 Section 38 of Himes Gringloth by Snorri Storrelson, translated by George Pove-Morris and I recurred Magnuson, this LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The story of Olaf the Holy, Part 10, Chapter 136 through 144, Chapter 136 of the Folk of Pharaoh. This same summer came out to Norway from the pharaohs at the bidding of King Olaf, Gilly the Speaker-Law, Leith Ozerson, Thoroth of Diamond, and many other sons of Bondors. Thrandegate also arrayed him for the journey, but when he was all but ready he fell sick of a sudden, so that he might fare no wither and so tarried behind. And when the pharaoh men came and met King Olaf, he called them for a talk and had a meeting with them, and unlocked to them the errand that underlay the journey, and tells them that he will have scat of the pharaohs, and therewithal, that the pharaoh folk should abide by such laws as King Olaf should frame for them. At this meeting, moreover, that was found from the words of the King, that for this matter he would take surety of the pharaoh men who were then come there, if they would bind the covenant by sworn oaths. And he bade those men of them whom he deemed to be the noblest there to become men of his household, and take at his hand honors and friendship. The pharaoh men accounted so much of the words of the King, as that it might be doubtful where to their matter might turn, if they would not take upon them all that the King bade them. And although sundry meetings were held amant this matter, or ever it came to a close, it came at last to this that the King prevailed in all he bade. And Leif and Gilly and Thoroth became of the household of the King, and were made of his bodyguard. And all these fellow travelers swore oaths to King Olaf to the end that in the pharaohs should be holding such law and land right as he should frame for them, and such scat be paid as he should settle. Thereupon the pharaoh men arrayed them for the journey home, and at parting the King gave from the gifts to those who had become his men, and when as they were ready they went on their way. But the King let array a ship and got him men there too, and sent them to the pharaohs to gather there such scat as the pharaoh folk should yield him. They were not early bound, but they fared when bound they were, and of their journey this is to be told that they came never back, nor any scat to boot the next summer, for they had never come to the pharaohs, nor had any men craved scat there. To 137 the wedding of Cattle and Thord, King Olaf went up into the wick in autumn and sent word before him to the uplands, and had manner feasts arrayed, whereas he was minded that winter to fare about the uplands. And therewith he arrayed his journey and fared into the uplands, King Olaf tarried that winter about the uplands going from feast to feast, and setting right all such matters as he deemed needed booting, and amending Christian law once more wherever he deemed it needful. Now that tidings befell while King Olaf was in Heathmark, that cattle calf of Ringnes fell to wooing, and bad for Goonhild, the daughter of Sigurd Sall and Asta, and Goonhild being the sister of King Olaf, it fell to the king to answer and to settle that matter. He took it in a lively manner for this cause for sooth that he knew about Cattle, that he was high-born and wealthy, a wise man and a great lord. Moreover, he had long since been a nickel friend of King Olaf, even as herein is aforesaid. All these things together brought it about that the king granted the suit to Cattle, and so it came to pass that Cattle got Goonhild for wife, and at that bridle was King Olaf himself. Thereafter King Olaf went north to Goodbrand's dales, going a feasting there. There dwelt the man who his height, Thord, Goothorm's son, at a stead called Styg. Thord was the mightiest man in the northern parts of the dales, and when he and the king met, Thord hoved up his wooing, and bad for Israel, daughter of Goodbrand, the sister of King Olaf's mother, and to the king came to give answers to that suit. And as they sat over that matter, it was settled that that betrothal should take place, and so Thord, yet, is rid for wife. Afterwards, he became the dearest friend of King Olaf and with him many of his kin's folk and friends who turned after his ways. Then King Olaf went back south over a cotton and half land, and then to ring realm and dance out into the wick. In the spring, he went to Tonsburg and tarried a long while there, while the fair was most and the shipping of goods. Thereupon he let array his ships and had with him a meckle many men. Chapter 138 of Ice Slanders. This summer there came from Iceland, according to King Olaf's message, Stein, the son of Skopdi, the speaker of law, Thorad, the son of Snorri, the priest, Gellar, the son of Thorkel, Ayofsen, Egel, son of Hala, Aseid, and brother of Thorstein. The winter before Goodmand, the son of Ayof had died. The Iceland men went straightway to meet King Olaf when they might bring it about, and when they met the king, they had a good welcome and were all with him. That same summer King Olaf heard that the ship he had sent to Pharaoh for the skat the summer before had been lost, and had made land nowhere that men had heard of. So the king got another ship ready and then sent it to Pharaoh for the skat. And these men set off and put to sea, but not was heard of them sithins any more than of the others, and many were the gasses as to what might have become of these ships. Chapter 139, The Beginnings of Canute the Rich. Canute the rich, whom some call the ancient canute, he was king at that tide over England and over Denmark. Canute the rich was the son of Spine, Dwight Beard, the son of Harold. Those forefathers had ruled over Denmark for a long time. Harold Gormson, the grandfather of Canute, had gotten Norway after the fall of Harold Goon, Hildeson, and had taken skat thereof and set up for the warding of the land Earl Hacon the mighty. Spine, the Dane king, the son of Harold, also ruled over Norway and set thereover for the guarding of the land Earl Eric Hacon's son. And the brothers Eric and Spine Hacon's son ruled over the land until Earl Eric went west to England at the word of Canute the rich, his brother-in-law. But he set to rule over Norway and left behind Earl Hacon, his son, the sister's son of Canute the rich. But Sithons, when Olaf the thick came to Norway, he first laid hand on Earl Hacon and drove him from the sway as his aforewit. Then fared Hacon the Canute his mother's brother and had been with him Sithons all the time till where the story has now come. Canute the rich had won England with battles and fought there too and had long toil or ever the folk of that land had become obedient to him. But when he deemed himself fully come into the governance of the land, he turned his mind to what title he might deem he had to that dominion, the rule whereof he had not himself in his hand Norway to it. He deemed that he owned all Norway by birthright. But Hacon, his sister's son, deemed that he owned some and that moreover he had lost it in shameful whines. One matter went here too, why Canute and Hacon had held them quiet about laying claim to Norway that first when King Olaf Ereltsen came into the land, upsprang all the throng and multitudes of the people and would hear of nothing but that Olaf should be king over the whole land. But Sithins, when folk deemed they might not have their freedom on account of his masterfulness, some betook them out of the land and a great many mighty men or sons of powerful bonders had fair to meet King Canute on sundry errands as they gave out. And each and all who came to King Canute and would obey him got their hands full of wealth from him, with all there might be seen Michael more lordliness than in other places, both as to that multitude of people that were about there daily and in the array of the chambers that were his and wherein he himself abode. King Canute the rich took scat and dues of those lands which were the wealthiest in northern lands, but at the same rate that he had more revenue to take than other kings, he also gave away all the more than any other of the kings. In all his dominion there was peace so good that no one dared transgress it and the folk of the land themselves kept peace and ancient land right. For this sake he got mighty renowned in all lands, but they who came from Norway, many bemoaned them of their loss of freedom and some set it forth to Earl Hacon and others to