Forte praetervolans corvus glebam quam unguibus ferebat subito amisit; quae cum regis capiti incidisset, resoluta defluxit, ipsa autem avis in proxima turre consedit.
It chanced that a raven as it flew by suddenly dropped a clod which it was carrying in its claws; when this had fallen upon the kings head, it broke in pieces and flowed down upon him, and the bird itself perched upon the nearest tower.
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