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- ↑ John Foxe, Martyrdom of Margaret Polley, Foxe's Book of Martyrs , Ambassador Publications, 2000, pp. 276-79.
- ↑ John Foxe, Martyrdom of Margaret Polley, Foxe's Book of Martyrs , Ambassador Publications, 2000, pp. 276-79.
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