Les Battus paient l'Amende
Les Battus paient l'Amende (“The Beaten pay the fine “) by Dorvigny (Louis-François Archambault, 1742-1812)[1] is described as a “proverbe-comédie-parade ou ce que l'on voudra” (a proverb-comedy-parade, or what you will"). Later retitled Janot, ou les Battus paient l'Amende.
The original text
Had its première at the Theatre Variétés Amusantes, Paris, on 6 June 1779, published in Paris as Les Battus paient l'Amende by L. Jorry, 1779 and in a new edition as Janot, ou les Battus paient l'Amende by Alphonse Berenguier in 1800.
Facsimile version of the second edition (Paris, L. Jorry, 1779), Google E-Book[2]
Facsimile version of the new French edition by Alphonse Berenguier (1800), Google E-Book[ https://books.google.co.za/books?id=v279srUKKPIC&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=Janot+,+ou+Les+Battuspaient+l'Amende&source=bl&ots=a10Vxlra4Y&sig=JaPb-ZTPi32csewh6WCPnlQyFjg&hl=af&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf-tywr7_LAhWEchQKHTCeAIgQ6AEIMDAD#v=onepage&q=Janot%20%2C%20ou%20Les%20Battuspaient%20l'Amende&f=false]