Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #580 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

striuethstriveth

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

Puritas changed it: 408 times in 218 works
Consistency: 99.2% (408 of 411)
Reach if approved: ~432 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: strives
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 411 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (408 changes in 218 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 408)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… away alcertaintie from such vnwritten traditiōs. Yet euē this godly father Irenaeus, whiles hee striuethstriveth to beare downe the Heretikes not only by scriptures, but also by tradition, in …
With rule
… away alcertaintie from such vnwritten traditiōs. Yet euē this godly father Irenaeus, whiles hee striuethstriveth to beare downe the Heretikes not only by scriptures, but also by tradition, in …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 March 1581 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the more their afflictions growe, the more their faith groweth: the more Sathan striuethstriveth to draw them from God, the more they draw neere to …od; although indeede …
With rule
… that the more their afflictions growe, the more their faith groweth: the more Sathan striuethstriveth to draw them from God, the more they draw neere to …od; although indeede …
Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in his good race giueth him, both at his setting forth, and while he striuethstriveth lawfully, his due applause and garland of praise. In the 1 Ioh. 3.14. it is made …
With rule
… in his good race giueth him, both at his setting forth, and while he striuethstriveth lawfully, his due applause and garland of praise. In the 1 Ioh. 3.14. it is made …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the saing of Isaiah, which thus speaketh: Wo to be to him that striuethstriveth with his maker, the vessel of clay with the Potter of clay, Shall the …
With rule
… to the saing of Isaiah, which thus speaketh: Wo to be to him that striuethstriveth with his maker, the vessel of clay with the Potter of clay, Shall the …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perfectly pure (for the remnaunts of ſinne doe yet cleane in our fleſh, which ſtriuethstriveth againſt the ſpirite) therefore daily he commeth vnto vs ſpiritually and continually more and …
With rule
… perfectly pure (for the remnaunts of ſinne doe yet cleane in our fleſh, which ſtriuethstriveth againſt the ſpirite) therefore daily he commeth vnto vs ſpiritually and continually more and …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… worde & the ministration of the Sacraments▪ which church thorow Christe her heade euermore fighteth & striuethstriveth against this serpent, and with all maine impugneth his force & violence, no lesse then …
With rule
… worde & the ministration of the Sacraments▪ which church thorow Christe her heade euermore fighteth & striuethstriveth against this serpent, and with all maine impugneth his force & violence, no lesse then …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelues, and we ſhall ſcarſe finde one, that can indure to caſt downe, that ſtriuethstriveth not, with all his might to lift vp himſelfe.
With rule
… ſelues, and we ſhall ſcarſe finde one, that can indure to caſt downe, that ſtriuethstriveth not, with all his might to lift vp himſelfe.
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… being renewed by the holy Ghost, in the first act of conuersion moueth and striuethstriveth to bee turned; It is not like a peece of waxe onely passiue, which …
With rule
… being renewed by the holy Ghost, in the first act of conuersion moueth and striuethstriveth to bee turned; It is not like a peece of waxe onely passiue, which …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 215 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
StriuethStriveth but her selfe to be.
With rule
StriuethStriveth but her selfe to be.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

Printed
StriuethStriveth.] But why must we striue in praier? Because of the greatnesse of our owne …
With rule
StriuethStriveth.] But why must we striue in praier? Because of the greatnesse of our owne …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 186 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
… kicketh againſt ſharp prickes, dooth nothing but hurt his owne heeles: So he that StriuethStriveth againſt God, preuaileth nothing, but harmeth himſelfe. Act. 9.5.
With rule
… kicketh againſt ſharp prickes, dooth nothing but hurt his owne heeles: So he that StriuethStriveth againſt God, preuaileth nothing, but harmeth himſelfe. Act. 9.5.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 723 · Open in the reader