Note 74 — LETTER XLII.

This alludes to a Joke of the President de Harlai, who when he was accosted by the Comedians, in the Name of their Troop, which that worthy Gentleman never car’d for, especially since Tartuffe, and the Comedians saying to him, My Lord, the Company of Comedians, &c. The President made Answer, Gentlemen, the Troop of the Parliament, &c.