Note 65:4 — Chapter IV · Mad Folk in Comedy and Tragedy—(i.) The Maniacs.
Reading edition
Other examples of conventional madness abound. See page 151, Note 1. (Ann Ratcliff, in “The Witch of Edmonton.”) Peele, in the “Old Wives’ Tale,” presents us with a character, Venelia, sent mad by a sorcerer, Sacrapant:
She “runs madding, all enraged, about the woods All by his cursèd and enchanting spells.”
But, apart from this, she does nothing!