This small document is printed with four lines of verse, claimed to have been spoken by Voltaire the day before his death: ‘Tandis que j’ai vecu on m’a vu hautement, Aux badauds effare’s dire mon sentiment; Je veux le dire encor dans le royaume sombre, S’ils ont des prejuge’s j’en guerirai les ombres’. The document features Voltaire’s seal in red wax.