Philip de la Vache ""The Canterbury Tales"". However, the reference to Vache in Chaucer's poem may on good grounds also be a pun on his own name. The phrase Vache, leve! in the first line of the Envoy corresponds to medieval French Vache, reïs!, 'cow, leave!'. The French phase reïs, Vache!, (REISVACHE), when reversed, becomes CHAVSIER, the French form of the poet's name (this is a so-called palindrome). In the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament, the cows on their way to Beth Shemesh are likened to holy men, or monks on their way to the Heavenly Jerusalem. Chaucer may have regarded
Tex Vache Tex Vache Ernest Lewis "Tex" Vache (November 17, 1888 – June 11, 1953) was an American professional baseball player. Vache was born November 17, 1888, in Santa Monica, California. It took him until the age of 36 to reach the Major Leagues. On April 16, , Vache made his Major League debut for the Boston Red Sox. Throughout the year, Vache played 110 games. His final game was September 22 that year; it was his only season in Major League Baseball, despite hitting .313 in the season. Vache died 28 years later on June 11, 1953, in Los Angeles, California.