Obs. [ME. curé, app. a variant of curie, CURY; in 1460 it is rhymed with sure, perh. by confusion with CURE sb.1] = CURY.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 4275. Haue we no cures of courte, ne na cointe sewes.
c. 1420. Liber Cocorum, 1. Of craft … that men callis cure [rhyme degre]. Ibid., 5. Now slyȝtes of cure wylle I preche.
c. 1460. J. Russell, Bk. Nurture, 375. To know þe kervynge of fische and flesche after cockes cure [rhyme sure].
