subs. (old).—A diseased wretch: Fr. écrouelles = King’s-evil.
1596. SHAKESPEARE, King John, ii. 2. Bast. By heaven, these SCROYLES of Angiers flout you, kings.
1598. JONSON, Every Man in his Humour, i. 1. To be a consort for every humdrum; hang ’em, SCROYLES! there is nothing in them in the world. Ibid. (1601), The Poetaster, iv. 3. A better, prophane rascal! I cry thee mercy, my good SCROILE, wast thou?
