 Section 74 of Hymns Kringle by Snorri Sturlson, translated by George Pope Morris and Iroker Magnussen. This Libra Box recording is in the public domain. The story of King Magnus, son of Erling, Part 1, Chapter 1-10. Chapter 1, the beginnings of King Magnus Erlingson. Scythons Erling was aware of this, what was the reed-making of Hacan and his. He sent bidding to all lords of whom he wanted, that they had been trusted friends of King Inge, and also to those of the bodyguards and liegemen of the king who had got away, and to the house calls of Gregory and made a meeting appointed. And when they met and had their talk, they forthwith took the reed to hold together their flock, and this they bound with fast words betwixt them. Scythons they talked here of whom they should take to King, and Erling asked you spake, and sought, if it were the reed of lords and other rich men, to take to King the son of Simon Sheath, the daughter's son of King Harold Gilly, and if John Alcason would be at the head of the flock. But John begged off, then they tried Nicholaske Aldvorsson, a sister's son of King Magnus Barefoot, if he would become lord of the flock. He answered on this wise, that that was his reed, that he should be taken to King, who was come of King Likin, and he for the ruling of the flock, from whom wits might be looked for, and said that that would be better for the hosting. Then they tried Arnie, King's stepfather, if he would let take to King any of his son's brothers to King Inge. He answered that the son of Christon, the daughter's son of King Sigurd, was best born of kin for the kingdom of Norway, and there is that he a man to be found to lead his councils, he is in duty bound to look after his affairs and the realm where earling his father is, a wise man, hard ready and much dried in battle, and a man good at ruling in the land. He will not lack for for the rinse of this reed, if good luck be with it. Many took well to this reed earling answers, so here I herein as if most who have been sought to on this matter had rather bag off of the trouble. It seems to me even as sure though I should take to this matter whatever happens that the honor shall be fast to him who ruleeth the flock as that things may fare the other way, even as it hath now fared with Michael many who have taken up such big matters that for that they have timed all their own and life with all. But if this affair should speed well it may be that there be some who then would like to have chosen this task for themselves and he will need this who goes into this trouble to set strong stays there too that he sit not under the withstanding and motive them who now are bound to this reed. All ye said it to make that fellowship with full troth, then earling spake that is to say of me that I deem it next to my bane to go to serve Hacon and though me thinketh this most perilous yet I will rather risk it to let you to look there too and I shall take upon me the command of the flock if that be the reed and desire of all of you and you are all willing to bind this with sworn oaths. They all ye said it and at this meeting it was settled that they should take Magnus the son of earling to King. After this they held a thing in the town and at that thing Magnus was taken to King over the whole land being then five winters old. The sithons went all men under his hand who were there and had been King Inge's Legemen before and they had each one the same name boot that they had had first with King Inge. Chapter 2 King Magnus journey to Denmark. Earling ask you arrayed his faring and betook him aboard ship and took with him King Magnus and all the Legemen that were there at the time. In that journey were Arnie King's stepfather and Inge rid the mother of King Inge and two of her sons and John Coutisa the son of Sigurd Stork and the house-carls of Earling and also those who had been the house-carls of Gregory and they had ten ships all together. They faired south to Denmark to meet King Waldemar and Barrett's son of Henry the brother of King Inge. King Waldemar was a nigh kinsman of King Magnus. They were sisters, daughters of King Harold from the Garthes in the east, he being the son of Waldemar, the son of Jerus Leith, these two it Inge Bjord the mother of King Waldemar and Mom Fridt the mother of Kristin the mother of King Magnus. King Waldemar gave them a good welcome and Earling and he were long in meetings and counseling and that came up from their talk that King Waldemar should grant King Magnus all the aid from his realm which he might need for to make Norway his own and Sifthens to hold it. But Waldemar was to have that dominion in Norway which his former kin had had Errol Gormsen and Slein twybeard to it the whole of the wick north to Ragear bit and this council was bound with oaths and trees. Sithens, Earling and his array there fearing from Denmark and sailed up from Bender's Cogge. Chapter 3 Battle in Thunsberg Feared King Heikon in the spring straight way after Easter north to Thrandheim. He had then all the ships which King Inge had had of four. Heikon had a thing in the town of Cheaping and there was he taken to King over all the land. Then gave he Errol to Sigurd of Ryer and there was he taken to Errol. Sithens feared Heikon in his back south and all the way east to Wick and the King went to Thunsberg and sent Errol Sigurd east to King's Rock toward the land with some of his host should Erling come from the south. Erling and his came to Agdeer and forthwith took the way north to Bjorg then there they slew Arnie fickle skull King Heikon's baylet and went thence again eastward to meet King Heikon. But Errol Sigurd had not been made aware of Erling's journey from the south and was still east at the Elf but King Heikon was still in Thunsberg. Erling laid by hoarseness and lay there for certain nights and King Heikon made ready in the town. Erling made for the town took a certain hawk and laid it with wood and hauled and set fire to it but the wind blew into the town and the hawk grave up townward. He let bare two cables on the hawk and tied there two two cutters which he let row in such wise after the hawk as the wind drove it before then. Then when the fire was come much they aboard the cutters held to the cables so that the town should not burn. Then the smoke grave so thick into the town that knot might be seen from the bridges whereas the King's array stood. Then laid Erling with all his host in from without on the windward of the fire and they Erling and his host shot at them. But when the town spoke saw that the fire was nearing their houses and many got wounded from shot they took their reed and sent priest Rowald long talk out to find Erling and to take truce for them and their town from Erling. And they broke up the King's array when Rowald told them the truce was granted by Erling and when the host of the town's book was gone then thinned the host on the bridges yet some of Hacons men egged on to be standing but Onan the son of Simon who had most to say in the rule of the host spoke out thus no why shall I fight for the dominion of Earl Sigurd and he nowhere near there upon fled Onan and then all the host that was with the King and they up in land and there felt much folk of Hacons host so was sung then. Quoth Onan never would he strive in the brunt of battle till from the south Earl Sigurd should sail with all his house calls much folk of worthy warriors of Magnus up the street fair but hard away from thenceward the hawks of Hacons hide them Thor Bjorns called as you says so thou loathest not lord to redden the teeth of the steed of troll wife I heard that in wide tonsburg lightly good luck went with thee the townsmen feared to meet there the rushing of the bright points a dread were the stems of steel din of flame and swayed Elm bow. King Hacons fared over land weighs north into Thrandheim but when Earl Sigurd heard it then fared he with all the ships he could get northward by the outer way to meet King Hacons. Chapter 4 of Erling and Hacons. Erling asked you to call those ships in Tonsburg which King Hacons had owned there he got the beach board which King Inge had owned. Erling went afterwards and laid all the wick under King Magnus sway and likewise all the land on his way to the north and that winter he sat in Bjorg then. In those days Erling let slay Inge Bjorn a landed man of King Hacons north in the first. King Hacons sat in Thrandheim through the winter but the next spring he called out and host and arrayed him to Fair South to have meeting with Erling. With him there were Earl Sigurd, John, son of Spine, Eindred the young, Onan the son of Simon, Philipus the son of Peter Philipus the son of Gerd, Raghnaval, Kanta, Sigurd Cape, Sigurd Kahl, Frarric, Cockbooth as Bjorn of Forlan, Thor Bjorn the son of Gunnar, Rentmaster and Strad Bjarni. Chapter 5 of the host of Erling. Erling was in Bjorg then and had a great host he took the reed