 Section 42 of Hyman's Kringle by Snorri Sterlson, translated by George Pope Morris, and I recur Magnusson. This liver box recording is in the public domain. The story of Olaf the Holy Part 13, chapter 181 through 195, chapter 181 of King Knut. Now had King Knut laid under him all the land of Norway, then had he a crowded thing, both of his own host, and of the folk of the land, and King Knut made it known that his will was to give Rohekan his kinsmen, all the land to rule over which he had won in that journey. That went therewith that King Knut led to the high seat beside him, horde Knut his son, and gave him the name of King, and with it all the realm of Denmark. King Knut took hostages of all landed men, and mighty bonders. He took their sons or brothers, or other near kinsmen, or such other men as were dearest to them, and he deemed most meat. The King bound to him the faith of men in this wise as is now said. With with when Rohekan had taken to him the rule of Norway Einar Thambar Skelfer, his kinsmen in law, joined fellowship with him, and took over all those grants which a four-time he had had when the Urals ruled the land. King Knut gave to Einar great gifts, and knit him to himself in dear liking, and behold him that he should be the greatest and noblest of all men untitled in Norway, while his sway stood in the land, and this he let follow that he deemed Einar best fitted to bear a name of dignity in Norway, or his son else in Dryde for the sake of his kin, if there should be no Earl to choose. He behests Einar, accounted Mikkel, and promised his faith in return, then hove up anew the lordship of Einar. Chapter 182 of Thororin Praise-Tung There was a man called Thororin Praise-Tung. He was an Icelander of kin, a great scald, and had spent long time in fellowship with kings or other lords. He was with King Knut the rich, and had wrought on him a flock, but when the king knew that Thororin had done a flock on him, he grew wroth there at, and that him bring him a dropper the next day, when he should be sitting at table. But if he did not do this, then, says the king, should Thororin hang aloft for his boldness, for as he had done but a droppling on King Knut. So Thororin wrought a refrain, and put it into the song, and he ate it out with a few staves. This is the refrain. Knut wards the land, as warded the ward of Greece, heaven's kingdom. King Knut rewarded the song with fifty marks of silver. That dropper is called the head ransom. Thororin wrought another dropper on King Knut, which is called Tog Dropper, wherein the tale is told of these journeys of King Knut, when he fared from Denmark north to Norway, and this is one group of staves betwixt to refrains. Knut's, neath the sun's, the high manored, with host Michael Fast Barrett, my friend of the thither, betched out of Lemberg, the king, right nimble, and all on little fleet of the Otterholm. The much stronger fight the Ogdeer folk feared, the faring of fierce craver of heaps of the fight swan, the king's ship all over with gold was bedided, of such thing was to me sight richer than saw, and forth off the steep heart over sea glided the cold black timbers of the beast of Tholpin, all icon sound down in the south was all full furnished with the surf boar's sea skates. On the house fast, peacemints with glided past the ancient howl of Hødjordnugly, shaft bitter's fairing was no wise puny, where the stem cliff stud pastod was driven. The wind strong surfed dear, bore there long some boards of hull belly on beyond stem, the cold home's falcons from the south so glided that the host's higher mighty north into Nid came, gave then the nimble lord of the jute way unto his knee Norway all over to his son he gave, so say I, Denmark of the swan dale's dim hall. Here it is said that to him who sang this that sight was richer than saw concerning the journey of King Knut for the rawin praise of this that he was himself in the fairing with King Knut when he came into Norway. Chapter 183 of the messengers of King Olaf, the men whom King Olaf had sent east into the gout land for his ships took away those of them which they deemed the best, but the rest they burnt, but took with them the rigging and the other goods with all which the king owned and his men. They sailed from the east when they heard that King Knut had gone north into Norway and from the east they sailed through air sound and so north to the wick to meet King Olaf and brought him his ships when he was then in Tansberg. So when King Olaf heard that King Knut held with his host north along the land, King Olaf hold with his host into Oslo forth and up into the water called Draven and held him about there until King Knut was gone south again. But in the journey which King Knut made north along the land he had a thing in every folkland and in everything the land was sworn him by oaths and hostages were given him. He went east across the fold unto Berg and there he had a thing and the land was sworn to him there as elsewhere. After that King Knut went south to Denmark and had made Norway his own without battle. He ruled then over three realms so says Hallward, Herrick Blessie when he sang about King Knut, Redner, a bark, a boon, ship, Ingeby, fight, bow, soul, ruler or England and or Denmark the straighter peace than Waxeth the fray of the din of troll wife of points thrust to beneath him Norway the lavish of the warden allays the falcons hunger. After 184 of King Olaf and his fairing King Olaf steered his ships out for Dunsberg forthwith when he heard that King Knut was gone south to Denmark. Then he arrayed his fairing with what company would follow him and he had then 13 ships then he held on down the wick and got but little of wealth and even so of men outtaken that their fathered him they who dwelt in islands or on outermost nests. The king then never went up into the land but got of wealth or men only what was in his way and he found this that the land had been beguiled from under him. He went on as wind would blow and this was in early winter. Their journey sped rather slow and they lay in seal aisles for a long while and there had tidings of Chapman from the north of the land and the king was told then that Erling Skiogson had a great host