Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #564 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

obseruersobservers

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

Puritas changed it: 160 times in 104 works
Consistency: 97.5% (160 of 164)
Reach if approved: ~172 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: observers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 164 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (160 changes in 104 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 160)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… ciuill vses, dayes of reioycing: that festiuall day then begun did not binde the obseruersobservers in conscience, no otherwise then they were bound in all lawfull things to obey …
With rule
… ciuill vses, dayes of reioycing: that festiuall day then begun did not binde the obseruersobservers in conscience, no otherwise then they were bound in all lawfull things to obey …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 379 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reuerent and seemely manner, as being spectacles vnto glorious Angels, which are witnesses and obseruersobservers of all our words and deeds. To this purpose Paul saith, that the woman …
With rule
… reuerent and seemely manner, as being spectacles vnto glorious Angels, which are witnesses and obseruersobservers of all our words and deeds. To this purpose Paul saith, that the woman …
John Boys · The Third Part from John Baptists Nativity · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if hee vnderstood himselfe, his conceited sea is but a puddle, which euery iudicious obseruersobservers plummet findes shallow, and muddy. That trafficking for the fraught of mens praises for …
With rule
… if hee vnderstood himselfe, his conceited sea is but a puddle, which euery iudicious obseruersobservers plummet findes shallow, and muddy. That trafficking for the fraught of mens praises for …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vaine. If any seem foreign, whē they are foreign, seruers of the Lord, vvhen they are obseruersobservers of the time. Let them know to their horror, Non deluditur Deus, God is …
With rule
… vaine. If any seem foreign, whē they are foreign, seruers of the Lord, vvhen they are obseruersobservers of the time. Let them know to their horror, Non deluditur Deus, God is …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ende that euery one mighte knowe it. And although we haue alwayes bene diligent obseruersobservers of our Edicts of Pacification, yet seyng the troubles and seditions which might arise …
With rule
… ende that euery one mighte knowe it. And although we haue alwayes bene diligent obseruersobservers of our Edicts of Pacification, yet seyng the troubles and seditions which might arise …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. CIII · Open in the reader
Printed
… as many ſottiſh people yet among vs doe: Of all witches, Wizzards Aſtrologers, Charmers, obſeruersobservers of times, good and bad daies, fortune-caſters, and all that rable of rake …
With rule
… as many ſottiſh people yet among vs doe: Of all witches, Wizzards Aſtrologers, Charmers, obſeruersobservers of times, good and bad daies, fortune-caſters, and all that rable of rake …
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore are deceaued, and alſo thoſe, who together with EBION, CERINTHVS and other ſuperſtitious obſeruersobservers of the Sabbaoth, doe at this day require that ſeauenth day to bee ſuperſtitiouſlie …
With rule
… therefore are deceaued, and alſo thoſe, who together with EBION, CERINTHVS and other ſuperſtitious obſeruersobservers of the Sabbaoth, doe at this day require that ſeauenth day to bee ſuperſtitiouſlie …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sacramēt. But I wonder muche, howe they be come thus so dainely so reuerent obseruersobservers of the true worshyppinge: seynge y^t in other matters, both wood and pictures and …
With rule
… sacramēt. But I wonder muche, howe they be come thus so dainely so reuerent obseruersobservers of the true worshyppinge: seynge y^t in other matters, both wood and pictures and …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · The Sacrament of the Lords Supper · p. lv · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Guide to Grand-jury Men A09118

Printed
Astrologians, monthly Prognosticatours, Diuiners, Figurecasters, Fortune-tellers, Charmers, ObseruersObservers of times, of luckie and vnluckie daies: for all these are reckoned vp, where …
With rule
Astrologians, monthly Prognosticatours, Diuiners, Figurecasters, Fortune-tellers, Charmers, ObseruersObservers of times, of luckie and vnluckie daies: for all these are reckoned vp, where …
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · p. 95 · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… Iustinus Martyr saith, Dialog. in Triphon. the Priests of this Idoll were called Racrophantoe ObseruersObservers of the Sunne. Their third God was Nego, the Fire; so called of the …
With rule
… Iustinus Martyr saith, Dialog. in Triphon. the Priests of this Idoll were called Racrophantoe ObseruersObservers of the Sunne. Their third God was Nego, the Fire; so called of the …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 56 · Open in the reader