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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6100 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvillswills

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

Puritas changed it
65 times in 39 works
Consistency
100% (65 of 65)
Reach if approved
~68 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wills
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
65 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (65 changes in 39 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 65)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … abuſe either to your imagination to imagine mischeefe vpon your beds, nor in your vvillswills to deſire to doe euill, like miſcreants vvhen you cannot. Nor to be as …
    With rule
    … abuſe either to your imagination to imagine mischeefe vpon your beds, nor in your vvillswills to deſire to doe euill, like miſcreants vvhen you cannot. Nor to be as …

    William Loe · The Merchant Real · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his vvord, & not for the troubling, vexing, & scandalizing of them, by opposing …heir meere vvillswills, in Religious affayres, to mens Consciences: depending vvholly and only upon Gods VVord; He …
    With rule
    … his vvord, & not for the troubling, vexing, & scandalizing of them, by opposing …heir meere vvillswills, in Religious affayres, to mens Consciences: depending vvholly and only upon Gods VVord; He …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … or a knovvledg ſimplicis intelligentiae, of ſimple intelligence, as he permits them, not poſitively vvillswills them; he knovvs them not vvith a knovvledg of aſſent to them, but diſſent …
    With rule
    … or a knovvledg ſimplicis intelligentiae, of ſimple intelligence, as he permits them, not poſitively vvillswills them; he knovvs them not vvith a knovvledg of aſſent to them, but diſſent …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 287 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … and ſaith the Worſhip cannot be performed decently without them. So many Heads and VVillsWills, ſo many Rules for Decency, that we ſhall never know when the Worſhip of …
    With rule
    … and ſaith the Worſhip cannot be performed decently without them. So many Heads and VVillsWills, ſo many Rules for Decency, that we ſhall never know when the Worſhip of …

    Giles Firmin · Questions Between the Conformist and Non-Conformist · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … common, puts no difference betvveene them. What doth it then? Peter vvillswills vvhat Iudas vvillswills not: Hee vvill make uſe of that common help afforded of God, and that …
    With rule
    … common, puts no difference betvveene them. What doth it then? Peter vvillswills vvhat Iudas vvillswills not: Hee vvill make uſe of that common help afforded of God, and that …

    Robert Jenison · Solid Comfort for Sound Christians · p. 51 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … do right? Gods VVill is Regula & Mensura, it is the Rule of Justice; the VVillsWills of Men are corrupt, therefore unfit to give Law; but Gods VVill is an …
    With rule
    … do right? Gods VVill is Regula & Mensura, it is the Rule of Justice; the VVillsWills of Men are corrupt, therefore unfit to give Law; but Gods VVill is an …

    Thomas Watson · A Body of Practical Divinity · p. 535 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Star-Chamber, with all rigor, cruelty, and injuſtice; and in Ʋiſitations, Citations, Probate of VVillsWills, Letters of Adminiſtration and Excommunication in the name, and under the Seal of the …
    With rule
    … Star-Chamber, with all rigor, cruelty, and injuſtice; and in Ʋiſitations, Citations, Probate of VVillsWills, Letters of Adminiſtration and Excommunication in the name, and under the Seal of the …

    Zachary Crofton · The Fastening of Saint Peters Fetters · p. 46 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … taken away by pr…tence of JUSTICE, grounded upon rules meerly flowing from their VVillsWills and Swords. That no Law in England authoriſeth a company of ſervants to puniſh …
    With rule
    … taken away by pr…tence of JUSTICE, grounded upon rules meerly flowing from their VVillsWills and Swords. That no Law in England authoriſeth a company of ſervants to puniſh …

    William Prynne · Legal Vindication of the Liberties of England Against Illegal Taxes · p. 72 · 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.