gathered together on Jadar. His long ship lay off the land and a crowd of other ships owned by bonders and they were cutters and net boats and big rowing boats. Then the king held on with his company from the east and lay for a while in hikened sound and then each had news of the other and then Erling thronged up to his utmost. Chapter 185 of the Sailing of King Ola on Thomas Mass before you in the very first dawn the king put out of the haven there being a right good fair wind somewhat sharp so then they sailed north coasting Jadar the weather was wet and some fog driving about news went about a land in Jadar so soon as the king came sailing in the offing and when Erling was aware that the king came sailing from the east then let he blow all his host for the ships and all the people drifted on board the ships and the battle was arrayed but the ships of the king were born on swiftly north past Jadar and then he turned inward being minded so to shape his journey as to fair into the firsts and there to get for him both men and money. Erling Skiawkson sailed after him and had a host of men and a multitude of ships their ships glided on swiftly since they had on board not but men and weapons and Erling's long ship went faster by much than the other ships then he let reef the sail and waited for his host then King Ola saw that Erling and his men pursued emigrally but the ships of the king were very waterlogged and soaked whereas they had been afloat on the sea all through the summer and the autumn and the winter to boot. He saw that the odds would be great if they met all the host of Erling at once then he let call from ship to ship that men should lower the sails and somewhat slowly and take one reef out of them and so it was done Erling and his men found this then called out Erling and urged his host and led them to sail faster. Ye see says he that now their sails lower and they draw away from us so then he let fly the sail from the reefs on his long ship and speedily it drew away from the other ships. Chapter 186 the fall of Erling Skiawkson King Olaf steered inside Bakken and then hidden from each was the side of the other Sithins the king bad strike sail and row forth into a straight sound which was there and there they laid the ships together and on their outer side there jutted out a rocky nest. Men were then all clad for war then Erling sailed into the sound and they were unaware of an armed host lying before them till they saw the king's men row all their ships at once against them. Erling and his struck sail and gripped their weapons but the king's host beset the ship from every side there befell a battle and was of the sharpest then speedily turned the fall of men to the side of Erling. Erling stood in the poop of his ship he had a helm on his head and a shield before him and was soared in hand. Sigbat the Skull had been left behind in the wick and there he learned these tidings now Sigbat was the greatest friend of Erling and had taken gifts of him and been with him and he wrought a flock on the fall of Erling and therein is this stave. Erling Ian he who reddened the bleak foot of the eagle doubtless is that did run out the oak against the king there his longship lay then sithence all close aboard the king's ship amidst the mickle war host fought there with sword brisk warriors then the company of Erling began to fall and as soon as they were overborn and there was boarding of the long ship then every man fell in his place the king himself went forth hard so says Sigbat the strong king Hugh the warriors Roth strode he or the long ships on the decks the slain lay thronged off tongues was heavy onset the broad board acre reddened the king there north of Jadar warm blood the wide sea into came there the fame king battled so throughly fell the folk of Erling that no man stood up on the long ship save he alone it was both that men crave little peace nor got ought when they crave and there was no turning to flight for ships lay on every side around the long ship and it is told for truth that no man sought to flee away even so says Sigbat all the ships crew of Erling by bachon's coast was fallen for there the youthful shielding north of tongues cleared the long ship the swift and the guile loathing sceogs and stood up alone there and far away from all friends in the poop of the voided warship then was onset made at Erling both from the foreroom and from the other ships in the poop there was a great room and it towered much high above the other ships and not might be got on him save shot and somewhat of spear thrust and all that he hewed away from him Erling fought so nobly that no man knew example of any one man standing so long before the onset of so many but never sought he to get away or to crave peace so says Sigbat the stout heart sceogs the vendor no peace for him was naming though from the king's men lack not showers of the axes scaries spear water no more bold heart comes ever on the guardian cask of the winds wide bottom washed by the sea deep ever king Olaf then made after for the foreroom and saw what Erling was at then the king cast the word at him and said forward thou facest us today Erling he answered faceward shall eagles claw each other of these words Sigbat telleth glad Erling who along while while the land heeded neither was lame in landlord that he earns claw each other faceward when as he fell to all off with true words in brunt yonder at out stone there already with fight reed was he furnished then said the king without gang under my hand early that I will says he therewith he took the helm off his head and laid down his sword and shield and went forth into the foreroom the king thrusted him with the horn of his accent into his cheek and said we shall mark the lords trader then leap there to as like pate oh fit yer and hewed with an axe into the head of Erling so that it stood deep in the brain and that was forth with a bane sore then said king Olaf of all men wretchedest of thy hewing so has thou hewn norway from out my hand as like answered that is ill then king if there be hurt to thee in the stroke me thought I hewed norway into thy hand but if I have done harm to thee oh king and I've done a thankless work for the then am I