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- ↑ Watt, Douglas, "The Company of Scotland and Scottish Politics, 1696 - 1701", in Adams, Sharon & Goodare, Julian (eds.) (2014), Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions, The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, p. 221, ISBN 9781843839392
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