Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #802 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

couertcovert

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

Puritas changed it: 293 times in 150 works
Consistency: 96.3% (293 of 304)
Reach if approved: ~319 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: covert
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 304 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (293 changes in 150 works, 96.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 293)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… acceptable to God though damned in the ſecond precept: Equiuocating in oathes, that is, couertcovert periurie, they iuſt…fie againſt the third precept. Diſhonour of Parents for religion ſake …
With rule
… acceptable to God though damned in the ſecond precept: Equiuocating in oathes, that is, couertcovert periurie, they iuſt…fie againſt the third precept. Diſhonour of Parents for religion ſake …
William Sclater · Three Sermons · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sacrifices to others, to put their trust in others, then in God alone. Such couertcovert, subtill, and craftie enemies they are: and all for couetousnesse, all for rewarde. For …
With rule
… sacrifices to others, to put their trust in others, then in God alone. Such couertcovert, subtill, and craftie enemies they are: and all for couetousnesse, all for rewarde. For …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 298 · Open in the reader
Printed
… glaunce of their glories, but all is dispersed: the Godly are long kept vnder couertcovert; but when they doe rise, their eleuation is permanent.
With rule
… glaunce of their glories, but all is dispersed: the Godly are long kept vnder couertcovert; but when they doe rise, their eleuation is permanent.
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord to impute his ſlownes in repenting, to our too cold, too mild, and couertcovert maner of reproouing.
With rule
… Lord to impute his ſlownes in repenting, to our too cold, too mild, and couertcovert maner of reproouing.
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… falſehode (if there be any) may ſoone be found out, whiche might ham better, couertcovert vnder one mans teſtimonie alone. This may teache vs, howe carefull the Lorde is …
With rule
… falſehode (if there be any) may ſoone be found out, whiche might ham better, couertcovert vnder one mans teſtimonie alone. This may teache vs, howe carefull the Lorde is …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 164 · Open in the reader
Printed
… truth, will not prooue as haynous a fault in Gods sight, for all their couertcovert carriage, as heauy a clogge to their Consciences, as deepe a downefall from Grace …
With rule
… truth, will not prooue as haynous a fault in Gods sight, for all their couertcovert carriage, as heauy a clogge to their Consciences, as deepe a downefall from Grace …
Thomas Bedford · The Sin Unto Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… wilt do it, for ſo much as I haue no refuge but vnder thy couertcovert. Alas, I weened with my ſelfe to haue ſeene many trim ſtarting holes: & agayne …
With rule
… wilt do it, for ſo much as I haue no refuge but vnder thy couertcovert. Alas, I weened with my ſelfe to haue ſeene many trim ſtarting holes: & agayne …
Theodore Beza · Meditations Upon Eight Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… runnes to them, who ſhould be as a ſhelter from the winde, and a couertcovert from the tempeſt: it oftentimes fals out, that (with the ſilly ſheepe running in …
With rule
… runnes to them, who ſhould be as a ſhelter from the winde, and a couertcovert from the tempeſt: it oftentimes fals out, that (with the ſilly ſheepe running in …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 308 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

Law A00741

Printed
Men out of the Realm, or in priſon, Feme CouertCovert (and therefore fauoureth them for their dowers) infants, men vnlettered. Ideots out of their …
With rule
Men out of the Realm, or in priſon, Feme CouertCovert (and therefore fauoureth them for their dowers) infants, men vnlettered. Ideots out of their …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
If a diſſeiſor die ſeiſed, the diſſeiſee beeing all the while within age, CouertCovert baron in priſon or out of the Realme, it ſhall be no diſcent to …
With rule
If a diſſeiſor die ſeiſed, the diſſeiſee beeing all the while within age, CouertCovert baron in priſon or out of the Realme, it ſhall be no diſcent to …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
If one that hath a leaſe for yeares, grant his terme to a feme CouertCovert, and another, or if a feme ſole and another be Ioynt-tenants for yeeres …
With rule
If one that hath a leaſe for yeares, grant his terme to a feme CouertCovert, and another, or if a feme ſole and another be Ioynt-tenants for yeeres …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
And if goods bee giuen to a feme CouertCovert, and another, the ioynter is ſtraight way ſeuered, and the husband and the other …
With rule
And if goods bee giuen to a feme CouertCovert, and another, the ioynter is ſtraight way ſeuered, and the husband and the other …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vpon a feoffement to a feme CouertCovert, ſhee taketh nothing vnleſſe her husband will agree; and where one is bound to …
With rule
Vpon a feoffement to a feme CouertCovert, ſhee taketh nothing vnleſſe her husband will agree; and where one is bound to …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… the Philosophers crye in one voyce with Dauid, Lord, thou hast made darknesse thy CouertCovert, Lord I am wearied euen in thyne outter Courtes. Yet notwithstanding, whereas men are …
With rule
… the Philosophers crye in one voyce with Dauid, Lord, thou hast made darknesse thy CouertCovert, Lord I am wearied euen in thyne outter Courtes. Yet notwithstanding, whereas men are …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not by her cunning driue him out,) would of himself come out of his CouertCovert, or that commeth not out as good as forlorne and halfe dead; or that …
With rule
… not by her cunning driue him out,) would of himself come out of his CouertCovert, or that commeth not out as good as forlorne and halfe dead; or that …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 244 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Ephesians A17705

Printed
… skum of some part of their fatte by one meane or other: vnder which CouertCovert there lurketh a very long tayle that is turned in and out like a …
With rule
… skum of some part of their fatte by one meane or other: vnder which CouertCovert there lurketh a very long tayle that is turned in and out like a …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 222 · Open in the reader