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References

  1. Orgel, Stephen (1965). The Jonsonian Masque . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p.  9.
  2. Christopher Marlowe; R. H. Case (1966). The Works and Life of Christopher Marlowe. Gordian Press. p. 55.