Note page 151, Note 1 — Chapter VII · Mad Folk in Comedy and Tragedy—(iv.) Delusions, Hallucinations and other Abnormal States.

[151:1] The insanity of Ann Ratcliff, in this play, may also be noticed, though it is of the same rude type as that of Greene’s Orlando. “See, see, see,” she cries, “the Man in the Moon has built a new windmill, and what running there’s from all quarters of the city, to learn the art of grinding.” The only feature of interest in her frenzy is the expression of physical pain which we noticed in “King Lear.” Her ribs are like to break, and “there’s a Lancashire horn-pipe in my throat. Hark how it tickles it, with Doodle, doodle, doodle, doodle,” etc.