Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #862 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prouesproves

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

Puritas changed it: 987 times in 287 works
Consistency: 95.6% (987 of 1,032)
Reach if approved: ~1,084 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: proves
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,032 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (987 changes in 287 works, 95.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 987)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… there is nothing, that is not ſubdued vnto Chriſt the man, as the Apoſtle prouesproves in the 1. Cor. 15. from theſe vvords of the Pſalme: that God hath ſubdued all …
With rule
… there is nothing, that is not ſubdued vnto Chriſt the man, as the Apoſtle prouesproves in the 1. Cor. 15. from theſe vvords of the Pſalme: that God hath ſubdued all …
John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… meaning of the word, you ſhould beleue vs rather than them, becauſe our groundes & prouesproves are better then theirs, or elſe we require not to be beleued better than …
With rule
… meaning of the word, you ſhould beleue vs rather than them, becauſe our groundes & prouesproves are better then theirs, or elſe we require not to be beleued better than …
William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prouesproves they deliuer it thus, they haue a calling: Speake of a Calling, he prouesproves it thus, they deliuer a sacrament. And thus backward and foreward, vppe and downe …
With rule
… prouesproves they deliuer it thus, they haue a calling: Speake of a Calling, he prouesproves it thus, they deliuer a sacrament. And thus backward and foreward, vppe and downe …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mountebanke, that ſets his Client backward and foreward like a man at Cheſſe, and prouesproves a butcher to the ſillie ſheepe, which ran to him from the Graſier.
With rule
… Mountebanke, that ſets his Client backward and foreward like a man at Cheſſe, and prouesproves a butcher to the ſillie ſheepe, which ran to him from the Graſier.
Robert Harris · Gods Goodness and Mercy Laid Open · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Sathan. It is an old saying, that Melancholia est vehiculum Daemonum. And experience prouesproves, that we are neuer so weake, so apt to receiue the temptations of Sathan …
With rule
… to Sathan. It is an old saying, that Melancholia est vehiculum Daemonum. And experience prouesproves, that we are neuer so weake, so apt to receiue the temptations of Sathan …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 435 · Open in the reader
Printed
… read that ancient Father Epiphanius in his 74. heresie, where by nine strong arguments he prouesproves that the Virgin Marie should haue no prayer made to her, and so be …
With rule
… read that ancient Father Epiphanius in his 74. heresie, where by nine strong arguments he prouesproves that the Virgin Marie should haue no prayer made to her, and so be …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 503 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the ſecond treatiſe, doeth onely quote the propoſition of the firſt treatiſe, that prouesproves that preſent aſſertion. And becauſe this whole work of Reuelation concerneth moſt the diſcouerie …
With rule
… in the ſecond treatiſe, doeth onely quote the propoſition of the firſt treatiſe, that prouesproves that preſent aſſertion. And becauſe this whole work of Reuelation concerneth moſt the diſcouerie …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the same Lord should command both kinds to bee taken. Againe, our Lord prouesproves the same by his example; first, Ioh. the sixth, where hee multiplied the l …
With rule
… that the same Lord should command both kinds to bee taken. Againe, our Lord prouesproves the same by his example; first, Ioh. the sixth, where hee multiplied the l …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 151 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (45)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 42 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Doctrine of King James A11078

Printed
But Doctor White comes somewhat nearer, and ProuesProves that A member of Christ, and the Catholicke Church in the Creede (which consists …
With rule
But Doctor White comes somewhat nearer, and ProuesProves that A member of Christ, and the Catholicke Church in the Creede (which consists …
Francis Rous · The Doctrine of King James · p. 50 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
ProuesProves their owne shame, their hindrance & confusion;
With rule
ProuesProves their owne shame, their hindrance & confusion;
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
ProuesProves a true one being wonne.
With rule
ProuesProves a true one being wonne.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader