Brewer's: Carabas

He is a Marquis of Carabas. A fossil nobleman, of unbounded pretensions and vanity, who would fain restore the slavish foolery of the reign of Louis XIV.; one with Fortunatus's purse, which was never empty. The character is taken from Perrault's tale of Puss in Boots.

Prêtres que nous vengeons Levez la drine et partageons; Et toi, peuple animal, Porte encor le bât feodal. ... Chapeau bas! Chapeau bas! Gloire au marquis de Carabas!

Béranger, 1816.

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