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- ↑ "Chronicle of the Grey Friars of London Camden Society Old Series, Volume 53". British History Online. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ Puttenham, George (2007). Whigham, Frank; Rebhorn, Wayne A. (eds.). The Art of English Poesy. Cornell University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8014-3758-8.
