A STREET IN JERUSALEM.
In the distance is Solomon and his retinue.
CHORUS OF MEN
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness, exhaling the odor of
myrrh and of frankincense and all the powders of the perfumer?
(SOLOMON _and his retinue advance._)
FIRST JERUSALEMITE
Behold the palanquin of Solomon. Three score valiant men are about it.
They all hold swords....
SECOND JERUSALEMITE
King Solomon has had made for him a litter of Lebanon wood. The supports
are of silver, the bottom of gold, the covering of purple. In the centre
is a loved one, chosen from among the daughters of Jerusalem.
THE CHORUS
(_calling to women in the houses._)
Come forth, daughters of Zion, and behold the King....