Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #658 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnwiseunwise

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

Puritas changed it: 481 times in 254 works
Consistency: 97.5% (481 of 493)
Reach if approved: ~518 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: unwise
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 493 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (481 changes in 254 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 481)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… which may ſerue to expreſſe the groſſeneſſe of it as it is? vnderſtand yee vnwiſeunwise among the people, and ye fooles when will you be wiſe? with what charme …
With rule
… which may ſerue to expreſſe the groſſeneſſe of it as it is? vnderſtand yee vnwiſeunwise among the people, and ye fooles when will you be wiſe? with what charme …
Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhew this meekneſſe to all men; becauſe they themſelues were Doct. 3 in times past, vnwiſeunwise, diſobedient, deceiued, ſeruing luſts and diuers pleaſures, hatefull, and hating one another, Tit. 3.2, 3.
With rule
… ſhew this meekneſſe to all men; becauſe they themſelues were Doct. 3 in times past, vnwiſeunwise, diſobedient, deceiued, ſeruing luſts and diuers pleaſures, hatefull, and hating one another, Tit. 3.2, 3.
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thynges in the scripture. as. Dixit insipieus in corde suo non est deus The vnwiseunwise man sayed in hys herte, there is no God, and yet if he shoulde …
With rule
… thynges in the scripture. as. Dixit insipieus in corde suo non est deus The vnwiseunwise man sayed in hys herte, there is no God, and yet if he shoulde …
Hugh Latimer · The Second to Seventh Sermon to His Majesty · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the payne of death shall not touch them. In the syghte of the vnwiseunwise thei appere to die, but they are in peace. They shine as the sparckes …
With rule
… and the payne of death shall not touch them. In the syghte of the vnwiseunwise thei appere to die, but they are in peace. They shine as the sparckes …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · p. cliii · Open in the reader
Printed
… fleſh of the minde, and were by nature the children of wrath: we were vnwiſeunwise, diſobedient, deceiued, ſeruing the luſtes and diuers pleaſures, liuing in maliciouſneſſe and enuie, hatefull …
With rule
… fleſh of the minde, and were by nature the children of wrath: we were vnwiſeunwise, diſobedient, deceiued, ſeruing the luſtes and diuers pleaſures, liuing in maliciouſneſſe and enuie, hatefull …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neuer ſo good a ſubiect vnto his prince (for the diuell is not ſo vnwiſeunwise, as he wil haue al his limmes, manifeſt breakers of the commandements, but he …
With rule
… neuer ſo good a ſubiect vnto his prince (for the diuell is not ſo vnwiſeunwise, as he wil haue al his limmes, manifeſt breakers of the commandements, but he …
John Penry · Equity of a Humble Supplication · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to trust euery one, as not to trust any: so I hold it an vnwiseunwise part in any man, as well to wonder at euery thing, as to wonder …
With rule
… to trust euery one, as not to trust any: so I hold it an vnwiseunwise part in any man, as well to wonder at euery thing, as to wonder …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… verie vndeservedlie they reckoned Honorius amongst other Heretickes: imputing so, both blind Ignorance, and vnwiseunwise Rashnesse, to all those Reverend Fathers. And when this will not serue his turne …
With rule
… verie vndeservedlie they reckoned Honorius amongst other Heretickes: imputing so, both blind Ignorance, and vnwiseunwise Rashnesse, to all those Reverend Fathers. And when this will not serue his turne …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 231 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Titus A13535

Printed
VnwiseUnwise,] This word directly sheweth the follie and want of vnderstanding in the things of …
With rule
VnwiseUnwise,] This word directly sheweth the follie and want of vnderstanding in the things of …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 595 · Open in the reader

A Bride Bush A14989

Printed
… hee ſhewed himſelfe neither wiſe nor gentle. I would hee would ſee to amend. VnwiſeUnwise man, vnwiſeunwise woman: why hadſt thou not moſt care of thine owne ſoule? Couldſt …
With rule
… hee ſhewed himſelfe neither wiſe nor gentle. I would hee would ſee to amend. VnwiſeUnwise man, vnwiſeunwise woman: why hadſt thou not moſt care of thine owne ſoule? Couldſt …
William Whately · A Bride Bush · p. 46 · Open in the reader