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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #347 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obseruingobserving

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

Puritas changed it
1,319 times in 425 works
Consistency
99.4% (1,319 of 1,327)
Reach if approved
~1,395 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: observing
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,328 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,319 changes in 425 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,319)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſeeing bread and wine on the table, may behold Chriſt vpon the croſſe; and obſeruingobserving the bread broken to me, may conſider of Chriſts body crucified for mee: & looking …
    With rule
    … ſeeing bread and wine on the table, may behold Chriſt vpon the croſſe; and obſeruingobserving the bread broken to me, may conſider of Chriſts body crucified for mee: & looking …

    Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 331 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … good house and place, whō Dauid the King after married, but a deuout vvoman, obseruingobserving the religious seruices of God in her purification, 2. Sam. 11.2.4. Very vvise and accomplished, as …
    With rule
    … good house and place, whō Dauid the King after married, but a deuout vvoman, obseruingobserving the religious seruices of God in her purification, 2. Sam. 11.2.4. Very vvise and accomplished, as …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … which to them of Rome was not knowen, nor ſéene before. This done, Cromwell obſeruingobserving his time, as the pope was newly come from hunting into his pauiliō, hée …
    With rule
    … which to them of Rome was not knowen, nor ſéene before. This done, Cromwell obſeruingobserving his time, as the pope was newly come from hunting into his pauiliō, hée …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … If it be manifest as Abiathers was for murther, treason, adulterie, &c. the King obseruingobserving the processe of the lawe, as in all other mens causes, may proceede against …
    With rule
    … If it be manifest as Abiathers was for murther, treason, adulterie, &c. the King obseruingobserving the processe of the lawe, as in all other mens causes, may proceede against …

    William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 300 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … as were Satans instruments, which he vsed to seduce the multitude, by deuinations, by obseruingobserving of times, by augurie, by iuglings with the helpe of the deuill, by vsing …
    With rule
    … as were Satans instruments, which he vsed to seduce the multitude, by deuinations, by obseruingobserving of times, by augurie, by iuglings with the helpe of the deuill, by vsing …

    George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of gold; the humble picture in gratitude made a curtsie to him. The seruant obseruingobserving, and wondring at her Ladiships plausible carriage, purposed with himselfe to giue somewhat too …
    With rule
    … of gold; the humble picture in gratitude made a curtsie to him. The seruant obseruingobserving, and wondring at her Ladiships plausible carriage, purposed with himselfe to giue somewhat too …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 379 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … seeing that his wayes were not Gods wayes, nor his thoughts Gods thoughts, hee, obseruingobserving his owne wanderings, desires to bee directed in the good wayes. When thou hearest …
    With rule
    … seeing that his wayes were not Gods wayes, nor his thoughts Gods thoughts, hee, obseruingobserving his owne wanderings, desires to bee directed in the good wayes. When thou hearest …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 394 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … those that are below you, not censuring, but helping them rather toward heauen. And obseruingobserving these cautions, presse on with Paul toward the mark, forgetting that which is behind …
    With rule
    … those that are below you, not censuring, but helping them rather toward heauen. And obseruingobserving these cautions, presse on with Paul toward the mark, forgetting that which is behind …

    Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 183 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

8 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Handmaid to Private Devotion A00587

  • Printed
    9. ObseruingObserving what temptations wee are most subiect to; and arming our selues against them.
    With rule
    9. ObseruingObserving what temptations wee are most subiect to; and arming our selues against them.

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels A16549

  • Printed
    … hedge: Rom. 13.1. Let euery soule submit himselfe vnto the authority of the higher power. ObseruingObserving of Lent and fish-dayes is a policie of the State for the maintenance …
    With rule
    … hedge: Rom. 13.1. Let euery soule submit himselfe vnto the authority of the higher power. ObseruingObserving of Lent and fish-dayes is a policie of the State for the maintenance …

    John Boys · Exposition of the Dominical Epistles and Gospels · p. 9 · Open in the reader

The Grammar School A16865

  • Printed
    ObseruingObserving the elegancies in tropes and figures.
    With rule
    ObseruingObserving the elegancies in tropes and figures.

    John Brinsley · The Grammar School · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

  • Printed
    6 ObseruingObserving the fitnes of time, place, persons, &c.
    With rule
    6 ObseruingObserving the fitnes of time, place, persons, &c.

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ObseruingObserving well:
    With rule
    ObseruingObserving well:

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light A19294

  • Printed
    … thou wouldest still conioyne the Spirituall vse thereof, with the knowledge of the same. ObseruingObserving herein, not so much what Witches may doe for the hurt of the bodie …
    With rule
    … thou wouldest still conioyne the Spirituall vse thereof, with the knowledge of the same. ObseruingObserving herein, not so much what Witches may doe for the hurt of the bodie …

    Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 363 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

  • Printed
    … thou wouldest still conioyne the Spirituall vse thereof, with the knowledge of the same. ObseruingObserving herein, not so much what Witches may doe for the hurt of the bodie …
    With rule
    … thou wouldest still conioyne the Spirituall vse thereof, with the knowledge of the same. ObseruingObserving herein, not so much what Witches may doe for the hurt of the bodie …

    Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 363 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Godliness A20762

  • Printed
    … formes, their beauty and excellencie, their vſe and profit for the ſeruice of man. ObſeruingObserving likewiſe in them, ſuch good properties as are worthy our imitation, and bee aſhamed …
    With rule
    … formes, their beauty and excellencie, their vſe and profit for the ſeruice of man. ObſeruingObserving likewiſe in them, ſuch good properties as are worthy our imitation, and bee aſhamed …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 399 · Open in the reader