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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #379 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gouernorgovernor

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

Puritas changed it
337 times in 167 works
Consistency
100% (337 of 337)
Reach if approved
~354 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: governor
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
337 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (337 changes in 167 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 337)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … euyll, we most hūbli besech ye fauorably to behold Edward thi seruāt oure king & gouernorgovernor, & to breath into his hert thorow thi holi spirit, that wisdō, that is euer …
    With rule
    … euyll, we most hūbli besech ye fauorably to behold Edward thi seruāt oure king & gouernorgovernor, & to breath into his hert thorow thi holi spirit, that wisdō, that is euer …

    Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … apertaining to theuerlaſting being & al ſufficiēcy of god, as his word teacheth, to be gouernorgovernor of the world, Lord of angels father of mercie and grace, to make a …
    With rule
    … apertaining to theuerlaſting being & al ſufficiēcy of god, as his word teacheth, to be gouernorgovernor of the world, Lord of angels father of mercie and grace, to make a …

    Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … it by common consent, composition and agreement, which agreement is double: First the Imperial GouernorGovernor …, whose circuits in likelihood are larger then England and Scotland, hath acknowledged the Kings …
    With rule
    … it by common consent, composition and agreement, which agreement is double: First the Imperial GouernorGovernor …, whose circuits in likelihood are larger then England and Scotland, hath acknowledged the Kings …

    William Bradford · Journal of the Beginning of the English Plantation at Plymouth · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Thirdly, He is ſuch a Lord, as that he is the ſole Ruler and GouernorGovernor of the World, 1 Cor. 15.27. For he hath put downe all things vnder his Feet …
    With rule
    … Thirdly, He is ſuch a Lord, as that he is the ſole Ruler and GouernorGovernor of the World, 1 Cor. 15.27. For he hath put downe all things vnder his Feet …

    John Randall · Twenty-Three Sermons · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … prouiſion for the time to come, which the Apoſtle doth directly require in the gouernorgovernor of a family: yet neuertheleſſe concerning this laying vp in ſtore and moderate prouident …
    With rule
    … prouiſion for the time to come, which the Apoſtle doth directly require in the gouernorgovernor of a family: yet neuertheleſſe concerning this laying vp in ſtore and moderate prouident …

    John Smyth · A Pattern of True Prayer · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ought to marke well. For although euery man graunt that God is ſoueraigne Lord & gouernorgovernor: yet notwithſtanding when wee come to this point, that the thinges which we ſee …
    With rule
    … ought to marke well. For although euery man graunt that God is ſoueraigne Lord & gouernorgovernor: yet notwithſtanding when wee come to this point, that the thinges which we ſee …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 199 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … v…to sinne. There is a difference betweene permitting a Prince as our lawfull gouernorgovernor to rule and raigne ouer vs, and to yeelde obedience to him willingly, and …
    With rule
    … v…to sinne. There is a difference betweene permitting a Prince as our lawfull gouernorgovernor to rule and raigne ouer vs, and to yeelde obedience to him willingly, and …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 530 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … proposition, I say, that gods eternall purpose and counsel concerning the chief rewler and gouernorgovernor ouer Israel was long before pronounced, by Iacob in his last testament, who did …
    With rule
    … proposition, I say, that gods eternall purpose and counsel concerning the chief rewler and gouernorgovernor ouer Israel was long before pronounced, by Iacob in his last testament, who did …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 273 · 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.