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- ↑ "The Maltese Corso in the Fifteenth Century".
- 1 2 "The Decline of the Maltese Corso in the XVIIIth Century".
- ↑ Sire, H. J. A. (January 1996). The Knights of Malta By H. J. A. Sire. ISBN 0300068859.
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