of forbidding the faring of all such cheaping ships as were bound north for cheaping whereas he thought that over a swift would news come to Hacons if ships fared between them. Yet he gave out that the cause therefore was that the men of Bjorg then were to have the goods aboard the ships though they were bought under of the men of the burden ships then they might think do rather than it should be flitted to the hands of our foes and unfriends for their furtherance. Now gathered ships to the town whereas came many every day and none fared away. Then Erling let set up ships that were the lightest and let the room affair that he would abide there and there make us stand backed up by his kinsmen and friends. But one day Erling let blow to a meeting of his ship masters and gave leave to all skippers of cheaping ships to fare with her so ever they pleased. And when men had got the leave of Erling ask you those who were masters of the ships of burden and already lay all bound to fare with their ladings some for chaffers some on other errands and that wind also was handy for sailing north along the land. They had all sailed before nuns of that day those who were bound each one sought to his fairing most eagerly who had the swiftest ship and they raced each with other. But when this gathered fleet came north to Mir the host of King Haekon was there before them and he himself was in gathering men and arraying them and summoned to him landed men and the men bound to hosting and had heard no tidings from Bjorgvin a long while. But now they got this one news from all the ships that fared from the south that Erling asked you had his ships in Bjorgvin and that they would have to come to him there and that he had a Mikkel host. Thence Haekon sailed for the Isle and sent from him men into Roundsdale secured the Earl to it and own on the son of Simon to fetch him men and ships. He also sent out men into either Mir. But when King Haekon had tarried a few nights in the cheaping stead he put off and went somewhat further south and thought he would thereby dite his fairing with a swiftlier and that folk would the swiftlier come to him. Erling asked you had given the cheaping ships lead to depart from Bjorgvin on Sunday but on Tuesday when done were the four mouses the King's trumpet was blown and he summons to him his host as well as the town's folk and that run out the ships which are for had been beached. Erling held a hosting with his host and host bound men and told them his mind named men for captains and read out the list of those who were set down for the King's ship. So closed the husting that Erling bet each one to get ready in his room where to he was set down and gave out that he should lose life or limb who should tarry behind in the town when he put off on board the beach board. Worm King's brother put off in his ship forthwith that night and most of the ships which had been afloat here to four. Chapter 6 of Erling Ask You Air masses were sung in the town. Erling put off from the town with all his host and they had one and twenty ships. There was a humming wind for fairing from the south along the land. Erling had with him Magnus's son many landed men were there and they had the goodliest host. When Erling sailed north past the first he sent in a cutter out of the way to the house of John the son of Hall Cale and let take Nicholas the son of Simon Sheath and of Maria the daughter of Harold Gilly and they had him with them out to the host and he fared aboard the King's ship. On the Friday so soon as it dawned they sailed into Stonebite. King Hacon lay then in that haven which height and had fourteen ships himself with his men was up on the island to playing but his landed men sat on a certain howl. They saw how a boat rode from the south towards the island two men were there in it and let themselves fall forward down to the keel of the boat and pull their oars no less wildly and when they came land they made not the boat fast but ran both of them that saw the mighty men and spake between themselves that these men would to tell tidings and stood up and went to meet them and so soon as they met on the son of Simon said no ye ought to tell of Erling ask you that ye fare so wildly he answered who might first bring out word for weariness here saileth Erling from the south upon you with twenty ships or nigh there too and many of them mightily big and speedily will ye see their sails then answered Eindred the young over at night to the nose quote the curl when he was shot in the eye and speedily they went there to where was the play and next then spake the horn and the war blast was blown for the whole host to win to their ships most eagerly and this was at the time of day when meet was much tight all the folk made for the ships and each one leap to board that ship which was nigh as to him and the ships were manned unevenly there upon they take to their oars while some reared the mass and turn the ships northward and make for vile because they looked there for much help from the townsfolk chapter seven the fall of King Haikon next to this they see the sails of Erling and his and so each the other Eindred the young had the ship which was called drag pay a great long ship bus which had become under man as they who were on board her before had run aboard other ships and this was the high most of Haikon ships but when Eindred came over against the aisle of sack then came beach board after them which Erling asked you steered and Erling lashed the ships together by then Haikon was well now come into the aisle when they heard the trumpets going for the ships that were nearest turned back and would give help to Eindred and then either side thrust into battle as they might bring it about many sales came down a fort ship and none were grappled but they lay board to board this battle was not long air the crew aboard King Haikon ship broke up some fell some leaped over board Haikon cast over him a gray cape and leaped into another ship but when he had been there for but a little while he deemed he wanted that he was come there among unfriends and when he saw none of his men or his ships right near so he went on board beach board and forward amongst the four castle men and craved quarter and the four castle men took him to them and gave him quarter in this brunt there have been a nickel man fall yet more of the men of Haikon on beach board was fallen Nicholas the son of Simon sheep and the slaying of him was laid to Erling's own men after this there was a lull in the battle and the ships and either side got clear of each other then it was told to Erling that King Haikon was there aboard the ship and that his four castle men had taken him to them and be hight toward him Erling sent a man forward and bad tell the four castle men so to guard Haikon that he should not get away and said that he would not speak against it that the king should have life if that were the reed of the chief men and that there upon peace should be settled all the four castle men bad him speak a list of lords then let Erling blow up fiercely and bad men this that they should lay to those ships which were yet unreaded and said they would never get a better chance for avenging of King Inge then they all whooped the war whoop and each egged on the other and fell to their oars for the onset in this turmoil King Haikon was hurt deadly but after his fall and whereas his men became aware of it they rode hard on and cast away their shields and hewed two handed and heated their life no longer this overboltness soon turned to them to Mikkelscape whereas Erling's men saw the bear hewing steds on them and fell a Mikkel deal of Haikon's host and that went most there too that the odds were great and Haikon's men spared themselves but little but none needed to name truce of Haikon's men save such alone as mighty men took into their power and handled ransomfall these men fell of the host of Haikon Sigurd Cape, Sigurd Kahl, Ragnarval Kanta ships got away and men rode into the firts and saved their lives thereby the body of King Haikon was brought into Romsdale and was buried there King Sverer, his brother, let flit the corpse of King Haikon north to Cheeping and laid it in the stone wall in Christchurch on the south side of the choir Chapter 8, The Flight of the Captains of King Haikon, Sigurd and Eindred the young Onan, son of Simon, Frerich, Cockboat and yet more chiefs held the flock together they left the ships in Romsdale and fared thence to the uplands. Erling asked you and King Magnus fared with their host north to Cheeping and laid all the land under them where so ever they fared Siphons let Erling summon the thing of Ares and there Magnus was taken to King over all the land but Erling did not tarry there long for he deemed the Thrandheimers were not trusty to him and his son and now Magnus was called King of all the land King Haikon was a man somewhat fair of look