Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #389 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prouocationsprovocations

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

Puritas changed it: 346 times in 181 works
Consistency: 98.3% (346 of 352)
Reach if approved: ~370 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: provocations
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 352 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (346 changes in 181 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 346)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… more, hee feares, and hates it lesse; hee sinnes vpon fewer, and lesse weightie prouocationsprovocations, then those who sinne in earnest: therefore his sinne is farre more hainous, and …
With rule
… more, hee feares, and hates it lesse; hee sinnes vpon fewer, and lesse weightie prouocationsprovocations, then those who sinne in earnest: therefore his sinne is farre more hainous, and …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a ſhift for a while to conceale their leaudneſſe, but if forcible occaſions and prouocationsprovocations aſſault them, they haue no power to withſtand them. Thus much of this. Looke …
With rule
… a ſhift for a while to conceale their leaudneſſe, but if forcible occaſions and prouocationsprovocations aſſault them, they haue no power to withſtand them. Thus much of this. Looke …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 590 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more neede to strine against lying in our selues, for that we haue many prouocationsprovocations thereunto.
With rule
… more neede to strine against lying in our selues, for that we haue many prouocationsprovocations thereunto.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… diſquiet and vexe the ſoule, may be here vnderſtood: and likewiſe all ſinnes and prouocationsprovocations to ſinne, as they tend hereunto. Theſe temptations were they light and faſten, pierce …
With rule
… diſquiet and vexe the ſoule, may be here vnderſtood: and likewiſe all ſinnes and prouocationsprovocations to ſinne, as they tend hereunto. Theſe temptations were they light and faſten, pierce …
William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holy courſe of life vnto the end: but by perſecutions or other afflictions and prouocationsprovocations ſhall bee turned backe; ſpecially conſidering that they are maruellous apt to ſlip and …
With rule
… holy courſe of life vnto the end: but by perſecutions or other afflictions and prouocationsprovocations ſhall bee turned backe; ſpecially conſidering that they are maruellous apt to ſlip and …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tickle and vnſtable eſtate chaunged with that, which ſhall abide free frō theſe pricking prouocationsprovocations vnto euils: according to the example of the apoſtle, who notwithſtanding he had maruellouſly …
With rule
… tickle and vnſtable eſtate chaunged with that, which ſhall abide free frō theſe pricking prouocationsprovocations vnto euils: according to the example of the apoſtle, who notwithſtanding he had maruellouſly …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 187 · Open in the reader
Printed
… right well be counted to be nothing els thā very nets for mony, and prouocationsprovocations vnto al kinde of vice, while all the worlde see howe innumerable sinnes be …
With rule
… right well be counted to be nothing els thā very nets for mony, and prouocationsprovocations vnto al kinde of vice, while all the worlde see howe innumerable sinnes be …
Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… are applyed to all our particular occasions, and compared with all contrarie desires and prouocationsprovocations.
With rule
… are applyed to all our particular occasions, and compared with all contrarie desires and prouocationsprovocations.
William Pemble · A Plea for Grace · p. 226 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Mystery of Self-Deceiving A21024

Printed
3. ProuocationsProvocations. p. 157.
With rule
3. ProuocationsProvocations. p. 157.
Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
ProuocationsProvocations: We muſt beware of them. 848
With rule
ProuocationsProvocations: We muſt beware of them. 848
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · Open in the reader