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NEWJ.734.048
23 Dec 1734:12 (404)
Hague, September 14. . . They write from Paris, the poor
Punchinello in the puppet shew at St. Laurence's Fair had
been seized and committed, for unadvisedly speaking of the
Battle of Parma, in a manner that might be taken for a
critique upon the Marshal de Coigny. The passage was
comical enough. Punch appeared upon the stage in a very
great heat, with a lantern in his hand, to examine whether
he had gained the victory in a great battle he had fought.
After he had looked over the field of battle, he sent for
his secretary to write to court. The spectators observed
the r[a]illery, and laughed at the expence of the general
concerning whom they are so full of doubt, as to say' Never
general made so little use of so fair an opportunity.
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