Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #621 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gouerngovern

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

Puritas changed it: 207 times in 102 works
Consistency: 99.0% (207 of 209)
Reach if approved: ~220 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: govern
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 209 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (207 changes in 102 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 207)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… no value; ruling all things as they liſt. He ſaith then, that thoſe which gouerngovern are the cauſe of the euill, and corrupt all; ſeeing they ought to correct …
With rule
… no value; ruling all things as they liſt. He ſaith then, that thoſe which gouerngovern are the cauſe of the euill, and corrupt all; ſeeing they ought to correct …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… greatly erre which doe attribute vnto men freewil, and the power to guide and gouerngovern themſelues: they are alſo vnthankfull or at leaſtwiſe endeuor to bring al the world …
With rule
… greatly erre which doe attribute vnto men freewil, and the power to guide and gouerngovern themſelues: they are alſo vnthankfull or at leaſtwiſe endeuor to bring al the world …
John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 253 · Open in the reader
Printed
… chāce but frō his hād. In so much that he saieth that he doeth gouerngovern ād direct the lottes: Yea if that any mā by chāce and not of …
With rule
… chāce but frō his hād. In so much that he saieth that he doeth gouerngovern ād direct the lottes: Yea if that any mā by chāce and not of …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lords, Iesus Christ thou art an example and glasse or myror of thē which gouerngovern and beare rule of realmes, coūtreis & cities whome they ought to folowe, for thou …
With rule
… Lords, Iesus Christ thou art an example and glasse or myror of thē which gouerngovern and beare rule of realmes, coūtreis & cities whome they ought to folowe, for thou …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould be read poſitiuely, it were in vaine for any man to ſtriue to gouerngovern his tongue; I anſwer, that it followeth not, no more thā that it is …
With rule
… ſhould be read poſitiuely, it were in vaine for any man to ſtriue to gouerngovern his tongue; I anſwer, that it followeth not, no more thā that it is …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now, he that ſhal gouerngovern the whole action, who was choſen for this one thing by common conſent of …
With rule
Now, he that ſhal gouerngovern the whole action, who was choſen for this one thing by common conſent of …
Theodore Beza · Concerning a Threefold Order of Bishops · Open in the reader
Printed
… in laudem Cypriani saith that he was counted in his time not only a gouerngovern our of the Church of Carthage and of all Africke & of all the regions …
With rule
… in laudem Cypriani saith that he was counted in his time not only a gouerngovern our of the Church of Carthage and of all Africke & of all the regions …
Patrick Simson · History of the First Ten Persecutions · Open in the reader
Printed
… which haue their Deputies, to whom they frely geue all auctority to rule and gouerngovern. Euen ſo is Chriſt, in whō the father will be honored, & thorow his authoritye …
With rule
… which haue their Deputies, to whom they frely geue all auctority to rule and gouerngovern. Euen ſo is Chriſt, in whō the father will be honored, & thorow his authoritye …
Henrich Bullinger · The Hope of the Faithful · p. 71 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

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

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
It is meete that God ſhould GouernGovern vs. and that we ſhould followe his holy will. 572. a 30.
With rule
It is meete that God ſhould GouernGovern vs. and that we ſhould followe his holy will. 572. a 30.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader