Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #520 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnconstantunconstant

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

Puritas changed it: 321 times in 150 works
Consistency: 97.2% (321 of 330)
Reach if approved: ~347 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unconstant
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 330 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (321 changes in 150 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 321)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… denounced againſt ſuch preſumption. But Traditions are, and haue beene euer moſt variable and vnconſtantunconstant: ſome that haue beene held for Apoſtolical traditions, being vtterly abrogated and aboliſhed: as …
With rule
… denounced againſt ſuch preſumption. But Traditions are, and haue beene euer moſt variable and vnconſtantunconstant: ſome that haue beene held for Apoſtolical traditions, being vtterly abrogated and aboliſhed: as …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 517 · Open in the reader
Printed
… theſe luke-warme dayes, when peoples hearts are ſo ſtocken, or ſo variable and vnconſtantunconstant, ſo hardly well pleaſed, ſo ſoone diſpleaſed, ſo full of fantaſies, wherein yet the …
With rule
… theſe luke-warme dayes, when peoples hearts are ſo ſtocken, or ſo variable and vnconſtantunconstant, ſo hardly well pleaſed, ſo ſoone diſpleaſed, ſo full of fantaſies, wherein yet the …
Richard Bernard · Two Twins · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our conuersion saluation, grace, and glorie, are thus suspended on our most impotent, depraued, vnconstantunconstant, and perfidious wills, what man can once be saued? If it were past the …
With rule
… our conuersion saluation, grace, and glorie, are thus suspended on our most impotent, depraued, vnconstantunconstant, and perfidious wills, what man can once be saued? If it were past the …
William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proued and confirmed vnto vs, that man of himſelfe is exceeding fraile mutable, and vnconſtantunconstant, eſpeciallie in holie and heauenlie buſineſſes, vnleſſe wee bee ſtaied and ſopported by God …
With rule
… proued and confirmed vnto vs, that man of himſelfe is exceeding fraile mutable, and vnconſtantunconstant, eſpeciallie in holie and heauenlie buſineſſes, vnleſſe wee bee ſtaied and ſopported by God …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 271 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our hearts as vnto Chriſt. For as Iames ſaith, the double minded man is vnconſtantunconstant in all his waies. He that hath a heart and a heart, he that …
With rule
… our hearts as vnto Chriſt. For as Iames ſaith, the double minded man is vnconſtantunconstant in all his waies. He that hath a heart and a heart, he that …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 428 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which standeth on thynges that most commonlye are false, but alwayes vn certayne and vnconstantunconstant: Tell me all you prognosticatours, by what reason it may… be called a sciēce …
With rule
… which standeth on thynges that most commonlye are false, but alwayes vn certayne and vnconstantunconstant: Tell me all you prognosticatours, by what reason it may… be called a sciēce …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Maſter, or Maſters procurement: yet is his Maſter but a man, and therefore vnconſtantunconstant; he is but a man, therefore hee may leaue his former goodneſſe; and becauſe …
With rule
… his Maſter, or Maſters procurement: yet is his Maſter but a man, and therefore vnconſtantunconstant; he is but a man, therefore hee may leaue his former goodneſſe; and becauſe …
Thomas Granger · The Bread of Life · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. We are maruellous vnconstantunconstant and fickle in our loue to God, and good things; we are apt quickly …
With rule
1. We are maruellous vnconstantunconstant and fickle in our loue to God, and good things; we are apt quickly …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 340 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

5 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 Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

Printed
INfinite and many are the sinfull, strange, and monstrous Vanities, which this VnconstantUnconstant, Vaine, Fantastique, Idle, Proud, Effeminate, and wanton Age of ours, hath Hatched, and Produced …
With rule
INfinite and many are the sinfull, strange, and monstrous Vanities, which this VnconstantUnconstant, Vaine, Fantastique, Idle, Proud, Effeminate, and wanton Age of ours, hath Hatched, and Produced …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Times; or of some Licenti…u…, Ruffianly, Lasciuious, Fantastique, Humourous, Effeminate, Proud, VnconstantUnconstant, Vaine…glorious, or Outl…ndi…h persons, whose Fashions, and Tonsure wee admire. Now …
With rule
… of the Times; or of some Licenti…u…, Ruffianly, Lasciuious, Fantastique, Humourous, Effeminate, Proud, VnconstantUnconstant, Vaine…glorious, or Outl…ndi…h persons, whose Fashions, and Tonsure wee admire. Now …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 34 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
VnconstantUnconstant mankind is so prone to ill,
With rule
VnconstantUnconstant mankind is so prone to ill,
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Sermons on Galatians A17706

Printed
VVhy men are VnconſtantUnconstant and ſhrinke away from the truth 317. a 26.
With rule
VVhy men are VnconſtantUnconstant and ſhrinke away from the truth 317. a 26.
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
Of the VnconſtantUnconstant.
With rule
Of the VnconſtantUnconstant.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 191 · Open in the reader