‘Je suis certaine De bien cabrioler, Rien ne me gêne, Je veux me signaler. Je connais mes appas; Sur tout j’aurai le pas, D’un beau boquet parée, Que Charles detacha De sa livrée.’ La France is followed by L’Espagne, La Sardaigne, L’Italie, L’Allemagne, La Saxe, La Russie, La Pologne, La Turquie, La Hollande and L’Angleterre. The air, (le Bel Age), printed on the fan. Events failed to bear out the fan’s predictions. The news of the defeat of Stanislaus was carefully concealed from Queen Marie, the king causing a special copy of the _Gazette_ to be printed announcing her father’s successes. The queen, however, remained in ignorance but a short while; the fan, the popular newspaper of the period, very speedily announced—‘Capture of Dantzic by the Russians, unconditional surrender.’ The picture—Stanislaus escaping through a gateway with his band of mounted followers. [Illustration: The Four Ages. Abraham Bosse] ‘Malbrouk’ crops up again towards the middle of the century; the folly of ‘Pantins’[134] and Bilboquets had been superseded by le ‘fureur de cabriolets,’ to be in turn driven away by ‘Malbrouk.’ ‘Une Folie chasse l’autre’ exhibits ‘Malbrouk’ fully equipped with sword and buckler, issuing from a tent held open by a fool in cap and motley, driving away figures of a woman playing bilboquet, a dancing abbé with Pantin, a cabaret-keeper, and a man with flag and lantern. To the air of ‘Chacun à son Tour,’ the fan sings: ‘Un rien suffit pour nous séduire La nouvauté par son attrait Nous enflame jusqu’au delire Nous fait en rire on à tout fait Et chez notre nation volage Malbrouk est le Héros du jour. Chacun à son Tour C’est notre usage Chacun à son tour. Au Bilboquet Pantin succede Pantin fuit devant Ramponeau l’Elégant Ramponeau ne cede Que pour faire place à Janot La Folie qui nous guide à tout âge Amene Malbourg en ce jour. Chacun à son tour, etc.’ We have also a satire on the separation of America from England, who is represented as a cow, with America in the act of sawing off its horns; Holland milking it; Spain waiting to receive the milk. A lion representing England has lost its right paw. To the left ‘Jacques Rosbif’ and a companion in despairing attitudes, with the deed of separation and a bale of goods labelled ‘TEE.’ The whole scene is being witnessed by a group of figures representing the Powers of Europe, with a paper inscribed ‘Époque fatale. 4 Juillet, 1776, & le 13 Mar. 1778.’ On the reverse the ‘Explication de l’emblème’ as— 1. ‘La Vache & le Lion sont le symbole de l’Angleterre.’ 2. ‘La Corne qu’on a sciée à la Vache, la Patte qu’on a coupée au Lion, & la tranquillité de ces Animaux désignent la foiblesse & l’épuisement actuels de la Nation,’ etc.[135] The capture of Granada by the French fleet under the Comte d’Estaing, in 1799, is commemorated, the fan illustrating the sea-fight between French and English ships.