foredone whereas I shall have so many men's unthank and enmity for this work that I should the rather stand in need of thine avail and friendship the king said it should be so then the king bet every man go on board his ship and array for the journey at his speediest we shall not he said plunder the slain here let either have what they have gotten so men went back on board the ships and arrayed them at their speediest but when they were bound then the ships with the bonder host hold from the south into the sound and then it befell as oft is tried that though a great host be gathered when men get heavy blows and lose their captains and be then chieftain list they are not for bold deeds the sons of Erling were not there and the onset of the bonders came to naught and the king sailed north on his way but the bonders took the body of Erling and laid it out and brought it home to Soli and all the slain with all that had fallen there Erling was sore bewailed and that has been the saying of men that Erling Skiogson was the mightiest and the noblest man in Norway among those who bore no higher title of dignity Sigvat the Skald sang this moreover Erling fell no better man's son his death abided but that all rich one soothly with might and main he wrought it I watched all swiftly no man other than he who could it to hold his own more fully lifelong to his life losing then saith he that Oslak had brought about a kinslay and a deed much unmeet slain is the word of the horde's land Oslak has eked kindil but few there be the seamoth would wake and stour in such wise now not may he gain say it kinslay sure born kinsman from anger should refrain them and heed the saws of old time chapter 187 war rush of the agdeer folk the sons of Erling were some north in frantan with earl hay con some north in horde land some up in the first and were gathering folk there but when the fall of Erling was heard there followed the tale thereof abiding out from the east about agdeer and rogue land and horde land and host was bidden out and the greatest multitude that was and all that host went with the sons of Erling north after King Olak now when as King Olak bared from the battle with Erling he sailed north through the sounds and by then was the day for a spent so say men that he wrought this lay then but little the white good man will enjoy tonight agdeer the clash of gun we won us flesh gotten each the raven all evilly hath the robbing of me for him betided Roth strode I or the ships there to is the land that makes men's murder thereafter the king bared north along the land with his host and heard all the truth told about the gathering of the bonders at that time there were with King Olak many landed men there were all the sons of Arnie this is set forth by the Arnie go browse called in the song which he wrought on cowl son of Arnie against very Balkan word thou cowl when the Arab heralds sword fold bad men to battle thy valor known to men is ye get for the steed of troll wife good store for you then word thou can first man at the meeting of the Flintstones and the war spears ill share from the strife the folk got for a prey was early gotten in blood the black boards well turned all to the north of out stone the king now cleared his proven be raided of his land was neath agdeer folk were the lands late heard I that their host was greater king Olaf bared on till he came north beyond stod and hold into her aisles where he learned the tidings that Earl Hacon had a great host out in Thrandon then the king to counsel with his company and calf arneson egged on much that they should make for Thrandon and their fight with heral Hacon the nickel odds notwithstanding this read many backed up while other some leaded it so the matter was left to be settled by the king chapter one hundred and eighty eight the slaying of us like pot they oh fit your syphons king olock held into stone bite and lay there overnight but us like pot they oh pot you took his ship into foregun and carried there through the night big like the son of arney was there before him and in the morning when us like was about going aboard his ship big like set upon him being minded to avenge hurling and their us like fell then came men to the king his courtmen to whip from the north from freckles sound of them who had sat at home through the summer and they told the king the tidings that Earl Hacon and many landed men with him had come in the evening to freckles sound without much foam and they are minded to take the life of the king and of that folk if they have might there too now the king sends his men up on to the fell which there is and when they came up on to the fell then saw they bear out to the north and they saw that from the north their great host and many ships then they come down again and tell the king that the host was coming from the north the king was lying here before them with 12 ships and now he let blow up and ship the tilts and they took to their oars and when they were all arrayed and were putting out of the harbor then the host of the bonders fared from them north past the otondi and had five and 20 ships then the king steered on the inside of near fee and up past town pan but when king all out came off borgon then came to meet him the ship which as like her own and when they saw king all off they told him their tidings that big like son of arney had taken the life of as like pate o fit here for that he had slain earling skilgson the king took these tidings sorely to heart yet he might not tarry his journey for this on peace so he fared on in through way sound and through scott then sundered his company from him their fared from him cal arneson and many other landed men and ship masters and made their way to the earl but king all off held on his journey and let it not till he came to toad our furth and laid to at wall dale and there went from his ships and there he had but five ships and he drew them ashore and left the sails and frowns to be kept there sythons he pitched his land tent on the air called sult where there be fair meets and he raised across there beside on the air now there dwelt a good man hike brucey and he was the head man there in the valley after a while brucey and many other bonders came down