Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7552 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vveewe

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 2,473 times in 295 works
Consistency: 95.8% (2,473 of 2,581)
Reach if approved: ~2,714 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: we
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,583 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: wee (108)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,473 changes in 295 works, 95.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,473)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the neerer hee doth approch vnto God, who is the fountaine of all puritie. VVeeWe are heere to note that Saint Peter maketh all corruption and naughtineſſe in the …
With rule
… the neerer hee doth approch vnto God, who is the fountaine of all puritie. VVeeWe are heere to note that Saint Peter maketh all corruption and naughtineſſe in the …
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… headed Monkes of Weingart, haue razed with their hands out of Rabanus Penitentiall; seeing vveewe are given to vnderstand by this Author, vvhat his opinion vvas in this point …
With rule
… headed Monkes of Weingart, haue razed with their hands out of Rabanus Penitentiall; seeing vveewe are given to vnderstand by this Author, vvhat his opinion vvas in this point …
William Guild · Popish Glorying in Antiquity Turned to their Shame · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Church, because of that euill companie that is in the Church. Indeede, vveewe should not make them our companion… : and we ought alwaies to separate from their …
With rule
… of the Church, because of that euill companie that is in the Church. Indeede, vveewe should not make them our companion… : and we ought alwaies to separate from their …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord, vveewe feare none but God and the King: Had vveewe reſpected our Liberties vveewe had not ſtood here at this time: it vvas for the generall good and …
With rule
… Lord, vveewe feare none but God and the King: Had vveewe reſpected our Liberties vveewe had not ſtood here at this time: it vvas for the generall good and …
John Bastwick · Relation of Passages and Speeches in the Star Chamber · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at the making heereof, being indeed ſory, together vvith others of my brethren, that vveewe cannot heare from our good father, Maister Martin Marprelate, that good & learned diſcourſing brother …
With rule
… at the making heereof, being indeed ſory, together vvith others of my brethren, that vveewe cannot heare from our good father, Maister Martin Marprelate, that good & learned diſcourſing brother …
Martin Marprelate · Theses · Open in the reader
Printed
… iudgement, for the man that is an hundred yeere olde, and vvicked, is accurſed: vveewe may not therefore liue wilfully in ſinne, becauſe we be olde. Olde folke, for …
With rule
… iudgement, for the man that is an hundred yeere olde, and vvicked, is accurſed: vveewe may not therefore liue wilfully in ſinne, becauſe we be olde. Olde folke, for …
Richard Bernard · Two Twins · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the iust vvrath of God upon them, and so remaineth unto this day. VVhereby vveewe see, that those vvhich vvill be vvise vvithout the direction of Gods vvord, and …
With rule
… the iust vvrath of God upon them, and so remaineth unto this day. VVhereby vveewe see, that those vvhich vvill be vvise vvithout the direction of Gods vvord, and …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 190 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the third, to acknowledge our offences. Let vs then honour him by Confession, vvhom vveewe haue dishonoured by presumption. Though we haue failed in the first part of Religion …
With rule
… the third, to acknowledge our offences. Let vs then honour him by Confession, vvhom vveewe haue dishonoured by presumption. Though we haue failed in the first part of Religion …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 259 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.