well grown tall and slender he was much broad of shoulder wherefore his men called him Haikon shoulder broad but whereas he was young of years other chiefs had hand in his counsels with him he was merry hearted and humbled in his speech playful and behaved after the manner of use well befriended he was of all the commonality Chapter 9, The Beginnings of King Sigurd Marcus was an upland man a kinsman of Earl Sigurd Marcus gave fostering to a son of King Sigurd who also hiked Sigurd and after this the uplanders took Sigurd to King by the reed of Earl Sigurd and other chiefs who had followed King Haikon and still they had a powerful host fared off their flock of twain the king and Marcus were less on the windboard but Earl Sigurd and other chiefs with their companies were more in face of the peril they fared with their flock most about the uplands but whilst down into the wick Erlingaske had ever with him his son Magnus and he also had under his rule all the host of the fleet and the warding of the land he was in Bjorgbind some while that autumn and fared then ceased into wick and set up in Tunnsburg in a raid for a wintering there he gathered in from about the wick scot and dews such as the king owned and had also a goodly host and nickel but in as much as Earl Sigurd had but little from the land and his following was many his wealth soon ran short and where so ever chiefs were not near wealth was sought all lawlessly some deal by reckless yield charges some deal by bear robbery chapter 10 Earl Sigurd doomed in that time stood the realm of Norway in nickel bloom the bond of folk were wealthy and mighty and unwanted to the unfreedom and on peace of the flocks and there be fell much talk in many tales when robberies were done the men of wick were full friends of King Magnus and of Erling mostly for the cause of their friendship for King Inge the son of Herald whereas the wick folk had always with their strength served under that shield Erling let Ward be holding over the town and 12 men waked every night Erling would ever be holding things with the bonders and off was that talk to the turbulence of the men of Sigurd and by the talking over another men of the host was gotten of the bonders great cheer to this that it would be a nickel happy work that men should let that flock thrive never Arnie King stepfather spake long on this matter and hard at the close free bad this to all men who were at the thing both the men of Erling's host and the bonders and the town spoke to make weapon take to this end to doom by law Earl Sigurd and all the flock of them both alive and dead to the devil and by the fierceness of the folk and their fickleness they all ye said it and this unheard of deed was done and settled even according to what was laid down by law as to dooms at things priest row of long talk spake on this affair he was a man nimble of speech and his speech came up to the same point as all that had been spoken before Erling feasted folk through you at Williamsburg and gave war wage there at Candlemas end of the story of Magnus son of early part one chapter one through ten section seventy five of Himes Gringler by Snorri Storrelson translated by George Pope Morris and I recur Magnuson this Libra box recording is in the public domain the story of King Magnus son of Erling part chapter eleven through twenty one chapter eleven of Erling Earl Sigurd went with the flower of his host about the wick and many folk went under him by reason of his mastery and many paid fine in this wise he went far and wide about up inland and came down upon folk in sundry places some there were in his flock who privately sought truce with Erling and answer came there too that all men who ask therefore should have life and limb but they only should have land abiding who were not in great guilt against him but when the band heard that men should not have land abiding that held the flock much together for there were many who wanted themselves to be so proven as that Erling would deem them much guilt bitten Philipus the son of Gurd made peace with Erling and got back his lands and fared home to his estate but a little after thither came the men of Sigurd and slew him many blows did each deal the other in chasings or mansplotters but that is not written wherein the lords had no dealings together chapter twelve Erling gets news of Earl Sigurd it was in the early part of Lent that news came to Erling that Earl Sigurd would come to meet him and he was heard of here and there while's a night while's further off so Erling sent out spies so that he should be where whereby they should come down every evening also he let blow all his host up from the town and they lay out night long all gathered and all the hosts arrayed in ranks then came news to Erling that Earl Sigurd and his were a short way then so way up at ray so Erling arrays his fairing from the town and had with them all the townsfolk that were fight worthy and weapon likewise all Chapman save twelve men who were left behind to guard the town he left the town on Tuesday in the second week of long fast after nuns and every man took with him two days vitil they feared away that night and it was slow for them to bring the host out of the town for one horse and every one shield were two men and when the host was tallied it was nine on thirteen hundreds of men and when news came to them they were told that Earl Sigurd was in ray at a homestead which height raveness with five hundred of men then let Erling call together the host and told them the tidings he had heard and all egged on to hide them on and fall on them unawares in their houses or else fight forth within the night Erling spake and said thus that will be deemed likely that a meeting betwixt me and Earl Sigurd may speedily come to pass there are in their flock with all a many men whose handiwork might well be remembered of us in that they hewed down King Inge and so many others of our friends that it would be slow to tell the tale of them those deeds they did by the craft of the fiend and with wizardry and nithing ship for it standeth here in our laws and land right that no man has so foredone him as that it be not nithing ship or murder when as men be slain a night tide this flock has sought for itself such omens by the council of wizard folk that they should fight by night but not under sun have they with all by such like goings on one such victory as to stride over the head of such a lord as they have laid to earth now have we often said and shown how abominable their ways seem to us in that they have broken into battle by night so therefore let us rather follow the example of those chiefs who are better known unto us and it is better to take after to fight in the bright day and in battle array than to steal by night upon sleeping men we have a good host against them seeing that theirs is no greater than it so shall we abide the day and the light shall not hold together in battle array if they will give us any onfall after that all the hosts sat down some tore down certain hay ricks and made them layers thereof some sat on their shields and so above the daylight chill was the weather with drift of sleep chapter 13 of Earl Sigurd's array Earl Sigurd has so first got the news that the host was come night upon them is men stood up and read them and knew unclearly how Mikkel host early and his had and some would flee but most would abide Earl Sigurd was a wise man and deft as speech but was not called a man of Mikkel daring and he also was fainter of fleeing and got therefore Mikkel blame of his men but when it took light both sides fell to a ring their host Earl Sigurd ranked on a certain Brent above the bridge betwixt it in the town fell thereby a little river but Erling and his ranked them on the other side of the river at the back of their array there were men a horseback well-weapon they had the king with them the Earl's men saw that the odds would be great and told it for read to seek to the wood the Earl answered you tell me there goes no heart with me but now shall that be tried and let each one look to it that he neither flee nor falter ere I do we have a good fighting ground let them come over the bridge and when the banner cometh over the bridge then plunge we upon them down over the Brent and I'll let no one flee from the other Earl Sigurd had a browned curdle and a red cloak with tucked up skirts shoes of shanks leather on his feet he had a shield and a sword which was called bastard the Earl said that what God with me that rather than take Mikkel gold would I get in one stroke of bastard on Erling ask you chapter 14 the fall of Earl Sigurd the host of Erling ask you would go forth towards the bridge but he spake bidding them go up along the river this is but a little river and no trouble in that way for the land is level thereby and so was it done the Earl's array fared up along the Brent over against them and when the Brent