This is a very beautiful ballet filled with Italian music. It is a larger work than the "Ballet de la galanterie temps". There are fifty entrees, and the orchestra is much larger as well. The petit violins were joined by the king's "vingt-quatre" violin band, as well as continuo instruments. Also the dramatic element is much enlarged. This is a buffo ballet, a comedic farce, with an actual plot. It is quite similar to what would later become known as the "comedie en musique" of Lully and Moliere.

The King is diagnosed with the sickness of love, and a ballet that is meant to divert him follows. All of the music of the dances survives, but much of the vocal music is missing, partly because songs could be added or removed depending on the requirements of each performance. Lully danced in this ballet alongside his king. In one entree he plays a Scaramouche, and is farcically made an honorary doctor of medicine.

The last three pieces are for instruments, and written for four voices. Beauchamp, a virtuoso dancer, joined Lully in this performance as a violinist, and the two played the final pieces together.

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