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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #556 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

douesdoves

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

Puritas changed it
402 times in 219 works
Consistency
100% (402 of 402)
Reach if approved
~422 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: doves
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
402 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (402 changes in 219 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 402)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … doth Chriſt imply vnder that generall precept, Be wiſe as ſerpents, and innocent as douesdoves. Doue-like innocency will keepe vs from all fraudulent dealing, ſo as wee ſhall …
    With rule
    … doth Chriſt imply vnder that generall precept, Be wiſe as ſerpents, and innocent as douesdoves. Doue-like innocency will keepe vs from all fraudulent dealing, ſo as wee ſhall …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 562 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Gods Temple againe into a denne of theeues, and therein making Merchandise, not of DouesDoves, but of Soules (as is fore-prophesied of them;) and haue raised againe the …
    With rule
    … Gods Temple againe into a denne of theeues, and therein making Merchandise, not of DouesDoves, but of Soules (as is fore-prophesied of them;) and haue raised againe the …

    William Guild · The Elf-Fire of Purgatory · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … inward ſimplicitie, ſinglenes and ſoundnes of heart. This Chriſt commandeth his diſciples, ſimple as douesdoves. Vnto this vertue are oppoſite all hypocriſie, diſſembling, fraude, deceite, inconſtancie, &c. it is …
    With rule
    … inward ſimplicitie, ſinglenes and ſoundnes of heart. This Chriſt commandeth his diſciples, ſimple as douesdoves. Vnto this vertue are oppoſite all hypocriſie, diſſembling, fraude, deceite, inconſtancie, &c. it is …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 126 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in the midst of woolues, be ye therefore wise as serpents, and simple as douesdoves.
    With rule
    … in the midst of woolues, be ye therefore wise as serpents, and simple as douesdoves.

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … fishe nor fleshe. In summe, it is as much to say, as, Giue the DouesDoves drinke. Thomas de Aquino saith, That our Lord, by that first worde, Hoc, This …
    With rule
    … fishe nor fleshe. In summe, it is as much to say, as, Giue the DouesDoves drinke. Thomas de Aquino saith, That our Lord, by that first worde, Hoc, This …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of them diſperſed vpon the face of the earth) and they mounte vp as DouesDoves to his windowe. And this is both called & is the Church of the liuing …
    With rule
    … of them diſperſed vpon the face of the earth) and they mounte vp as DouesDoves to his windowe. And this is both called & is the Church of the liuing …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 3 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … West shall the Sanctum Sanctorum be set. If they offer sacrifices vnto Oxen, Sheepe, DouesDoves, Goates &c. as vnto Gods: the Lord in detestation hereof, will haue his people …
    With rule
    … West shall the Sanctum Sanctorum be set. If they offer sacrifices vnto Oxen, Sheepe, DouesDoves, Goates &c. as vnto Gods: the Lord in detestation hereof, will haue his people …

    William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 163 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … wo…de and offered by inuocation. The other place Leu. 15. is of two turtle DouesDoves, faciet vnum pro peccato, & alterum in holocauslum, he shall prepare the one for a …
    With rule
    … wo…de and offered by inuocation. The other place Leu. 15. is of two turtle DouesDoves, faciet vnum pro peccato, & alterum in holocauslum, he shall prepare the one for a …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 588 · 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.