came to an end and it was level and good across the river then spake Erling that his men should sing master and pray that they might gain the day who had the better cause then they sang carry all allowed all of them and all beat their weapons on their shields but amidst that din slunk away and fled three hundreds of men out of Erling's host Erling and his host went over the river but the men of the Earl whoop the war whoop but the onfall down over the Brent upon Erling's array failed them and the battle befell on the slope of the Brent and was first with spear thrusts and speedily there on with handy strokes the banner of the Earl fared to heal so that Erling and his men got up upon the Brent then was the battle short ere the Earl's folk fled into the wood at their back then this was told to Earl's Sigurd and men bet him flee he answered forth with us now while yet we may and forward they went right valiantly hewing on either hand in that brunt fell Earl Sigurd and John Spineson and nigh on sixty men Erling and his lost but few men and draped the route even unto the wood there Erling stayed his host and turned back he came there to where thralls of the king would drag the raiment off Earl Sigurd who was not utterly dead though he knew not he had stuck his sword into its sheath and it was lying there near him Erling took it up and beat the thralls there with them bad them crawl off after this Erling turned back with his host and set up in Tonsburg seven nights after the fall of the Earl the men of Erling took under the young and he was slain Chapter fifteen of Marcus Osha and King Sigurd Marcus Osha and Sigurd foster father and foster son betook them down into the wick when spring came on and there got them ships but when Erling heard that he went east after them and they met at Kings Rock and Marcus and his bled out into hissing aisle and there drifted down to them the folk of the land the hissing dwellers and went into the array of Marcus men Erling and his rode to land and the men of Marcus shot upon them then spake Erling with his men take with their ships and go not up to fight a land host the hissing dwellers are ill to seek home hard men and wives but a short while well they have this flock with them whereas hissing is a little land so was it done that they took the ships and brought them over to Kings Rock Marcus and his folk fared up into the Mark lands and were minded to fall on them and now either side had news of the other Erling had a much wrong with him and drew their into men from the country sides neither side as then fell on the other chapters sixteen the beginnings of Archbishop Einstein Einstein the son of Erling Sleven was chosen for Archbishop after the death of Archbishop John Einstein was hallowed the same year that King Inge fell but when Archbishop Einstein came to the sea he was in good favor with all the folk of the land he was a man right stirring and of great kindred and the Thrandheimers gave him good welcome for most of the great men within the Thrandheim law were bound to the Archbishop either by kinship or affinity and all in full friendship with him the Archbishop then began to sound the bonders first talking how needy of wealth the sea was and on the other hand what uprising it stood in need of now if it were to be upheld so much the more seemly than before as it was more of dignity than earth since an Archbishop's chair had been set up there he bade this of the bonders to grant him impayment of fines to him a silver proof ounce but before he had taken the fine proof ounce which pass current impayment of fines to the king but these two ounces differ about one half the value of that which he would have the silver proof being by that much the better of the two now by the power of the friends in kinsmen of the Archbishop and the shoving of himself this was brought about and it was doomed his law throughout all Thrandheim and all the folk lands that were within his archbishop chapter 17 of Marcus and King Sigurd when Sigurd and Marcus had lost their ships in the Elk and saw that they might get no chance of erling they turned them to the uplands and so went by the overland road to Thrandheim where they had a good welcome and there was Sigurd taking for king at the heiress thing many of good men's sons there but took them to the flock they got them arrayed them busily and fared south to Mir when it summered and took up all the king's dues where so ever they went in Bjorg then there were for the warding of the land Nicholas the son of Sigurd Nock v. the son of Paul and yet other captains of companies Thorough, Thraller, Thor Bjorn, Rentmaster and many others Marcus and his sailed from the north and heard that the men of Erling had a throng in Bjorg then so there they sailed by the outer course and south about it men would be saying that that summer the men of Marcus had fair wind wither so ever they would fare chapter 18 the slaying of king Sigurd and Marcus so soon as he had learned that Marcus and his had turned them to the north held north into Wick and drew to him folk and was soon many man and had big ships and many but as he sought out into Wick and he fell in with contrary winds and lay in havens here and there all that summer but when Marcus and his came east to Liste they heard that Erling had an overwhelming host in the Wick and there with they turned back north and when they came into Horde land they were minded for Bjorgvin and when they were off the town Nicholas and his came rowing from within against them and had folk Mikkelmore and ships bigger so then Marcus and his that there was not to choose them to row south away so some laid out for the main some south into the sound some into the first but Marcus was some company ran up a land in the island called Scarpa. Nicholas and his took their ships gave truth to John son of Haukel and some of the men but slew most that they caught. Some days later Eindred healthfully found Sigurd and Marcus and they were headed to Bjorgvin Sigurd was to hewn out from Gravedale but Marcus was hanged with another man on Orphanus and this was Mikkelmus then the flock that had followed them drifted as Sunder chapter 19 of Erling and the hissing dwellers Frerich Cockboat and Pjarni the evil honan son of Simon and Ornoth Rind had rowed out into the main sea with sundry ships and held on out by the high sea course east round the land but where so ever they came a land they robbed and slew the friends of Erling but when Erling heard of the slaying of Sigurd and Marcus he gave home leave to landed men and hosting bound folk but he himself held with his own folk east across the fold for he had news of the men of Marcus being there. Erling held for King's Rock and dwelt there the autumn through in the first week of winter Beard Erling out into hissing aisle with much folk and craved there a thing the hissing dwellers came down and held up the thing Erling laid guilt set their hands in that they had run into flock with Marcus men and a radon host against him. Ozer hight the man who was richest among the bonders and who spoke on their behalf the thing was long and at last the bonders hand sell judgment to Erling and he appointed a meeting within a week in the town and named 15 men of the bonders to come visit but when they came Erling doomed against them to pay three hundreds of neat fare the bonders home and like their lot but ill a little after the river was laid with ice and Erling's ship was frozen in and then withheld the bonders the fine and laid them into a gathering a while. Erling arrayed there for a yield feast but the hissing dwellers had a gild ale and held their fellowship through Yuletide the night after the fifth day of Yule Erling fared out into the island and took the house on Ozer and burnt him therein and slew in all ten tenths of men and burnt three homesteads and fared Sithons back to King's Rock. Sithons came the bonders to him and paid him the fine. Chapter twenty the slaying of fraric cockboat and Bjarne the evil. Erling asked you got ready so soon as it was spring when he might float his ships for ice and fared from King's Rock. He heard that they harried north in the wick who had earth been Marcus Min. Erling held spies over their fairings and went to seek them and found them as they lay in a certain haven. Onan the son of Simon and Ornoth Rine got away but fraric cockboat and Bjarne the evil were laid hands on and much of their fellowship slain. Erling let bind fraric to an anchor and cast overboard and for that work was Erling the most ill liked within the Thrandyne laws for fraric had there the best of kindred. Bjarne Erling let hang. He spake the foulest of words as his want was ere he was hanged so says Thor Bjorn Scald ask you. Erling drew on the Viking's fate on the wick first east side was many a man of cockboat got hurt as there he fared on. Fared was a fluke twix shoulders of fraric but the ill willed Bjarne