Evill

Given to John Parkin wife towards her travell to London to get cure of his Majestie for the disease called the Evill, which her s. d.

English Villages 1892

Morton defined the will as the power of the reasonable soul, whereby, after the information provided by the intellect, the soul “Closeth with Good, and Shuns Evill” in whatever the object or act.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas MERLE CURTI 1968

The Secound, of the interpretatioun of the good seid; and becaus he called the Word of God the Good seid, and Heresye the Evill seid, he declaired what Heresye wes, and how it should be knowin.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

Leicesters, and Monmouths, with a few Robin Hoods, all under the command of Col. Evill, of the Monmouths.

The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion W. C. C. Weetman

-- At the Royal Academy of Music the competition for the Evill Prize took place last Friday, which, to unsuccessful competitors was a day of Evill omen.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 Various 1876

This is one of the rare instances where "Out of Evill cometh good."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 1, 1893 Various 1876

Recently he paid a record £29,000 for a watercolour by John Minton at the Evill Frost sale - works on paper being a key component of the collection.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Colin Gleadell 2012

Also in London, the Evill/Frost sale, which brought $69.4 million and was a record for a sale of 20th Century British Art, and the Hascoe sale, which set a record for Czech Modern Art when it brought $18 million, were among the wonderful accomplishments in our London season.

unknown title 2011

Christie's sales this year have increased by 257 per cent over last year, overtaking sales for Russian, American and Latin American art, while Sotheby's, which took £41.4 million for the Evill/Frost collection in the summer, has increased by even more.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

-- “The herb bruised, or the juice made up into an ointment, and applied to the place, hath been found by late experience to be availeable for the King's Evill.”

An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770