to see king all off and welcomed him well as was meet and he made himself live to their welcome then the king asked if there were any pass up from the dale into less here brucey told him that there was a scree which was called scurfs scree but that is possible neither for man nor horse king all off answered him that must we now try good man by god's will it shall do so come here now tomorrow with your your beast and yourselves and let us see what the growth thereof may be when we come to the scree whether we may see any device for overcoming it with our horses and men chapter 189 of a road across the scree so when day came the bonders went down with their yoke beast as the king had bad then then they flipped by the yoke beast their goods and garments but all the folk went afoot even the king himself he walked along until he came to the place called cross brent and rested when he came on to the brent and sat there a while and looked down upon the firth and spake a hard journey have they gotten me in hand those might landed men who have shifted their faith but who for a while were my friends and full trusted there are now standing two crosses on the brent where the king sat then the king got a horseback and rode up along the dale and let it not till they came to the scree then the king asked brucey if there were any mountain bodies wherein they might dwell he said there were and the king pitched his land tent and was there the night through but in the morning the king let them go to the scree and try if they might get wings across it then they fared there too and the king sat at home in his land tent and in the evening the king's men and the bonders came home and said they had had great toil and got nothing done and said that never would a road be laid there over so here they tarried another night and all night was the king at his prayers and forthwith when the king found that day was dawning he bad men go to the scree and try again if they could get wings there over they went but all unwilling they said that they should not get ought done but when they were gone away then came to the king the man who had to look to the vitals and he said there was no more little than two carcasses of oxen but thou hast four hundred of thine own band and there be and hundred bonders besides then said the king that he should put up all the kettles and that come into each kettle somewhat of flesh meat and so it was done but the king went there too and made the sign of the cross there over and bad served the meat but the king fared to scurfs scree where through they were to break the road and when the king came there all sat and were mithered with hard toil then said brucey i said the king and thou what's not true me that we might get not done with the scree then the king laid down his cloak and said that they should all fall to and try again and so was it done and then 20 men would fit with her so ever they pleased stones which in hundred men before could know wise get stirred and by midday the road was broken so that it was passable to men and pack horses no worse than on a plain field then the king went down again to the place where the vitals were which is now called olives cave a well was there an eye to the cave and there in the king washed himself and if the household creatures of men fall sick in the dale and drink of that water there they are bettered of their sickness now the king went to meet and they all and when he was full he asked if any mountain body were in the valley up beyond the scree and a night through the felt wherein they might abide the night through brucey says there are bodies which are called greenings but there may no man abide night long because of the hauntings of trolls and evil whites which are there about the bodies there with the king said that they should array their journey for that he would be the night through at the bodies then came to him the man who looked after the little and told him there was an exceeding plenty of vitals and i know not whence they have come the king thank god for ascending and he let make loads of meat for the bonders who went down the valley but he himself abode at the bodies through the night but at midnight when as men were asleep a hideous crime was heard at the milking sted and it said so burnt me now the prayers of king olof says that white that now i may not abide in my own home and now must i flee and never again come to this milking sted but in the morning when men awoke the king went up towards the fell and spake to brucey here a homestead shall be reared and what so under shall abide here will ever have his wherewithal and never shall corn freeze here though it freeze above the stead and below then king olof went over the fells and came down to wombie and was there through the night by then had king olof been king over norway fifteen winters counting that winter when they were both in the land he and url spine and this one were a for a while now the tale have been told in which had one already passed you when he left his ships and went up a land as is for four rid this part of his kingdom first wrote priest arie thorgelson the wise who was both a teller of truth of good memory and so older man that he minded those men and had stories of them who themselves were so old that for elders sake they might well remember these tidings even as he had himself said in his books where he has named the men by name of whom he had gotten his lord but the common tale is that olof was king over norway for fifteen winters before he fell but they who so say count to the reign of spine that winter which was his last in the land thereafter that olof was king for fifteen winters while he lived chapter one hundred and ninety king olof's foretelling when king olof had been the night through at nester he fared with his folk day after day first to good brand stales and then song to heathmark then was it shown who were his friends for it now they followed him but the others then sundered from him who with less of whiteness had served but some turned about to ill will and full enmity even as became clear and now it was found in many uplanders that they had liked right ill the slaying of thoria as is aforesaid king olof gave leave