"“What is thy name, faire maid?” quoth he. "Penelophon, O King!" quoth she."

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Original Language: English

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King Cophetua and the Beggar-maid. William Shakespeare, who alludes to this ballad in Love’s Labour's Lost, act iv, scene 1, gives the beggar’s name Zenelophon. The story of the king and the beggar is also alluded to in King Richard II, act v, scene 3.