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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8611 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvouldewould

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

Puritas changed it
199 times in 39 works
Consistency
93.8% (199 of 212)
Reach if approved
~223 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: would
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
212 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
woulde (13)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (199 changes in 39 works, 93.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 199)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … considered that many there vvere, vvhich perhaps had not seene, and many also that vvouldewould not reade, such bookes as haue bene vvritten in times past of this question …
    With rule
    … considered that many there vvere, vvhich perhaps had not seene, and many also that vvouldewould not reade, such bookes as haue bene vvritten in times past of this question …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … not to vſe childrens play games. Herevpon the childe profited more then a man vvouldewould deeme or deſire in the ſpirit of wiſedome, and vnderſtanding, miniſtring as a ſecond …
    With rule
    … not to vſe childrens play games. Herevpon the childe profited more then a man vvouldewould deeme or deſire in the ſpirit of wiſedome, and vnderſtanding, miniſtring as a ſecond …

    Thomas Holland · Sermon 17 November 1599 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … time paſt by order of Iuſtice, and diſputed vvithall, that vvee might if vve vvouldewould, ſee our ovvne vveakneſſe &c I pray you in vvhoſe Courtes hath it bene …
    With rule
    … time paſt by order of Iuſtice, and diſputed vvithall, that vvee might if vve vvouldewould, ſee our ovvne vveakneſſe &c I pray you in vvhoſe Courtes hath it bene …

    Oliver Pigg · Treatise on 1 Peter 4 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … a brother in Chriſt, and member of that bodie, for all the vvorlde they vvouldewould not ſet themſelues to beguile their brother. Many teſtifies, by their deceite, they are …
    With rule
    … a brother in Chriſt, and member of that bodie, for all the vvorlde they vvouldewould not ſet themſelues to beguile their brother. Many teſtifies, by their deceite, they are …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of lyfe and death, that it shall be so? If he and many moe vvouldewould yet are they no counterpoise to the Queene and Realme, whose life and good …
    With rule
    … of lyfe and death, that it shall be so? If he and many moe vvouldewould yet are they no counterpoise to the Queene and Realme, whose life and good …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … meanes to holde vp the reputation of the Antichristian Papacy. If our seduced Romanistes vvouldewould not close their eyes, they might see vppon what trashe their religion is builte …
    With rule
    … meanes to holde vp the reputation of the Antichristian Papacy. If our seduced Romanistes vvouldewould not close their eyes, they might see vppon what trashe their religion is builte …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 277 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in the Ayre, and that they neuer came too Gods eares? For a man vvouldewould ſay ſo. For if hee had beene hearde, would not God thē haue declared …
    With rule
    … in the Ayre, and that they neuer came too Gods eares? For a man vvouldewould ſay ſo. For if hee had beene hearde, would not God thē haue declared …

    John Calvin · Thirteen Sermons on Free Election in Jacob and Reprobation in Esau · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … out of this worlde before they know to what end they entred in. They vvouldewould willingly prolong the date of their life, but death admits no compoſition: for it …
    With rule
    … out of this worlde before they know to what end they entred in. They vvouldewould willingly prolong the date of their life, but death admits no compoſition: for it …

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind 2 · p. 56 · 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.