Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #635 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ovrour

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

Puritas changed it: 400 times in 192 works
Consistency: 94.5% (400 of 423)
Reach if approved: ~514 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: our
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 489 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (400 changes in 192 works, 94.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 400)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
OVrOur aduersaries are driuen to rake hell for arguments, and to begge proofes from damned …
With rule
OVrOur aduersaries are driuen to rake hell for arguments, and to begge proofes from damned …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 197 · Open in the reader
Printed
OVrOur Church doth rightly chalenge, to be the body of Chriſt, which acknowledgeth Chriſt to …
With rule
OVrOur Church doth rightly chalenge, to be the body of Chriſt, which acknowledgeth Chriſt to …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
OVrOur God is Good, and good to vs; let vs therefore loue him. 1. It is …
With rule
OVrOur God is Good, and good to vs; let vs therefore loue him. 1. It is …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… OF A TREATISE TOVCHING THE SVFFERINGS AND VICTORIE OF CHRIST IN THE WORKE OF OVROUR REDEMPTION.
With rule
… OF A TREATISE TOVCHING THE SVFFERINGS AND VICTORIE OF CHRIST IN THE WORKE OF OVROUR REDEMPTION.
Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
OVROUR gracious God and mercifull Father in Chriſt: We confeſſe, that as wee are vnworthy …
With rule
OVROUR gracious God and mercifull Father in Chriſt: We confeſſe, that as wee are vnworthy …
Paul Baynes · The Christians Garment · Open in the reader
Printed
OVrOur Hold-fast Anchor, and safe Ship
With rule
OVrOur Hold-fast Anchor, and safe Ship
John Owen · Epigrams · Open in the reader
Printed
A RELATION OF OVROUR Voyage to the MASSACHVSETS, And what happened there.
With rule
A RELATION OF OVROUR Voyage to the MASSACHVSETS, And what happened there.
William Bradford · Journal of the Beginning of the English Plantation at Plymouth · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… barbarous and savage expressed in an heathnish verse LET OVROUR FRIENDS FALL, SOE THAT OVROUR FOES DIE WITHALL. Howsoever it be, it is plain that the plaines of S …
With rule
… barbarous and savage expressed in an heathnish verse LET OVROUR FRIENDS FALL, SOE THAT OVROUR FOES DIE WITHALL. Howsoever it be, it is plain that the plaines of S …
John Rainolds · Defense of Divorce and Remarriage · p. 34 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter A03723

Printed
OvrOur louing and faithfull, we doubt not but by this time you knowe of the …
With rule
OvrOur louing and faithfull, we doubt not but by this time you knowe of the …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. XCIIII · Open in the reader

Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light A56171

Printed
… Subjects, the Lords spirituall and temporall, and Commons of this present Parliament assembled, hold ovrour selves bound in conscience and duty to represent the same to your sacred Majesty …
With rule
… Subjects, the Lords spirituall and temporall, and Commons of this present Parliament assembled, hold ovrour selves bound in conscience and duty to represent the same to your sacred Majesty …
William Prynne · Hidden Works of Darkness Brought to Public Light · p. 74 · Open in the reader