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- ↑ McCash, June Hall (2002). "La vie seinte Audree: A Fourth Text by Marie de France?". Speculum . 77 (3): 744–777.
- ↑ McCash, June Hall. "Introduction." The Life of Saint Audrey: A Text by Marie de France. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006.
- ↑ Cited in McCash xiv.