In the first Place I must observe, that there is a Set of merry Drolls, whom the common People of all Countries admire, and seem to love so well,
that they could eat them
, according to the old Proverb: I mean those circumforaneous Wits whom every Nation calls by the Name of that Dish of Meat which it loves best. In
Holland
they are termed
Pickled Herrings
; in
France, Jean Pottages
; in
Italy, Maccaronies