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- ↑ Hutchins, Zach. "The Fig Tree of Epiphanius in Jonson's 'To Penshurst.'" ANQ 23.1 (2010): 15-19.
- ↑ Pohl N. "Early Renaissance Country House Poetry" in A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture (Hattaway M, ed.), pp. 368–370 (John Wiley; 2010) ( ISBN 978-1405187626)
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