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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #732 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

priuilyprivily

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

Puritas changed it
356 times in 170 works
Consistency
99.7% (356 of 357)
Reach if approved
~375 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: privily
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
357 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (356 changes in 170 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 356)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … hée gaue warnyng that there should come into the Christen church false teachers, which priuilyprivily should bring in damnable sectes, denying the Lord that bought them, and many should …
    With rule
    … hée gaue warnyng that there should come into the Christen church false teachers, which priuilyprivily should bring in damnable sectes, denying the Lord that bought them, and many should …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 120 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … peace, and in the dayes of a iuſt gracious King; what ſnares haue beene priuilyprivily layd, and miraculouſly known? How cloſely did the Powder-traytors, walke, like the Peſtilence …
    With rule
    … peace, and in the dayes of a iuſt gracious King; what ſnares haue beene priuilyprivily layd, and miraculouſly known? How cloſely did the Powder-traytors, walke, like the Peſtilence …

    Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … I may instance in the words of the Psalmist, who complaineth, That there was priuilyprivily laid a snare for him, and without cause, they hid their Net in a …
    With rule
    … I may instance in the words of the Psalmist, who complaineth, That there was priuilyprivily laid a snare for him, and without cause, they hid their Net in a …

    William Loe · A Still Voice · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … or handes, for euen then was there a latent and inviſible Church, that liued priuilyprivily as true Chriſtians, triumphing and raigning ouer theſe Papiſticall abuſes, during all theſe thouſand …
    With rule
    … or handes, for euen then was there a latent and inviſible Church, that liued priuilyprivily as true Chriſtians, triumphing and raigning ouer theſe Papiſticall abuſes, during all theſe thouſand …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 233 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Scripture is plaine; There shall bee false Teachers among you (saith Saint Peter) which priuilyprivily shall bring in damnable heresies, 2. Pet. 2. 1. There is the first propertie: and for the …
    With rule
    … Scripture is plaine; There shall bee false Teachers among you (saith Saint Peter) which priuilyprivily shall bring in damnable heresies, 2. Pet. 2. 1. There is the first propertie: and for the …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 491 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … pulling out. This is the arrow they make ready on the string, to shoote priuilyprivily at the vpright in heart.
    With rule
    … pulling out. This is the arrow they make ready on the string, to shoote priuilyprivily at the vpright in heart.

    Thomas Adams · The Black Devil · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … also like serpēts, which tailes also haue heads, which after ye maner of serpēts, priuilyprivily byte, those which are vncircumspect, yet they hurt more wt there heads then with …
    With rule
    … also like serpēts, which tailes also haue heads, which after ye maner of serpēts, priuilyprivily byte, those which are vncircumspect, yet they hurt more wt there heads then with …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … walketh (that is to ſaye) hath nothinge to do wyth them, other openly or priuilyprivily, by any colour or diſſimulacion.
    With rule
    … walketh (that is to ſaye) hath nothinge to do wyth them, other openly or priuilyprivily, by any colour or diſſimulacion.

    Anthony Gilby · Answer to the Devilish Detection of the Bishop of Winchester · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.