to go home to many of his men who had children to look after for these men deemed it unclear what peace would be given to the goods of such men as might bear out of the land with the king and now the king made it clear to his friends that he had made up his mind to fare away out of the land first east into the swede realm and there to take counsel whether he should turn thence but he bet his friends bear in mind that he was yet minded to seek to the land and back again to his realm if god should grant him long life and he said that it was his foreboding that all folk in norway would still be bound to his service but i'm minded to thinks i see that earl hay con will but a little while rule over norway and to many men no wonder will that seem whereas earl hay con has come short of good luck against me before but this few men will throw though i tell what my mind foreboded me which toucheth commute the rich that he will be a dead man within the space of few winters and all his realm will be come to naught and there will be no uprising of his kindred if so at fair whereas my words point so when the king made an end of his tale men died their journey and the king turned with what company followed him east to idwood that tide was with him asked for the queen will fill their daughter magnus son of king olof rogne of all son of brucee those sons of arney thwerberg then an arney and more landed men yet he had a company of chosen men beyond the marshal had gotten leave to go home he feared back home to his house and many other friends of the king went back to their homesteads with his leave the king bad them let him know if such tidings should befall in the land as it was needful for him to know up and so the king turned off upon his ways chapter 191 the fairing of king olof to home guard it is to be told of the journey of king olof that he went first from norway east over idwood into verne land and then out to waterby and then through that wood whereas the road lieth and came down on to naryck there he happened on a rich man in wealthy called sigtrig his son height ibar who thereafter became a noble man there king olof carried with sigtrig through the spring but when summer came on king olof arrayed his journey and got him a ship and he fared that summer and led it not till he came east to garth realm to the meeting of king jaras leaf him and his queen ingigard queen astrid and oaf hill the king's daughter were left behind in sweden but the king took magnus's son with him to the east king jaras leaf gave king olof a hearty welcome and bad him abide there with him and had land as much as he needed for the cost of holding of his company that king olof took with thanks and tarried there so it is said that king olof was devout and prayerful unto god all the days of his life but from the time that he found his reign was reigning and his enemies were waxing mightier then he laid all his heart to the serving of god he was then hindered here from no more by other cares or the toil which before time he had had on hand for he had throughout all that time when as he sat in kingdom toiled for that which he deemed to be the most needful first to free and deliver the land from the throlden of outland lords and next to turn the folk of the land to the right faith and therewithal to frame laws and lands right and this part did he for righteousness sake to punish them who were of a wrongful will chapter 192 the upheaving of the uprising against king olof he had been greatly the want in norway that the sons of landed men were of mighty bonders were fair aboard warships and gain for them wealth by harrying both inland and outland but from the time that olof took kingdom he made his land so peaceful that he brought to not all robbing there in the land though sons of rich men should break the peace or do what the king deemed unlawful and if punishment could be brought upon them then let he not else befall them than losing life or limb and they're availed against it neither prayers of men nor money bidding so says sigbaat the scorn they who wrought outrage often bad to the king rich minded red gold to buy guilt off them ever the king may set it the hair of the men there that he sheared with the sword they bided pains manifest for lifting such wise shall the land be warded and moreover he sang thus the much dear king who full fed the wolves most therewith maimed the kin of thieves and reavers thus wise he cut short thievings the good king let each bold one of the thieves go thenceforth lacking both hands and feet in such wise is the peace of the land's folk better that most too high might point that there did do the land's ward sheer pates of a fearful many of vikings with keen weapons the bounteous magnus father let wield much work was gain some i say that the most of victory's thick olof's fame did further men mighty and on mighty he let abide by one and the same penalty but this the men of the land deemed over mastery and were fulfilled of hatred and returned therefore when they lost their kinsmen by a rightful doom of the king though soothful were their guilds this was the upheaving of that uprising which the folk of the land made against king olof that they would not fold his justice but he would rather let go his dignity than his right wise dooms now not rightly found was the charge laid to him that he was niggered of wealth to his men he was the most bounteous of men to his friends but this was the cause why folk are praised unpeace against him that to men he seemed hard and given to punishment whereas king canude bad for money measureless but the great lords were hereby hoodwinked in that he promised to each of them dignity and dominion and there with all men in norway were feigned to take earl hay con whereas he had been a man most beloved of the landfolk when a fourth time he ruled over the land chapter 193 of jokul son of bard earl hay con had held his host out of flanthein and fared south to mere to meet king olof as is a forewrit but when the king steered up the first the earl made for him thither and then came to meet him cald the son of arning and more men who had parted company with king olof and a good welcome was given to cald syphons the earl held up thither whereas