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- ↑ Steggle, Matthew. "Gale, Dunstan". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10290.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Greene, Robert (1617). The History of Arbasto King of Denmarke.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). "Gale, Dunstan". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
