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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #606 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

claueclave

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

Puritas changed it
130 times in 89 works
Consistency
97.7% (130 of 133)
Reach if approved
~140 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: clave
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
133 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (130 changes in 89 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 130)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ye if the Prieſts, the Scribes and Phariſies and Saduces, and the multitude which claueclave vnto them were the viſible Church, then were there two Churches, vnles we will …
    With rule
    … ye if the Prieſts, the Scribes and Phariſies and Saduces, and the multitude which claueclave vnto them were the viſible Church, then were there two Churches, vnles we will …

    George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … neuer came at him, verse 13. Secondly, when he began to be in necessity, he claueclave to a Citizen in that Countrey, verse 15. and thought not yet of returning to …
    With rule
    … neuer came at him, verse 13. Secondly, when he began to be in necessity, he claueclave to a Citizen in that Countrey, verse 15. and thought not yet of returning to …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 396 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … as he had made an ende of ſpeakyng all theſe woordes, euen the grounde claueclave aſunder thas was vnder them, and the Earth opened her mouthe, and ſwallowed them …
    With rule
    … as he had made an ende of ſpeakyng all theſe woordes, euen the grounde claueclave aſunder thas was vnder them, and the Earth opened her mouthe, and ſwallowed them …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … sonne, Luk. 15. 15. where it is said of him, that hauing spent his portion, hee claueclave to a citizen of that countrie; that is, he resigned and gaue himselfe to …
    With rule
    … sonne, Luk. 15. 15. where it is said of him, that hauing spent his portion, hee claueclave to a citizen of that countrie; that is, he resigned and gaue himselfe to …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 367 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … striue to increase that faith and affiance, by which wee cleauing vnto Christ, Christ claueclave vnto vs. For the more wee cleaue vnto Christ, the more Christ cleaueth vnto …
    With rule
    … striue to increase that faith and affiance, by which wee cleauing vnto Christ, Christ claueclave vnto vs. For the more wee cleaue vnto Christ, the more Christ cleaueth vnto …

    Francis Rous · The Art of Happiness · p. 267 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … man, and did many things: but his heart was right in nothing, for it claueclave to that speciall sinne of keeping his brothers wife.
    With rule
    … man, and did many things: but his heart was right in nothing, for it claueclave to that speciall sinne of keeping his brothers wife.

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … both to be there preſent them ſelues, and alſo to bryng the Iewes which claueclave vnto their old ſuperſticiō, to Chriſt, which might be done moſte commodiouſly in the …
    With rule
    … both to be there preſent them ſelues, and alſo to bryng the Iewes which claueclave vnto their old ſuperſticiō, to Chriſt, which might be done moſte commodiouſly in the …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 208 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … he cauſed the waters to flow out of the rock for them: for he claueclave the rock, and the waters guſhed out.
    With rule
    … he cauſed the waters to flow out of the rock for them: for he claueclave the rock, and the waters guſhed out.

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 410 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

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