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- 1 2 Bauduin 2004, p. 108.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Pommeraye 1667, pp. 207–15.
- 1 2 Nelson 1992, p. 193.
- ↑ Neveux 2009, p. 69.
- 1 2 Bauduin 2004, pp. 122–26.
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