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- ↑ Christine McGladdery, James II (John Donald: Edinburgh, 1990), p. 45.
- ↑ G. Du Fresne de Beaucourt, Chronique de Mathieu d'Escouchy: 1444-1452, vol. 1 (Paris, 1863), pp. 177-8
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