which were not only conceiued, declared, and proclamed by Men, as Miniſters and Meſſengers …
With rule
2 Hence firſt of all, proceeded all HVMANE LAVVESLAWES, which were not only conceiued, declared, and proclamed by Men, as Miniſters and Meſſengers …
Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 40 · 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.