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- ↑ Williams, David. The History of Monmouthshire, 1796
- ↑ Jones, Edward. Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh Bards, Office of Robes, St. James's Palace, 1808, p.10
- ↑ The Arthur of the Welsh: The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Welsh Literature, University of Wales Press, 2020, p.57 ISBN 9781786837349
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- ↑ Arthur in Early Welsh Poetry (Nerys Ann Jones, ed.) MHRA, Library of Medieval Welsh Literature, 2019, p.113 ISBN 9781781889084