Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #406 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obseruationsobservations

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

Puritas changed it: 861 times in 293 works
Consistency: 100% (861 of 861)
Reach if approved: ~905 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: observations
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 861 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (861 changes in 293 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 861)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… good tractable people, should haue any more scruple of conscience in such vaine outward obseruationsobservations, he declareth, that true holynesse consisteth in no such matter: for that which entereth …
With rule
… good tractable people, should haue any more scruple of conscience in such vaine outward obseruationsobservations, he declareth, that true holynesse consisteth in no such matter: for that which entereth …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we deteſt and abhorre all your beggarly ceremonies, which you counte holy and ſolemne obſeruationsobservations: for we know, that God is not to be worſhipped with ſuch thinges but …
With rule
… we deteſt and abhorre all your beggarly ceremonies, which you counte holy and ſolemne obſeruationsobservations: for we know, that God is not to be worſhipped with ſuch thinges but …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the chiefe power therein haue ſtood and doe ſtand reſolute, that the ceremonies and obſeruationsobservations are agreeable to Gods worde, or at the leaſt not contrary, but tollerable; and …
With rule
… the chiefe power therein haue ſtood and doe ſtand reſolute, that the ceremonies and obſeruationsobservations are agreeable to Gods worde, or at the leaſt not contrary, but tollerable; and …
George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… knowledge of things. For as a mans heart and diligence is, ſuch are his obſeruationsobservations. The wiſe taketh the right courſe, and findeth out the truth. But the foole …
With rule
… knowledge of things. For as a mans heart and diligence is, ſuch are his obſeruationsobservations. The wiſe taketh the right courſe, and findeth out the truth. But the foole …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 211 · Open in the reader
Printed
… charitable, that hauing made a hundred beggars, releeues two. You loose all your pious obseruationsobservations, whiles you loose your integritie: your solemne censuring, mourning for the times euill, whiles …
With rule
… charitable, that hauing made a hundred beggars, releeues two. You loose all your pious obseruationsobservations, whiles you loose your integritie: your solemne censuring, mourning for the times euill, whiles …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The Biſhops reigne ſtill in aſmuch vaine glorious pompe, and with as many Heatheniſh obſeruationsobservations, as euer they did, As cruelly harted and as bloody minded are they yet …
With rule
… The Biſhops reigne ſtill in aſmuch vaine glorious pompe, and with as many Heatheniſh obſeruationsobservations, as euer they did, As cruelly harted and as bloody minded are they yet …
Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… time, who liued about the yeere 440. for hee plainly teſtifieth, that the rites and obſeruationsobservations of faſting, were by the Apoſtles left to euery mans free liberty and choyce.
With rule
… time, who liued about the yeere 440. for hee plainly teſtifieth, that the rites and obſeruationsobservations of faſting, were by the Apoſtles left to euery mans free liberty and choyce.
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 392 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a great and vaste Element to trauell ouer in so short a time. Some ObseruationsObservations I haue giuen you; that I might not crosse the World without some fruite …
With rule
… a great and vaste Element to trauell ouer in so short a time. Some ObseruationsObservations I haue giuen you; that I might not crosse the World without some fruite …
Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 38 · 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.