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"ref": "1877, University magazine, The Dublin university magazine, page 442:",
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"text": "Below the rose are the arms of Poitou, golden towers on red, and the old arms of France, azure with fleurs-de-lis sans nombre. Opposite to this on the south side is a small rose with the later shield of France, with only three[…]",
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