| This achievement was brought about through the collaboration of three men of genius whom Fouquet had chosen for the task: the architect Le Vau, the painter-decorator Le Brun and the landscape gardener Le Nôtre. |
| By using W for double vau he cooks the number out of his own name. |
| At first these gay playful effusions were called the songs of vau de Vire, till they became known as vaudevilles. |