the king had set up his ships in wall dale to it of toad our first there the earl took the ships which the king owned and let run them out and array them and then men were allotted to the master ships thereof with the earl there was a man who was called jokul a man of iceland son of bard the son of jokul out of waterdale jokul was allotted to the steering of the bison which king olof himself had had jokul sang this state it was my lot from salt to stear it thick olof's own ship look i for the storm against the bows reindeer but late shall hear the home wife of my quailing oh ye hillsides of the flame of bows stan soothly robbed was the king the keen one of victory in the summer this is the swiftest to tell her of which befell a very long time after when jokul fell in the way of king olof's host in godland and was taken that the king let lead him out to the hewing and a wand was twisted into his hair and held by a certain man and jokul sat down on a certain bank then a man made ready to hew him but when he heard the wine of the stroke he raised himself up and the blow came onto his head and was a mickle wound the king saw that it was a bane soar and bad them then leave him alone jokul set up and robbed the state now smart the wounds a weary midst better things off sat i the wound is honest that one unsluggy red stream spouting from this same wound blood gushing i am grown want to toiling helm glorious king wage bounteous warps over me his anger there upon jokul died chapter 194 of calph arneson calph arneson fared with earl hay con north to thranton and the earl bet him be with him and do him service calph says he would first go up to egge to his house and thereafter take read there over so did calph but when he came home he speedily found it out that sigrid his wife was somewhat big hearted and told up her griefs when she said she had had of king olof that first that he had let slay her husband over and now thereafter she says to her my sons and now calph were at there doing away that was the last thing i had looked for of thee calph says that it was mikkel against his will that thorir was taken from life and says he i offered ransom for him and when griot god was felt i lost arm beyond my brother she says well it is that thou shalt have such a lot from the king for maybe thou wilt avenge him though thou wilt not avenge me of my sorrows thou sawest when thorir thy foster son was slain of what worth the king accounted thee such like tales of woe had she up ever to calph calph off answered in surly wise yet at last it turned out that he was led on by her urging and gave his word to become the earl's liegeman if the earl would eek his grants sigrid sent word to the earl and let tell him where things were gotten in the matter of calph and forthwith when the earl knew thereof he sent word to calph to the end that he should come out to the town and see him calph no wise laid that journey under his head and the little syphons fared out to nadois and there found earl hay con and had a right good welcome there and he and the earl talked their affairs over and there in all things they were of one mind and settled this between them that calph became the earl's liegeman and took from him big grants syphons fared calph home to his house and he had the rule then of the greatest part of inner thrandom but so soon his spring came calph a rate of ship which he owned and so soon as he was bound he sailed into the main sea and held his ship west to england for he had heard tell of king canute that he had sailed early in the spring from denmark west to england then had king canute given early in denmark to herald the son of thorkle the high calph arneson went straightway to meet king canute when he came to england so says birney the gold brow scald the king with stem did doubtless shear the main sea to eastward fight weary herald's brother must needs go visit garth realm but after the twain parted swiftly to canute thou sound just unwant am i to gather light lies about men's doings but when cal came to meet king canute the king gave him a wondrous good welcome and had him to talk with him and this was the talk of him and king canute that the king bad calph to bind him to make an uprising against Olaf the thick if he should seek her back to the land but i says the king shall give the herald him then and let the rule over norway but hey con my kinsman shall fare back to me for that is most handy to him seeing that he is so true of heart that i think he would not shoot a shaft against king Olaf if they should happen to me calph gave ear to what king canute said and was vain enough of the dignity so this plan was settled between them king canute and calph and calph arrayed himself for his home journey and that parting king canute gave him gifts most honorable of this beyondy the skull tell it thou hath so fight bold earl's son to thank the lord of england for gifts for a suit most neatly thou late's thy case before him the london's king let find thee land ere from the west thou ferrits yet hearing was there deli and thy life is no wise little thereafter calph fared back to norway and came home to his house chapter 195 the death of earl hey con that summer earl hey con ferried from the land and west to england and when he came there king canute gave him a good welcome the earl had a truth plight in england and he went to fetch his bride be minded to make his bridal in norway but gathered in in england such goods as he deemed were hardest to come by in norway the earl arrayed him in the harvest tide for the home journey and got somewhat late bound but he sailed off into the main when he was bound but of his journey this is to be said that the ship was lost and no man was saved there but it is the saying of some people that the ship was seen north off caithness one day at eve in a great storm and the wind blowing out into the pentland fur and those who will follow this tale say that the ship must have been driven into the world however folk know for certain that earl hey con was lost at sea nothing came to land that was on board that ship that same autumn chapman told there that tidings went about england how that men deemed the earl would be lost anyhow all folk knew that