70 MAD 
was -eonfulted upon- tr.oft. of the great edifices undertaken 
in his rime, as well in'France and Spain as in the prind* 
pal towns in Italy. His laft work was the magnificent 
Barberini palace of Urban VIII. which he had not the fe- 
tisfaftion to complete. Suffering under the (tone, he was 
obliged to be carried in a chair to fuperintend the work¬ 
men 5 but death put a period to his labours in 1629, at 
the age of feventy-three. He had feen ten popes, by moft: 
of whom he had been regarded with favour, D'Argenville 
Vies des Architects, 
MA'DETZ, a town of Walachia, on the Danube: thirty 
miles weft-fouth-weft of Giorgiev. 
MADFUNE', a village of Egypt, anciently called Aby~ 
dus, whofe grandeur and magnificence are faid to have 
nearly equalled Thebes : twelve miles fouth-fouth-weft of 
Girge. 
MADGE, a contraftion of Margaret, or Margery. 
MAD'HOUSE,yi A lioufe where madmen are cured or 
confined.-—A fellow in a madheufe being afked how he 
came there ? Why, fays he, the mad folks abroad are too 
many for us; and fo they have niaftered all the fober peo¬ 
ple, and cooped them up here. L'EJlrange. 
By 14. Geo. III. c. 49. enafted to be in force for five 
years, and by 19 Geo. III. c. 15. which continued it for 
fieven years farther, and by 26. Geo. III. c. 91. made per¬ 
petual, no perfon on pain of 500I. (hall entertain or con¬ 
fine, in any houfe kept for the reception of lunatics, more 
than one lunatic at a time, except fuch lunatics as are 
committed by the lord chancellor, &c. without a licenfe 
to be granted yearly by the college of phyficians within 
London and Weftminlter and feven miles thereof, and 
within the county of Middlefex, and elfewhere by the 
juftices in feflions. The licenfes are to be (tamped, with 
a 5s. (lamp : every one who keeps a number of lunatics, 
not exceeding ten (hall pay the fum of 10I. and above 
ten the fum of 1 si. and 6s. 8d. on every licenfe as a fee to 
the fecretary of the commifTioners. No licenfe can autho- 
rife any perfon to keep more than one houfe. The com- 
nriflioners, confiding of two juftices and a.phylician, may 
vifit licenfed houfes,and infpeft their date as often as they 
think fit; on application to the commifTioners for infor¬ 
mation concerning any confined perfon, the fecretary is 
to fearch his books, and acquaint the perfons applying 
with the name of the keeper in whofe houfe the lunatic is 
confined. The keeper is required to give notice to the 
fecretary within fourteen days after receivirg a patient, 
•who is to file fuch notice; and every keeper admitting a 
perfon as lunatic, without an order under the hand of 
(qme phyfitian or furgeon that fuch perfon is proper to 
be received, (hall pay the fum of iool. No licenfe (hall 
be granted unlefs the keeper enter into a recognizance in 
aool. with two fureties in 50I. each, or one furety in tool, 
on the ufual conditions, for the good behaviour of the 
keeper. This aft does not extend to any of the public 
bofpitals; but contains various diftinft regulations'for 
fuch houfes in London, Weftminfter, and within feven 
miles of the town, and in the county of Middlefex. By 
48 Geo. III. c. 96. feveral provifions. are made for the 
better care and maintenance of lunatics, being paupers or 
criminals in England. The firft fcventeen fettions, and 
lome others, relate to the building and endowing of lu¬ 
natic aiylums. As foon as fuch an afyluin is ready, juftices 
are, by warrant, to remove lunatics to it, and the parifh 
is chargeable with an allowance. If the overfeer neglects 
to inform the juftices, and to apply for fuch warrant he 
fliall forfeit for every offence, not exceeding icl. nor lefs 
than 40s. When lunatics are committed by juftices under 
the 17 Geo. II. c. 5. the faid juftices fiiall order in their 
warrant, that fuch lunatic, or mad perfon, (hall be con- 
rued in fuch lunatic afylutn, and not elfewhere ; but, if 
ivo lunatic afylutn be eltabliftied, they may order that inch 
perfon be confined in any houfe duly licenfed under the 
4 Geo. III. c. 49. Where the lunatic's legal fettlement 
not be afeertamed, the'juftices may order inch perfo.i 
tc cs confined ui the lunatic alylitm ior ..re county or 
M A D 
diftrift within which fuch perfon (hall have been appre¬ 
hended, if there be any fuch, and not elfewhere ; if there 
be none, in foine houfe duly licenfed under 14 Geo. III. 
c. 49. or in fotne other fecure place, as direfted by the 17 
Geo. II. c. 5. And, if fuch perfon have not an eftate to 
pay and fatisfy the reafonable charges of removing, and ; 
of keeping and maintaining and curing fuch perfon under 
17 Geo. II. c. 5. then thofe charges (hall be paid by the 
treafurer of the county within which fuch perfon (hall be 
apprehended, out of the county-rates, by order of two juf¬ 
tices direfted to him for that purpofe. All lunatics, &c. 
