w the regent of how
little consequence they deemed their banishment, and that, when they
willed it, they could make Pontoise a pleasanter residence than Paris.

Of all the nations in the world the French are the most renowned for
singing over their grievances. Of that country it has been remarked with
some truth, that its whole history may be traced in its songs. When Law,
by the utter failure of his best-laid plans, rendered himself obnoxious,
satire of course seized hold upon him; and while caricatures of his person
appeared in all the shops, the streets resounded with songs, in which
neither he nor the regent was spared. Many of these songs were far from
decent; and one of them in particular counselled the application of all
his notes to the most ignoble use to which paper can be applied. But the
following, preserved in the letters of the Duchess of Orleans, was the
best and the most popular, and was to be heard for months in all the
_carrefours_ in Paris. The application of the chorus is happy enough:

Aussitot que Lass arriva
Dans notre bonne ville,
Monsieur le Regent publia
Que Lass serait utile
Pour retablir la nation.
_La faridondaine! la faridondon!_
Mais il nous a tous enrichi,
_Biribi!_
_A la facon de Barbari,_
_Mon ami!_

Ce parpaillot, pour attirer
Tout l'argent de la France,
Songea d'abord a s'assurer
De notre confiance.
Il fit son abjuration,
_La faridondaine! la faridondon!_
Mais le fourbe s'est converti,
_Biribi!_
_A la facon de Barbari,_
_Mon ami!_

Lass, le fils aine de Satan
Nous met tous a l'aumone,
Il nous a pris tout notre argent
Et n'en rend a personne.
Mais le Regent, humain et bon,
_La faridondaine! la faridondon!_
Nous rendra ce qu'on nous a pris,
_Biribi!_
_A la facon de Barbari,_
_Mon ami!_

The following epigram is of the same date:

_Lundi_, j'achetai des actions;
_Mardi_, je gagnai des millions;
_Mercredi_, j'arrangeai mon menage,
_Jeudi_, je pris un equipage,
_Vendredi_, je m'en fus au bal,
_Et Samedi_, a l'hopital.

Among the caricatures that were abundantly published, and that shewed as
plainly as graver matte