Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #55 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seruantservant

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

Puritas changed it: 9,884 times in 939 works
Consistency: 100% (9,884 of 9,884)
Reach if approved: ~10,388 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: servant
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 9,887 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (9,884 changes in 939 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 9,884)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the dead, as y^t of Ambrose for Theodosius, whome both he calleth a perfect seruantservant of god, & yet prayth fos his rest, which agreeth not with popish prayers for …
With rule
… the dead, as y^t of Ambrose for Theodosius, whome both he calleth a perfect seruantservant of god, & yet prayth fos his rest, which agreeth not with popish prayers for …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be loſt, he ſhould but depart; therefore ſayes he, Lord, now letteſt thou thy ſeruantservant depart, &c. He knew well, death could but diſſolue him, it could not deſtroy …
With rule
… be loſt, he ſhould but depart; therefore ſayes he, Lord, now letteſt thou thy ſeruantservant depart, &c. He knew well, death could but diſſolue him, it could not deſtroy …
John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an horrible state hath the feind brought her into, who seemeth to be her seruantservant, and yet commaundeth her, and r…leth in her heart euen as her God …
With rule
… an horrible state hath the feind brought her into, who seemeth to be her seruantservant, and yet commaundeth her, and r…leth in her heart euen as her God …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… into the worlde. For by the ſtrayght commaundementes and ſon drye charges, whyche my ſeruantservant Moyſes dyd geue them for the choſeynge and eateynge of thys lambe: they dyd …
With rule
… into the worlde. For by the ſtrayght commaundementes and ſon drye charges, whyche my ſeruantservant Moyſes dyd geue them for the choſeynge and eateynge of thys lambe: they dyd …
Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · p. clxiii · Open in the reader
Printed
And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy seruantservant King, in stead of Dauid my father; and I am but a little child …
With rule
And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy seruantservant King, in stead of Dauid my father; and I am but a little child …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 319 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that are moſt comfortles. What and how noble viſions did God reueale to his ſeruantservant Iohn in the Ile of Patmos, when vpon the Lords day he gaue himſelfe …
With rule
… that are moſt comfortles. What and how noble viſions did God reueale to his ſeruantservant Iohn in the Ile of Patmos, when vpon the Lords day he gaue himſelfe …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirdly, tooke on him the forme of a seruantservant,
With rule
Thirdly, tooke on him the forme of a seruantservant,
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
If I giue my seruantservant but fortie shillinges a yeere, yet I thinke him bounde to defende mee in …
With rule
If I giue my seruantservant but fortie shillinges a yeere, yet I thinke him bounde to defende mee in …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · 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.