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conueyconvey

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

Puritas changed it
521 times in 243 works
Consistency
99.4% (521 of 524)
Reach if approved
~551 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: convey
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
524 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (521 changes in 243 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 521)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … for man, they are vnprofitable to man, where the spirit is not present to conueyconvey them into our hearts, there to seale vp the fruite of of them. Last …
    With rule
    … for man, they are vnprofitable to man, where the spirit is not present to conueyconvey them into our hearts, there to seale vp the fruite of of them. Last …

    Richard Greenham · Two Treatises Comforting an Afflicted Conscience · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … shoulde drawe his picture: this being perfectly done, he commaūded a secret messenger to conueyconvey it to the Soldan, & wrote a letter wtall to the Soldan certefying him that …
    With rule
    … shoulde drawe his picture: this being perfectly done, he commaūded a secret messenger to conueyconvey it to the Soldan, & wrote a letter wtall to the Soldan certefying him that …

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

  3. Printed
    … of my mercie, howe I am affected towardes you, while they by ſtepping betweene, conueyconvey ſome praiſe of the gifte and mercie to them ſelues. Heere we ſee all …
    With rule
    … of my mercie, howe I am affected towardes you, while they by ſtepping betweene, conueyconvey ſome praiſe of the gifte and mercie to them ſelues. Heere we ſee all …

    John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … sensible shame, and to thy euerlasting comfort? O malitious subtle serpent, who did cunningly conueyconvey by Euahes eares, that fearefull poyson towards her soule, which was able to slay …
    With rule
    … sensible shame, and to thy euerlasting comfort? O malitious subtle serpent, who did cunningly conueyconvey by Euahes eares, that fearefull poyson towards her soule, which was able to slay …

    David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 355 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſhe ſhould haue ſaid, that ſhe wold not only ſecretly or inwardly deriue or conueyconvey the light or ſugred motions of the ſpirit of God into mens hearts, but …
    With rule
    … ſhe ſhould haue ſaid, that ſhe wold not only ſecretly or inwardly deriue or conueyconvey the light or ſugred motions of the ſpirit of God into mens hearts, but …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Cor. 16. 9. Fourthly, Chriſts knocking firſt by the Word, is the meanes hee vſeth to conueyconvey the grace of his Spirit into our hearts, to make vs to open to …
    With rule
    … Cor. 16. 9. Fourthly, Chriſts knocking firſt by the Word, is the meanes hee vſeth to conueyconvey the grace of his Spirit into our hearts, to make vs to open to …

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 258 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … very sight of euill is dangerous, and they bee rare eyes that doe not conueyconvey this poison to our hearts. I haue heard of some, that euen by laboring …
    With rule
    … very sight of euill is dangerous, and they bee rare eyes that doe not conueyconvey this poison to our hearts. I haue heard of some, that euen by laboring …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … owne bowels. That maketh men trauaile ſo willingly to get poſſeſſions, which they may conueyconvey vnto their children, and beyng done with equitie & moderation is a thing very commendable …
    With rule
    … owne bowels. That maketh men trauaile ſo willingly to get poſſeſſions, which they may conueyconvey vnto their children, and beyng done with equitie & moderation is a thing very commendable …

    George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright A01115

  • Printed
    … he had bin ſuſpected therof: for which alſo he had ſuffered 2. yéeres impriſonment at ConueyConvey, & thrée yéeres in the Fléete: out of which priſon, he (in the raigne of …
    With rule
    … he had bin ſuſpected therof: for which alſo he had ſuffered 2. yéeres impriſonment at ConueyConvey, & thrée yéeres in the Fléete: out of which priſon, he (in the raigne of …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 339 · Open in the reader