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SCG-C.734.052
7-14 Dec 1734:11 (46)
The write from Paris, that 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 had gain the victory in a great
battle he had fought; after having looked all over the field
of battle, he sent for his secretary to write to court. The
spectators observed the raillery, 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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