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Jill Mann A Chaucer Dictionary: Proper. Names and Allusions Excluding Place Names, by Bert Dillon 47/1, p. 159
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GLYNNIS M. CROPP FORTUNE AND THE POET IN BALLADES OF EUSTACHE DESCHAMPS, CHARLES D'ORLEANS AND FRANÇOIS VILLON 58/1, p. 125

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