In it part of the Massacre of Paris was incorporated. Lee was now thirty, and had already achieved a considerable reputation. "Constantine the Great" (acted 1684) followed. He had lived in the dissipated society of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester and his associates, and imitated their excesses. As he grew more disreputable, his patrons neglected him, and by 1684 his mind was allegedly completely unhinged. He spent five years in the notorious Bedlam Hospital. He lamented his situation with the following missive: "They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me". He recovered and was released. Lee died in a drunken fit in 1692. He was buried on 6 May in St. Clement Danes, Strand. Lee's "Dramatic Works" were published in 1734. In spite of their extravagance, they contain many passages of great beauty. Copies of Lee's books remain sought after in bibliographic circles. Dates are of first production.