Ivanhoe

CHAPTER VII

1 (p. 83) epigraph: The lines are from John Dryden’s medievalist romance Palamon and Arcite; or, The Knight’s Tale (1699; 3.453—463).

2 (p. 92) Bride of the Canticles: Solomon is the ”wise king” whose Temple in Jerusalem Richard has failed to recapture. He is also the supposed author of the biblical Song of Songs, also known as the Canticle of Canticles, a set of poems famous for their lustrous evocation of female beauty.

3 (p. 94) William Rufus: William II of England went hunting in the New Forest in 1100 and never returned. He was shot, presumably by his companion Walter Tyrrell (who fled abroad), but whether by design or accident was never determined.