to men unhelpful against tree hung somewhat higher. Onan and Ornoth and all the bands that had got away fled to Denmark but were wiles in Goutland or in the wick. Chapter 21 Parlays between Erling and the Archbishop. Erling asked you afterwards held on to Tonsburg and carried there long through the spring but when it summered he went north to Bjorgvin where was then all Mikkel Thrawn. There was then Stephanus a legged from Romberg and Archbishop Einstein and other inland bishops. There also was Brandt Dubut who was then hallowed for Iceland. There was also John the son of Lopt the daughter's son of King Magnus Barefoot and at that time had King Magnus and other kinsmen of John owned to his kinship. Archbishop Einstein and Erling asked you would often be talking privately together and one time was that in their talk that Erling said is a true lord what men say that thou hast eeked the price of the ounce to thee for finds from the bonders in the north country. The archbishop answers that is very soothed that the bonders have granted it to me to eek the price of the ounce for my finds. They have done that at their free will and through no hard dealings of mine and thereby they have eeked God's glory and the wealth of our sea. Said Erling is it so Lord that this be according to the laws of King Olaf the holy or hast thou taken this matter ought beyond what is written in the law book. The Archbishop answers so will the holy King Olaf have framed his laws as he gap the ye word and the good will of all the folk there too but it is not to be found in his law that the eking of God's right be banned. Erling said as ye will eek thy right so will thou will to strengthen us herein that even as much we eek the King's right. The Archbishop answers thou hast eeked now by enough the name and the dominion of thy son Magnus but if I have unlawfully gotten the price of the ounce from the Thrandheimers am I then minded that the law breaking beareth bigger that he should be king over the land who is not a King's son. There is neither law there too nor example in the land. Erling said when Magnus was taken to King over Norway's realm that was done with the wadding and reed of thee and other bishops here in the land answers the Archbishop thou be hideous then Erling if we were of one mind with thee that Magnus were taken to King that thou would strengthen God's right in all places with all thy might. I say ye there too said Erling that I have be height to uphold God's law and the land right with all my strength in the King's. Now I see here better read than that each of us should lay white words on the other let us rather hold to all our privy pledges strengthen ye Magnus to the realm as thou hast be height but I shall strengthen thy dominion in all things profitable. Then fared all the talks smoothly between them then spake Erling if Magnus be taken to King even as goeth custom of your here in the land then must thou of thine own might give him a crown as be God's laws on the smearing of a king to power. But though I be not a king nor come down from a kingly race yet have most of them who have been kings within my memory been such as not to know as well as I did what was law or the land's right. But the mother of Magnus is the daughter of a king and a queen wedlock born. Magnus befall is the son of a queen who was a lawful wife and if thou wilt give him the king's hallowing sithence none may rightly bereave him of the kingdom. Nott was William the bastard a king's son yet he was hallowed and crowned a king over England and sithence has the kingdom of England been held in his kindred and all have been crowned. Nott was Spine Wolfson in Denmark a king's son and yet he was a crown king there and his sons after him and one after another of those kinsmen have been crowned kings. Now here in the land is an arch sea and that is a great honor and dignity to our land. Eek we it now with good things and have we a king crowned no less than have the Englishmen and the Danes. Sithence the archbishop and earling talk this matter over often and there upon the archbishop bore the matter before the legate and easily got the legate term so as to be of one mind with him. And then the archbishop had a meeting with the suffragan bishops and other clerks and bear this matter before them and they all answered with one accord saying that that was their read as the archbishop would have it be and they all urged that the hallowing should go forward so soon as they found that that was what the archbishop was pleased to let so be so then this was the judgment of all. End of the story of King Magnus son of earling part 2 chapter 11 through 21. Section 76 of Himes Kringler by Snorri Storrelson translated by George Pope Morris and Ira Kerr Magnuson. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The story of King Magnus son of earling part 3 chapter 22 through 32. Chapter 22 the hallowing of King Magnus. Earling asked you let a ray in the king's garth a mighty feast and the great hall was hung with pawl and bench cloths and all fitted up at exceeding great cost. There was feasted the court and all the household service and a multitude of guests and many lords. Then Magnus took King's hallowing of archbishop Einstein and at that hallowing were other five bishops and the legged and a throng of clerks. Earling asked you and twelve landed men with hymns swore oath to the laws with the king and on the day when was the hallowing the king and earling gave banquet to the archbishop and the legged and all the bishops and that feast was of the most glorious. Father and son giving then many great gifts. At this time King Magnus was eight winters old and had then been king for three winters. Chapter 23 of the messengers of the Dane King. By this time King Waldemar of Denmark had heard the tidings from Norway that now Magnus was so king there and that scattered were all other flocks there in the land. So the king sent his men with letters to the two King Magnus and earling calling to their mind the privy pledges which earling had bound with King Waldemar even as here in 24 is written to wit that King Waldemar should own of the wick from the east on to ridge Jarbit if Magnus should become sole king over Norway and when the messengers came forward and showed to earling the letters of the Dane King and he understandeth the claim the Dane King hath on Norway earling brought this before other men upon whose reed he threw himself but they said all one and the same thing that never should the Danes have part in Norway for men said that that had been the worst age there in the land when the Danes had power over Norway the Dane King's messengers told their errand before earling and craved a clear say of him earling bad them fair with him and harvest tied east into the wick saying that he would then give a clear answer when he had met the men of the wick who were the wisest chapter 24 of earling and the men of wick in the autumn earling ask you went east into wick and a boat in tonsburg and he sent men over to bergen let summon there a four folks thing sythens fared earling bitter with his folk and when the thing was set then earling spake and told what councils had been made fast between him and the king of Denmark when earling and his had raised this flock for the first time now will I said he hold all pledges which we made then if that be the will and desire of you bonders rather to serve under the king of Denmark than the king who here is hallowed and crowned king to this land the bonders answered earling and said thus for naught will we become the Dane King's men so long as one of us wick dwellers is alive rushed forth then all the throng of them with whooping and calling and bad earling hold his oaths which he had then sworn to all the folk of the land to ward the land of thy son but we shall all follow thee and therewith the thing broke up after that the messengers of the Dane King went back south to Denmark and told of their errand even as it was the Danes lay great blame on earling and on all Northmen saying they were never proven in ought but evil and the rumor went abroad that the Dane King would have his host out next spring and Harry Norway early went in the harvest tied north to Björg then and sat there through the winter and gave out war pay there chapter 25 letters of the Thrandheimers that winter fared certain Danes about the country inland saying that as off be fell they were going to the holy king Olaf to wake but when they came to Thrandheim they met their many mighty men and told their errand to it that the Dane King had sent them to the Thrandheimers to seek their friendship and welcome if he should come into the land and he promised to give them both dominion and well with this message there went a letter of the Dane King under his seal and therewith up bidding that the Thrandheimers should send him in return letters under seal this they did and