| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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was murdered at Clente-in-Cowbage, near Winchelcumb, in Gloucestershire. The murder, says Roger of Wendover, was miraculously notified at Rome by a white dove, which alighted on the altar of St. Peter’s, bearing in its beak a scroll with these words: | 1 |
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| “In Clent cow pasture, under a thorn, |
| Of head bereft, lies Kenelm king-born.” | |
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