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- ↑ D'Heere, Lucas (29 July 2017). "Den hof ende boomgaert der poesien, inhoudende menigherley soorten van poetijckelijcke blommen: dat is verscheyden materien, gheestelijcke, amoureuse, boerdighe &c. Oock diversche schoon sententien, inventien ende manieren van dichten [...]". by David VVachtendonck, voor Danel de Keyser[...] – via Google Books.