"Ah! Je l'avais bien dit: Tans va la cruche a l'eau qu'enfin elle s'emplit." The figure escorting Beaumarchais carries a paper that reads "A Messieurs de Saint-Lazare, 7 mars 1785," and the figure representing Bazile exclaims, "Ah! Je l'avais bien dit, tant va la cruche á l'eau qu'á la fin elle se casse." In the play, Figaro queries Bazile if he know the end of the proverb, and Bazile answers correctly "elle s'emplit" (V.xi). [BN-Éstampes, Collection Hennin 10,039.]
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