Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #305 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

driuethdriveth

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 605 times in 239 works
Consistency: 99.5% (605 of 608)
Reach if approved: ~639 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: driveth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 608 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (605 changes in 239 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 605)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… needeth them, they fayle not, they faynt not. True loue, as Saint Iohn ſpeakes, driuethdriveth away feare. I am bold to preſent you both with this little Manual. It …
With rule
… needeth them, they fayle not, they faynt not. True loue, as Saint Iohn ſpeakes, driuethdriveth away feare. I am bold to preſent you both with this little Manual. It …
Richard Bernard · The Good Mans Grace · Open in the reader
Printed
… although they be vnwilling, & that it is vtterly againſt their intent: yet notwithſtanding God driuethdriveth them by violent power to execute the things that he hath ordeyned in his …
With rule
… although they be vnwilling, & that it is vtterly againſt their intent: yet notwithſtanding God driuethdriveth them by violent power to execute the things that he hath ordeyned in his …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
… downe; and as the wheele of the water-mill, the more violently the floud driuethdriveth it away from it, the more violently doth it still turne againe vpon the …
With rule
… downe; and as the wheele of the water-mill, the more violently the floud driuethdriveth it away from it, the more violently doth it still turne againe vpon the …
Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… though they be tamed, yet are they troubleſome. The ſpirit of policie curbeth and driuethdriveth the ſnaile into her ſhell, but the ſpirit of God renueth. The foole ſeeketh …
With rule
… though they be tamed, yet are they troubleſome. The ſpirit of policie curbeth and driuethdriveth the ſnaile into her ſhell, but the ſpirit of God renueth. The foole ſeeketh …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the slanderous tongue findeth that cherisheth it, and it is the sterne countenance that driuethdriveth such guests away. But some loue to clawe these hissing Serpents, till they haue …
With rule
… the slanderous tongue findeth that cherisheth it, and it is the sterne countenance that driuethdriveth such guests away. But some loue to clawe these hissing Serpents, till they haue …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… that lawe with his office doth helpe by occaſion to Iuſtification, in that it driuethdriveth a mā to the promiſe of grace, and maketh the ſame ſweete & cōfortable vnto …
With rule
… that lawe with his office doth helpe by occaſion to Iuſtification, in that it driuethdriveth a mā to the promiſe of grace, and maketh the ſame ſweete & cōfortable vnto …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bodies. For he sytteth faster in the heart, thē in the body. But Christ driuethdriveth him out corporally also, that we with our eyes maye beholde his power, and …
With rule
… bodies. For he sytteth faster in the heart, thē in the body. But Christ driuethdriveth him out corporally also, that we with our eyes maye beholde his power, and …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… maundement, that we shall not forsake nor persecute the knowen learning of the trueth, driuethdriveth and thrus…heth vs to the defence of the true learnyng whiche is preached …
With rule
… maundement, that we shall not forsake nor persecute the knowen learning of the trueth, driuethdriveth and thrus…heth vs to the defence of the true learnyng whiche is preached …
Philipp Melanchthon · A Weighing and Considering of the Interim · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture A00415

Printed
… That wee ſhall finde, for that the ſpirit ſauing draweth all to the word. 2 DriuethDriveth to Chriſt, ſtirreth vp to ſanctification, not onely reſtraineth.
With rule
… That wee ſhall finde, for that the ſpirit ſauing draweth all to the word. 2 DriuethDriveth to Chriſt, ſtirreth vp to ſanctification, not onely reſtraineth.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 44 · Open in the reader