King Canute himself that the men of Norway would now be ready to turn back under this way of King Canute and the Earl and have their freedom again. This talk was much after the heart of the Earl and he bewailed it before the king and bad him see to it whether King Olaf would give up to them the realm or share it with them under some covenant. And many men furthered this matter along with the Earl. Chapter 140 of King Canute's Messengers. Canute the rich sent men from the rest out of England to Norway and right gloriously was their journey array. They had letters with the seal of the king of the English. They came and met Olaf Herald sent the king of Norway in the spring at Tonsburg. And when people told the king that there were come messengers from King Canute the rich, then waxed he cross grain there out and said thus that Canute would be sending no men there that with Aaron's wherein would be gained either to him or his men. And the while of some days the messengers could not get to see the king. But when they got leave to speak to him, they went before the king and bore forth the letters of King Canute and gave out the Aaron that went there with to it that King Canute craved all Norway for his own and tells that his forefathers that had that realm before him. But in as much as King Canute desired to deal peacefully in all lands his will is not to fair with or shield to Norway if other choice may be found. But if Olaf Heraldson will be king over Norway then let him fair to meet King Canute and take the land in thief of him and become his man and pay him such dues as the earls paid for time. Then they bore forth the letters which said altogether the same thing. Then answered King Olaf, I've heard it told in ancient tales that Gorm the Dane King was deemed to be a mighty enough king of the people and he ruled over Denmark alone. But this the Dane Kings that have been since deemed not enough and now it has come to this that Canute rules over Denmark and over England and moreover has broken a nickel deal of Scotland under his sway yet now he lay of claim to my lawful heritage at my hands. He should want how to have measure in his grasping in the end or is he indeed minded alone to rule over all the Northlands or does he mean he alone to eat all kale in England? Yeah, he will have might there too or ever I bring him my head or give him any louding so ever. Now shall ye tell him these words of mine that I mean to ward Norway with point and edge whilst my life days last there too and not to pay any man's scat for my own kingdom. After this downright answer the messengers of King Canute got ready to depart in no wise pleased how their errand had sped. Sigbat the scald had been with King Canute and that King gave him a ring that weighed half a mark then with all was with King Canute Bursi the son of Scald Torva and King Canute gave him two gold rings each of which weighed half a mark and there with all a fair dite sword so sang Sigbat. O cub this Canute the famed right deed noble foe stately bedight the hands of us twain then when the king we came on to thee a gold mark gave he or more and a war sword bitter to me a half mark throughly God ruleeth all much wisely. Sigbat got himself acquainted with the messengers of King Canute and asked them of many tidings they told him all he asked for of the parlay between them and King Olaf and also of the end of their errand. They said that the king had taken their business heavily and we what not they say unto whom he trusted so much as to gain say it to become King Canute's man and to go see him for that would be the best thing he could do for King Canute is so merciful that never do Lord so bigly to win his enmity but that he will give all up so soon as they fair to meet him and do him lauding. It was but a little since that to him came two kings from the north from Scotland out of Fife and he gave up all his anger to them and gave them back all the lands which they had owned before and there with all great friend the gifts then sang Sigbat. Ye kings full well renowned have brought King Canute their heads then from midfifth of the Northland that was peace cheaping soothly but Olaf sold head never to any man of this world for often hath the thick one well fought him out the victory. King Canute's messengers went back to their way and had fair wind over the main afterwards they went to meet King Canute and told him to what end their errand had spent and there with also the winding up words which King Olaf spoke to them at the last. King Canute answered Olaf guesseth not a right if he be minded that I want to eat up myself alone all kale in England but I would rather that he find that there is more stuff within the ribs of me than kale alone from henceforth cold reed shall come to him from under every rib of mine. That same summer came from Norway to King Canute as like anskeog the sons of Erling of Jadar and get a good welcome therefore that as like was wedded to Sigrid the daughter of Earl's fine son of Hacon and she and Earl Hacon the son of Eric were brothers children. King Canute gave those brethren great grants there under him and they were held in great honor. Chapter 141 bond between King Olaf and Onand the sweet King. King Olaf summoned to him his landed men and had great multitude of folk about him that summer for the word went that Canute the rich would be fairing from the west from England in the run of the summer. Folk deemed with themselves that they learned from cheaping ships which came from the west that Canute would be drawing together a Mikkel host in England. But as the summer wore one would ye say another gains say that the host would be coming but that summer through King Olaf was in the wick and had his spies out if King Canute should be coming to Denmark. In autumn King Olaf sent men east to Sweden to King Onand his brother-in-law and let tell him the message of King Canute and the challenge he laid against King Olaf to Norway and this he let follow that he was minded to think that if Canute laid Norway under then Onand would have peace in Sweden but a little while thereafter and therefore he deemed it a good read that he and Onand should bind covenant together and rise up against him. And he said that they no wise lacked might to uphold strife with King Canute. King Onand took King Olaf's message in good part and sent word in return that he will strike fellowship on his part with King Olaf on the terms that each should grant the other help out of his realm which though ever should need it first. This was in the messages between them with all that they should have a meeting together and make up their minds as to what was to be done. King Onand was minded to fare the next winter over West Gautland but King Olaf made things ready for a wintering at Sarpsburg. Chapter 142, Messengers sent by Canute the rich to King Onand. King Canute came that harvest tied to Denmark and sat there through the winter with a great multitude of people. It was told him that men and messages had gone between Norway's King and the sweet King and that behind it were big reeds toward. King Canute sent in the run of that winter men over to Sweden to see King Onand. And he sent him great gifts and friendly messages saying that he might well sit in quiet over the quarrels of him and Olaf the thick. Whereas King Onand says he and his realm shall be in peace for me. And when the Messengers came to see King Onand they bore forth the gifts that King Canute sent him and his friendship therewith. King Onand did not turn a ready ear to their parlays and the Messengers deemed they saw this therein that King Onand will have much turn to friendship with King Olaf. So back they went and told King Canute how their errands had spent and that there with all that they bet him looked to know friendship from King Onand. Chapter 143, Journey into the Armed Land. That winter King Olaf sat in Tharpsburg and had many men about him. At this time he sent Carly the Halogalander north into the land with his errands. Carly fared first to the uplands and then north over the mountains and came down in the doys and took there the King's money so much as he had word to and a good ship which he deemed well fitted for such a journey as the King had been minded for him to width to fair north to be armed land. The matter was so laid down that Carly should be the King's partner and each should have one half of all the goods against the other. Carly steered the ship north into Halogaland early in the