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- ↑ Martin Wiggins and Catherine Richardson, British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue10 volumes, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016; Vol. 7, p. 505.
- ↑ Claire Jowitt, "Piracy and Politics in Heywood and Rowley's Fortune by Land and Sea (1607-9)," Renaissance Studies Vol. 16, No. 2 (June 2002), pp. 217–33.