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- ↑ Ch. Piot, "Moulart (Mathieu)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 15 (Brussels, 1899), 306-311.
- ↑ Jacques Bernard, Recueil des traitez de paix, de trêve, de neutralité, de suspension d'armes, de confédération, d'alliance, de commerce, de garantie, et d'autres actes publics (The Hague, 1700), p. 421. On Google Books
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