that autumn he came not to norway and then the land was without a lord end of the story of olof the holy part 13 chapter 181 through 195 section 43 of hymes cringla by snorrie storleson translated by george vote morris and ira kerr magnussen this liver box recording is in the public domain the story of olof the holy part 14 chapter 196 through 210 chapter 196 of beyond the marshal beyond the marshal had sat at home at his house from the time he parted from king olof beyond was a man of renown and that was soon told of far and wide that he had sat him down in quiet oh hey con and other men of rule in the land heard the same then they sent men and messages to beyond and when the messengers came to their journey zen beyond gave them a good welcome syphons beyond called the messengers to him for a talk and asked them of their errand but he who was at the head of them spoke and bear to beyond the greetings of king canute and url hay con and of yet more lords and this follows says he that king canute hath heard michael of thee and this thereto that thou hast long followed olof the thick and been a great unfriend to king canute that he dimeth ill whereas he will be thy friend as of all other dowdy men so soon as thou wilt turn away from being his unfriend and the one thing for thee to do now is to turn dither for avail and friendship whereas is most plenty to look for and which all men in the world's northern parts have in worship ye who have been following olof may now see for yourselves how he hath parted from you ye are all left with naught to fall back upon in face of king canute and his men seeing that last summer ye harried his lands and slew his friends then is this to be taken with thanks that the king bideth you friendship for more befitting were it that thou should pray therefore or bid wealth therefore but when he had closed his sarang beyond answered thus I am now of will to sit at home at my house and not to serve lords the messenger answers such as thou are men for kings and I can tell thee this that thou hast two choices in thy hand one to fair abroad and outlaw from thy lands even as now there is olof thy fellow the other may well be deemed better worth looking at to it to take the friendship of king canute and oral hay con and become their man to give them thy faith to this end and here to take thy garden there with he poured forth English silver out of a great pouch beyond was a man eager of money and michael mine sick was he and grew silent when he saw the silver he turned it over in his mind what read he should take he deemed it a great matter to lose all he owned and deemed it uncertain that king olof would ever rear his head again in norway and when the messenger saw that beyond's mind veered about at the side of the money he cast forth two thick golden rings and said take the money beyond and swear the oath I behide thee that this wealth will be of little worth besides that which thou wilt have if thou go to seek king canute but by the greatness of the money and by the fair behest of great gifts of wealth he let himself be turned to avarice and took up the money and then went into fealty and owes for trough through king canute and oral hay con and there with all the messengers fared away chapter 197 the journey of beyond the marshal beyond the marshal heard the tidings which were told how that oral hay con was lost then his mind turned and he rude him sorely if having broken his faith to king olof and deemed he was free of the vows he had given of fealty to oral hay con for beyond now thought there might be some hope of uprearing the dominion of king olof should he come back to norway so that it lay lordless before him so beyond arrayed his journey speedily and had certain men with him and went his ways day and night a horseback where he might a shipboard where he needs must he let it not his journey till he came east into garth realm to king olof in winter about yule tide the king was right glad when beyond met him and asked for many tidings from the north from norway beyond said the oral was lost and the land left without a ruler at these tidings the men were right glad who had followed king olof out of norway and had had their lands and kinsmen and friends and who were sorely sick for home many other tidings from norway beyond told to the king such as he was greatly wistful to know then the king asked after his friends as to how they kept faith with him and beyond said that was all with ups and downs and therewith beyond stood up and fell at the feet of the king and took his foot about and said all in god's power and bind o king i've taken money from the men of konut and sworn owes a fealty to them but now will i follow thee and never send her from thee while we are both alive the king answered stand up speedily beyond thou shalt be in peace with me boot this to god i may well what that few men will be now in norway who will keep their faith with me when such as thou turn off and true it is that men sit there in great trouble because i'm far off and they sit before the unpeace of my foes beyond told the king who mostly took the lead in raising up hatred against the king and his men there to he named the sons of erling of jadar and other kinsmen of theirs inar than bar scalfer calvarnasen thorier hound and harrick of theota chapter 198 of king olof syphons king olof came to garth realm he had great imaginings and turned it over in his mind what reed he'd best take king jaras leaf and queen engi gird bad king olof draw with them and take over the dominion called vulgaria and that is one part of garth realm and there in that land the folk was heathen king olof the thought him in his mind of this offer but when he laid it before his men they all were loath to take up their bird there and egg the king on to be take himself north to norway to his own kingdom the king would be still further thinking of this to lay down his kingdom and fair out into the world unto jerusalem or into some other holy places and there to go under the rule here unto how so ever his mind would mostly turn to think if any means might betide whereby he should get him his kingdom in norway but when he had this in his heart he would bring it to mind that for the first