Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #898 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnderstandestunderstandest

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

Puritas changed it: 154 times in 82 works
Consistency: 86.0% (154 of 179)
Reach if approved: ~188 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: understandest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 179 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (154 changes in 82 works, 86.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 154)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Thou Lord knoweſt my thoughts, and vnderſtandeſtunderstandest my cogitations. What is it that I deſire, but thy mercie? In what doe …
With rule
Thou Lord knoweſt my thoughts, and vnderſtandeſtunderstandest my cogitations. What is it that I deſire, but thy mercie? In what doe …
John Craig · The Mother and the Child · Open in the reader
Printed
… thou makest of the Couenant, how dost thou prize it? (indeed if thou well vnderstandestunderstandest the worth thereof, thou wilt set no price vpon it. Thousands of gold and …
With rule
… thou makest of the Couenant, how dost thou prize it? (indeed if thou well vnderstandestunderstandest the worth thereof, thou wilt set no price vpon it. Thousands of gold and …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſharpely blame and rebuke his admoniſher, and ſayth: Get thee behinde me, Satan: thou vnderſtandeſtunderstandest not the thinges that are of God, but the thinges that are of men.
With rule
… ſharpely blame and rebuke his admoniſher, and ſayth: Get thee behinde me, Satan: thou vnderſtandeſtunderstandest not the thinges that are of God, but the thinges that are of men.
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… caſe. Get thee behind me Satan: Thou art an offence vnto me, becauſe thou vnderſtandestunderstandest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men …
With rule
… caſe. Get thee behind me Satan: Thou art an offence vnto me, becauſe thou vnderſtandestunderstandest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thy perdition is ſealed vp, if thou ſeeſt not this light into thy ſoule, & vnderſtandeſtunderstandest it not. Into the 3. Chap. to the Galatians, he ſaith, he preached ſo plainly …
With rule
… thy perdition is ſealed vp, if thou ſeeſt not this light into thy ſoule, & vnderſtandeſtunderstandest it not. Into the 3. Chap. to the Galatians, he ſaith, he preached ſo plainly …
Robert Rollock · Twenty-Five Lectures Upon the Lords Last Sermon and Conference · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſearcheſt vs out, & knoweſt vs, which knoweſt our ſitting downe, and our vpriſing, and vnderſtandeſtunderstandest our thoughts long before; which art about our path, and about our bed, and …
With rule
… ſearcheſt vs out, & knoweſt vs, which knoweſt our ſitting downe, and our vpriſing, and vnderſtandeſtunderstandest our thoughts long before; which art about our path, and about our bed, and …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 527 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs, are subiect to Gods prouidence: whereas the Prophet Dauid saith directly, Psal. 139. thou vnderstandestunderstandest my thoughts long before. He hath an other assertion as dangerous, That the election …
With rule
… vs, are subiect to Gods prouidence: whereas the Prophet Dauid saith directly, Psal. 139. thou vnderstandestunderstandest my thoughts long before. He hath an other assertion as dangerous, That the election …
Andrew Willet · Harmony Upon 2 Samuel · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… go behinde me Sathan, thou art (ſaith Chriſt) an offence vnto me, becauſe thou vnderſtandeſtunderstandest not the thinges that are of God, but the thinges that are of men …
With rule
… go behinde me Sathan, thou art (ſaith Chriſt) an offence vnto me, becauſe thou vnderſtandeſtunderstandest not the thinges that are of God, but the thinges that are of men …
Francis Bunny · A Survey of the Popes Supremacy · p. 19 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 16 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Observer of Time A07942

Printed
… of man. As yf the ſynnes of the Sayntes, mighte ſerue to excuſe oures. VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou Tē poriſour?
With rule
… of man. As yf the ſynnes of the Sayntes, mighte ſerue to excuſe oures. VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou Tē poriſour?
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader

The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion A12524

Printed
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou what thou readeſt?
With rule
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou what thou readeſt?
Samuel Smith · The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou what thou readeſt?
With rule
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou what thou readeſt?
Samuel Smith · The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion · p. 204 · Open in the reader

A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel A14463

Printed
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou that they be the true Church which are ſanctified and conſecrated to God …
With rule
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou that they be the true Church which are ſanctified and conſecrated to God …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou by the law thoſe cōmandements only which God gaue to Moyſes in two …
With rule
VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou by the law thoſe cōmandements only which God gaue to Moyſes in two …
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 90 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

Printed
… ran vnto it, he heard him reading the Prophet I ſay, and he ſaid: VnderstandestUnderstandest thou what thou readest?
With rule
… ran vnto it, he heard him reading the Prophet I ſay, and he ſaid: VnderstandestUnderstandest thou what thou readest?
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 198 · Open in the reader

Conversion of Nineveh, Gods Trumpet, Physic Against Famine A22562

Printed
… theſe things? they ſaid vnto him, yea Lord. So Philip ſaid to the Eunuch, VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou what thou readest? ſhewing thereby, that reading and hearing, and praying, or whatſoever …
With rule
… theſe things? they ſaid vnto him, yea Lord. So Philip ſaid to the Eunuch, VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou what thou readest? ſhewing thereby, that reading and hearing, and praying, or whatſoever …
William Attersoll · Conversion of Nineveh, Gods Trumpet, Physic Against Famine · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Peoples Right to Use the Holy Scriptures A34926

Printed
… that hee vnderstood not what he read, hearken what Philip saith there vnto him, VnderstandestUnderstandest thou what thou readest? And he nothing ashamed to confesse his ignorance, answered, Howe …
With rule
… that hee vnderstood not what he read, hearken what Philip saith there vnto him, VnderstandestUnderstandest thou what thou readest? And he nothing ashamed to confesse his ignorance, answered, Howe …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · The Peoples Right to Use the Holy Scriptures · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
16 VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou the ſcatterings of the clovvdes, and the myracles of him that is perfecte …
With rule
16 VnderſtandeſtUnderstandest thou the ſcatterings of the clovvdes, and the myracles of him that is perfecte …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 747 · Open in the reader