most men took well to the message of the Dane King the messengers went back east again when Lenten fast was wearing Erling sat in Björg then and when spring came Erling's friends told him what rumor they had learned from men of ships of burden from the north from Thrandheim the import there of being that the Thrand folk were his open foes and that they gave it out at their things that if Erling came to Thrandheim he would never come out past aggressiveness with his life Erling said that was but slander and fool talk Erling gave out that he would be fairing south to you Narheim to Rogatian day's thing and let array a twenty bench cutter and a fifteen bench scowl and a biddling ship of burden with all but when the ships were all bound strong southerly gales came on on Tuesday in Rogatian days let Erling blow his folk to the ships but men were loath to leave the town and deemed it ill to row against the wind Erling laid his ships north into bishops shaven then spake Erling ill do ye murmur at rowing in the teeth of the wind so fall to now and raise the mass and hoist sail and so let the ships go north so did they and sail north that day and the night on Wednesday towards eve they sailed in past Argyrnes and there there was a great fleet before them ships of burden and other fairies and cutters and this was in house for a wake on its way into the town part of it going before them part about them wherefore the townsfolk were not eating the sailing of long ships chapter twenty six of Erling and the Thrandheimers Erling came to the town at the time when Mattens were being sung up at Christ's church Erling and his made a rush into the town and they were told that Alf the Red the son of Otar Breitling a landed man was still sitting and drinking with his following Erling set upon them and Alf was slain and most of his following few other men fell for most folk were gone to church this was in the night before ascension day straightway the next morning Erling let blow all folk out to air thing and at this thing Erling bore charges against the Thrandheimers and laid on them treason against the king and himself and he named Bard cocktail and Paul son of Andreas and Roz Bard who then had in charge the town lands and a great many others they answered and pleaded not guilty then Erling's chaplain stood up and held up many letters and seals and asked if they knew their seals there which they had sent in the spring to the king of Denmark and then were the letters read out there moreover were the Danish men with Erling who had fared in the winter with the letters for it was Erling who had got them to do this and now they gave out before all people the words which each one had spoken this that did say Roz Bard smiting thy breast out of this breast came from the first all these reeds Bard answered I was mad then my Lord when I said such things so there was no other way out of this but to hand sell Erling doon on all the case and straightway he took an exceeding deal of wealth from many men and laid down as unguilled some all them that were slain fared Erling Sithins back south to Björgen Chapter 27 King Waldemar's raid on Norway King Waldemar had out that spring a Mikkel host in Denmark and made with that host north for the week straightway when he came into the realm of Norway's king then had the bonders a gathering before him and a throng of men the king fared peacefully and quietly but where so ever they fared on the mainland men would shoot at them even if there were about one or two and that the Danes deemed full ill will to them of the people of the land but when they came to Tonsberg King Waldemar summoned a thing at house but none sought their two from the country sides then King Waldemar spake to his host on this rise easily is it to be seen of this lands folk that they all stand against us now we have two choices on hand one to fared the war shield over the land and spare nothing neither man nor goods the other to fared south again with things as they are and it is more to my mind to fared into eastern ways to heathen lands which lie broad enough before us rather than to slay down Christian folk however worthy they be there of but all the others were eager for harrying yet the king had his way in that they fared back south yet all wide was robbing toward in the out aisles and where so ever the king himself was not near so they went south to Denmark and nothing of tidings befell chapter twenty eight earlings journey to Jutland earling ask you heard that the Dane King was come into the wick and he called out the all men host from all the land both of men and ships and that was the greatest rush to arms and he held all that host east along the land but when he came east to lend and disness he heard that the Dane host was gone back south to Denmark and that they had robbed far and right about the wick then earling gave home leave to all the hosting bound folk but he himself and sundry landed men sailed without much many ships south after the Danes to Jutland and when they came there where it is height deers river there lay before them the Danes come back from the hosting with many ships earling set upon them and fought with them the Danes fled away speedily and lost many men but earling and his robbed the ships and the cheaping stead and got their full nickel fee and fared sithons back to Norway so for a while there was unpeace betwixt Norway and Denmark chapter 29 earlings journey to Denmark Kristen King's daughter fared that autumn south to Denmark and went to King Waldemar her kinsmen they were children of two sisters the king gave her exceeding good welcome and made over to her such grants as that she might give her men well hold in there she would often be talking to the king and he was all blithe with her but next spring Kristen sent men to earling and let him go meet the dain king and make peace with him the summer after it was early in the week and he died a long ship and manned it with the goodliest of his folk and then sailed over unto Jutland he heard that King Waldemar was in Randøys and the other earling sailed and came to the stead when most folk were sitting at the meat but when they had rigged their tilts and moored the ship earling went up with eleven men all burning with hats over their helms and swords under their cloaks and went to the king's chamber then was faring in the service and the door was open and earling and his went in straight way up to the high seat and earling spoke truce will we have king both here and for our home faring the king looked round at him and said art thou there earling he answered earling is here and tell us speedily whether we shall have truce there were within eighty of the king's men and all weaponless the king said truce shall you have earling as thou cravest on no man do I dastardly if he come to see me then earling kissed the king's hand and walked out syphons to his ship there he teared for a while with the king and they talked over a peacemaking between them and the two lands and they agreed that earling should abide there as hostage with the dain king and as Bjorn Snare the brother of Archbishop Abslan should go to Norway as hostage in return chapter thirty King Waldemar's talk with earling that was on a time when King Waldemar and earling were talking that earling said Lord that the seamoth likely is to peace that ye have all that of Norway which was behind in our privy talk and if it be so what Lord wouldst thou set there over any dain per chance nay says the king says earling no lords from Denmark will will to fare to Norway and have there to deal with a heart and unyielding people they who already be here in a good case with thee for that sake I fared hither that for not will I miss thy friendship hither to Denmark have fared of four men of Norway such as Hakan Iverson and Finn Arneson and I kinsman King's fine made both his earls now I am in Norway a man of no less might than were they then and the king gave them Haland to rule over a dominion that was his own before now the seamoth Lord that thou mightest well grant me this thief in Norway if I become thy man and be under thine hand so that I hold this dominion of thee likewise also the king Magnus my son may not forbid me this but I will be linked to thee and owe thee all the service which that name maketh due such things talked earling and others of like kind and at last it came to this that earling went under King Waldemar's hand and the king led him to seed and gave him earled them and the wick for a dominion to rule over after that earling fared home to Norway and was earl sithons while he lived and kept in peace with the dain king ever after earling had four baseborn sons one height rider another augment both by one mother the third fin the fourth cigarette and their mother was Asa the light they were the younger ones Kristen king's daughter and earling had a daughter height Ragna hill she was wedded to