Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #95 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seuenseven

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

Puritas changed it: 6,137 times in 700 works
Consistency: 99.9% (6,137 of 6,140)
Reach if approved: ~6,453 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: seven
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 6,142 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6,137 changes in 700 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 6,137)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… proceede, which seeing it is contained worde for worde in the titles of the seuenseven Chapters next following, I though it needelesse heere to rehearse.
With rule
… proceede, which seeing it is contained worde for worde in the titles of the seuenseven Chapters next following, I though it needelesse heere to rehearse.
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… well where they begin their solemne seruice of God on the Sabboth day at seuenseven of the clocke, as where they begin it at eight, or at nine. Which …
With rule
… well where they begin their solemne seruice of God on the Sabboth day at seuenseven of the clocke, as where they begin it at eight, or at nine. Which …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but is able to pronounce the word Iehouah, & in deede the name Iehouah is seuenseven times vsed in that place, & all by the Deuill himselfe there speaking vnto King …
With rule
… but is able to pronounce the word Iehouah, & in deede the name Iehouah is seuenseven times vsed in that place, & all by the Deuill himselfe there speaking vnto King …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… now hee vowes againe the seuenseven at least. Deliuered then also, he thought that seuenseven were too many, and one Oxe vvould serue the turne. Yet another perill comes …
With rule
… now hee vowes againe the seuenseven at least. Deliuered then also, he thought that seuenseven were too many, and one Oxe vvould serue the turne. Yet another perill comes …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cubits high, they would be caſt into the hot fiery Furnace, which was made ſeuenseven times more hot, then vſually it was for neceſſary vſes.
With rule
… cubits high, they would be caſt into the hot fiery Furnace, which was made ſeuenseven times more hot, then vſually it was for neceſſary vſes.
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saint Basil called for at his death, had beene kept for the space of seuenseven yeeres and more, and that S. Basil receiued it, to the intent that it …
With rule
… Saint Basil called for at his death, had beene kept for the space of seuenseven yeeres and more, and that S. Basil receiued it, to the intent that it …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and collected thereupon Which three are as the Sunne and the Moone and the ſeuenseven Starres, to giue light to al the poſſitue laws of the world.
With rule
… and collected thereupon Which three are as the Sunne and the Moone and the ſeuenseven Starres, to giue light to al the poſſitue laws of the world.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then bee vnnoted. Oathes are lowder then prayers; men scarce spend two howres of seuenseven dayes at their supplications, whiles they sweare away the whole weeke. If profanenes be …
With rule
… then bee vnnoted. Oathes are lowder then prayers; men scarce spend two howres of seuenseven dayes at their supplications, whiles they sweare away the whole weeke. If profanenes be …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

Printed
SEuenSeven arguments of hope, that shew a wicked man that he may bee saued, if …
With rule
SEuenSeven arguments of hope, that shew a wicked man that he may bee saued, if …
Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
SEuenSeven things to bee auoided in our particular calling.
With rule
SEuenSeven things to bee auoided in our particular calling.
Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 439 · Open in the reader

The Rules of a Holy Life A17410

Printed
SEuenSeven things to be auoided in our particular Calling:
With rule
SEuenSeven things to be auoided in our particular Calling:
Nicholas Byfield · The Rules of a Holy Life · Open in the reader