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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5921 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

levvislewis

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
5 times in 5 works
Consistency
100% (5 of 5)
Reach if approved
~5 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lewis
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
5 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (5 changes in 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 5)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Kingdom, do hereby certifie and declare that on the 19. day of June 1644. Sir WILLIAM LEVVISLEWIS Knight delivered upon Oath, according to the ſaid Ordinance, his Accompt for all moneys …
    With rule
    … Kingdom, do hereby certifie and declare that on the 19. day of June 1644. Sir WILLIAM LEVVISLEWIS Knight delivered upon Oath, according to the ſaid Ordinance, his Accompt for all moneys …

    William Prynne · Vindication of William Lewis · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … with another inſcription, p. 12. vvith this, A letter from Mr. Toby Allein To Mr. LevvisLewis Stucley, to be communicated to his Church before they excommunicated his wife: here a …
    With rule
    … with another inſcription, p. 12. vvith this, A letter from Mr. Toby Allein To Mr. LevvisLewis Stucley, to be communicated to his Church before they excommunicated his wife: here a …

    Lewis Stuckley · Manifest Truth · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … diuers gilty of sinne against nature. In the abbey of Monkenferlege in Salisbury diocesse, LevvisLewis the Prior had 9. harlots, Richard the Prior of Mayden Bradley had v. harlots and …
    With rule
    … diuers gilty of sinne against nature. In the abbey of Monkenferlege in Salisbury diocesse, LevvisLewis the Prior had 9. harlots, Richard the Prior of Mayden Bradley had v. harlots and …

    John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Bishope of Rome: vvhich argument hee entred into, in behalfe of the Emperour LevvisLewis of Bav…e, vvho vvas mightily laide at by three Popes successiuelie. There the …
    With rule
    … the Bishope of Rome: vvhich argument hee entred into, in behalfe of the Emperour LevvisLewis of Bav…e, vvho vvas mightily laide at by three Popes successiuelie. There the …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … alſo within a while after they pluckt away the Empire from the Henries, Frediricks, LevvisLewis, and many other notable and holy Princes of Germany, troubling in the meane ſeaſon …
    With rule
    … alſo within a while after they pluckt away the Empire from the Henries, Frediricks, LevvisLewis, and many other notable and holy Princes of Germany, troubling in the meane ſeaſon …

    Henrich Bullinger · Of the End of the World and Judgment of our Lord Jesus Christ · 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.