Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #576 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rouersrovers

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

Puritas changed it: 85 times in 37 works
Consistency: 90.4% (85 of 94)
Reach if approved: ~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: rovers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (85 changes in 37 works, 90.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 85)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thirde sorte is by Arlem named Pheres, which signifies as much as theues and rouersrovers, because they are of an exceeding theeuish disposition, and haue a great large and …
With rule
… thirde sorte is by Arlem named Pheres, which signifies as much as theues and rouersrovers, because they are of an exceeding theeuish disposition, and haue a great large and …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · p. 336 · Open in the reader
Printed
… But this Algier hauing beene of old, and still continuing a receptacle of Turkish rouersrovers, could not be passed ouer, especially in these Piraticall times, without some obseruation, being …
With rule
… But this Algier hauing beene of old, and still continuing a receptacle of Turkish rouersrovers, could not be passed ouer, especially in these Piraticall times, without some obseruation, being …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 504 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at one ſingular vvell knowne day from all others, and left vs not at rouersrovers to take any day.
With rule
… at one ſingular vvell knowne day from all others, and left vs not at rouersrovers to take any day.
Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and what would they doo then if they had frée scope to rūne at rouersrovers? when the profession of the Gospell reigned farre & nere in Germanie, and that as …
With rule
… and what would they doo then if they had frée scope to rūne at rouersrovers? when the profession of the Gospell reigned farre & nere in Germanie, and that as …
John Calvin · The Little Book · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we muſt learn what God is, within the bounds of his Word; not at rouersrovers, vntill he mercifully deliuered vs from this bondage, and out of the dungeon of …
With rule
… we muſt learn what God is, within the bounds of his Word; not at rouersrovers, vntill he mercifully deliuered vs from this bondage, and out of the dungeon of …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 811 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commended, it is a groſſe abuſe that hath crept into the Church, that many rouersrovers and wanderers, who haue been ſpued out of ſome place for ſome enormious ſinne …
With rule
… commended, it is a groſſe abuſe that hath crept into the Church, that many rouersrovers and wanderers, who haue been ſpued out of ſome place for ſome enormious ſinne …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 1357 · Open in the reader
Printed
… handle vs rigorouſly. Likewiſe if wee ſee that God letteth the wicked runne at rouersrovers, and layeth the brydle in theyr necke, & deſtroyeth them not at the firſt brunt …
With rule
… handle vs rigorouſly. Likewiſe if wee ſee that God letteth the wicked runne at rouersrovers, and layeth the brydle in theyr necke, & deſtroyeth them not at the firſt brunt …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the reuenge of the Amalekites. Had not his Maſter neglected him, all theſe rouersrovers of Amalek, had gone away with their life and booty; It is not ſafe …
With rule
… of the reuenge of the Amalekites. Had not his Maſter neglected him, all theſe rouersrovers of Amalek, had gone away with their life and booty; It is not ſafe …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 106 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

Printed
… glosse which is written vpon the decrees, Rome was first founded and built by RouersRovers and Fellones, and doth yet obserue her auncient customes. Wherefore it is called in …
With rule
… glosse which is written vpon the decrees, Rome was first founded and built by RouersRovers and Fellones, and doth yet obserue her auncient customes. Wherefore it is called in …
Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… Tripoli is also a seat of a Turkish Viceroy or Beglerbeg, and of Turkish RouersRovers. In the Kingdome of Telensin is the desert of Angad, wherein are store of …
With rule
… Tripoli is also a seat of a Turkish Viceroy or Beglerbeg, and of Turkish RouersRovers. In the Kingdome of Telensin is the desert of Angad, wherein are store of …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 505 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… of the reuenge of the Amalekites. Had not his Maſter neglected him, all theſe RouersRovers of Amalek, had gone away with their life and booty; It is not ſafe …
With rule
… of the reuenge of the Amalekites. Had not his Maſter neglected him, all theſe RouersRovers of Amalek, had gone away with their life and booty; It is not ſafe …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1114 · Open in the reader