Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #648 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

shaueshave

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

Puritas changed it: 165 times in 83 works
Consistency: 99.4% (165 of 166)
Reach if approved: ~174 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: shave
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 166 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (165 changes in 83 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 165)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and purifie thy ſelfe with them, and doe coſt on them that they may ſhaueshave their heads, and that all men may knowe that thoſe thinges which they haue …
With rule
… and purifie thy ſelfe with them, and doe coſt on them that they may ſhaueshave their heads, and that all men may knowe that thoſe thinges which they haue …
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 498 · Open in the reader
Printed
In the Scripture Prieſts are expreſly forbidden to ſhaueshave their heads, Ezech. 44. 20. yet the Religious ſort among you muſt haue their heads ſhauen.
With rule
In the Scripture Prieſts are expreſly forbidden to ſhaueshave their heads, Ezech. 44. 20. yet the Religious ſort among you muſt haue their heads ſhauen.
Alexander Cooke · The Abatement of Popish Brags Pretending Scripture to be Theirs · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… refuſed the healpe of theyre Chamberlaynes and other ſeruauntes. Durſte credyte no barboures to ſhaueshave theyr beardes, but vſed the help of theyr Doughters whyles they were yonge to …
With rule
… refuſed the healpe of theyre Chamberlaynes and other ſeruauntes. Durſte credyte no barboures to ſhaueshave theyr beardes, but vſed the help of theyr Doughters whyles they were yonge to …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the former actions. An hypocrite vnder the croſſe firſt will rend his garments, 2. ſhaueshave his head: 3. fall downe vpon the ground: 4. he will pray: 5. he will ſpeake of …
With rule
… all the former actions. An hypocrite vnder the croſſe firſt will rend his garments, 2. ſhaueshave his head: 3. fall downe vpon the ground: 4. he will pray: 5. he will ſpeake of …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him, after he had gone into Bethsheba. Esay 7.20. In that day shall the Lord shaueshave with a rasor that is hired, euen by them beyond the riuer, by the …
With rule
… him, after he had gone into Bethsheba. Esay 7.20. In that day shall the Lord shaueshave with a rasor that is hired, euen by them beyond the riuer, by the …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him ſleepe vpon her knees, and ſhe called a man, and made him to ſhaueshave off the ſeuen locks of his head, and ſhe began to vex him, and …
With rule
… him ſleepe vpon her knees, and ſhe called a man, and made him to ſhaueshave off the ſeuen locks of his head, and ſhe began to vex him, and …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 734 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to bewaile hir country / hir parentes and hir frindes and ſee that ſhe ſhould ſhaueshave hir hedd and pare hir nayles / and put off the garment that ſhe was …
With rule
… to bewaile hir country / hir parentes and hir frindes and ſee that ſhe ſhould ſhaueshave hir hedd and pare hir nayles / and put off the garment that ſhe was …
Walter Travers · Declaration of Ecclesiastical Discipline out of the Word of God · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… maide in battell, whom he liked, he was first to paire her nailes, and shaueshave her head, before he married her…so we must cut away in humane secular …
With rule
… maide in battell, whom he liked, he was first to paire her nailes, and shaueshave her head, before he married her…so we must cut away in humane secular …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… at Hebron. Afterward, his posteritie being multiplied (his wife, Epiphan. out of Leptogenesis calleth ShaueShave, Comestor calleth her Chalmana, Philo, Themech) he built a city which he called by …
With rule
… at Hebron. Afterward, his posteritie being multiplied (his wife, Epiphan. out of Leptogenesis calleth ShaueShave, Comestor calleth her Chalmana, Philo, Themech) he built a city which he called by …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 29 · Open in the reader