English: Abridged by Molière, this is a more extended variant of the Third "Intermède" of "le Malade Imaginaire", The Imaginary Invalid, composed as a collective work in the salon of Mme. de La Sablière and first printed in Rouen, as a "second edition" on 24th March 1673. This specimen is 161/300 of the "fifth edition" dated 1885, edited by Fred. Hillemacher, printed on Hollande paper in Paris by A. Lemerre.