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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6003 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

povvderpowder

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

Puritas changed it
8 times in 5 works
Consistency
100% (8 of 8)
Reach if approved
~8 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: powder
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
8 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (8 changes in 5 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (6 of 8)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    But vvhen vve remember the PovvderPowder-Treaſon, that calleth all the tormentors of the Church before them mercifull: the Devill …
    With rule
    But vvhen vve remember the PovvderPowder-Treaſon, that calleth all the tormentors of the Church before them mercifull: the Devill …

    Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … that there vvas ſixty barrell of PovvderPowder more in private mens houſes that ſould PovvderPowder, beſides Match, then vvithin the ſaid City, vvherein five or ſixe barrells of PovvderPowder …
    With rule
    … that there vvas ſixty barrell of PovvderPowder more in private mens houſes that ſould PovvderPowder, beſides Match, then vvithin the ſaid City, vvherein five or ſixe barrells of PovvderPowder …

    William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    have novv daſht all to povvderpowder.
    With rule
    have novv daſht all to povvderpowder.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Delivered at St MARIES in Cambridge the fift of November, upon occasion of the POVVDERPOWDER-PLOT.
    With rule
    Delivered at St MARIES in Cambridge the fift of November, upon occasion of the POVVDERPOWDER-PLOT.

    Richard Sibbes · The Saints Safety in Evil Times · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … that the redemer shalbe pereed in his footſtep, by the Serpent: & shall bruſe to povvderpowder the Serpents head. VVher vve ſee that he shovvs hovv matter opened here shall …
    With rule
    … that the redemer shalbe pereed in his footſtep, by the Serpent: & shall bruſe to povvderpowder the Serpents head. VVher vve ſee that he shovvs hovv matter opened here shall …

    Hugh Broughton · An Explication of our Lords Soul Going to Paradise · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    50. Barrells of PovvderPowder (he ſaith not, and no more)
    With rule
    50. Barrells of PovvderPowder (he ſaith not, and no more)

    William Prynne · Relation of the Prosecution of Nathaniel Fiennes · p. 21 · 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.