Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #874 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sleeuesleeve

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

Puritas changed it: 136 times in 97 works
Consistency: 98.5% (136 of 138)
Reach if approved: ~145 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: sleeve
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 138 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (136 changes in 97 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 136)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… shouldest seeke grace from God, but he seeketh to pin his grace on thy sleeuesleeve: God bringeth home the Gospell to thy house and doores; hee sendeth forth his …
With rule
… shouldest seeke grace from God, but he seeketh to pin his grace on thy sleeuesleeve: God bringeth home the Gospell to thy house and doores; hee sendeth forth his …
Thomas Taylor · Three Treatises · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that the Libertins cleaue to secret reuelations, the Papistes are pinned vpon the Popes sleeuesleeve, affirming that it is no Scripture nor Gospel without the determination of the Church …
With rule
… that the Libertins cleaue to secret reuelations, the Papistes are pinned vpon the Popes sleeuesleeve, affirming that it is no Scripture nor Gospel without the determination of the Church …
Andrew Willet · A General View of Papistry · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee should doe wrong to Almighty God, to pinne his iudgement vpon the Popes sleeuesleeve, and to offer to pull from him so many ample Churches; whereas charity and …
With rule
… wee should doe wrong to Almighty God, to pinne his iudgement vpon the Popes sleeuesleeve, and to offer to pull from him so many ample Churches; whereas charity and …
Archbishop George Abbot · The Perpetual Visibility and Succession of the True Church in All Ages · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with such, if there be any, that haue pinned their faith vpon M^r. B^s. sleeuesleeve, and must depend vpon his perswasions. It is the property of truth, saith one …
With rule
… with such, if there be any, that haue pinned their faith vpon M^r. B^s. sleeuesleeve, and must depend vpon his perswasions. It is the property of truth, saith one …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 240 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hauing cut your garment too ſhort, or put forth your arme further than your ſleeuesleeve would reach, you runne and ſeeke about for peeces and patches, ſhreds and ſnips …
With rule
… hauing cut your garment too ſhort, or put forth your arme further than your ſleeuesleeve would reach, you runne and ſeeke about for peeces and patches, ſhreds and ſnips …
William Hinde · The Office and Use of the Moral Law · p. 126 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the fountaine, the word of God, and not to hang vpon any mans ſleeuesleeve, leſt if he fall into the ditch, hee pull vs alſo after him. For …
With rule
… with the fountaine, the word of God, and not to hang vpon any mans ſleeuesleeve, leſt if he fall into the ditch, hee pull vs alſo after him. For …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeene by their daily practiſe; their obedience and faithfulneſſe being pinned vpon the Popes ſleeuesleeve, to be diſpoſed where he liſteth.
With rule
… ſeene by their daily practiſe; their obedience and faithfulneſſe being pinned vpon the Popes ſleeuesleeve, to be diſpoſed where he liſteth.
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purity of the Goſpell which we profeſſe, & who laugh, as it were, in their ſleeuesleeve at thoſe things: While we ſee, I ſaye, thoſe fine-ones, wee haue no …
With rule
… purity of the Goſpell which we profeſſe, & who laugh, as it were, in their ſleeuesleeve at thoſe things: While we ſee, I ſaye, thoſe fine-ones, wee haue no …
Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 36 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… hard-hearted Rockes breake these yeelding Vessells. They haue also (as it were) a SleeueSleeve in the bottome thereof, by which, with a subtile deuise, they conuey the water …
With rule
… hard-hearted Rockes breake these yeelding Vessells. They haue also (as it were) a SleeueSleeve in the bottome thereof, by which, with a subtile deuise, they conuey the water …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 618 · Open in the reader