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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Scott, Sir Walter

Scott, Sir Walter
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Ivanhoe: Chapters 17 - 22

Chapter Seventeen

After the harp had been tuned (with some difficulty), the knight struck
up a "ballad composed by a Saxon glee-man (minstrel), whom I knew in Holy
Land." What his voice lacked of natural quality, training had more than
supplied. His song, "The Crusader's Return," told of a knight returned from
the fighting, shorn of everything but his armor and his honor, asking that his
lady fair admit him to her castle since his gallantry in her name has brought
her widespread fame. The Friar sat like an opera critic ...

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