Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #963 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

couertlycovertly

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

Puritas changed it: 243 times in 147 works
Consistency: 100% (243 of 243)
Reach if approved: ~255 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: covertly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 243 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (243 changes in 147 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 243)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to procure greater credit to his doctrine, in the mindes of the Readers. Things couertlycovertly conuayed into the Church vnder title incerti Authoris, breede iuſt iealouſie in the Reader …
With rule
… to procure greater credit to his doctrine, in the mindes of the Readers. Things couertlycovertly conuayed into the Church vnder title incerti Authoris, breede iuſt iealouſie in the Reader …
William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Theeues and robbers doo lurke in woods and dens, that they may the more couertlycovertly execute theyr wickednes. Houſebreakers and other theeues do choſe the night to ſteale in …
With rule
… Theeues and robbers doo lurke in woods and dens, that they may the more couertlycovertly execute theyr wickednes. Houſebreakers and other theeues do choſe the night to ſteale in …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… did ſo palpably, in conſulting with the Witch at Endor, 1 Sam. 28.8. Others doe it couertlycovertly, &c.
With rule
… did ſo palpably, in conſulting with the Witch at Endor, 1 Sam. 28.8. Others doe it couertlycovertly, &c.
Samuel Balmford · The Right Way to Go to Work · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
In which words alſo Salomon cloſely and couertlycovertly rendreth a reaſon of that which his Father Dauid had before him ſaid, why …
With rule
In which words alſo Salomon cloſely and couertlycovertly rendreth a reaſon of that which his Father Dauid had before him ſaid, why …
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neyther sees, nor heares of a discord, but hee must make one; but euer couertlycovertly, cowardly, out of the reach of weapons. Hee that passeth by and medleth with …
With rule
… neyther sees, nor heares of a discord, but hee must make one; but euer couertlycovertly, cowardly, out of the reach of weapons. Hee that passeth by and medleth with …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in them, but inordinately. Some haue this adulterie in them more openly; ſome more couertlycovertly. For euen as there are ſome corporally vncleane, not aſhamed to walke with their …
With rule
… in them, but inordinately. Some haue this adulterie in them more openly; ſome more couertlycovertly. For euen as there are ſome corporally vncleane, not aſhamed to walke with their …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they apply more ſmoother interpretations, vnto theyr alleadged rytes and decrees, bycauſe they may couertlycovertly eſtabliſhe vngodlyneſſe by reſeruing ſtil cuſtomes and corrupt decrees.
With rule
… they apply more ſmoother interpretations, vnto theyr alleadged rytes and decrees, bycauſe they may couertlycovertly eſtabliſhe vngodlyneſſe by reſeruing ſtil cuſtomes and corrupt decrees.
Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · Open in the reader
Printed
… he labours to please the Church of England in words, that so hee may couertlycovertly bring in Arminianisme and Popery into her in deeds, and this is the cause …
With rule
… he labours to please the Church of England in words, that so hee may couertlycovertly bring in Arminianisme and Popery into her in deeds, and this is the cause …
William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · p. 245 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.