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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #910 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnsoughtunsought

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

Puritas changed it
78 times in 48 works
Consistency
97.5% (78 of 80)
Reach if approved
~84 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unsought
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
80 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (78 changes in 48 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 78)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of the braine of man, or rather of men, in many Ages succeeding together, vnsoughtunsought, to procure glory to that which in it selfe was very vnglorious. Their care …
    With rule
    … of the braine of man, or rather of men, in many Ages succeeding together, vnsoughtunsought, to procure glory to that which in it selfe was very vnglorious. Their care …

    Archbishop George Abbot · The Perpetual Visibility and Succession of the True Church in All Ages · p. 114 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a little taſte of Honey vpon his Speare: Full well had he deſerued this vnſoughtunsought dainty; and now behold his Honey is turned into Gall: if it were ſweet …
    With rule
    … a little taſte of Honey vpon his Speare: Full well had he deſerued this vnſoughtunsought dainty; and now behold his Honey is turned into Gall: if it were ſweet …

    Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1066 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … god then he / whom god also commaundeth vs to loue and to leave nothinge vnsoughtunsought / to winne him vnto the knowledge of the truth / though with the losse of …
    With rule
    … god then he / whom god also commaundeth vs to loue and to leave nothinge vnsoughtunsought / to winne him vnto the knowledge of the truth / though with the losse of …

    William Tyndale · Answer to Thomas More · p. iij · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … but Sauls land, Ionathans Son hath loſt (vnheard) that inheritance, which was giuen him vnſoughtunsought. Heare-ſay is no ſafe ground of any iudgement; Ziba ſlaunders, Dauid beleeues, Mephiboſheth …
    With rule
    … but Sauls land, Ionathans Son hath loſt (vnheard) that inheritance, which was giuen him vnſoughtunsought. Heare-ſay is no ſafe ground of any iudgement; Ziba ſlaunders, Dauid beleeues, Mephiboſheth …

    Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 203 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … her ranke and that with cheerefulneſſe. (Chriſt leadeth his Church with benefits and that vnſoughtunsought to); And there muſt be due imployment; her husbands Heart muſt truſt in her …
    With rule
    … her ranke and that with cheerefulneſſe. (Chriſt leadeth his Church with benefits and that vnſoughtunsought to); And there muſt be due imployment; her husbands Heart muſt truſt in her …

    Samuel Hieron · The Bridegroom · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    THei vnto whom God ſendeth affliction, beyng vnſoughtunsought for, vndeſired, and vnprocured by themſelues, lette them committe their Soules vnto hym that …
    With rule
    THei vnto whom God ſendeth affliction, beyng vnſoughtunsought for, vndeſired, and vnprocured by themſelues, lette them committe their Soules vnto hym that …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … once thinke of the ſeeking of Him, neither when Hee offers Himſelfe vnto vs vnſoughtunsought, can we d…ſcerne Him and knowe Him by nature: Except God by His …
    With rule
    … once thinke of the ſeeking of Him, neither when Hee offers Himſelfe vnto vs vnſoughtunsought, can we d…ſcerne Him and knowe Him by nature: Except God by His …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 481 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … matter, but would be ſo much yt more carefull, we would leaue no meane vnſoughtunsought for, yt myght ſtand vs in ſtede. T. Experiēce teacheth it plainly. D. Nowe …
    With rule
    … matter, but would be ſo much yt more carefull, we would leaue no meane vnſoughtunsought for, yt myght ſtand vs in ſtede. T. Experiēce teacheth it plainly. D. Nowe …

    Pierre Viret · Christian Instruction and Sum of Doctrine Part 1 · p. 41 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

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