John the son of Thorberg from Ranberg Kristen left the land with a man called Grimm rake they went out to Mikkelgarth and lived there for a while and had sundry children together chapter thirty one the beginnings of Olaf Olaf the son of good brand the son of shave Hugh and Maria the daughter of king I stein Mac Newson was fostered at Sigurd bait hats in the uplands but while earling was in Denmark foster father and foster son Olaf and Sigurd raised a flock to which many uplanders betook themselves then was Olaf taken to king there with their flock they went about the uplands but whilst down to the wick whilst east into the mark lands but they were not shipped but when earling had news of this flock he fared with his host into the wick and kept to his ships through the summer and was in harvest tide in Oslo and feasted there through Yule he let whole spies about inland on the flock and went himself up country in search of them together with Orm king's brother and when they came to the water called they took all ships that were around the water chapter thirty two a priest betrays earling the priest who sang at Riddio call which is on the water bad the earl and his to a feast to come there at Candlemas the earl behind his varying deeming good to go to ours there they rode there over the water on the eve of the mass day but that priest had another read on hand he sent men to bring news to Olaf and his about the fairings of earling he gave earling and his strong drink through the evening and let them drink right much and when the earl and his went to sleep their beds were made in the banquet chamber but when they had slept for a little while the earl awoke and asked if it were time for mat and song the priest said the night was but little spent and bed them sleeping quiet the earl answers many things do I dream tonight and ill do I sleep there upon he fell asleep a second time he awoke and bad the priest stand up and sing the hours the priest bad the earl sleep saying it was midnight and the earl lay down and slept a little while and then leaped up and bat his men clothed themselves they did so and took their weapons and went to church and laid down the weapons outside while the priest sang the mat and song end of the story of king Magnus son of earling part three chapter twenty-two through thirty-two section seventy-seven of Hymes Gringla by Snorri Sterlson translated by George Pope Morris and Ira Kerr Magnuson this LibriVox recording is in the public domain the story of king Magnus son of earling part four chapter thirty-three through forty-four chapter thirty-three fight at Rideo call in the evening the news came to Olaf and they walked that night six miles by road and men deemed that a wondrous walk they came upon Rideo call at mat and song and pit merc it was as might be Olaf and his made for the guest chamber and whooped the war whoop and slew within some men who had not gone to the mat and song but when earling and his heard the whoop they ran to their weapons and made a way down to the ships Olaf and his met them against a certain garth wall and there was battle and earling and his moved down along the wall and the wall shielded them they had a much less folk fell a many of them many were wounded what helped them most was that Olaf and his kind them not so murk as it was but earlings men made sturdily on for the ships there fell Ari Thor Gears son the father of Bishop Goodmund and many others of earlings bodyguard earling was wounded on his left side and some men say that he himself gave his own sword against himself when as he drew it arm was also much wounded with great toil they got to their ships and thrust off from the land forthwith it was deemed that Olaf and his had born with them the greatest ill luck to this meeting seeing how earling and his were betrayed if Olaf and his had but fared forth with more read afterwards men called him Olaf the unlucky but some called them hood swings they fared with that flock inland once again as ours but Earl earling fared out into the wick to his ships and tarried the rest of the summer in the wick while Olaf and his were up in the uplands or at miles east in the marks and so held they the flock for the next winter chapter 34 battle at stangs the next spring Olaf and his went out into the wick and took there the king's dues and dwelt there long through the summer earling learned that and went with his hosties to meet them and their meeting was on the east side of the furth where it is height stangs there was michael battle and earling had the victory there fell sigurd bait hat and many of Olaf's men but he saved himself by flight and fared sithon south to Denmark and was the next winter in jutland in albergh but the next spring Olaf took the sickness which led him to death and he is laid in earth there at mary's church and the danes call him holy chapter 35 the slaying of herald nicholas periwinkle the son of paul the son of scopti was a landed man of king magnus he laid hands on herald who was said to be the son of king sigurd heraldson and christin king's daughter brother to king magnus by the same mother nicholas brought herald to be old then and handed him over to earl earling it was the manner of earling when his unfriends came before him that he spake not or few to them and measuredly what there was of it if he were of mine to slay them but those who he would should have life he ill used in words to the utmost earling said but little to herald and men mist doubted them on what he was minded then men prayed king magnus to plead peace on behalf of herald with earling and the king did so the earl answered that is what thy friends a read thee but thou wilt rule the realm for but a short while if thou followest upright councils only sythons earling let flit herald over into northness and there was he to hewan chapter 36 the beginnings of king eisstein eisstein son eisstein is named a man who was called the son of king eisstein the son of herald he was at this time a young man not fully right it is told thereof that he came forth one summer up into swede realm and fair defined earl burgier brosa who at that time was wedded to burgida the daughter of herald gilly and sister to the father of eisstein eisstein set before them his errand and prayed them for avail the earl yay and both of them took his case well and behind him their avail and he teared there for a while earl burgier gave to eisstein some folk and a good penny for his maintenance and sent him well out of hand and they both behind him their friendship then eisstein fared north into norway and came down into the wick and forth with folk flocked to him and that flock grew in strength and they took eisstein for king and they fared into wick with that flock through the winter but in as much as their means ran short they robbed widely so landed men and bonders got folk together against them but when they were overborn by strength they fled away into the shaws and lay long out in the wild woods and their raiment went off them so that they wrapped birch bark about their legs whereforth the bonders called them birch legs they ran off into the build parts and came forth here and there and betook them to on set straightway wherever they had not too many men before them they had sundry fights with the bonders and now this now the other side got the best of it three pitch battles had the birch legs and gained the day in all in crook shaw they were well not undone for the bonder gathering came on them in throng the birch legs fell timbers a thwart their way and ran sithons into the wood for two winters the birch legs were in the wick so that they came not into the north country chapter 37 of the birch legs king magnus and earling ask you king magnus had been king for 13 winters when the birch legs hoeva the third summer they betook themselves to ships they fared along off the land and got them money and men at first they were in the wick but as the summer war they set out for the north and went so speedily that no news went before them until they came to throndheim the birch legs had in their flock most of markman and elf grims and very many they had from felmark and were now well-webbed eystein their king was fair faced and goodly to look upon little faced and not a nickel man by many folk he was called eystein maiden king magnus and earling sat in björgben when as the birch legs sailed northward about them and were not aware of them earling was a rich man wise of wit the greatest warrior if unpeace were toward a good land counselor and handy at rule he was called somewhat grim and hard hearted but for this chiefly that he allowed but few of his unfriend's land abiding even though they prayed for it and for that reason many chose to run to the flock so soon as such over up against him earling was a tall man and hard knit somewhat high-shouldered long faced sharp faced light a few and became much hoary he bore