E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Zenelophon.
A corruption of Penelophon. The beggar-maid loved by King Cophetua.
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The magnanimous and most illustrate king Cophetua set eye upon the pernicious and indubitate beggar Zenelophon.Shakespeare: Loves Labours Lost, iv. 1.