[25:1] e.g. A lunatic’s legal acts were annulled and his property was placed under control. (See further, Encyl. Brit., s.v. Insanity.)
[25:2] “Epicene,” ii., 1.
[25:3] “The Changeling,” iii., 3.
[26:1] “King Lear,” ii., 3, 13, etc.
[28:1] “As You Like It,” iii., 2, 420, etc.
[28:2] “Much Ado About Nothing,” v., 1, 24, etc.
[29:1] “Romeo and Juliet,” i., 2, 54, etc.
[29:2] Shirley: “Bird in a Cage,” ii., 1.
[30:1] Notably into “Northward Ho.” The madhouses of “The Pilgrim,” “The Honest Whore,” and “The Changeling” are private asylums.
[31:1] Stow: “Survey of London” (Clarendon Press), i., 137.