spring and then Gunstein his brother betook himself to the journey with him and had to him cheaping wares. They were nine, five and 20 men aboard that ship and they went early that spring north into Thinmark. Thorir Hound heard the news of this and sent men and messages to those brethren and that with all that he has minded himself to fair that summer to be armed land and that they should sail in fellowship and share their kettings evenly. Carly and his brother sent word in return that Thorir should have five and 20 men even as they had. And then they were that of the goods that might be gotten there should be equal sharing between the ships not counting their end the cheaping wares men had. But when Thorir's messages came back he had let launch a long ship a huge bus which he owned and had let array it. This ship he manned with his house Carl's and aboard the ship were well not 80 men. Thorir ruled alone over this company and to him belonged whatever gain might become by in the journey. And now when Thorir was arrayed he steered his ship north along the land and happened on Carly and his north in Sandver. Sithin spared they all in company and had a fair wind. Gunstein said to his brother Carly so soon as they and Thorir met that he deemed Thorir had all together to great a company of men. And my mind is Sithin that it would be wiser to turn back and not to fare in such wise as that Thorir may do with us whatsoever he pleases for I trust him but ill. Carly says I will not turn back yet this is true that if I had known when we were at home in Long Isle that Thorir Hound would come into our journey was so great and host as he now has then we should have taken more men with us. The brothers talked Iran with Thorir and asked how it came about that he had so many more men with him than had been bespoken. He answered thus we have a big ship that needed many hands. Let me think if that in such a adventurous journey a good man is not one too many. The summer threw they went mostly as the ships would go for when the wind was like the ship of Carly and his made more way and then they sailed on ahead but when it blew harder Thorir and his would overhaul them. Seldon were they all together but each knew always of the other. So when they came to the armed land they Hove into a cheaping sted and there befell a market and those men who had money to spend got wealth and plenty. Thorir got some gray wares and beaver skins and sables. Carly also had a right nickel of money where with he bought much of Peltries. Now when the market came to an end they sailed down the river Vina and then the peace with the folk of the land was proclaimed to be ended. So when they came out into the main there was a meeting of the crews and Thorir asked if the men were at all minded to go up a landing yet wealth for themselves. The men answered that they were feigned thereof if wealth was certain to be gained. Thorir said that wealth there would be for the getting if the journey should turn out well but that it was not unlike that there would be man risk in the faring. They all said that they would venture on it if wealth was to be looked for. Thorir said that this was a want of the land when wealthy men died that the chattels should be shared between the dead man and his heirs he to have one half or one third or while less. That wealth should be carried out into woods or while into house and mold should be poured upon it but that while houses would be reared there over. He said that they should array themselves for the journey at the eve of day. So was it given out that no one should run away from the others and that none should lag behind when the ship masters called out that they should be off again. They left some men behind to heed the ships and the rest went up a land. At first there were flat fields and next to them nickel woodland. Thorir went ahead but the brothers Carly and Goonstein went last. Thorir bathed the men fair silently and strippy the trees of their parks so that one tree may be seen from the other. Now they came forth into a great clearing in the wood and in the clearing was a high faggot garth with a door there in locked. Six men out of the folk of the land should watch the fence every night each two for one third thereof. When Thorir and his men came to the garth the watches were gone home but those who next should watch were not yet come to the watch. Thorir went to the fence and hooked his axe on the top of it and hauled himself up hand over hand and so in over the garth on one side of the gate. And by that time Carly also had gotten him over the fence on the other side of the gate and Thorir and Carly came both at one and the same time to the door and pull the bolts aside and opened the door and the men went into the garth. Spake Thorir in this garth is a howl in which all is mixed together gold and silver and mold and for this men shall make but in the garth stands the god of the bearms which height Jomali and let no one be so daring as to rob him. Then they made for the howl and took their wealth as they most might and buried in their raiment and much mold went with it as was to be looked for. Then Thorir gave out the word that the men should go back and spake thus now shall ye brothers Carly and Gunstein go first and I shall go last. Then turned they all out towards the gate. Thorir turned back to Jomali and took a silver bowl which stood in his lap and was full of silver pennies and he poured the silver into his cloak but slipped upon his arm the bow which was over the bow and then went out to the gate. By that time all those fellows had got out through the faggot fence and then became aware that Thorir had tarried behind so Carly turned back to look for him and they met inside the gate and Carly saw that there had Thorir got the silver bowl. Then Carly ran up to the Jomali and saw that a thick collar was about his neck. He reared up his axe and smote asunder the string at the back of the neck where to the collar was fast. The stroke was so nickel that all flew Jomali's head. Then came a crash so great that they all deemed it a wonder but Carly took the collar and they went their ways. But straightway when the crash befell the waters came forth into the clearing and forth with blue on their horns and there on the others heard trumpets go on every side about them so they made for the wood and got into it but heard from the clearing behind them whooping and crying for now the beyonds were come. Thorir hound went the last man of his company before him walked to men carrying a bag between them and what was therein seemed most like unto ashes. Thorir dipped his hand therein and sewed this about their slot and whilst he cast it forth over the company thus they fared out of the wood and unto the fields. They heard how the host of the beyonds went after them with crying and yelling full Uggsum. Then came they rushing after them out of the wood and on two sides of them. Yet nowhere came the beyonds or their weapons so near them that any hurt befell thereof and they came that of it that the beyonds saw them not but when they came to the ships Carly and his went first aboard for they were the foremost as they came down but Thorir was farthest up a land. Fourth with when Carly and his got aboard their ship they swept off the tilts and cast off the moorings then they drew up sail and the ship soon sped off into the main but with Thorir and his things went more slowly their ship being more unwieldy and when they bore a hand to the sail Carly and his were already long from the land so both sailed across which wick. The nights were still bright and both sailed day and night until Carly and his hove into certain islands one day at evening. There they struck sail and cast anchor waiting for the ab of tide for there was a strong roost before them. Thereafter thither came Thorir and his and to anchor also. Then they put out a boat and thereon went Thorir and then with him and rode over to Carly's ship. Thorir went aboard it and the brothers greeted him well but Thorir, bad Carly, hand-sell him the collar for I deemed myself worthiest to have the most precious things which were taken there in as much as I deemed that ye had to thank me for that the coming away vents was without loss of life but thou Carly, Massimeth, did run us into the greatest peril. Then said Carly King Olaf is the owner of one half of all the goods that I may come by in this journey. Now I mean the collar for him. Go see him if thou wilt and it may be that he will give the collar over to thee if so be he will have not of it because I took it off the Jomali. Then answered Thorir and said that he would, they should go up on the island and share their gains. Gunstein said that now was the turn of the tide and it was time to sail. Therewith they drew in their cables and when Thorir saw that he went down into the boat and he and his rode back to their ship. Carly and his men had hoisted their sail and were gotten afar before Thorir and his were under sail and they fared in such wise that Carly and his always sailed ahead and either of them did the utmost they could. In this wise they fared on until they came to Gearsver, the first place where coming from the north one may lie at a pier. There they came both one day at Eve and lay in Haven there off the pier. Thorir and his lay up the Haven and Carly and his further out in it. Now when Thorir and his had tilted their ship he went up a land in a great many of his men with him and went to Carly's ship which he and his had already made snug. Thorir hailed the ship and bade the masters come a land and the brothers went ashore together with certain of their men. Then Thorir set forth again the same speech as before bidding them go up on land and bear up their wealth for sharing such as they had taken as war prey. The brothers answered there was no need for this until they came home to the builded land. Thorir said that was no men's want not to share or spoil till they were back home and so risk men's uprightness. They had sundry words about this matter each looking at it in his own way. So Thorir turned away but when he had gone but a little way he turned back and said that his fellows should bide him there. Then he called to Carly and said I will speak with thee privilege. So Carly came to meet him but when they met Thorir thrust a spear to the midmost of him so that it stood through him. Then spake Thorir there may as thou can Carly one of the birch-eyed men and I thought it good with all that thou should kin the spear seals the venture. Carly died at once and Thorir and his went back to their ship. Goonstein and his men saw the fall of Carly and ran thither forthwith to the spot and took up his body and bore it to their ship. They struck the tilts straight way and cast off the gangways and thrust out from the land Sithins they hoisted sail and went their ways. Thorir and his saw this and strike their tilts and arrayed themselves at their utmost speed but as they hauled up the sail the how you broke us under and down came the sail of Thor at the ship and a long while Thorir and his must needs tarry there or ever they got up their sail a second time. And far in the offing were Goonstein and his by the time that Thorir's ship was underway and both things did Thorir and his men sail to it and help sail by rowing and the same thing Goonstein and his did. And thus either went at their utmost speed day and night slowly it drew together between them for when the island sounds began Goonstein's ship was much the handier for steering yet Thorir and his drew up to them so much that when Goonstein and his came off long with they turned there to land and ran away from the ship up onto the land and a little after Thorir and his came wither and leaped up ashore after them and gave them chains. A certain woman got help to Goonstein and hid him and it is said that she was much cunning in wizardry. Then Thorir and his went back to the ship and took to them all the wealth the board Goonstein's ship and bore stones on it instead thereof and brought it out into the first and scuttled it and sank it down whereupon Thorir and his went their way home to Birch Isle. Goonstein and his fared at first with head much hidden they ferried them forth in small boats and fared at night and lay still by day and fared thus wise till they were coming past Birch Isle and were clear out of the Bailey Wick of Thorir. Goonstein fared first to long Isle and tarried there but a short while then straight way he set off on his journey to the south and let it not till he came south to Thrandheim and there fell in with King Olaf and told him all tidings such as had befallen in the journey to Bjarne land. The King took this journey of theirs sorely to heart but bad Goonstein be with him and says he will write Goonstein's case as soon as he might bring it about. Goonstein took that bidding with thanks and abode with King Olaf. Chapter 144, meeting of the King's Olaf and Onund. So is it aforesaid that King Olaf was east at Sarpsburg that winter when as King Canute sat in Denmark that winter Onund the sweet King rode over West Gautland with more than 30 hundred men then fared men and word sendings between him and King Olaf and they made trist between them to meet in the spring at the King's rock. They tarried them meeting thus for this cause that they would know before they met what undertakings King Canute might have on hand. But as the spring war King Canute got ready with his host to fare west to England. He set up behind him in Denmark or the Canute his son and with him Wolf the Earl the son of Thorgyll's black leg. Wolf was wedded to Astrid the daughter of King's fine and sister of King Canute. And their son was that's fine who was Sithin's King in Denmark. Wolf the Earl was a man of the greatest mark. Now Canute the rich went west to England and when the Kings Olaf and Onund heard that they went to the trist and met in the elf at King's rock. A merry meeting was this and of much friendly ways so far as it was there before all folk yet they bespoke many things between them where of only they too knew sundry of rich councils came to be gone on with and were then clear for all folk to see but at sundering the Kings gave gifts one to the other and parted friends. Then King Onund went up into Gaotland but King Olaf went north into the wick and thence out to Agder and thence again north along the land and lay a much long while in icon sound and about a wind. He heard that early Skiogson and the folk of Jadar with him were laying a gathering and had a Mikkel host. That was on a day that the Kings men were talking of the weather. If it were blowing south or at southwest or whether such a wind were weatherly to sail about the Jadar or not. Most said that unweatherly it was then answers how Dhar burn Yawson. I'm minded to think Sisi that it would be deemed fair weather enough for fetching Jadar if Erling Skiogson had a rate of feast for us at Soli. Then said King Olaf that the tilts should be struck and the ships be put to sea and so it was done. So that day they sailed in double the Jadar and the weather was of the fairest and at night they hold into Whiting's Isle. Then the King went north to Hordland where he went about feasting. End of the story of Olaf the Holy part 10 chapter 136 through 144. Section 39 of Himes Kringle by Snorri Sturlson translated by George Pope Morris and Ira Kerr Magnusson. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The story of Olaf the Holy part 10 chapter 145 through 150. Chapter 145 the slaying of Thoroth. That spring a ship had fared from Norway out to the pharaohs and with that ship went words from King Olaf to the end that from the pharaohs there should come to him some one of his men leave the son of Ozer to it or gilly the speaker law or Thoroth of Diamond. But when this word sending came to the pharaohs and was told to the same they had a parlay between them as to what might lie under this message and they were of one mind in deeming that the King would be of will to ask of the tidings which some men held had barely befallen in the islands concerning the misgoing of the King's messengers those two crews to which where of not a soul had been saved. They settled between them that Thoroth should go and he but took himself to the journey and to raid a ship of burden which he owned and get him men there to and they were ten or twelve together aboard. But when they were bound and abiding fair wind that bit did at the house of Thrandegate and he styled one fair weather day that Thrand went into the hall while there lay on the day as two of his brother's sons Sigurd and Thord, sons of Thorlach. But the third man was Gout the Red who was also a kinsman of theirs all these foster sons of Thrand were dowdy men. Sigurd was the eldest and head in all matters Thord had to name and was called Thord the Low for all that he was the highest in men and yet more he was both exceeding stout and mighty of strength. Then said Thrand much will change in a man's life unoff the tid when we were young that on fair weather day stay should be sitting or lying who were young and of able body in all matters nor would that have seemed like to the men of a foretime that the wrath of diamonds should be a man of more pith than ye but the ship of burden which I have had this while and here stands in her shed me thinks it has now become so ancient that she wroughts under her tar every house here is full of wool and one cannot so much as get it aired this would not be if I were but a few winters younger. The good sprang up and called upon gout and thord saying he could not stand the mocking of Thrand and out they go to where were the house carls they go to the shed and run out the ship of burden they let flit a lading and loaded the ship for no like of lading was there at home and with all gear for the ship so in a few days they arrayed her and they too were ten men or twelve aboard. They and the wrath had one and the same weather and always knew of each other on the main sea. They took land in herna at eve of the day and secured in his lay too further west along the strand yet there was short space between them. Now it befell in the evening when it was dark and thorough and his were minded for bed that thorough went up a land and another man with him and sought for them a place of easement and when they were about to go down again says he who fathered him a cloth was cast over his head and he was lifted up from the earth and in that same nick of time he heard a crash then he was brought along and heaved up for a fall where was the sea under him and into the deep he was plunged but when he got a land again he fared thither where as he and thoroughf had parted and found thoroughf who was cloven down to the shoulder and was then dead and when his shipmates were aware hereof they bore his body out on board ship and waked it. Now at that time was king all up in Ligra at a feast and word was brought thither then was an arrow thing summoned and the king was at the thing he had let summon thither the pharaoh cruised from both the ships and to the thing they had come now when the thing was set king stood up and spoke tidings have befallen here whereup there is better that such our seldom told of here has a good man been bereft of his life and a cyclist one we deem him to be or is there any man at the thing who knows and can tell who is the doer of this deed but no one came for it thither too then said the king it is not to lane what my misdouting is about this work that in my mind it lies on the hands of the pharaoh men and I misdoubt me that it is but in this way it has been done to it that sigured Thor laxin must have slain the man and Thor the low must have cast the other end to the deep and for the more I would make this guess that the rug found against Thor off must have been that they did not wish that he should be a tell tale of those ill dealings of theirs which he must have known of as true where we have long misdoubted us concerning the murders and those ill deeds whereby my messengers have been murdered there but when the king came to the end of his speech sigured Thor laxin stood up and said never have I spoken at things before and I doubt I shall not be deemed deft of word and yet he seems there is cause enough why I should answer somewhat now I will guess that this read which the king hath put forth will have come from under the tongue roots of such men as are much lesser and it is no hidden matter that they have fully made up their minds to be our foes now that is a word unlikely that I should have the wish to be for all skater whereas he was my foster brother and my good friend but if there had been other matters there too and that there had been guilt betwixt me and throughout yet I am stored with wits enough that I should rather risk such work at home in Pharaoh than here under thy very hand king now will I gain say this matter for myself and for all us shipmates and I will offer to take oath thereon even as thy laws stand there too but if he deemed another thing more trustworthy in ought then will I bear iron and I will let thou thyself see to the ordeal and when sigured had made an end of his speech many men came forward in his furtherance and by the king that sigured get chance to clear himself they deemed that sigured had spoken well and quote that that would be unsoothed whereof he was witted the king says concerning this man great will be the difference if he be belied in this case he will be a good man but otherwise he must be full hearted beyond example and that is rather my misgiving but I guess he will himself bear witness thereof now because of the prayers of men the king took surety of sigured for the ordeal of sigured and he was to come the day after to Ligre and there the bishop should do him the ordeal and thus the thing broke up the king fed back to Ligre and sigured and his shipmates to their ship and now at speedily through dark with night and sigured said to his shipmates soothed to say it is that we have come into mickle trouble and are in face of a mickle false witness and this is a king tricky and gullful and it is easily seen what our lot will be shall rule it for he first let slay for all and now will he make us out of the laws it is a small matter for him to be willed at this bearing of iron and I'm minded to deem that he will come by the worst who will run this risk with him now with all there set of down the sound of flaw from the mountains and my council is that we up sail and sail out into the main sea let Thrand bear next summer with his will if he will let sell it but if I get away now he thinks it is to be looked for of me that I shall never be coming again to Norway his shipmates deem this deft reed and fell to setting our sail and let go through the night into the main as fast as they might drive they let it not ere they came to the ferros and home to gate Thrand took it ill of their journey but they gave him back no good answers they were abiding at home with Thrand speedily heard King Olaf that secured and his men were gotten away and there with rumor lay heavy on them of that case there were many who said then that it was like that secured and his men had been spoken of truly even of them who before had denied the matter on Segurd's behalf and spoken against it King Olaf was few spoken about this matter but deem now knew that it was true before he had but mistowed it so the king went on his way and took banquets where they were arrayed for him chapter 146 of the Icelanders King Olaf called to a parley with him those men who had come from Iceland to it the rod the son of Snorri, Geller son of Thorkel, Stein the son of Skopty and Eggo son of Hall and the king took up the word ye have waked up to meet this summer a matter to it that ye will die ye for the Iceland fairing and I have not as yet given out my last word thereon now I will tell you what I am minded to Geller the am I minded for Iceland if thou wilt bear my errands dither but the other Iceland men who are here now they shall not fare to Iceland ere I hear how those matters are taken which thou Geller shall bear dither but when the king had put this forth they who were vain of the journey and to whom it was banned deemed they had but a sour lot and thought they're sitting there a matter ill and savoring of unfreedom now Geller get ready for his journey and fare him a summer to Iceland and a dither with him those words sent which he gave forth the summer after at the thing but this was the word sent by the king that he bade this of the Icelanders that they should take those laws which he had set in Norway and give him from the land feign guild and nose guild for every nose a penny ten whereof should go to an L of Wadmaw that went herewith that he behite men his friendship if they would yea say this but a hard lot otherwise unto whomsoever he might bring it men sat long over this matter and took counsel thereon between them and at last they were all agreed with one accord to they say all scat gives them talages such as were craved of them and that summer Geller fared abroad to meet King Olaf and happened on him that same autumn east in the wick when as he had come down from Gaotland whereby weaned the story shall be further told later on in the saga of King Olaf as the harvest tied war on King Olaf sought north through Thrandon and drew with all his company down to the doors there he let die to his wintering King Olaf sat that winter in the cheaping stead that was the thirteenth winter of his kingdom chapter one hundred and forty seven of the I am landers Kettle I amty Hite a man the son of Earl Onan of spare be in Thrandon he had fled before King Einstein the evil minded east over Kheel he cleared the woods and built there where as it is now Hite I am planned east ways thither fled also crowds of folk from Thrandon before that on peace for King Einstein made the Thrandon folk yield him scat and set up for a king there his own hound Hite Sauer the son son of Kettle was the housing after whom his housing land named and there he built it but when King of Sweden for fair ridded the realm before him then a multitude of folk fled before him out of the land both of Thrandon and of Namdale and dwellings were made yet for the east about I am planned and some fared to housing land from the eastern sea and they were lesions of the King of Sweden but when Hakon Ethel stands foster son was King over Norway then was set peace and for the sake of their love of the King the I am planters sought from the east to see him and yet said to him their allegiance and yielded scat to him and he set them law and land right and they were feigned rather to obey his kingdom than that of the sweet King in as much as they were come of Norwegian kin and this all the houseings did who were sprung from folk living north of the keel and this prevailed for a long time afterward right unto Olaf the thick and Olaf the sweet King strove over the boundaries of their lands and citizens the I am planters and the housing landers turned to the dominion of the sweet King and they were I would made the land sundering from the east and then the keels all the way north to Fenmark so then the sweet King took scat of housing land and of I am planned as well but Olaf Norway's King held that it had been in the covenant and the King of Sweden that the scat of I am plan should go elsewhere than it had done here before not withstanding that for a long while the matter had stood so that the I ams had yielding scat to the sweet King and that the bailiffs of the land had been appointed dense but the Swedes would as then harken to not but that all landline east of the keel should lie under the sway of the King of Sweden and that went in spite of the affinity and friendship there was between the Kings each wanted to have all that dominion to which he deemed he had any title at all King Olaf had let the word go abroad and I am planned that it was his will that the I ams should do him fealty and had threatened them with hard dealings otherwise but the I ams had made up their mind that they would yield obedience to the King of Sweden at 48 the story of Stein the rod the son of Snorri and Stein the son of Skopty were ill content at not being allowed to go about in freedom Stein son of Skopty was the goodliest of men to look upon and the best fashion of prowess a good skull and a man a great show and yearning for honors Skopty's father had wrought a dropper on King Olaf and taught it to Stein and it was so meant that he should bring King Olaf to the throne. Stein no wise kept himself tongue tight in speaking out and finding fault with King Olaf both in speech loose and in speech upknitted both of them he and the rod were men unwary of words and they say so much as that the King's will was to deal worse with them than they had weaned who in trust of him had sent him their sons whereas the King laid them in bondage the King was wrought he asked the King to say whether he would listen to the dropper which his father Skopty had wrought on the King he answered the other thing must be first Stein that that thou give forth that which thou hast wrought on me. Stein said it was nothing that he had wrought I'm not a Skull King says he but though I could make rhymes thou would steam that as other matters concerning me but of little account and there was all Stein went away and deemed was speaking. Thorgir was the name of a steward of the King's who was over a manor of his in Orkdale at this time he was with the King and heard the talk between the King and Stein and a little after he went home now on a night he'd be felt that Stein ran away from the town together with his servant they went out upon college and so rest would till they came into Orkdale and that evening they came to the King's manor that Thorgir had in charge and Thorgir that Stein abide there for the night and asked him what was poured in his fairings. Stein let him have a horse and a swing for he saw that they were carting home corn there. Thorgir said I do not know how it stands with this journey of life whether thou fairest it all by the King's leaf for me thought the day before yesterday words no wise meek went between the and the King. Stein said though I have to look for the will from the King that shall not be so for his thralls and therewith he drew his sword and slew the steward and the horse he took and bade the swing jump the back of it and Stein set him in the sleigh and so they went their way and drove through the whole night and they went their ways till they came down into Soroldale in Mir. Then they got themselves far across the first and at their very swiftest they sped on. They told no men where they came of this manslaughter they were the King's men and therefore they were well furthered where so ever they came. At eve of the day they came into Gieski to the house of Thorberg Arneson. He was not at home but there was his wife DeWitt Ragnahill the daughter of Erlen Skiolksson and Stein had here a good welcome for between them there was already close acquaintance it had happened before in Stein's fairing abroad from Iceland in a ship which he owned himself when he left from the main to the western coast of Gieski and he and his were lying by the island that Ragnahill lay in and should be lighter of a child and was heavy with sickness but no priest was there in the island nor anywhere on night so they came to the cheaping ship asking if there were any priest aboard. A priest there was Hyde Bard a man of the west first young but somewhat little of lore. The messengers bad the priest go with them to the house and was deemed that that would be a nickel hard matter for he knew his lack of learning so he would not go and Stein laid word on the priest and let him go. The priest answered I will go if thou goest with me for there in Hydeem I shall have avail for good counsel. Stein said that he would surely share him that and they go to the stead and there too where Ragnahill was a little sithence she gave birth to a child which was a maiden and was deemed to be so the priest christened the child and Stein held her at the font and the maiden was Hyde Thora. Stein gave the maiden a finger ring Ragnahill behite Stein her full friendship and that him come thither to her when so ever he deemed he had need of her help. Stein said that he would hold no more maiden bairns at the font and therewith they parted but now where things come to such a past that Stein was come there to claim the keeping of this friendly promise of Ragnahill and tells her what has befallen him and therewith that he must have fallen under the king's anger. She answers that her might and main would be in her help but that him abide Thorberg there she seated him next to her son Einstein Blackcock who was then 12 winters old Stein gave gifts to Ragnahill and Einstein. Thorberg had heard all concerning the fairing of Stein before he came home and somewhat frowning was he Ragnahill went to talk with him and told him all about Stein's fairings and about him take Stein to him and look to his case. Thorberg answers I've heard says he that the king has let hold an arrow thing after Thor gear and that Stein has been made an outlaw and also this that the king is exceeding wrong. Now I know better how to look to what behooves me than to take on hand but an outland man and have the wrath of the king therefore let ye Stein fair away at his speediest Ragnahill answers and says that they would either both fair away together or both abide there. Thorberg bade her go with her so ever she would for I weaned says he that though thou fair thou wilt speedily come back for here will be thy most honor. Then stood forth Einstein Blackcock their son he spake and said thus that he would not abide behind if Ragnahill fared away. Thorberg said they showed them Michael willful and had strong in this matter and it is most like now that ye will have your way in this since she set all this great store by it but thou walk as far too much in the way of thy kin Ragnahill whereas thou holdest the word of king allot as of little word. Ragnahill said if it be such a big thing in thy eyes this holding of Stein then fared thou thyself with him to find earling my father or give him such a fair mate that he may get thither in peace. Thorberg says that he will not send Stein thither for earling will have enough on his hands that the king will mislike him so Stein abode there the winter through but after you there came to Thorberg messengers from the king with these words that Thorberg should come meet the king before mid lent and threats of sore pains went with this word. Thorberg bore this before his friends and sought their reed whether he should risk it to go to the king as things now stood but the greater part of them letted it and called that reed rather that he should let Stein go out of hand rather than fare into the king's power but Thorberg was rather minded not to lay the journey under his head some while after Thorberg went to see Finn his brother and laid this matter before him and bet him fair with him he deemed such wife master evil whereby one should not dare for his wife's sake to hold faith with his liege lord. says Thorberg thou art free not to go yet me thinks thou hangest back more for fear's sake than out of good will to the king and they parted wrong then Thorberg went to see Arnie Arneson his brother and tells him all how things were and bet him fair with them to the king. Arnie says wonders me think of thee so wise a man and so heedful of thy ways that thou shouldst ever have tumbled into so great a mishap and have gotten the king's wrath when no need was there too thou wert excused if thou wert holding thy kinsman or a foster brother but not at all wherein thou hast taken in hand an Iceland man and hold as the king's outlaw and as put thyself in peril and all thy kinsmen says Thorberg so goes the saw every ilk has an outcast that ill-happ of my father is the easiest scene of me how he blundered in the getting of his sons that he should give him last who hath no like of our kindred and is but deedless and most true it would be to say if it were not spoken to the shame of my mother that I should never call thee our brother and Thorberg turned away and went home somewhat joyless thereafter he sent word north to his frantime to his brother Calf bidding him and meet him at Agdenus and when the messengers met Calf he behide his fairing without another word. Ragnahill sent men east to Jadar to Erling her father and bet him sent her folk and then spared the sons of Erling, Sigurd and Thorir and at each of them a craft of twenty benches and thereon ninety men and when they came north through Thorberg he welcomed them at his best and faintest he arrayed him for the journey and had a craft of twenty benches and they went their way northward and when they came off frantime mouth there were lying there already the brothers of Thorberg then in Arning with two twenty benched craft Thorberg welcomed well his brother and said that now had the wedding come home to them then said that for him seldom had he need of such wedding thereupon they went with all that band north to frantime and Stein was in their company and they came to Ogdenes there was before them Calp Arneson with a keel of twenty benches well manned there they with all this host in to knit home and lay there overnight the next morning had their talk Calp and the sons of Erling would bring all the host up to the town and then let things go as shaping should but Thorberg with that at first they should go to work quietly and let bid terms here too were Finn and Arning so now it was settled that Finn and Arning fare first to see King Olaf but a few together the King had already heard of the throng they had and he was rather cross grained in his talk with them then bad bidding for Thorberg and for Stein with all he bad that the King should award as great a fine as he wished but Thorberg to have dwelling in the land and his grants and Stein to a piece of life and limb the King answers may seem it that he had made this money from home in such wise that now Edim you may have your will half way against me or more maybe but for this do I at least look from you brother that you would come with an host against me I can these councils if they will have been up hoven by the men of Jadar but no need there is to offer me money then says then not have we brethren had a gathering for the sake that bid the unpeace King rather this way bear at the King that we will first bid thee our service but if thou may say it and art minded for hard dealings on Thorberg then will be all fair with that host we have and join canute the rich then the King looked on him and said if ye brethren will swear me oath here too to follow me in the land and out of the land and not to sunder from me without my good will and leave and ye will not hide it from me if you want of treason boot against me then will I take peace to view brethren then Finn went back to his company told them the terms the King had made them so they take council together and Thorberg said that he will take this choice for his hand loath am I says he to flee from my own lands and seek to outland lords I am minded that to me will honor ever be toward in the following of King allot and to be there whereas he is then said I am no oath to the King and that while only will I be with him whereas I may hold my grants and other honors and whereas the King will be my friend and that is my will that all we do even so Finn answers my council it is to let King Olaf alone settle terms between us Arnie Arneson say of thus if I have made up my mind to follow the brother Thorberg even if thou wits fight with the King shall I thunder from thee if thou follow better read I will follow thee and Finn and take such a choice as ye see handiest for you then those three brethren went aboard one ship Thorberg Finn and Arnie and rode up to the town and went Thysons to meet the King and then this covenant came about that the brethren swore oath to the King then Thorberg sought peace for stein of the King but the King answered that stein should go on peace so ever he would but with me shall he never be henceforth then Thorberg and his went back out to their company Calth fared up to Eggja but then fared unto the King Thorberg and the others of the company went home again south stein went south with the sons of Erling but early in the spring he fared west to England and thereafter into the hand of Canuta Rich and was for a long while with him in good liking Chapter 149 the journey of Finn Arneson to Haloga land when as Finn Arneson had tarried for a little while with King Olof it happened on a day that the King called Finn to him for a talk and more men there too whom he was want to have in his councils then the King took up the word and said that reed is growing fast in my mind that I minded to bid out and hosting of the whole land next spring both men and ships and fared there with all with all the hosts that I may get me to reach for I watch of that claim which he hath set forth for the realm in my hands that he will not deal with it as a main matter now I had this to say to the Finn Arneson that I will without fear mine erin north through Haloga land and bid out and hosting there and call out all the folk both men and ships and take with thee that host to meet me at Ogdenus then the King named for like erin's other men sending some up into inner fountain and some south into the land so that this summons he let fair throughout the whole realm now this is to be said of Finn's journey that he had a cutter and thereon well nine thirty men and when he was arrayed he went on his journey till he came into Haloga land then he summoned a thing of the bonders and set forth his erin and craved the muster the bonders had in the country big ships fit for war muster and at the word sending of the King they and arrayed their ships but when Finn came farther north into Haloga land he held there a thing but sent some of his men whereas it seemed good to him to crave the outgathering. Finn sent men to birch isle to Thorough hound and let craved the muster there as else went and when the bidding of the King came to Thorough he arrayed himself for a journey and manned that same ship with his house Carl's which he had had to arm land three four and he bedight it at his own cost alone. Finn summoned to vega all such a local