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"Mad Madge"
Portrait of Margaret Cavendish, engraved by Peter van Schuppen after Abraham van Diepenbeeck, ca. 1655
Oblique reference to Mad Madge in 1691 popular science journal for women
_The Athenian Mercury_, 1691 (a popular science journal for women)
Caption for portrait of Margaret Cavendish