Piron had begun writing a “tragédie héroïque et burlesque” about Samson in 1723, but the text has now been lost.

A coat of arms on the MS reveals that it belonged to Count Claes Ekeblad.

The poem concerns the death of the dauphin, father of Louis XVI of France, who died on 20 December 1765.

This copy differs slightly from the other known copy, CMV36501, with minor discrepancies in spelling, punctuation, and use of capital letters.

This copy concerns the stances rather than the lettre.