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- ↑ Aphra Behn; William R. Hersey (1987). A Critical Old-spelling Edition of Aphra Behn's the City Heiress. Garland. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8240-6011-4.
- ↑ John S. Powell; John Scott Powell (2000). Music and Theatre in France, 1600-1680 (in French). Oxford University Press. p. 406. ISBN 978-0-19-816599-6.
- 1 2 "Margaret Cavendish". The British Library. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ↑ Dr Doran, Their Majesties' Servants Or Annals of the English Stage from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean... (1865), p69
- ↑ Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe (1700-1800). BRILL. 2019. p. 116. ISBN 978-90-04-40283-6.