evil (n.) Old form(s): euill, Euilles, Euils
malady, illness, disease
AYL II.vii.67[Duke Senior to Jaques] all th'embossed sores and headed evils / That thou ... hast caught
Cor I.i.177[Martius to Citizens] A sick man's appetite, who desires most that / Which would increase his evil
KJ III.iv.114[Cardinal Pandulph to Lewis the Dauphin] Evils that take leave, / On their departure most of all show evil [first instance]
WT II.iii.56[Paulina to Leontes, of herself] Your most obedient counsellor; yet that dares / Less appear so in comforting your evils / Than such as most seem yours
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