Obs. Also 4 cardiakill, 5 -kyll, cardyakyll(e. [ad. L. cardiaca, OF. cardiaque, perh. with excrescent -le as in chronicle, treacle (OF. triacle from L. thēriaca), assimilated to sbs. in -acle.] = CARDIACA, cardiac passion.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. XX. 81. Coughes, and cardiacales, crampes, and tothaches.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Pardoneres Prol. & T., 27. I have almost y-caught a cardiacle.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VII. xxxii. (1495), 246. There is dowble maner of Cardiacle.
c. 1485. Digby Myst. (1882), III. 1363. Þe Ientyll Ielopher a-ȝens þe cardyakylles wrech.