his head somewhat halt merry-hearted was he and stately of me he had raiment of ancient fashion long jerkins and long sleeves to curdles and shirts welsh cloaks and high lace shoes such a tire he let the king wear while he was young but when he ruled himself he arrayed himself much bravely king magnus was light-hearted and playful of michael merriment and a michael wencher chapter thirty-eight of nicholas nicholas the son of sigurd the son of ronnie was son of sceovor the daughter of brian neoff camo who was sister to hall door the son of bernie off and of one mother with king magnus barefoot nicholas was the most of lords he had a manor in hallow glend in anglau where his height stiked nicholas owned a garth in naduys down below john's church on ground owned by chaplain thorgear nicholas was often cheaping and ruled all things among the town's people eric arneson who was also a landed man had to wife's gild war the daughter of nicholas chapter thirty-nine of eric and nicholas that was the latter mary miss when men went away from mattin song in the town that eric went to nicholas and said father-in-law that say certain fishermen who are come from without that longships be sailing into the first and then guess that there will be the birch legs and this is the business father to let blow all the town's folk with weapons out to the aries nicholas answered our fair nuts and in law after the gavel of fishermen i shall send spies out into the first and today we shall hold a thing so eric went home and when it rang to high mass nicholas went to church then came eric to him and said i think father the tale must be true for here are now the men who say they saw the very sails missy myth that read to write out of the town and gather us folk for missy myth we are somewhat short of men in the town answered nicholas so quackson as their art son-in-law let us first harken mass and then make our reads syphons and nicholas went to church but when the mass was sung eric went to nicholas and said father-in-law now are my horses ready and i shall ride away nicholas answers farewell then we shall have a thing at the aries and can what folk we have in the town so eric rode away and nicholas went to his own house and then sat down to table chapter 40 the fall of nicholas but at the time when the vitals were set a man came in and told nicholas that the birch legs were rowing into the river and nicholas called out that his men should weapon them and when they were weapon nicholas let them go into the loft and the unhandiest read was that whereas if they had awarded the guard then would the town's folk have come to help them but the birch legs filled all the garth and syphons went all round about the loft now they called to each other and the birch legs offered nicholas truth but he nayset it syphons they fought and nicholas and his ordered themselves with bow shot and hand shot and oven stones but the birch legs hewed at the houses and shot at their swiftest nicholas had a red shield with gilt nails therein and started with williams girth the birch legs shot so that the arrows stuck even up to read bands nicholas said now the shield lies to me there nicholas fell and a great part of his following and he was most bemoaned the birch legs gave truth to all the town's folk chapter 41 eyestein taken for king in the doise syphons was eyestein taken to king and all folk went unto him for a while he tarried in the town and after went up into frantime there came much folk to him there thorpe in the sort of snows came to him with a following of men early in winter they went out to the town and then there came to them the sons of gudrin of saltness john kitten sigurd and william they fared up from the doise to orc dale and there were they tallied up to well nigh 20 hundreds of men fared they sowed to the uplands and then out over thotten and half land and unto ring realm chapter 42 the fall of king eyestein king magnus went east into the wick in the autumn with some of the host and with him went worm king's brother earling was left behind in bjordvin and had there a much folk and he was to deal with the birch legs if they should fare by the west king magnus he and worm both sat in tonsburg and the king feasted there through the rheultide king magnus heard that the birch legs were up in ray so the king he and worm went out of the town with their host and came into ray there was deep snow on the ground and the weather was wondrous cold but when they came to the homestead they went out of the town unto the road and without of the garth they ranked them and trampled the snow hard for themselves they had not full 1500s of men the birch legs were at the other stead and some of them here and there in houses but when they were where of king magnus host they were fetched together and thrust into a ray so when they saw the folk of king magnus they thought as was soothed that theirs was the more and so gave battle forthwith but as they pushed forward along the road only few men abreast might get on but those who ran out of the road got snow so deep that they might scarce get on at all and so break their array but they fell who pushed on foremost along the road and then the banner was hewn down and they who were niest shrank a back and some break into flight the men of king magnus followed them up and slew one after the other whom so ever they caught the birch legs might come now into no array and were bare before the weapons and then many fell and many fled and here it be fell as off will be however valiant and bold that arms men may be that if they get great strokes and break into flight most of them will be loath to come back took to flight now the main host of the birch legs and a many fell for the men of king magnus slew all that they might and to no man was peace given those whom they caught and the flight drifted wide ways about king eyestine turned to flight and ran into a certain house and prayed for peace and that the bonder should hide him but the bonder slew him and then went to find king magnus and met him at raveness the king was in the guest chamber baking him at the fire and there were many men sithants men fared and flitted the body thither and the king bed men step up and came the body a certain man sat on the cross dais in the corner and he was a birch leg but no man had given he to him when he saw the body of his lord and kended he stood up swift and hard axe in hand and ran swiftly up the floor and hewed at king magnus and it came on the neck by the shoulder man saw where the axe swept and shoved him aside whereby the axe turned down into the shoulder and that was a great wound then he reared the axe aloft a second time and hewed at worm king's brother he lay in the dais and the blow was aimed at both his legs but when worm saw that a man would slay him he turned there at swiftly and cast his feet forward over his head and the axe came on the dais stalker and stuck fast but weapons now stood so thick on the birch leg that he might scarce fall down then saw they that he had dragged over the floor after him his guts and that man's valor is right much prepraised king magnus men graved the flight long and slew all that which they might there fell Thorfin of snows they'll there also many other Thrandhamers chapter 43 of the birch legs this flock called birch legs had gathered together in great multitude and this was a folk hard and the men the boldest of minute arms their host was somewhat untamed and feared much turbulent and reckless when they deemed they had a great strength of their own they had in their flock few who were men of sober councils or want to the ruling of land or laws or to steer and host and though some of them were better knowing yet the band would have only that which seemed good to themselves deeming they might be without fear because of their multitude and valor but in what of a host got away there were many wounded and had lost their weapons and clothes and all were they moneyless some of them made eastward for the mark lands many for Thelmark most of those to it who had kindred there some went all the way east into sweet realm all save themselves for little hope was harvard of truths from king magnus or earl earling chapter 44 of king magnus earling son king magnus fared sithons back out to tonsburg and became all famed for this victory for it had been the saying of all folk that earl earling was breast and ward of that fatherhood for when king magnus had gained the day over such a strong flock and so strong and it had the lesser host all men reminded to think that he would overcome all and that he must be by as much the greater warrior than the earl as he was the younger than he end of the story of king magnus son of earling part four chapter 33 through 44 end of heims kringle the stories of the kings of norway called the round world by snorri stirrelson translated by george potemores and avaker magnus son