Note to King Lear, 1.2.136

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Act 1, Scene 2, line 136
Tom o' Bedlam: lunatic beggar, so called from Bethlehem Hospital, the London madhouse. —Later in the play Edgar will disguise himself as a Tom o' Bedlam.

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