Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #964 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

couetethcoveteth

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

Puritas changed it: 173 times in 85 works
Consistency: 100% (173 of 173)
Reach if approved: ~182 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: covets
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 173 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (173 changes in 85 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 173)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… house of the Lorde all the dayes of my life. Like as the hart couetethcoveteth to goo vnto y^e water brooks euen so dooth my soule desire to come …
With rule
… house of the Lorde all the dayes of my life. Like as the hart couetethcoveteth to goo vnto y^e water brooks euen so dooth my soule desire to come …
Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſtes exhortation diligently thinke, that in lou ng and deſiring riches, he loueth and couetethcoveteth vanity: he loueth & couetethcoveteth the thornes that choake all vertue: yea he loueth & couetethcoveteth …
With rule
… Chriſtes exhortation diligently thinke, that in lou ng and deſiring riches, he loueth and couetethcoveteth vanity: he loueth & couetethcoveteth the thornes that choake all vertue: yea he loueth & couetethcoveteth …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and falsly assigneth vnto him Nazareth for his countrie: and yet notwithstanding because he couetethcoveteth sincerely to profite his brother and to make Christe knowen. God doth alowe this …
With rule
… and falsly assigneth vnto him Nazareth for his countrie: and yet notwithstanding because he couetethcoveteth sincerely to profite his brother and to make Christe knowen. God doth alowe this …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… minde of man is so estranged from the righteousnesse of God, that it conceiueth, couetethcoveteth, and enterpriseth all wickednesse, filthinesse, vncleanesse, and mischiefe: that his heart is so throughly …
With rule
… minde of man is so estranged from the righteousnesse of God, that it conceiueth, couetethcoveteth, and enterpriseth all wickednesse, filthinesse, vncleanesse, and mischiefe: that his heart is so throughly …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to take vp in his hand, the leſſe he may: Eue… ſo he that couetethcoveteth many Offices, either in the Church o… Common-weale, ſhall be able to diſcharge …
With rule
… to take vp in his hand, the leſſe he may: Eue… ſo he that couetethcoveteth many Offices, either in the Church o… Common-weale, ſhall be able to diſcharge …
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 518 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnder heauen, yet is not his mind ſatiſfied, he couetethcoveteth ſtill to ſée, he couetethcoveteth to heare, he couetethcoveteth to haue.
With rule
… vnder heauen, yet is not his mind ſatiſfied, he couetethcoveteth ſtill to ſée, he couetethcoveteth to heare, he couetethcoveteth to haue.
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… to soche ydolouse shepeherdes / is for that swete Ambicion whom youre hart so sore couetethcoveteth. And as concernynge sedicions and scysmes. Not one hath bene in Christendome notable these …
With rule
… to soche ydolouse shepeherdes / is for that swete Ambicion whom youre hart so sore couetethcoveteth. And as concernynge sedicions and scysmes. Not one hath bene in Christendome notable these …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ye folow the ſpirite and not the fleſh, which eaſily is ouerthrowne by impatiencie, couetethcoveteth to reuenge, biteth, grudgeth, hateth God, is angrie with him, deſpaireth, &c. Therefore when …
With rule
… ye folow the ſpirite and not the fleſh, which eaſily is ouerthrowne by impatiencie, couetethcoveteth to reuenge, biteth, grudgeth, hateth God, is angrie with him, deſpaireth, &c. Therefore when …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 251 · Open in the reader

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