Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #498 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

douedove

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

Puritas changed it: 906 times in 361 works
Consistency: 100% (906 of 906)
Reach if approved: ~952 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dove
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 906 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (906 changes in 361 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 906)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Come on my milke vvhite douedove.
With rule
Come on my milke vvhite douedove.
William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… weight is ready to tumble him downe. That he mounts vp like a seeled DoueDove, and wanting eyes of discretion, he may easily light in a puddle. That he …
With rule
… weight is ready to tumble him downe. That he mounts vp like a seeled DoueDove, and wanting eyes of discretion, he may easily light in a puddle. That he …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely (Columna veritatis, sed columba vnitatis) the pillar of truth, 1. Tim. 3.15. but also the DoueDove of Vnitie. Cant. 6. My DoueDove, my vndesiled is al…ne. Dissentions like secret and …
With rule
… onely (Columna veritatis, sed columba vnitatis) the pillar of truth, 1. Tim. 3.15. but also the DoueDove of Vnitie. Cant. 6. My DoueDove, my vndesiled is al…ne. Dissentions like secret and …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he is fraid and can not ſnatch away the chickens, may name himſelfe a DoueDove. For he doth demaund of them what they haue not done which they were …
With rule
… he is fraid and can not ſnatch away the chickens, may name himſelfe a DoueDove. For he doth demaund of them what they haue not done which they were …
George Gifford · Plain Declaration that Brownists be Full Donatists · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Crane, or a swallowe, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a DoueDove. And Psal. 51. 10. where David cryeth, Create in mee, O God, a cleane heart, and …
With rule
… a Crane, or a swallowe, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a DoueDove. And Psal. 51. 10. where David cryeth, Create in mee, O God, a cleane heart, and …
Richard Greenham · Propositions Containing Answers in Divers Spiritual Matters · Open in the reader
Printed
… out. But blessed bee the Lorde who gaue not the Soule of his Turtle DoueDove to the beasts, nor his darling to the power of the dogges.
With rule
… out. But blessed bee the Lorde who gaue not the Soule of his Turtle DoueDove to the beasts, nor his darling to the power of the dogges.
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… spirit of loue, as if he like the bird of the holy Ghost, the DoueDove, had wanted gall; let them that knew him not in his person, iudge by …
With rule
… spirit of loue, as if he like the bird of the holy Ghost, the DoueDove, had wanted gall; let them that knew him not in his person, iudge by …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · Open in the reader
Printed
… you diſcerne the true wiſdom from the falſe, ſo that the ſimplicitie of the douedove ioyne not with the wilineſſe of the ſerpent: nether ſhall this hinder my honeſt …
With rule
… you diſcerne the true wiſdom from the falſe, ſo that the ſimplicitie of the douedove ioyne not with the wilineſſe of the ſerpent: nether ſhall this hinder my honeſt …
Andrew Kingsmill · A View of Mans Estate · 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.