THEATRE AT PARIS. 



comedy, and all adjufred on the fame footing, only 

 that here it cofcs more than threepence. The loweft 

 place here is always twelve fous. At the end of every 

 act the old fpectators go out, and new ones come in. 

 For twelve fous a man does not get much in France, 

 and accordingly neither has one in this fpectacle any 

 great matter. The wit and the judgement of it are 

 about upon a par with what are exhibited in Bartho- 

 lomew fair. 



From hence I repaired again to the Delaffemens 

 comiques, of nearly the fame ftarnp, and from thence 

 to the Bluettes. The theatre of the latter is of all in 

 Paris the leaft, the wretchedeft and the darkeft ; but 

 this is of no confequence to the garcons marchands and 

 their lafTes, who frequent it in fhoals on Sundays, 

 and care little about the magnificence of the theatre. 



This entertainment frill keeps up the Merry Andrew, 

 and I maintain that he was the clevereft of any that 

 ever came under my obfervation. His principal art 

 lay in fhivering ; and this he did with fuch dexterity 

 and boneleflhefs as was perfectly admirable, and did 

 not fail of its effect upon the diaphragm. And there- 

 fore the principal part in the pieces that are given here 

 is always a timid fop. Decorations, dreffes, and ma- 

 chinery, are fui table to the performances, as the voices 

 are to the mulic, which mutually make each other 

 completely horrible. 



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