Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #709 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gouernmentsgovernments

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

Puritas changed it: 91 times in 60 works
Consistency: 90.1% (91 of 101)
Reach if approved: ~106 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: governments
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 101 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 60 works, 90.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… as it is ſaid before, wherefore they did vnceſſantly ſtriue againſt ſtraunge kings and gouernmentsgovernments, vntill not a few of them at times were beaten & ſlaine. Neither did this …
With rule
… as it is ſaid before, wherefore they did vnceſſantly ſtriue againſt ſtraunge kings and gouernmentsgovernments, vntill not a few of them at times were beaten & ſlaine. Neither did this …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee subiect to any but God and Christ. Ans. There bee two kindes of gouernmentsgovernments vpon earth; one is spirituall and inward, this is the kingdome of heauen and …
With rule
… bee subiect to any but God and Christ. Ans. There bee two kindes of gouernmentsgovernments vpon earth; one is spirituall and inward, this is the kingdome of heauen and …
William Perkins · Exposition of Jude · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God for right ordering of the Church of new Teſtament, amongſt others mentions gouernmentsgovernments, that is, gifts of gouernment? Queſtionleſſe hee ſaw, that euen in ſtate of greateſt …
With rule
… of God for right ordering of the Church of new Teſtament, amongſt others mentions gouernmentsgovernments, that is, gifts of gouernment? Queſtionleſſe hee ſaw, that euen in ſtate of greateſt …
William Sclater · Sermon · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now becauſe in Monarchies (the perfection of earthly gouernmentsgovernments, and types of the heauenly) the King is ſupreame Gouernour, not onely ouer all …
With rule
Now becauſe in Monarchies (the perfection of earthly gouernmentsgovernments, and types of the heauenly) the King is ſupreame Gouernour, not onely ouer all …
Henry Wilkinson Sr · The Debt Book · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
An. Theſe two gouernmentsgovernments are diſtinguiſhed, they are not contrarie. If the kingdome of God did extinguiſh this …
With rule
An. Theſe two gouernmentsgovernments are diſtinguiſhed, they are not contrarie. If the kingdome of God did extinguiſh this …
John Calvin · Abridgment of Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 389 · Open in the reader
Printed
By the ſeuen heads of this beaſt, are meant the ſeuen ſeuerall gouernmentsgovernments of the Roman Empire. Firſt, by Kings. Secondly, by Conſuls. Thirdly, by Decemuiri. Fourthly …
With rule
By the ſeuen heads of this beaſt, are meant the ſeuen ſeuerall gouernmentsgovernments of the Roman Empire. Firſt, by Kings. Secondly, by Conſuls. Thirdly, by Decemuiri. Fourthly …
Arthur Dent · The Ruin of Rome · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… adminiſtratiō of matters of the Iſraelits was very well tēpered of three kinds of gouernmentsgovernments. And bicauſe, wheras many gouerne the common wealth, it is nedefull when daungerous tymes …
With rule
… adminiſtratiō of matters of the Iſraelits was very well tēpered of three kinds of gouernmentsgovernments. And bicauſe, wheras many gouerne the common wealth, it is nedefull when daungerous tymes …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentaries · Open in the reader
Printed
… That generall ground is there reſtrained to the gou…rnm…nts, & vnto all lawfull gouernmentsgovernments ordained by God. But a… for the diuell, he could indeed haue no power …
With rule
… That generall ground is there reſtrained to the gou…rnm…nts, & vnto all lawfull gouernmentsgovernments ordained by God. But a… for the diuell, he could indeed haue no power …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 131 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

Printed
… If we obserue it, we shall finde prophane Protestants, who now haue seene three GouernmentsGovernments, which both are ignorant in knowledge, and haue gotten many placards and curtaines for …
With rule
… If we obserue it, we shall finde prophane Protestants, who now haue seene three GouernmentsGovernments, which both are ignorant in knowledge, and haue gotten many placards and curtaines for …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 464 · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

Printed
… Empire, and of the order of oeconomie, among the Creatures, in Marriage, Lawes, or GouernmentsGovernments, in heauen or Earth. Some restraine the words, to order amongst men onely. Some …
With rule
… Empire, and of the order of oeconomie, among the Creatures, in Marriage, Lawes, or GouernmentsGovernments, in heauen or Earth. Some restraine the words, to order amongst men onely. Some …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 115 · Open in the reader