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- ↑ Olbrycht Karmanowski's Biography in Polish Encyclopaedia by PWN Publishers
- ↑ Olbrycht Karmanowski's Biography by Krzysztof Gajdka
- ↑ At the time Polish state was divided into two main parts Korona (proper Poland) and Lithuania.
- ↑ Radosław Grześkowiak, Pieśń pokutna – niezwykły barokowy gatunek (in Polish)
- ↑ Wiktor Jarosław Darasz, Mały przewodnik po wierszu polskim, Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, Kraków 2003, p. 102-103 (in Polish).