mischief (1 the orig. sense of the word)
1.
misfortune,
calamity Wiv. IV. ii. 78, 1H4 V. i. 21,
1H6 V. iii. 39
“A plaguing light on
Charles,”
Oth. I. iii. 204
“a that is past and
gone,”
Per. I. iv. 8.
2.
disease
Ado I. iii. 13
“to apply a moral
medicine to a mortifying
mischief.”
