insane
“root—The,”
MACBETH, i. 3. 84.
The root which causes insanity. Perhaps hemlock; or more probably henbane, as would
appear from the following passage, cited by Douce:
“Henbane . . . is
called Insana, mad, for the use thereof is
perillous; for if it be eate or dronke, it breedeth madnesse, or slow lykenesse of sleepe.
Therefore this hearb is called commonly Mirilidium, for it taketh away wit and reason.”
Batman Uppon Bartholome de
propriet. rerum, lib. xvii. ch. 87.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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