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- ↑ E. K. Chambers, The Elizabethan Stage, 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923; Vol. 4, pp. 97, 156.
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- ↑ Chambers, Vol. 3, p. 433.
- ↑ R. W. Vince, "Thomas Nabbes's Hannibal and Scipio: Sources and Theme," Studies in English Literature 1500–1900, Vol. 11 No. 2 (Spring 1971), pp. 327–43; see pp. 327–8.
- ↑ Moore, pp. 40, 45-52.
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