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gauestgavest

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

Puritas changed it
315 times in 149 works
Consistency
99.6% (315 of 316)
Reach if approved
~332 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: gavest
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
316 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (315 changes in 149 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 315)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … men which thou gauestgavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gauestgavest them me, and they kept thy worde. 7. Nowe they know that all things, whatsoeuer …
    With rule
    … men which thou gauestgavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gauestgavest them me, and they kept thy worde. 7. Nowe they know that all things, whatsoeuer …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 115 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … no warning. Hee need not to giue thee any warning of his iudgements; thou gaueſtgavest him no warning of thy ſinnes, no reſpit: yet that God might approue his …
    With rule
    … no warning. Hee need not to giue thee any warning of his iudgements; thou gaueſtgavest him no warning of thy ſinnes, no reſpit: yet that God might approue his …

    Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 211 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Euen nowe thou gaueſtgavest mee ſome relent and caſment of my pangues: but now my ſorrowes are increaſed …
    With rule
    Euen nowe thou gaueſtgavest mee ſome relent and caſment of my pangues: but now my ſorrowes are increaſed …

    Archibald Simson · The Seven Days · p. 173 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and thou gaueſtgavest me thy life: thou tookeſt vpon thee my fleſh, and thou gaueſtgavest me thy ſpirit: thou tookeſt vpon thee my ſinnes, and gaueſtgavest me thy grace …
    With rule
    … and thou gaueſtgavest me thy life: thou tookeſt vpon thee my fleſh, and thou gaueſtgavest me thy ſpirit: thou tookeſt vpon thee my ſinnes, and gaueſtgavest me thy grace …

    Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … naturae, melior gratiae, optima gloriae. Thou gauestgavest vs a good life of nature, thou gauestgavest vs a better of grace, thou wilt giue vs the best of glory. Whether …
    With rule
    … naturae, melior gratiae, optima gloriae. Thou gauestgavest vs a good life of nature, thou gauestgavest vs a better of grace, thou wilt giue vs the best of glory. Whether …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    The brasen serpent, thu gauestgavest them for their healynge,
    With rule
    The brasen serpent, thu gauestgavest them for their healynge,

    John Bale · A Tragedy Manifesting the Chief Promises of God Unto Man · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … did Adam put it ouer to Eue and ſo ſayde, the woman whiche thou gaueſtgavest to me, ſhe brought of the trée and I did eate: then God called …
    With rule
    … did Adam put it ouer to Eue and ſo ſayde, the woman whiche thou gaueſtgavest to me, ſhe brought of the trée and I did eate: then God called …

    Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … disciples according to the appointemēt of the law, thou tokest bread into thy hand, gauestgavest thancks to thy heauenly father, brakest it, & delyuerest it to thy disciples, saying. Take …
    With rule
    … disciples according to the appointemēt of the law, thou tokest bread into thy hand, gauestgavest thancks to thy heauenly father, brakest it, & delyuerest it to thy disciples, saying. Take …

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

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs A18960

  • Printed
    … vs, by the teſtimonie of Gods own mouth perſonally talking with Iob, who ſaith, GaueſtGavest thou the goodly wings to the Peacocke, or wings and feathers to the O …
    With rule
    … vs, by the teſtimonie of Gods own mouth perſonally talking with Iob, who ſaith, GaueſtGavest thou the goodly wings to the Peacocke, or wings and feathers to the O …

    Robert Cleaver · A Brief Explanation of the Whole Book of Proverbs · p. 456 · Open in the reader