(hall be fafely kept, nor be fuffered to quit the faid aly- 
lum, until the vifiting juftices (hall order their difeharge,, 
and fignify the fame in writing under their own hands and 
feals ; and, if any fervant or officer in fuch afylum (hall, by 
negleft or connivance, permit fuch perfon fo efcape and 
to beat large, without fuch order, he (hall, for every fuch 
offence, forfeit not exceeding iol. nor lefs than 40s. In 
all cafes, where by virtue of the 39 and 40 Geo. III. c. 
94, any perfon (hall be kept in cuftody, it (hall be law ful for 
any two juftices of the county where fuch perfon (hall be 
fo kept, to afeertain, by the beft legal evidence that can 
be procured under the circumftances of perfonal legal dis¬ 
ability of fuch lunatic, the place of the laft legal fettle¬ 
ment, and the circumftances of fuch perfon ; and, if fuch 
perfon is not poffeffed of fufficient property for his main¬ 
tenance, to make order upon the parifti where they (hall ad¬ 
judge him to be legally fettled to pay fuch weekly fum for 
Iiis maintenance in fuch place of cuftody as fuch court 
or his ntajefty (hall appoint, as (hall be from time to time 
direfted and fixed upon by one of his majefty’s principal 
fecretaries of date; and, where fuch place of fettlement 
cannot be afeertained, fuch allowance fliall be paid by the 
treafurer of the county where fuch perfon (hall have been 
apprehended ; but, if it (hall appear that fuch perfon is 
poftefted of fufficient property as aforefaid, then fuch juf¬ 
tices (hall order the fame; to be applied to fatisfy the ex- 
penfe and maintenance of fuch perfon, in the manner di¬ 
refted by 17 Geo. II. c. 5. 
MA'DIA, f . [fo named by Molina, in his Natural Hif- 
tory of Chili; but the derivation is not given.] In bota¬ 
ny, a genus of the clafs fyngenefia ; order polygamia fuper- 
flua ; natural order compofitte difeoidese, (corymbifene, 
JuJf.) The generic characters are—Common calyx: globofe, 
of many leaves arranged in a double row, carinated ; the 
eight exterior ones acute, and longer, approximating into 
a globe. Corolla : compound, radiated ; florets of the 
di(k all perfeft, numerous, tubular, five-cleft; thofe of 
the radius female, eight in number, ligulate, three-toothed. 
Stamina (in the tubular florets) : filaments five, capillary, 
very (hort; antherae cylindrical. Piltillum (in the tu¬ 
bular florets) : germen ovate-comprefled, moft acute at the 
bafe, incurved ; ftyle Ample ; ftigmas two. Pericarpium : 
none, except the permanent calyx. Seeds : folitary, the 
(hape of the germen. Receptacle naked ; down none. 
—EJfential Charatter. Receptacle naked : down none ; ca¬ 
lyx double, the outer one of eight or ten equal leaves, 
longer than the inner one, which is compofed of many 
leaves. 
Species. 1. Madia vifeofa: leaves feflile, almoft lanceolate, 
hairy: flowers axillary. Stem round, fomewhat corymbofe, 
branched, more than two feet high, covered with glandu¬ 
lar hairs. Leaves fcattered, feflile, but not embracing the 
!'em; Angle ribbed. Flowers yellow, ftrong-feented, on 
(hort footiialks, at the fummits of the branches. Seeds 
black and firming. A native of Chili. It flowered in the 
royal gardens of the Efcurial in Auguft and September 
1795- 
a. Madia fativa: leaves linear, lanceolate, on footftalks* 
Stem hollow, ereft, round. Flowers on (talks, terminal. 
Native of Chili. 
3. Madia mellofa : leaves embracing the Item, lanceo¬ 
late, hairy. A native alfo of Chili. Thefe two fpecies 
are adopted by Wilklenow from Molina .without any fur¬ 
ther tlekrip'soit than is now given. Civuuilie* alfo men-* 
tions 
