Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #985 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

driuesdrives

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

Puritas changed it: 292 times in 138 works
Consistency: 99.6% (292 of 293)
Reach if approved: ~308 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: drives
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 293 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (292 changes in 138 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 292)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… one howle, but not to God, at leaſt in the firſt place. But ſinne driuesdrives a Dauid firſt to God, then to men; ends in prayer, & not in chaſing …
With rule
… one howle, but not to God, at leaſt in the firſt place. But ſinne driuesdrives a Dauid firſt to God, then to men; ends in prayer, & not in chaſing …
Robert Harris · Davids Comfort at Ziklag · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for their ignorance. I will shew you how the Holy Ghost in the Word, driuesdrives them by all their shifts, and thrusts them out of their starting holes.
With rule
… for their ignorance. I will shew you how the Holy Ghost in the Word, driuesdrives them by all their shifts, and thrusts them out of their starting holes.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to take vengeance vpon all the wicked. Wherevpon wil follow that which the Apoſtle driuesdrives at in this place: namely, that the impietie of ſuch, as doe deſpite, and …
With rule
… to take vengeance vpon all the wicked. Wherevpon wil follow that which the Apoſtle driuesdrives at in this place: namely, that the impietie of ſuch, as doe deſpite, and …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto her, now she seeth a necessity of it: Therefore we say the Law driuesdrives men vnto CHRIST, and the Law doth it by shewing a man his sinne …
With rule
… vnto her, now she seeth a necessity of it: Therefore we say the Law driuesdrives men vnto CHRIST, and the Law doth it by shewing a man his sinne …
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus forth he driuesdrives his passion with his plaint,
With rule
Thus forth he driuesdrives his passion with his plaint,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader
Printed
… a daſtardly Chriſt. I would thinke that they ſhould & would rather hold that he driuesdrives all theſe away, then that indeede he ſhould be driuen away of any of …
With rule
… a daſtardly Chriſt. I would thinke that they ſhould & would rather hold that he driuesdrives all theſe away, then that indeede he ſhould be driuen away of any of …
Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnder one yoke together; and likewiſe he made two yokes of men, and he driuesdrives his chariote to immortalitie, making haſte to God; that hee might now euidently fulfill …
With rule
… vnder one yoke together; and likewiſe he made two yokes of men, and he driuesdrives his chariote to immortalitie, making haſte to God; that hee might now euidently fulfill …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 596 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lookes, his eyes draw his heart to wanton thoughts and desires, and his heart driuesdrives on his body to actuall uncleannesse. Thus was he carried headlong to adultery: adultery …
With rule
… lookes, his eyes draw his heart to wanton thoughts and desires, and his heart driuesdrives on his body to actuall uncleannesse. Thus was he carried headlong to adultery: adultery …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 73 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Virtues History A11081

Printed
DriuesDrives fearefull passengers another way.
With rule
DriuesDrives fearefull passengers another way.
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader