 Section 70 of Himes-Kringla by Snorri Sturlson, translated by George Pope Morris and Iraker Magnusson. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The story of Inge, son of Harold, and his brethren, Part 2, Chapter 11 through 21. Chapter 11, Sigurd Slumbideken laid hands on, Thrand rent master height a man who steered a ship in King Inge's host, and now things had so come about that Inge's men rode in small boats after the men who were swimming in the sea and slew every one they caught. Sigurd Slumbideken jumped from his ridded ship into the deep and slipped off his bernie in the dive, swam, sethance, and had a shield over him. But certain men from Thrand's ship took a man swimming and would slay him, but he prayed off and gave out that he would tell them where was Sigurd Slumbideken, and that they would. But shields and spears, and men dead and garments were floating wide about the ships, he will see that he were floated a red shield there under is he. Siphons rode they thither and took him and brought him to Thrand's ship, but Thrand sent word to Theostoff, and Otar, and Amundi. Sigurd Slumbideken had had on him a tinderbox, and the touch wood was inside a walnut shell done about with wax outwardly. Therefore is this told, because it was deemed thoughtful to do it so up that it should never get wet. Therefore had he a shield over him as he swam, because no one could tell whether that was his or some other one's shield, since many were floating on the sea. So said they that they would never have hit on him if it had not been told about him. Now when Thrand came a land with him it was told to the men of the host that he was taken, and a whoop of joy broke out through the host, and when Sigurd heard that he said, many an evil man will be feign of my head today, then went to him Theostoff Allison, and strake a silken cap, belayed with gold off his head, and then spake Theostoff, why was thou so overbold, thou thraw'st son, to dare to call thyself the son of King Magnus? He answers, no need for thee to square my father, with the thrall, for of little worth was thy father beside mine. Hall, the son of Thor, Gear Leech, the son of Stone, was a courtman of King Inge, and was a night there when these things were betiding, and he told this tale to Eric Odson, who wrote it down after him. Eric wrote the book which is called Backbone Peace, in that book is told of Harold Gilly, and of his two sons, and of Magnus the Blind, and of Sigurd's Lemby, all unto their death. Eric was a wise man, and was at this time long in Norway. Some of his story he wrote down from the telling of Heikon Ma, a landed man of the sons of Harold, and Heikon and his sons took part in all these strifes and counsellings. But Eric names more men who told him of these tidings, wise men, and proven true who were a nigh, so that they heard or saw the things that happened. But some he wrote down from his own sight or hearing. Chapter 12 of the Torments of Sigurd's Lemby. Hall says this that the chiefs would let slay him straight away, but those men who were grimaced, and deemed they had to wreak their harms upon him, ruled his torments, and thereto were named the brethren of Ben Tyne, Sigurd and Gerd, the sons of Cobain. And Peter, burdened Swain, with all would revenge Finn, his brother. But the chiefs and most other folk went thus away. They break his legs asunder with axe-hammers, and his arms with all, then they stripped him of his clothes, and were minded to flay him quick, and they ripped the scalp off his head. But they might not do it because of the blood-brush. Then they took walrus-hide-whips, and beat him long, so that well-nigh was the hide-off, as if it were flayed. But sithins they took a stock, and shot it at the backbone of him, so that it went asunder. Then they dragged him to a tree, and hanged him, and hewed off his head sithins, and dragged his body away, and thrust it in a heap of stones. That is all men say, his friends and his unfriends, that no man in Norway within those men's memory, who then were up, was doubtier, in all matters, than was Sigurd. But a man of evil luck was he in some things. So said Hall, that he spoke few, and answered few, though men put words to him. But that says Hall there too, that he started never there with more than if they had been smiting a stock or stone. But that let Hall follow, that it might be, with a valiant man, one well furnished with stoutness, that he should stand pining so far, that the man could hold his mouth, and cringe, but little there at. But Sigurd said he never changed his voice, and even as light-spoken was he, as if he were on an alebench within. He never spoke higher or lower, or more quavering, than was his want therein, and he spoke right on till he gave up the ghost, and sang one-third of the Psalter. And it seemed to Hall that he thought this overpassed the valor and strength of other men. But the priest, he who had the church a short way thence, let bear the body of Sigurd dither to the church. And that priest was a friend of those sons of Harold. But when that was heard, they cast their wrath upon him, and let flip the corpse back to where it was before. And the priest, with all must needs paid, gelled therefore. But the friends of Sigurd fared sithence on a ship of Denmark from the south after the body of him, and brought it to Aliburg, and buried it at Merry Church in the town there. So said Provost Kettle, who was the ward of Merry Church in that town, to Eric, that Sigurd was buried there. The Oestof Alicim let bear the body of King Magnus to Oslo, and bury him at Hallward's Church beside King Sigurd his father. Loden sub-proud they brought to Tansberg, but all other folk they buried there. Chapter 13, Einstein, son of Harold, comes from the west. Sigurd and Inge had ruled over Norway for six winters. That spring came Einstein from the west from Scotland, and he was the son of Harold Gilly. Arnie Stour and Thorleaf, son of Bernie Auff, and Cobain Heep, had all gone west over the main after Einstein, and followed him into the land, and they held straightway north to Thrandheim. And the Thrandheim folk took him up, and he was taken to King at the air thing about the ganging days, in such wise that he should have one-third of Norway against his brothers. Sigurd and Inge were then east in the land, fair men between those kings, and appeased them in such wise that Einstein should have one-third of the realm. No ordeals were made for Einstein towards his fatherhood, for it was taken for true what King Harold had given out there, and then Beoddak hiked the mother of King Einstein, and she came to Norway with him. Magnus hiked the fourth son of King Harold, him curping worm Foster. He was also taken to King, and he too had his share of the realm. Magnus was on hail of his feet and lived for but a little while, and died of sickness. Of him, on our scullison tells. Einstein gives wealth to people. Sigurd, the shield in Ikith. Inge sets blows the singing. Magnus frames peace of manfolk. The kin of the king most noble in blood, the fight-tent reddens. Never for brethren nobler under the sun come out yet. Chapter 14. Otar Breitling slain. After the fall of King Harold Gilly, Queen Ingerid, was wedded to Otar Breitling, he was a landed man and a Mikkel Lord, a Thrandheimer of kin, and was of great avail to King Inge while he was in his childhood. King Sigurd was no great friend of his, for he deemed he leaned altogether towards King Inge his stepsome. Otar Breitling was slain in a single fight north in Cheeping one evening as he was going to even song. When he heard the wine of the stroke, he turned up his arm and the cloak therewith against it, and thought that a snowball had been cast at him as oft is the want of young swings. He fell at the blow, but Alth Ruffian, his son, came there with walking into the churchyard and saw the fall of his father, and also that the man who had done the slaying ran eastward round about the church. Alth ran after him and slew him at the songhouse corner, and men said that the vengeance had gone well with him, and he was thought a man much more thereafter than erst. Chapter 15. The Beginnings of King Eistein Haraldson King Eistein Haraldson was up Thrandheim when he heard of the fall of Otar, and he summoned to him and host the bonders and fed out to the town and was full well manned. Now Otar's kinsmen and friends laid this reed mostly on King Sigurd who was then in Cheeping and the bonders were much fierce against him. But the king bade Ordeal for himself and gave pledge for iron-bearing that so he should make good his case, and thereby peace was made. Fared King Sigurd after that into the Southland, and this Ordeal he never delivered him of. Chapter 16. The Beginnings of Worm King's Brother Queen Ingerid had a son with Ivar Skewer who hight worm, and Sithin's was called King's brother. He was the fairest to look upon and became a Mikkel Lord as later on yet will be told. Queen Ingerid was given to Arnie of Stade Reim. He was Sithin's called King's stepfather, and their children were Inge, Nicholas, Philippus, and Herdla, and Margaret whom Bjorn the buck had to wife, and after him Simon the son of Kari. Chapter 17. The Outfaring of Erling Askew. Erling hight the son of Kerping Worm and Ragnahill, the daughter of Spineke, the son of Steinar. Kerping Worm was the son of Spine, Spineson, the son of Erlend of Garth. The mother of Worm was Ragnah, the daughter of Url Worm, Ilyfsyn, and Sigurd, the daughter of Url Fin Arneson. The mother of Url Worm was Ragnahill, the daughter of Url Haikon, the mighty. Erling was a wise man and a Mikkel friend of King Inge, and through his counsel Erling got to wife Kristen, the daughter of King Sigurd and Queen Momfred. Erling had a house at Stadele in South Hoardland. Erling fared away from the land and with him hindered the young, and yet more landed men, and had a brave company. They arrayed them for a Jerusalem fairing, and fared rest over a sea to Orkney. Then Swint Url Ragnahvald, who was called Kali and Bishop William, and from the Orkneys they had altogether fifteen long ships and sailed to the South Isles and then west to the land, and that way Sithons, which King Sigurd the Jerusalem fairer, had fared out to Norfa Sound, and they harried wide about Spain the heathen. Shortly after they had sailed through the Sound, Eindred the young parted company and those who fathomed him in six ships, and after that each party went their own way. But Ragnahvald, the Url and Erling Askew, hid upon a certain dromond on the main, and laid there two with nine ships and fought with them, and at last they laid the cutters under the dromond. Bare down on them then the heathen, both weapons and stones and pots full of boiling pitch and wood butter. Erling laid his ship, nigh as to them, and the weapon cast of the heathen went beyond that ship. Hewed then Erling and his rifts in the dromond, some below watermark, some on the hall, so that they fared in. So says Thorbjorn Skaldaske in Erling's droppa. Swift Northman, fearless, hewed on the new hallboard windows in the deep with war axe edges. That was a work all willing. Wasters of eagles hunger from up above, your wild saw upon the wave mew, sheared ye with irons, open breeches. Odin, the red forecastle man of Erling's height, the man who first went up on the dromond, they won the dromond and slew there a wondrous many men, and took their exceeding Mikkel wealth and won fair victory. Erl, Ragnivald and Erling Askew came in this fairing to Jerusalem land and out to the river Jordan. Then they turned back and first to Mikkel Garth, where they left their ships behind, and fared the land road from the east, and held them all hail till they came to Norway, and their journey was praised right much. Erling was deemed now Mikkel more of a man than erst, both for his journey and for his wedding. He was withon wise of wit, wealthy and of high kindred, and deft of speech withal, and was most leaning in all friendship toward King Inge of all those brethren. Chapter 18, the birth of Haekon shoulder broad, King Sigurd rode a guesting with his court east into Wick, and rode through a stead that was owned of a mighty man called Simon. But as the King rode through the stead, then heard he in a certain house singing so fair, that he thought right much thereof, and he rode to that house and looked in, and there a woman stood at a quern, and sang wondrous fair as she was a milling. The King got off his horse and went to the woman and lay with her, and when the King went away, then wadded good man Simon what Aaron the King had had thither. But she hyped Thor, and was a workwoman of good man Simon. Sithins let Simon take heed to her ways, thereafter the woman bear a bairn, and that child was named Haekon, and was called the son of King Sigurd. Haekon was brought up there with Simon, son of Thorberg, and Gunn hilled his wife. There too were brought up the sons of Simon, and his wife Onund and Andraeus to wit. They loved Haekon, Mikkel, and he them, so that not but death might sunder them. Chapter 19 King Eistein fought at Leikberg. King Eistein Harrelson was state east in the wick near to the land's end. He fell to unpeace with the bonders of Randrealm, and the dwellers of Hissing. So they made a gathering against him, and he had a battle with them, and gained the day. That height, like Berg, where they fought, he burnt with all wide in Hissing. Sithins the bonders went under his hand, and paid great fines, and the King took boroughs of them. So says Einar Scullison. King, famed and gift free, the wickmen paid he for their waywardly ways, and luck turned to his days. Most folk were afraid ere they get the peace made. Their fines E.T. then, and had boroughs of men. The King worked the fight with his brisk men, and light nigh to Leikberg, a town of a widespread renown. Fast fled Randfolk, and paid what so ere the King bad. There the folk, Hansel, gave for the wealth him to have. Chapter 20 King Einstein's Journey West. A little after King Einstein died his fairing from the land west over the main, and sailed to Cataness, and heard that Earl Harold the son of Madad was in Thurso, and he made their two with three small cutters, and came upon them unawares. But the Earl had a thirty benched ship, and eighty men thereon, whereas they were unready there get King Einstein, and his men to board the ship, and laid hands on the Earl, and brought him with them aboard their ship. He ransomed himself with three marks of gold, and therewith they parted. So says Einar Scullison. Eight tens of men were standing along with the son of Madad. Mighty wound Sagan's mule feeder, for sooth now grows renowned. The wearier of the wave-horse that Earl took with three cutters, corpse Scuwa's valiant feeder gave the fame King his head there. King Einstein sailed then south by the east of Scotland, and laid to the cheeping in Scotland height a party on, and slew there a many of men and robbed the town. So says Einar Scullison. A party in Folk fell, as I have heard tell. Peace did the King tear, break, fight, icicles there. Another fight he had sailed by Yardipal, Harlepool, with a host of knights, and turned them to flight, and he ridded certain ships there. So says Einar. The King's sword bit well on spears, the blood fell. Leo Court followed on, at Yardipal won. Hot rind of the blade, Hugen's joy made. Wolfwine waxed, ridded work, ships of the English there. Then he held on south to England, and had the third fight at Whitby, and got the victory and burnt the town. So says Einar. The King made the fight strong, and was there the sword song. Hills, clouds, cloven down at Whitby, the town. For Shaw's dog on that day, or the houses did play. Wolf's tooth, reddened then, wreath was gotten for men. After that, he hurried far and wide about England. Then was Stephen, King, and England. Next thereafter, King Eistine had a fight at Scarpe Scaries, with certain knights. So says Einar. Thel fast the strings rain. By the bold King was slain, a shield-cutting host at Scarpe Scaries' coast. Next to this, he fought at Pullwick and gained the victory. So says Einar. Soared the King, reddened there, the wolf host to tear the goodly like of ports in Pullwick. The King did earn all Langton to burn west or salt, and the sword against brows of men roared. There they burnt Langton, a great Thorpe, and men tell that that stead have gotten little uprising sithence. After that, King Eistine fed away from England and back to Norway in the harvest, and men talked about this journey all unevenly. Chapter 21 of the Sons of Herald. Good peace was in Norway in the early days of the Sons of Herald, and their neighborliness was abiding in a way while their counselors of a foretime lived. But Inge and Sigurd were children in years, and so had but one court for both, but Eistine was by himself being a man of full age. But when the following of Inge and Sigurd was dead, Siegurd, the son of Bard to it, a Mundi, the son of Gerd, the All-Stuff, the son of Ali, Otar, Breitling, Ogman, Sweep, and Ogman, Hammerer, the brother of Erling Aske, who was held of little account while Ogman lived, then Inge and Sigurd, some to their court, and then Gregory, the son of Day, who was the son of Islet, and of Ragnahild, the daughter of Skopty, Ogman's son, but took himself to Inge and became his prop and stay. Gregory had store of wealth and was himself a man of the most adieu, and he became the chief ruler of the affairs of the land under King Inge, who granted him leave to have of his own such as he would. End of the story of Inge, son of Harold and his brethren, part 2, chapter 11 through 21, section 71 of Heimskringla by Snorri Stirlsen, translated by George Pope Morris and Irakirk Magnusson. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The story of Inge, son of Harold and his brethren, part 3, chapter 22 through 32, chapter 22 of the ways of the sons of Harold. King Sigurd became a much violent man and unpeaceful in all matters, so soon as he was grown up, yea, he and Eystein both, though as for Eystein he was more orderly of the two, yet of all men the most avaricious and niggardly. King Sigurd became a nickel man and strong and valiant looking, red of hair, ugly of mouth, but well as for other face shaping, he was of all men the deftest in his speech and the doughtiest. So says Einer Scholesen, mighty is Sigurd's deftness who reddens the sharp bars of wound flood in the blood flow. God's self, the gifts him giveth, when as the ready-worded king of the wronged folk speaketh, it is as hushed were others. Glad spoken King doth grandly. King Eystein was a man sort of hair and dark of hue, somewhat high of middle stature, a wise man and of good understanding, but that drew most the might from under him his niggardliness and money greed. He had to wife, Ragna, the daughter of Nicholas Mew. King Inge was of all men the goodliest of face. He had yellow hair, somewhat thin and much curled. Slow of growth he was and scarce might he go alone, so was his one leg whizzen. And crooked he was both the back and breast. He was soft spoken and kind toward his friends, bounteous of wealth, and let much achievement rule with him the land matters. Well beloved of all folk was he, and all these things together drew much under him of might and multitude. Brigida Hight, the daughter of King Harold Gilley, she was first given to Inge, the son of Hallstein, the sweet King, and sithence to Earl, Carl Sonison, and then to Magnus, the sweet King. He and King Inge, Harold's son, were sons of the same mother. Last Earl, Burgier, Brosa had her to wife and they had four sons. One was Earl Philip, another Earl Canute, the third folky, the fourth Magnus. Their daughters were Inge Gerd, whom Sort Vier, the sweet King, had to wife, and their son was King John. Another daughter was Kristen, a third Margaret. Maria was the name of the second daughter of Harold Gilley, and her Simon Sheeth, the son of Hall-Kell-Hunch, had to wife, their son Hight Nicholas. A third daughter of Harold Gilley was called Margaret, and her John, the son of Hall-Kell, the brother of Simon, had to wife. Now, but did many things betwixt these brethren which made toward dissension, but I shall only set forth that which to me seemeth the most of tidings. Chapter 23 Cardinal Nicholas cometh to Norway. Cardinal Nicholas out of Rome town came to Norway in the days of the sons of Harold, and the Pope had sent him to Norway. Now the Cardinal had wrought against the brothers Sigurd and Einstein, and they had to come to terms of peace with him, but he was exceeding friendly towards Inge and called him his son. And when they were all at peace with him, he granted to them to Hallow John Burgesson Archbishop of Fandheim, and fetched him that raiment which Hight Pallium and laid down that there should be an Archbishop's chair at Medoise at Christchurch, whereas rest King Olaf the Holy, but before that time there had been load bishops only in Norway. The Cardinal brought it about that no man should fare with weapons, in cheaping steds, cyclists, save the twelve men who had the following of the King. He bettered in many things the custom of men in Norway while he was there in the land. Never has Outland Man come to Norway whom all men worshiped so Mikkel, or who might prevail so much with the all folk as he. Sithens fared he south with many of friendly gifts, and said he would always be the greatest friend of the Northmen. But when he came south to Rohnberg, the Pope who had been before dived suddenly, and all folk of Rohnberg would have Nicholas to Pope, then was he hallowed to Pope with the name of Adrianus. So say those men who in his days came to Rohnberg that never had he so busy and errand with other men that he spake not first ever with the Northmen who would have his speech. He was not long Pope, and he is called Holy. Chapter 24 King Olaf's Miracles In the days of the sons of Harold Gilly, it came to pass that a man who was named Halder came across Wends, and they took him and pined him, sheared his throat and drew there out his tongue, and sheared it off to the tongue root. Sithens sought he to the Holy King Olaf, and set his heart fast toward that holy man, and prayed much greeting to King Olaf to give him speech and health. Thereupon he got speech and mercy from this good king, and became straightway his servant all his life days, and became a man of worship troth fast. This miracle was half a month before the latter Olaf mass. On the day when Cardinal Nicholas landed. Chapter 25 Miracle of King Olaf with Richard the Priest There were two brothers in the uplands, men of high kin and well for wealth, they were the sons of Guthorn Greybeard, and were called Einar and Andreas, the mother's brethren of King Sigurd Harrelson, and had in those parts their heritage and all their goods. They had a sister somewhat goodly to look to, but never too wary of the words of evil men, as was proven Sithens. She had Michael kindness for a certain English priest, Hyde Richard, who had his home with her brethren. She did many things to please him, and off Michael good for good will's sake, as ill luck would have it about this woman fared and flew a fearful word. Sithens, when it was a matter of common talk, then all men laid it on the hands of the priest, her brothers among the rest, for straightway, when they were aware thereof, they took it that all folk held him to be the likeliest here too, seeing what great kindness there was between these. He fell to them, Sithens, Michael misfortune as was not unlike since they held their peace over a hidden guile, and went on as if they saw not therein. Now one day they called the priest to them, and he, looking from them for not save good alone, they drew him from home with them, and said they were going into another countryside on some business they had on hand there, and bad him keep them company thither. They had with them a home man of theirs who wadded of this reed along with them. They fared a shipboard along the water which is called Rand, and forth beside the strand thereof until they came to the nest, which is called shift sand, where they went to shore and played there awhile. Then they fared into a certain lonely stead, and then they bade the workmen smite him with an axe hammer, and he smote the priest so that he lay in a swoon. But when he got his wit again he spake, why shall I now be so hard dealt with? They answered, though no one tell thee thou shalt now find out what thou hast done, and then they set their charges forth against him. He gained said them, and bad God judge between them and the holy king Olaf. Thereupon they broke in, summeder his legs, and then dragged him between them into the wood and bound his hands behind his back. Thereafter they laid a string about his head, and a board under his back and head, and put a turn stick therein, and twisted the string hard at the head. Then Einart took a peg, and set it against the eye of the priest, and his servants stood there over, and smote at it with an axe, and let leap out the eye, so that forthwith it leaped down into his beard. Then he set the peg against the other eye, and said to the servant, strike a deal softer now. He did so, and the peg glanced off the eyeball, and tore the lid away from it. Then Einart took the lid with his hand, and held it up away from the eyeball, and saw that it was there. Then he set the peg down out by the cheek, and the servant struck, and the eyeball sprang out unto the cheekbone, where it was highest. Then they opened his mouth, and seized the tongue, and drew it out, and sheared it off, and thereafter they loosed his hands and head. Fourthwith, when he got rid again, that was the first thing for him that he laid the eyeballs in their place up against the eyebrows, and held them with both hands, as he might. Sithins they bore him aboard ship, and went to the homestead, Hyde Sea Home Dern, and landed there. They sent a man to the stead to tell them that the priest laid by the ship there on the strand. While the man was gone up, who was sent, they asked if the priest might speak, but he wagged the tongue, and would try to speak. Then spake Einart to his brother, if he come round, and the stump of the tongue heel up. It comes into my mind that he will speak. Then they caught the stump of the tongue with tongs, and tugged it, and sheared off it twice, and a third time they cut at the roots of the tongue, and left him lying there half dead. The housewife at the stead was poor, yet she went forth with and her daughter with her, and bore him home to the house and their cloaks. Sithins fared they to fetch a priest. And when he came there, he bound off his wounds, and they sought for him such easements as they might. The wounded priest lay thus in piteous plight. He hoped ever for God's mercy, and never doubted it, and speechless he prayed to God in his thought, and his grief filled heart, all the more trustfully the sicker he was, and he turned his mind to that merciful King Olaf the Holy, God's darling, and had heard erst much said of his glorious deeds, and therefore trod all the swiftlyer in him in his whole heart for all help and his need. And as he lay there, lame and bereft of all strength, he greeted sorely and groaned, and prayed from sore breast to the dearly King Olaf to avail him. Now after midnight the wounded priest fell asleep, and thought that he saw a noble-looking man come to him, and speak to him, ill art thou now played with, fellow Richard, I see that now, not Mickel art thou of might, and he thought he said that was true. Then this one said to him, in need of mercy thou art. The priest said, I am in need of the mercy of God Almighty, and of King Olaf the Holy. He answered, and thou shalt have it with all. Then he caught hold on the stump of the tongue, and hold it so hard that the priest smarted there at. Then next he stroked his hand over his eyes, and his legs, and whatever of his limbs were sore. Then the priest asked who this was, and he looked towards the priest and said, Olaf is here from the north out of Thrandheim. And therewith he vanished away, but the priest awoke all whole, and forth with he fell to speak. Blessed am I now, said he, thanks to God, and the Holy King Olaf, who hath healed me. And now, grievously, as he had been played with before, even so speedily, was he healed of all that mishap. And it seemed to him, as if he had never been sore nor sick, the tongue whole, both eyes duly set in the head, the broken legs healed, all other hurts whole, or free from pain, he in the very best of health. But for a token that his eyes had been stung out was this that on either eyelid there grew a white scar, that the glory of that noble king might be seen in the man that once had been put into so piteous a plight. Chapter 26 The Kings Take Counseled Together Einstein and Sigurd had fallen out, whereas King Sigurd had slain a bodyguard of King Einstein, herald of the wick to wit, who had a house in Bjorgvin, and another man with all priests John Tabard, a son of Bjarne Sigurdson. For this sake they appointed a peace meeting between them in winter in the uplands. They sat long a talking together, they too alone, and there afterwards it came out of their talk that they should meet all the brothers the next summer in Bjorgvin. That followed their talk that they would that King Inge had two manners or three, and so much of other wealth that he might have 30 men with him, for they gave out how they thought he had no health to be a king. Inge and Gregory heard these tidings, and feared to be owing vid with much folk. Sigurd came there a little later, and had with him folk clearly lesser. Now by then had Inge and Sigurd been kings over Norway for 19 winters. Einstein was later from the east out of the wick, and they were from the north. Then let King Inge blow for a thing in the home, and there come King Sigurd and King Inge and much folk. Gregory had two long ships and upwards of nine tens of men whom he found in all viddles. He kept his house calls better than other landed men, in that he drank never in any guilt that his house calls drank not all with him. He went to the thing in gold-reddened helm, and all his company was behelmed. So King Inge stood up and told men of what he had heard, how his brothers were minded to deal with him and bad for help for him, and all the all folk made good cheer to his speech and said they would follow him. Chapter 27 of Gregory Dason. Then King Sigurd stood up and spake and said that it was unsoothed what King Inge laid at their door, said that Gregory had made it up and quote that it would be no long while if he might have his will till such a meeting of them should be as he would therein make to stoop that gold reddened helm. And such wise he closed his speech that he quote that they too should not be both a ganging long. Gregory answered and said he was minded to think that he needed little to yarn for that and gave out that he was all ready for it. A few days after a house call of Gregory was slain out of doors in the street and it was a house call of King Sigurd's who slew him. Then would Gregory set upon King Sigurd and his, but King Inge let it it and many other men. But when as Ingerid the mother of King Inge was going from even song she came there where Sigurd God acts lay slain. He was of King Inge's bodyguard and was an old man and had been in the service of many kings. But the slayers were two of King Sigurd's bodyguard, Halward Gennarsson and Sigurd son of Einstein Traveil. And men laid the reed on King Sigurd. Then went she straight to King Inge and told him and said long would he be a little king if he would not bestow him though his own guards were slain one after the other as swine. The king was wrothed at her taunts and while they were bickering together came Gregory walking in helmed and burnied and bade the king not be wrothed and said that she spoke sooth. I've come here to help thee up if thou wilt set on King Sigurd and here is more than one hundred of men out in the garth of my house, Carls helmed and burnied and we shall set upon them thence whereas others deem it worst. But most let it this and said that King Sigurd would have will to boot this unhapp. But when Gregory saw that there would be hanging back then spake he with King Inge such wise are they lopping off thee that are short while ago they slew me a house, Carls, and now a courtman of thee that they will be longing to catch me or some other land of man such as them seamoth would be the greatest lack for thee for they see that thou besters thyself not and then to take thee from thy kingdom after that thy friends be slain. Now what so way thine other land of men may will I will not abide the needs stroke and we too Sigurd and I shall deal together this night whatsoever the bargain may be. But as for thee thou art both ill bested by reason of thine ill health and moreover I am minded to think thou hast but little will to uphold thy friends. But now am I all bound to go hence to meet Sigurd for here without is my banner. King Inge stood up and called for his clothes and bet every man array himself who would follow him and said that it would not avail to let him for that he had backed water long enough but now must there needs be a filing down to the steel betwixt them. Chapter 28. The fall of King Sigurd. King Sigurd drank in the garth of Sigurd Cedar and made ready but was minded that there would be no onset. But Sithins they set upon the garth. King Inge down from the smith's booths. Arnie King's stepfather west from Sandbridge, Aslak, Erlinson from his own garth but Gregory from the street and it was deemed worst thence. Sigurd and his shot much from out the loft windows and break them up ovens and hove the stones upon them. Gregory and his broke open the garth gate and there in the gate fell Inar the son of Lacks Paul out of King Sigurd's folk and Hallward Gunnarsson who was shot in the loft and no man grieved for him. They hewed the house and King Sigurd's folk went from his hand and to peace. Then went Sigurd into a certain loft and would crave silence for him but he had a gold reddened shield and men knew him and would not harken him but shot at him so that it was as looking into the snow drift and so there he might not be. But when his folk had gone from his hand and men hewed the house as much then went he out and with him Thord Housewife is Courtman, a man out of Wick and with thither whereas was King Inge before them. And Sigurd called to Inge his brother that he should give him peace but they were a straight way hewn both of them. Thord Housewife much befamed there fell many men though few I name of Sigurd's folk and Inge's with all and four men of the band of Gregory. And they with all who were on neither side and were in the way of shot either down on the bridges or out aboard the ships. They fought 14 nights before the mass of John Baptist and that day was Friday. King Sigurd was buried at Christ Church the ancient out on the home King Inge gave to Gregory the ship which King Sigurd had owned. But two nights or three after King Einstein came with 30 ships from the east and had their Hacon his brother's son are faring with him and he fared not to Bjorg Vinn but tarried at Flora Bytes and men went between and would appease them. But Gregory would that they should put off and set upon them and said that it would be no better later and that he would be captain therein. But thou king fair not there is now no lack of folk. But many lettered this wherefore the onset came not all. King Einstein went east into the wick and King Inge north into Thrandheim and they were now at peace so to say yet they themselves met not. Chapter 29 of Gregory Dason. Gregory Dason went east a little later than King Einstein and stayed up in Ho Fund at Brentburg his stead. King Einstein was up at Oslo and let his ships be dragged more than two sea miles over ice for ice late much in the wick. He fared up into Ho Fund and was minded to lay hands on Gregory but he was where thereof and fared away with ninety men up into Thelmark and there north over the fell and came down in hard anger and fared thence to Studla in Edney where as Erling asked you had a stead. He was gone from home to Björgvin but Christ and his wife the daughter of King Sigurd was at home and offered to Gregory whatever he would have thence and there got Gregory good cheer. He had thence a long ship which Erling owned and all that he needed. Gregory thanked her well and said she had done after the fashion of a great lady as might be looked for but sithence they fared to Björgvin and found Erling and him thought she had done well. Chapter 30 peace between King's Inge and Einstein. Thereupon Gregory Dason went north to Cheeping and came there before Ewell. King Inge was most faint of him and bad him have of his whatsoever he would. King Einstein burned the stead of Gregory and hewed down his beasts but the ship sheds which King Einstein the older had let do north in Cheeping and which were the best of good things were burned in the winter together with good ships with all which King Inge owned and that deed was most ill befriended and the read thereof was Ken to King Einstein and Philip son of Gerd the foster brother of King Sigurd. The next summer fared King Inge from the north and became full many manned but King Einstein fared from the east and he also gathered folk to him. They met in Seal Isles north of Liveden Dissnes and King Inge was much the most manned. They were then on the very point of coming to blows but they made peace on the terms that Einstein should hand sell to pay five and 40 marks of gold and Inge should have thereof 30 marks whereas Einstein had had a hand in the ship burning as well as the shed burning but Philip should be outlawed and all they with all who had been at the burning when those ships were burnt those men should also be outlaws who were proven to have given wounds to King Sigurd for King Einstein charged King Inge King Inge with upholding those men but Gregory should have 15 marks for that which King Einstein had burnt up for him. King Einstein misliked this and deemed it a peace under stress. King Inge fared east into the wick from the moat and Einstein north into Thrandheim. Sithins was King Inge in the wick and King Einstein away in the north and they met not and those words only fared between them which were not for peace. Moreover each let slay the others friends and there was no pain of the fine from Einstein's hand and each witted the other that he held not to that which had been settled. King Inge he and Gregory weaned much people away from King Einstein barred stand tail the son of Bernie off to it and Simon sheath the son of Hall Cal hunch and many other landed men as Hall door the son of Bernie off and John son of Hall Cal chapter 31 of King Inge and Einstein but when two winters were worn from the death of King Sigurd the kings drew hosts together Inge from the east of the land and he got 80 ships and King Einstein from the north and he fetched five and forty ships then had he the great dragon with King Einstein son of Magnus had let due and an all fair host they had and a nickel King Inge lay with his ship south by most style but King Einstein a little farther to the north in greening sound King Einstein sent south to King Inge as like the young son of John and Arnie Stour the son of Seabair and they had one ship but when the men of Inge can them they laid to them and slew many of their men and seized the ship with all there was on it and all their baggage but as like an Arnie and some men with them got away upland and fared to find King Einstein and told him what welcome King Inge had given them so King Einstein held a husting and told his men what unpeace Inge and his would do them and bad his host to follow him for we haven't hosts or nickel and good that I will flee no wither away if he will follow me but there was no cheer at his speaking Hall Cal hunch was there but both his son Simon and John were with King Inge so Hall Cal answered so that a very many heard let thy gold chess follow thee now and let them ward thy land chapter 32 how King Einstein lost his life the night after they rode away in many ships stealthily some into fellowship with King Inge some to be on bin some into the firsts but in the morning when it was light there was the king left with but 10 ships then he left behind there the great dragon whereas it was heavy under oars and more of the ships with all and they hewed the dragon much and with all their ale of that's they hewed down and whatsoever they might not bring away with them they spoiled King Einstein went aboard the ship of Eindred the son of John Sue at Ned and they fared north and into Sagan and then spy overland ways east into Wick King Inge took the ships and fared by the seaway east into Wick but on the eastern shore of the fold there was King Einstein and had well night 1200s of men then saw they the ship host of King Inge and deemed they had not folk enough there too and so ran away into the wood they fled each one his own way so that the king was left with but one man King Inge and his were aware of the fairings of King Einstein and with all that he was but a few and they fared to seek him Simon sheath hit upon him as he went from out of a certain thicket against them Simon greeted him hail loaf word said he the king answered I want not but that thou demist thyself now my loaf word said he that is now as it may turn out said Simon the king prayed him to get him off saying it behooved him for it has long been well between us though now it be another way Simon said that at this time that would come to naught the king prayed he might be harken mass first and that was done there upon he lay a down groveling and stretched his arms out from him and prayed to hew him crossways between his shoulders and said that then it would be proven whether he would flow iron or not as they had said those fellows of King Inge Simon spake to him who should hew him and bat him fall to and quote that the king had crept about the ling there over long then was he hewn and was deemed to have done dietly his body was brought to force but his corpse was waked to the south of the church beneath the Brent King Einstein was laid in earth at force church and his lying place is in the middle of the floor and a rug is spread there over and men call him holy there where he was hewed and his blood came on the earth sprang up a well and another there under the Brent where his body was waked from either water many men deemed they have got healing it is the saying of the wick folk that many miracles befell at the tomb of King Einstein ere his unfriends cast on his tomb the broth of a sodden dog Simon sheath got the most unthank for this deed and that was the talk of all the commonality but some said that when King Einstein was taken Simon sent a man to meet King Inge and that the King bat Einstein not to come in his eyesight so has King Sverer let write it but Einar son of Scully says thus will the much evil Simon the sheath the want to murder the king's birer hereafter be saved despite of such deeds end of the story of Inge son of herald and his brethren part three chapter 22 through 32 section 72 of Himes Kringla by Snorri Stirlson translated by George Pope Morris and Ira Kerr Magnusson this Libri Vox recording is in the public domain the story of Heikon shoulder broad part one chapter one through 10 chapter one the beginnings of Heikon shoulder broad Heikon the son of King Sigurd was taken for head of the flock which had urged father of King Einstein and the flock men gave him the king's name then was he of 10 winters there were then with him these Sigurd the son of Hallward free holder of Reir and Andreas and Onan the sons of Simon and foster brothers of Heikon and many other chieftains and friends of King's Einstein and Sigurd they fared first up into Goutland King Inge cast his owning over all that which they had in Norway and made them outlaws King Inge fared north into Wick and dwelt there but whilst north in the land Gregory sat at King's Rock in the way of the peril and warded the land there chapter two of Gregory Day's son next summer Heikon and his came down from Goutland and came to King's Rock and had a right micro host and fair Gregory was as then in the town and called together a thronged thing of bonders and by men and craved eight of them he deemed the men gave little cheer to this and gave out that he trusted them ill so he fared away with two ships into the Wick and was all glad he was minded to go and meet King Inge for he had heard that King Inge fared with a micro host from the north around the Wick but when Gregory was gone but a short way towards the north he came upon Simon sheath and hall door the son of Bern yoth and Gurd the son of a Monday King Inge's foster brother Gregory was much fain of them and he turned back and all day together and had 11 ships but when they rode into King's Rock Heikon and his were holding a thing outside the town and saw their fairing then said Sigurd of Rare now is Gregory Fay since he fared into our hands with few folk Gregory laid to land right before the town and would abide King Inge for he was to be looked for yet he came not King Heikon got ready in the town and let Thorliot brush Skull be at the head of that host which was aboard the merchant ships that floated off the town he was a Viking and a robber but Heikon and Sigurd and the main host was in the town and drew up on the bridges all men there had gone under Heikon chapter three the flight of King Heikon Gregory and his wrote up along the river and let the ships drift down the stream upon Thorliot and his for a while they shot at each other until Thorliot sprang overboard and his fellows and some were slain but other some came a land then Gregory and his rode to the bridges and straightway Gregory let shoot up bridges from his ship under the feet of Heikon's men then fell the man who bore his banner whom he told off for going up then Gregory bat Hall the son of all done the son of Hall to take up the banner and he did so and carried the banner up onto the bridges but Gregory went up straightway after him and shoved forth a shield over his head but forthwith when Gregory came upon the bridges and Heikon's men knew him they fell back and gave way on either side but when more of the host came up from the ships Gregory and his men sought forward and Heikon's men at first drank her back and then ran away up into the town but Gregory and his men followed them up and drove them twice out of the town and slew many no fairing was more valiant than this by the speech of men which Gregory fared whereas Heikon had more than 40 hundreds of men and Gregory not full four hundreds then spake Gregory to Hall son of all done after the battle many men do I find lighter in onset than you Icelanders for you are more on want than we Norway men but no men do I find more weapon bold than ye be then a little later King Inge came in and let sleigh many men who had taken to Heikon some he let pay fines but for some he burned the steds but other some he drove out of the land and did to them much ill Heikon fled away up into Gauntland but the next winter he went over land north into Thrandheim and came there before Easter and the Thrand folk took him for King to his father's heritage one third of Norway to it against King Inge Inge and Gregory were in the wick and Gregory would fair north and set upon them but many let it and that went to it came to not chapter four the slang of Gerd and Howard Heikon fared from the north in the spring and had well nine thirty ships the wick folk out of Heikon's host fared before with eight ships and harried in both mirrors no man called to mind that there had ever been any harrying between the two cheapings John son of Hall Cal hunch gathered a bond or host and set upon them and took coal bind the wood and slew every man's child aboard his ship then he went in search of the others and came upon them with their seven ships and they fought but Hall Cal his father did not go to meet him as had been bespoken between them there fell a many of good bonders and he was wounded himself Heikon fared south to Björgen with his band and when they came to Steorin Delta they heard that King Inge had already come from the east a few nights before he and Gregory to Björgen so they durst not hold on did the word they sail past Björgen by the outer way and came upon some of King Inge's following on three ships which had been belated from the east there was Gerd the son of a Monday King Inge's foster brother he had for wife Girid the sister of Gregory another was Gerd the lawman son of Goonhild the third was Howard Butterbread Heikon let's slay Gerd the son of a Monday as well as Howard Butterbread but Gerd the lawman he had with him and fared east into the wick chapter five of councils but when King Inge heard that he went east after them and they met east in the Elf King Inge put into the river up along the northernmost branch and made spying before him about Heikon and his but King Inge laid to land out by Hising and there abode the spies but when they came back they went to the king and said they had seen King Heikon's host and all the array of thereof said that they were lying up by the stakes and had moored their sterns to the stakes they have two east fairing keels and have laid them out or most of all the ships on these keels are mast head castles and castles with all in the prowl of both but when the king heard that what a rail they had he let blow all his host to a husting but when the thing was called and set then sought the king read of his host and calls there too on Gregory Day son and early I ask you his brother-in-law and other landed men and captains of ships and tells them all the array of Heikon's men. Gregory answered first and made his will clear and said the meeting of Heikon and me has befallen sundry times and they have oftenest had the more host and yet had the lesser part in our dealings but now have we by far the greater host and it will now seem likely to those who lately have missed noble kinsmen from them that here will vengeance bear up well whereas they have long been drifting about before us this summer and we have often spoken that if they would but abide us as now it is said they have done then would we venture on a meeting with them now that have I to say of my mind that I will pitch the battle against them if that be not against the king's will for that I am yet minded to think as have been before that they will now have to give way if we set upon them keenly and I shall take upon me the onset there where other men deem it hardest at the word of Gregory was Michael cheer and all men gave out they were ready to give battle to Heikon and his then all the ships were rode up along the river until each side saw the other then King Inge and his sidled out of the river stream up under the island then the king had talked with all his captains and bad them arrayed for on set and charged early ask you therewith saying as was suit that there was not a wiser man nor king or in battle in that host though some might be more heady than he and the king turned his speech to yet more landed men and named some by name but so close to his speech that he bad each to set forth what he saw would avail and read and after that to be all at one chapter six the answer and counsel of earlying ask you earlying ask you answered the speech of the king bound am I okay not to be silent at thy speech and if thou wilt what what my counsel will be then shall I let thee hear it the plan which now has been set is straight contrary to my mind for I call this a sheer peril to fight with them as things now stand though we have and host nickel and fair if we shall give them the onfall and row against this river stream whereas there are three men in each half room there will be one to row and the second to shield him let them beyond one third of our host is left for doing the fighting it seems to me unfightful will they do in the battle who are at the oars and turn their backs toward our unfriends give me leisure for taking counsel but I promise in return that I shall find a read before three days be warned whereby easier we may bring about an onset on them and an earlying speech you as much found that he let it the onset but no less there were many who egged the onset and said that hay con and his would now run ashore once again as before and so we get nothing of them they said but now they have but a scanty company and we have all their read in our hand Gregory spoke but few words on the matter but made such taunt as seemed to say that Erling's chief reason went much here too in letting the onset that he would undo the read which Gregory has set forth rather than that he knew how to see more clearly through this matter than all others chapter seven of King Hay con's host then King Engie spake to Erling brother-in-law said he now will we follow out thy counsel as to how the onset shall be arrayed but since the captains will rather have it so we shall fall upon them even today then said Erling all cutters and light craft shall row out round the island and then up the eastern outlet and thus come down upon them and try to loose them from the stakes but then we shall row in upon them in the big ships and it is not known till it be tried whether they the captains shall make by as much a better onset than I as they be wilder for it this read was well liking to all a certain nest stretched out between the host of King Engie and Hay con and neither saw the others ships but when the host of the cutters came rowing down the river that saw Hay con and his folk but before they had been out talking for doing their read some guests that King Engie and his would fall on but many were minded to think that they would not brave it seeing that the onfall seemed to be much tarried but they trusted well in their or rail and their host in their flock there were many great men there was Sigurd of raer and the two sons of Simon there too was Nicholas the son of ski all the war and Eindred the son of John Suet med who was the most renowned and best befriended man in the folk lands of Phantan and many other landed men and captains of companies were there and when they saw that the men of Engie came rowing down along the river with many ships Hay con and his thought that Engie with his host was minded to flee and so huge the moorings of their vessels and fell to their oars and rode after them and would drive them the ships drove fast down before the stream and as they board down along the river past the mess which before was betwixt them they saw that the main host of Engie laid down by the island of hissing Engie's fellows saw where fared the ships of Hay con and deemed that they would fall on so there arose a great bustle and clatter of weapons and eggings on and there with all they broke out into the war whoop but there at Hay con and his turned their ships towards the northern shore where there was a certain sheltering creek and thus they get out of the stream there they arrayed them and bore stern moorings ashore and turned outwards the prowls of all their ships and lashed all the ships together and let the east bearing hawks lie out away from the other ships one up above the other nether and lashed them to the long ships but in the midst of the fleet lay the kingship and next to it secured ship and on the other board of the king's ship lay nicholas and next to him hindered the son of john all the smaller ships lay outwater they had loaded well night all their ships with stones and weapons chapter eight the speech of sigurd of rare sigurd of rare spoke and said it is now to be looked for at the meeting between us and king ingie which has been long promised this summit will now come to pass now we have been making ready for it much long and many of our fellows have blustered greatly that they would not flee nor falter before king ingie or gregory and it is now well to call such words to mind but we may with less assurance speak hereof whereas earth we have got somewhat too sore in our dealings for it is so even as everyone has heard that much oft we have been floundering before them nonetheless we are now bound to meet them at our manliest and to withstand them at our fastest for only that way out have we forgetting of the victory now although we have and host somewhat fewer than they yet may weird rule it which shall have the gain and that is the best hope in our case that god wanted that we have right on our side ingie has already hewn down his true brother and no man is so blind as not to see what father booting is minded for king hayekon to it to hew him down as his other kinsmen and that will be seen today from the beginning hayekon craved no more of norway than the ridding his father had had and that was gain said him but in my esteem hayekon hath a better title to inheritance after eyestein his father's brother than ingie or simon sheath or any others of the men who ref king eyestein of his life many a one would so look to it who would save his soul and had such like big ill deeds on his hands as has ingie that he would not bear before god to be called by a king's name and that i wonder that god foleth of him that over boldness and that will be god's will that we hurl him down fight we boldly then for god will give us the victory but if we fall god will reward us with manifold joy therefore if he lend power to evil men to overcome us let men fare steadily and fall to not if battle befall but each one heed himself and those of his company and god all of us good cheer was given to the speech of cigarette and all well behind to do their best king hayekon went aboard one of the east fairing hawks and there was set a shield burg about him but his banner was on the long ship where on he had been hitherto chapter nine of the men of king ingie now we have to tell of the men of king ingie how when they saw that those of hayekon arrayed them for battle and but the river was between them they sent a swift fairing craft out after their host which had rode away bidding them to turn back and the king with the rest of his host abode them and arrayed them for the onset spake the captains and told to the host their forecast firstly which of the ships should light nearest and then where each one should fall on Gregory said we have a great host and a goodly now it is my counsel that thou king be not in the onset for then is all heated when thou art heated and none water where a mist shot arrow may stray they have such arrayed that from out of the mast head castles will be cast stones and shot and that is but little less risk to them who be farther they have got no more folk than what is handy for us landed men to hold battle with all I shall lay my ship against that ship of theirs which is most and I wean still that it will be but a short trial to fight with them so oftest it has been at our meetings although another way have been the odds than now to as well liking to all what Gregory spake that the king should not himself be in the battle then spake early and ask you that read will I follow that thou king fair not into the battle so miscement of their array that we must needs pay good heed if we get not great man time of them and miscement it best to bind up all say as to the read which we had earlier in the day many speak against that which I read it and said that I had no will to fight but now it seems things have turned about much handier for us seeing that they are already away from the stakes and now things have so come about that not shall I let giving battle for I see that which all men want how great the need is to scatter this flock of evil doers which has spared about all the land with robbery and rifling for men thereafter might dwell in the land in peace and serve one only king and that such a good and right wise one as his king ingy who has already long enough had toil and trouble from the insolence and iniquity of his kinsmen and been the brass before all the all folk and laid himself into manifold risk and giving peace to the land many things early spake and deathly and yet more had been besides and it all came down to one place that they all egged the onset they abode the gathering of all their host king ingy then had the beach board and he yielded to the prayer of his friends that he did not go into the battle but lay behind by the island chapter 10 the beginning of the battle that when the host was ready they fall to the on rowing and both sad set up the war loop ingy's men lash not their ships together and fared on close sary for they had to row right a thwart the stream and it much swept the big ships early nasty set upon the ship of king hay con and shoved his proud in the twisted and secured ship and then befell the battle but the ship of gregory was swept to ground and healed over much so at first they got them not into the onset and when hay cons men saw this they laid to on them and fell on but gregory ship lay before them then laid there to ivar the son of hay con maw and the poops of both ships drifted together ivar hooked a grappnell round gregory where he was slenderist and hauled him towards him and gregory swerved out towards the board and the grappnell swept up along the flank of him and ivar was on the very point of hooking him overboard gregory was but little hurt whereas he had a plate burning ivar called to him and said that he was thick boarded gregory answered and said that ivar was so doing with him that needful was that with not to spare then things had come to such a past that gregory and his were at point to go overboard till as like the young got an anchor aboard their ship and drew them off the ground then gregory sat on ivar's ship and they had to do together along while and gregory ship was the bigger and more man fell much folk on ivar's ship but some leaped overboard ivar was much hurt so that he was not fight worthy but when his ship was ridded gregory let fled him a land and got him off and ever after they were friends end of the story of hay con shoulder broad part one chapter one through ten section 73 of heim's cringla by snorrie stirrelson translated by george pope morris and ira ker magneus and this libra vox recording is in the public domain the story of hay con shoulder broad part two chapter 11 through 21 chapter 11 the flight of king hay con but when king engie and his fellows saw that gregory was a ground the king cried on his men to row there too he said it was the unwisest reed that we should lie behind here and our friends fair to battle we have that ship which is the most and best man of the whole host and now i see that gregory needed folk that man whom i have best to reward so lay we into battle at our hardest and that is rightest that i be in the battle for i will have the victory for mine own if it is to be gained but even if i knew beforehand that our men would have the foil yet would it be the one thing due for us to be there whereas the other men of ours should be for i may have no more furtherance if i miss those men who are my breast and are the briskest and long have been the four men for me and my realm then bad he set up the banners and they did so and rode over the river then was the battle at its wildest and the king got no room for it laying on so thronged lay the ships before him then lay they under the east fairing hulk and there were born down on them spears and pal staves and stones so great that nought might hold out against them and they could not abide there but when the hosts saw it that the king was come there they ridded a place for him and then he laid aboard the ship of eindred johnson then the men of hay conne left the small ships and went up on to the hulks but some went a land earling ask you and his men had a hard onset he was in the four room and called on his four castle men and bad them go up on to the king's ship they answered that was not an easy matter for there were iron bound timbers before them then earling went forth into the prowl and tarried there but a little while or ever they boarded the king's ship and ridded that ship then took all the hosts to flee and after that many of them leaped into the deep and much folk fled away with all but all the throng got them a land even as says einar the son of scully in the deep fell men a many from the gory bows of sea steeds enough meat got the trolls steed before the stream draved corpses elf bitter cold was reddened with the hot flood of wounding warm ale of wolf with water fell into the belt of corped isle a many ships prowl bloody in the swift mouth of river drave empty there the war host was swaying of the elm bow against dank helms flew the red steel air fled the host of captains aground from sea deer scant grew the haikans host in shield war einar wrought on gregory the son of day a flock which is called the elf staves king engie gave peace to nicholas the son of schiavore when his ship was ridded and then he went unto king engie and was with him sithence whilst he lived eindred the son of john when his ship was cleared leaped over into king engie's ship and craved life and limb the king was of will to give him life but the son of howard butterbread ran to him and hewed him his bane blow and that work was much blamed but he said that eindred had reeded the slaying of his father howard eindred was much bewailed yet most of all within the lands of thrandheim there fell a many of haikans host but no more captains few men fell out of the host of king engie but many were wounded haikans fled up inland but engie fared north into the wick with his host and was in the wick the winter over and gregory withal the wind from this fight came to be org then those men of king engie burgliat and his brethren the sons of ivar of elda they slew nicholas beard a rent master that had been and thereupon went home north to thrandheim king haikon came north before yule but sigurd was wiles at home at rare gregory had taken pledge of king engie for him that he should have all his possessions for they were close again sigurd and gregory king haikon was in cheaping through the yule and one evening early in the yule tide his men got to blows in the court hall and eight men came by their death and many were wounded but after the eighth day of yule they're fared into elda these fellows of haikon alth the ruffian the son of otar rightling and well now eighty men and they came there unawares in early night when the others were drunk and set fire to the house and they went out and fought for life but their fell burgliat ivar's son and augment his brother and a very many of men well nine thirty had there been there within that winter there died in cheaping north andreus the son of simon the foster brother of king haikon and was sore bewailed earling askew and the men of king engie they who were in björgvin gave out that they would fared north now or then that winter to take haikon but it came to naught gregory sent such words from the east from king's rock as that if he sat as nigh as was earling in his he would not sit quiet in björgvin if haikon were letting slay the friends of king engie in thrandheim and their fellows in law chapter 12 fight on the bridges king engie and gregory fared in spring from the east unto björgvin but as soon as haikon and sigurd heard that king engie was fared from the wick they went east by the overland ways into the wick now when as king engie and his came to björgvin there arose dissension between haldor bernie alson and björn nickle listen a house carl of björn when they met down on the bridges asked why the other was so pale but he said he had been let blood i would not by bloodletting be so bleak of face as thou art but me thinks quote the other that thou wouldst be likely to take it much worse and more cowardly now the beginning was no more than so then waxed word on word until they strove and thereupon fell to fighting then it was told to haldor bernie alson that his house carl had been wounded on the bridges but haldor was drinking thereby in the garth and went thither but earth were come the house carls of björn and haldor deemed they had parted in an uneven manner so they shoved the house carls of björn and knocked them about then was it told to björn buck that the wick whites were beating his house carls down on the bridges then björn and his took their weapons and went thither and would avenge their men then was wounding betwixt them then was told gregory that haldor is ginsmen in law needed help and that his house carls were being hewed down out in the open street then gregory and his ran to their bernies and fared thereto that heard earling ask you that björn is sister's son was fighting with haldor and gregory on the bridges of town and that he needed help so he went thither much man and bad men lent him help saying it were a shame to men if one wick man is to walk over us here in our kin hay for that would be brought up against us forever and ever there fell 14 men and nine had their bane straightway but five died from wounds sythens but many men were hurt then the word came to king ingy that they were fighting uptown on the bridges gregory and earling so he went thither and would part them but might bring nothing about so mad as were both sides then gregory called out to king ingy and bet him keep aloof saying he might bring nothing about as matters then stood and said that were the greatest gave that anything should befall him whereas none may walk where he may be who would not spare himself that mishap if he but deemed it might be chance him then the king fared away now when the most turmoil dried up gregory and his went up to nicolas church and earling and his after them and then they called out on each other then came again king ingy and appeased them and then both sides would that he alone should do the award between them then heard they that hay con was in the wick and king ingy and gregory went east and had very many ships but when they came east hay con and his fled away and there was no battle so king ingy went up to oslo but gregory was at kings rock chapter 13 the slaying of moon on gregory heard a little later of the whereabouts of king hay con and his that they were in there where is height sour buyers which lieth up against the wildwood he feared thither and came on nighttime and thought that hay con and segred would be at the bigger of the two steds and there they set fire to the houses but hay con and his were at the lesser stead and came over when they saw the fire and would lend help to the others there fell moon on the son of ali the unscond and brother to king segred the father of hay con gregory and his slew him when he would to come to the aid of those who were burnt within but they went out and a many of men were slain there aspeorn mayor got away from the sted he was the greatest viking and was wounded a certain bonder met him and aspeorn prayed the bonder to let him off and said he would pay him money therefore the bonder said he would do that which was more to his mind said he had often gone in fear of him so he hewed him his bane blow hay con and segred got away but much of their folk was slain thereafter gregory went east to kings rock a little later hay con and segred went to the manner of hall door son of bernie off of that land and set fire to the houses and burnt them hall door went out of doors and was hewn forthwith and his house calls with him and there were slain nine 20 men in all segred his wife was the sister of gregory and here they let go away to the wood in night sark alone there they took amundi the son of gird amundison and of dirid the daughter of day he was a sister son of gregory and they brought him away with them he was then of five winters chapter 14 the fall of gregory gregory heard these tidings and deemed them great and he sought carefully into their whereabouts he went out of kings rock in the latter part of the yule tide with much folk and they came to force on the thirteenth day of yule he stayed there for the night and went to matins there on the last day of yule and the gospel was read to him thereafter this was on a bath day and when gregory and his saw the host of hay con they deemed hay con's folk much less than their own a certain river there was between them where they met and which height bethia the ice was ill on the river whereas the flood tide went up from without under the ice hay con and his had cut wakes on the river and had shoveled snow there on so nothing might be seen there of when gregory came to the river he said that him seemed that the ice was ill to cross and said that it were reed too fair to a bridge which was a little higher up across the river the bonder host answered and said that they wanted not what was the matter that he should not dare to seek to them across the ice no more of folk being against them they would have it that the ice was good enough and said they deemed he was luck forsaken gregory answers and says that seldom had there been need of taunting him much for a lack of heart and said that should not be needed even now and he bad them follow him well and not stand on land if he go out upon the ice and said it was their reed to cross an evil ice and that therefore he was uneager but i will not sit under your taunt said he and bad bear forth his banner so he went out on to the ice with his folk but straight way when as the bonder company found the ice was bad then turned back the host of them gregory sank through the ice yet not much so we bad as men be wary but no more went after him than about 20 men but the rest of the folk turned back a man in hay cons flock shot an arrow to him and smote him under the throat of him there fell gregory and ten men with him and there now is the close of his lifetime it is all folks say that he was the most chieftain of the landed men of norway in the memory of the men who then were alive and best he was to us icelanders since king eystein the older died the body of gregory was flitted up into hoe fund and was buried at gymsie at the nun's seat there then was bow guide the sister of gregory habis there chapter 15 the king ingy hears of the fall of gregory two king stewards fared with the tidings to tell king ingy there of up at oslo and when they came they craved speech of the king he asked what tidings they told the fall of gregory day's son said they how came about such ill haps said the king they told him the king answered then they ruled there who knew the worse so it is said that he took this so ill that he wept like a child but when that passed off he said this i will to fare find gregory straightway when i heard of the slaying of hall door for i deemed i knew well enough that gregory would not sit so long that he would not turn to avenging him but this folk went on as if nothing was so needful as this yule drinking and that might in no wise be given up now i know for sure that if i had been there things would have gone forward more readfully or we too else i and gregory would both have bared to one guesting but there is gone that man who has been the best to me and as most deeply held the land in my hands and hitherto it has been my thought that short while would be between us now i shall undertake alone to go meet hay con and his and then it shall be either that i shall have my bane or else i shall stride over hay con but none the more avenged is such a man as was gregory though they all come for him a man answered and said that he would need to search but little for them and said they were minded the other word to find him christin was there in oslo the daughter of king segerd and brother's daughter of king ingy the king heard that she was minded to fare away from the town and sent word to her and asked why she would away from the town but she said she thought it was so full of uproar and that it was no abiding place for women the king prayed she should not fare away for if we gain the day as i am minded thou wilt then be well holding here but if i fall my friends will not get to die my body yet shout thou beseech that it be granted thee to lay out the dead and so may as thou best reward me that i have been well with thee chapter 16 of king ingy in the evening of blaze mass news came to king ingy that hay con was to be looked for at the town then king ingy let blow the host up out of the town and let array it and the tally thereof was well nigh 40 hundreds of men the king let the rank belong and not more than five deep then spake men to king ingy that he should not be in the fight for on him they said there lay so much so let worm thy brother be lord over the host the king answers this i am minded to think that if greg we were alive here now and i were fallen and mine avenging were toward that he would not be lying in hiding places but would be in the battle himself now there i be in a worse plight than was he for my infirmity's sake yet i shall not be worse willed towards him and it is not to be looked for that i be not in the battle so men say that goon hill whom simon had had to wife the foster mother of hay con let sit out for victory to hay con but it showed out that they should fight with king ingy by night and never by day and said that that would do but thordis skedja is named the woman of whom is said that she sat out but the soothe thereof i what not simon she had gone into the town and laid him down to sleep and he awoke with the war whoop but as the night war news came to king ingy and he was told that hay con and his were coming from without on to the ice but ice lay all the way from the town out to head isle chapter 17 the talk of king ingy then went king ingy with his host out on to the ice and set his array before the town simon sheath was in the arm which looked towards thralls burg but in that arm which was in pass nun's seat was goudrat king of the south aisles the son of olof butterbread and john the son of spine the son of burg thord buck but when hay con and his came upon the array of king ingy either side whooped the war whoop goudrat and john back into hay con and his men to let them know where they stood before them and they're with hay cons men turned thither but goudrat and his fled straight way and that host might have been well knife 1500s of men but john and a great company with him ran into the host of hay con and fought on their side this was told to king ingy and he answered thus right apart have my friends been never had gregory so fared while he lived then spake men and bade the king that they should speedily shove a horse under him and that he should ride out of the battle and up into realm realm for their wealth i'll get plenty as help even today i have no mind there too said the king oft i hear you say and sooth i deem it that little served to undo my brother i stein after he turned to flight and yet he was a man well endowed in everything that makes fairer king now can i see of my infirmity how little may undo me if i take up this council whereas he got so sorely entangled albeit so far as sundar were his conditions from mine both as to health and all might i was then in my second winter when i was taken for king over norway and now i am well five and twenty me seems i have had more troubles and cares in my kingdom than pleasure and joy i've had many battles whilst with more folk whilst with less and that has been my greatest good luck that i have never turned to flight let god rule my life how long it is to be but i shall never be take me to flight chapter eighteen the fall of king ingy but when john and his fellows had riven that arm of king ingy's array then fled they and many with all who had stood niest there too and then the array sundered and were confounded but hay con and his set on fast and by then it was come towards dawn then was it sought to the banner of king ingy and in that brunt fell king ingy but worm his brother upheld the fight now many folk fled up into the town worm fared twice into the town after the fall of the king and egged on the folk and either time he went back out on the ice and upheld the fight then hay con and his sought to that arm of the array whereof was simon sheath captain and in that brunt there fell out of ingy's host good brand the son of shave hue kinsman and lot to the king but simon sheath and hallward hitch went at each other and fought with their companies and drove out beyond thrawsburg and in that brunt they fell both of them simon and hallward worm the king's brother got good word there but at last he fled the winter before worm had betrothed to him ragna the daughter of nicholas mu whom king eyestone heraldson had had and he was to go to his bridal the next sunday blaze mass was then on a friday worm fled east into sweden to magnus his brother who was then king there but their brother ragna vault was oral there these were the sons of ingrid and henry the halt who was a son of the dane king's fine the son of swine christin the king's daughter died the body of king ingy and he was laid in the stone wall in hallward's church out away from the choir on the south side by that time he had been king for five and twenty winters in this battle many folk fell on either side yet by much the most out of the host of ingy out of that host fell arnie the son of friveric but heikon's men seized the goods of the bridal and a mighty lot of other plunder chapter 19 of king heikon and christin the king's daughter king heikon laid all the land under him and put his men into all offices and over the cheaping steds king heikon and his men had their meetings in hallward's church when they were reading the land reads christin the king's daughter gave gifts to the priests who guarded the keys to hide one of her men in the church that he might hear the talk of heikon and his men but when she was aware of their councils she sent word to her husband earling ascii and be organ that he should never trust them chapter 20 a miracle of king olofs among the bearings this tidings fell at stickles dead in norway as is a forewrit that king olofs cast from him the sword a night tear when as he got his wound but a certain man swedish of kin had broken his sword and he took up the sword a night tear and fought therewith this man got away out of the battle and fared with other fleers and came forth into sweden and home to his house he had that sword all his life long and his son after him and each of those kinsmen took it one after another and ever that followed the owning of the sword that each told the other the name of the sword and with all whence it was come but that was michael later in the days of car reallax the michael garth kaiser that there were in the garth great companies of bearings that befell with all one summer when the kaiser was out on certain warfare that they lay in war boots the bearings kept guard and waked over the king and they lay on the fields without the camp they shared the night between them for waking and they who had watched before lay down and slept and all of them were fully weaponed it was a want of theirs whenever they laid down to sleep that each had the helm on his head and his shield over him and his sword under his head he should lay his right hand on the grip a certain one of those fellows to whom was allotted the ward of the last part of the night when he woke at dawn there was his sword away from him but when he sought he saw the sword where it lay on the field far aloof he stood up and took the sword thinking that his fellows who had waked would have done it to mock him to beguile the sword away from him but they all denied it this same thing befell for three nights then he wondered greatly he and those others who saw and heard this and then would be searching as to what might be at the bottom of this then told he that the sword was called tonight here and that Olaf the holy himself had owned it and borne it in the battle of stickles dead and he told them also how it had fared with the sword sithons there upon these things were told to king korea lax and he let call the man to him who fared with the sword and gave him gold three prices of the sword and the king let bear the sword to Olaf's church which is upheld by the veerings and sithons it was there over the altar eindred the young was in michael garth when these things happened and he told this tale in norway even as inar the son of skelly witnesses in that droppa which he made on king Olaf the holy for there is some this hap chapter 21 another miracle of king Olaf this hap was in greek land while korea lax was king there that the king fared on warfare into the black men's land and when he came upon the fields of pizena there came against him a heathen king with an overwhelming host they had brought horse host and much big wanes with battlements on the top when they died night dwelling they set up the wanes one beside the other outside their camp but outside of them they dug a huge ditch and all that work was as great as a burg might be the heathen king was blind but when the king of the greeks came the heathen set their array on the fields outside the wane burg and the greeks set their array there against and then each rode against the other and fought fared it then ill and unhappily in that the greeks fled and had gotten mikkel man time but the heathen won the victory then the king manned an array of francs and flemmings who then rode out against the heathen and it fared with them after the fashion of the former and that many were slain all fled who got away then was the king of the greeks much wrought with his warriors and they answered him and bet him then take to the veerings his wine skins the king says thus that he would not waste his best having so as to lead a few men howsoever valiant against so mikkel and host then thoria barnacle who was then captain of the veerings answered thus the words of the king even though there were before us a flaming fire i and my folk would forthwith run against it if i knew that thereby would be bought peace to the king for the time to come but the king answered behide ye to your holy king olof for your avail and victory the veerings had of men four hundreds and a half then they took oath under hansel and behide to rear a church in mikkelgoth at their own costs with the aid of good men and to let hallow that church to the honor and glory of the holy king olof syphons ran the veerings forth into the field and when that saw the heathen they told their king that once more fared a band out of the greek king's host upon them and this said they is but a handful of men then said the king who is that noble looking man who righted there on a white steed before their band not do we see him said they no less were the odds there than that sixty heathen were against one christian man yet none the less the veerings held into the battle all boldly but so soon as they came together the host of the heathen was smitten with dread so that they took to flight forthwith and the veerings draved them and speedily slew a mikkel many but when the greeks and the francs who had urged fled the heathen saw this then they sought there too and draved the flight with them by then the veerings had got into the waneburg and there was the most manfall and when the heathen fled the heathen king was taken and the veerings had him with them and thus the christians took the camp of the heathen and the waneburg end of the story of haycon shoulder broad part two chapter 11 through 21