land focused well to the north of that place and there gathered together a great host through the spring and all about such time as Finn should come from the north and therewith all was come Thorough hound and when Finn came forthwith he let blow all the mustered host to a house thing and that thing men showed their weapons and then each ship raid was ransacked but when all that was cleared spoke Finn I will call on the here to the rear hound what bidding without bid King all off for the slaying of Carly his court man or for that robbery whereby thou took us the King's gear north away in Longwick now the full power of the King have I in this matter and now will I have thine answer Thorough looked about and saw standing on either side of him men for weapons and new goons done there and many other kinsmen of Carly then said Thorough my offer is quickly done then I will lay all this matter for which he bears me mispleasure under the King's wielding then answers more likely now that thou will be honored less than that for now thou must abide my doom if peace is to be made Thorough says then I still deem my affair in a good case but no wise draw a back and Thorough stepped forward to give surety and then framed the terms of all that matter then Finn says out the peace to with that Thorough shall yield the King ten marks of gold into Goonstein and his kinsmen another ten marks and for robbery and fee-scape a third ten marks and yield it now forthwith says he Thorough says this is a great find to find the other of the choices says Finn that the peace Thorough says that Finn must give him time to seek loans from his fellows then let him yield the find on the place and give up with all the color the nickel one which he took off Carly did Thorough said he had taken no color then came forth Goonstein and said that Carly had had the color around his neck when they parted but it was gone when he took up his dead body Thorough said he had not searched his mind about that color but though we should have some color it must be lying at home in birch Isle then set Finn his spirit point against Thorough's breast and bat him hand over the color there with Thorough took the color off his neck and handed it over to Finn then Thorough turned away and went aboard his ship and Finn went after him out onto the ship and many of men with him then went along the ship and they opened the births and by the mass they saw down under the deck two great tons so that they marveled thereof Finn asked what was in those tons and Thorough said there and lay his drink said Finn why give us thou us not to drink good fellow seeing thou have so much drink with thee Thorough ordered his man to tap the ton into a bowl and then this was given to Finn to drink and the best to drink it was then Finn that Thorough hand over the money and Thorough bat him go a land and said he would pay it there so Finn and his men went up a land then came there Thorough and paid the silver and out of one purse there was handed ten marks by weight then he put forth many knit up clouds and in some was a mark by weight in some half or sundry ounces then said Thorough this is borrowed money which sundry folk have lent me for me thinks all upcast now is the loose money which I had thereafter Thorough went on board ship and when he came back he paid out silver little by little and thus the day wore and when the thing broke up men went to their ships and arrayed them for putting off and under sail men got so soon as they were ready and soon it came to this that most men had sailed so Finn saw this that the company was thinning about him and then called him and bat him get ready but not one third of the money was paid up as yet then said Finn this payment goes slowly now Thorough I see thou take a stake greatly to heart to pay the money so I shall leave the matter for a while and thou canst pay to the king what is left therewith Finn stood up and went away Thorough says I'm well please Finn that we part but I shall have right goodwill to pay this debt in such wise that the king shall deem it not underpaid yea and both of you so then Finn went to his ship and sailed after his company but Thorough was laid down from the haven but when their sail came up they held out of westward out into the main and so south along the land in such wise that Wales was the sea on the mountain whilst the land under water thus wise he steered on southwards until he sailed into England's main and he fared therewith to see King Knud who gave him a good welcome and now it came out that Thorough had there right much of chattels all that wealth to it which they had taken in beyond land Ian Carly with their men but in those Mikkel tons one bottom a little away from the other and betwixt the two was drink for the rest of either time was full of gray skins and beaver and sable and now Thorough was with King Knud then Arneson bared with that host to King Olaf and tells him all about his journey and this with all but he doubts Thorough was gone out of the land and westward to England to meet Knud the rich that he will be all unprofitable to us the king says I will believe that Thorough will be our unfriend yet ever I deem him better afar from me than a nigh chapter one hundred and fifty the strife of Herrick and Asmund the son of Rankle Asmund son of Rankle had been that winter in his bailiwick in hallowed land and was at home with his father, Rankle, there lived out towards the main a haunt where it was to catch both steel and fowl and aglaire and fish and this had of all gone with this dead now owned of Rankle but Herrick of Theoda they claimed to the same and to such a past matters had come that he had had of the lair all gained for several seasons but now Asmund and his father deemed they might fall back upon the kings of Aile in all rightful causes and so they veered between of them in the spring to see Herrick and tell him King Olaf's words and tokens to the end that Herrick should leave off laying there. Herrick answered heavily there on and said that Asmund went to the king with slander in this as in other matters, I have all the right on my side and now Asmund mightest while mine thee of measure though now thou deem thee a man much of might because thou hast the kings avail at thy back and so is it forsooth if thou shalt be allowed to slay sundry chieftains and make of them men out of atonement and to rob us who while we knew how to hold our own fully against men even were they of equal birth with us but now is that all far from it that ye are mine equals for kin's sake. Asmund answers this know a many of thee, Herrick that thou art of great kin and masterful a many sit over a sharded lot because of thee yet it is most like that thou Herrick must seek another whereon to push forth thy wrong dealings then on us or to take up so great lawlessness thereupon they parted, Herrick sent his house carls, ten or twelve of them with a certain with a certain great row fairy they fared into the lair and took there every sort of catch and loaded the fairy therewith but when they were ready to go back there came on them Asmund rankleson with thirty men and bade them let loose all that catch Herrick's house carls answered somewhat unspeedly there over so Asmund and his set upon them and soon the odds told their tale some of Herrick's house carls were beaten some wounded some cast into the deep and all the catch was borne out of their ship and Asmund and his had it away with them in this plight the house carls of Herrick came home and told Herrick of their journey he answers new doings new tidings this has not been done before the beating of my men but this matter lay quiet and Herrick said never a word there too and was of the Marriots in the spring Herrick let array a cutter of twenty benches and manned it with his house carls and right well found was that ship both the men and all gear this spring Herrick went into the warfare but when he met King Olaf Asmund rankleson was there already then the king brought about a meeting between Herrick and Asmund and appeased them and the case was laid to the king's doom then Asmund let call witness that rankle had been owner of the lair and the king doomed there after and then the cases stood uneven so that the house carls of Herrick were unbooted and the lair was doomed to rankle Herrick says it was no shame for him to abide by the king's judgment however this matter might shape itself afterwards end of the story of Olaf the Holy part 10 chapter 145 through 150