ten winters of his kingdom all things turned out profitable and happy to him but afterwards all his reeds were to him heavy to work and hard to carry through and all ventures for good luck went against him now for this reason he must doubted him whether it would be wise read to try luck so much as to fare with a little strength into the hands of his foes seeing that all the multitude of the folk of the land had gathered them together to withstand him such imaginings oft he bore and he put his case to fun god and bad him let that come up which he saw would be of best gain he would be turning these matters over in his mind and knew not what he should take to for however he told the matter up before him ever was trouble easy to see there in chapter 199 king Olaf's dream it was on a night that king Olaf lay in his bed and kept awake long through the night thinking over his plans and being filled with great imaginings in his mind when his mind grew over a mirthred sleep sank upon him yet so light that he thought he was awakening and saw all that was partying in the house he saw a man stand at his bed nickel of worship clad in glorious raiment and the king's thought boated him most that there would become king Olaf trigvison this man spoke to him art thou very sick at heart over thy plans what thou shalt take up it seemed with marvelous to me that thou should be turning this about in thy mind and this with all that thou should be minded to lay down the kingdom which god hath given thee that thou shouldst have this mind with all to abide here and to take over dominion from kings outland and unlearn to thee fair thou rather back to that realm which thou hast gotten by heritage and ruled long over with what power god hath granted thee and let not thine underlings affright thee it is the king's fame to conquer his enemies and a glorious death to fall in battle with his war host or does thou doubt at all having the right on thy side in this thy contest not shout thou do it to hide the truth from thyself for that cause boldly mayest thou seek to the land where as god will bear the witness that that is thine own and when the king awoke he thought he saw the countenance of the man as he went away so thenceforth he hardened his heart and made strong that mind alone of fearing back to Norway even as he had been egress for all along and he found that all his men would the ravest that he should so do so he talked it into his mind that the land would be easily won since it lay lordless even as he had heard and he was minded to think that if he came there to himself many would be minded to give him help and when the king made clear this read to his men they all took it right thankfully chapter 200 of the leech craft of king Olaf so it is said that while king Olaf tarried in garth realm this hap that fell there that the son of a noble widow got a boil of the throat which grew so large that the boy might get down no food so that he was thought to be at death's door the mother of the boy went to queen Ingegerd whereas she was of her acquaintance see and showed the boy to her the queen said she had no leechdoms to lay there to go thou says she to king Olaf he is the best leech here and bid him fare his hands over the herd of the boy and tell him these words of mine if otherwise he will not do it she did even according to the words of the queen and so when she found the king she told him that her son was at death's door from a throat boil and bad him fare his hands over the boil but the king said he was no leech and that her fair litter where leeches were to be found she said the queen had shown her litter and she bad me bear her word to thee that thou shouldest lay leech graft here to what thou couldest and told me with all that thou art the best leech in the town then the king bestowed him and fared his hands over the throat of the boy and stroke the boy much long until the boy could move his mouth then took the king bread and break it and laid it in the shape of a cross in his hollow palm and sign laid it in the mouth of the boy but he swallowed it down and from that nick of time all pain went from the throat and the boy was in a few days all whole and the mother and other kinsmen and acquaintance of the boy were right feign at heart there at and then first folk deemed that King Olaf had such great hands of healing as is said about those men who are much in doubt with that art that they have good hands but later when his working of wonders became known to all folk this was taken for a true miracle chapter 201 king Olaf burneth the chips this hat befell on a sunday that king Olaf sat in his high seated table and was so deep in imaginings that he he did not the hours he had a knife in one hand and the other a piece of firwood wherefrom he riddled certain chips a boy in waiting stood before him and held a board bowl he saw what the king was doing and knew that he himself was thinking of other things he said Monday it is tomorrow lord the king looked to him when he heard this and it came into his mind where he had done so the king bad bring him a lighted candle and he swept up into his hand all the chips he had whittled and set light there too and let the chips burn in the hollow of his hand once it might be seen that he would hold fast all laws and commandments and had no will to transgress wherein he wanted most right to be chapter 202 of king Olaf now when king Olaf had made up his mind to turn back home he set the matter forth before king jaras leaf and queen engi gird they let it him of that journey and said this that within their realm he should have such dominion as he might deem seemingly and bat him not fair into the power of his fulmin with such a little fellowship as he had there then king Olaf told them his dreams and this there with all that he was minded to think it was the will of god so when they found that the king had made up his mind to fare back to norway they offer him any avail for his journey which he would take from them the king thanked them with fair words for their good will saying he would be fain to take from them whatever he stood in need of for his journey chapter 203 king Olaf's fearing from the east out of garth realm forthwith on the back of yule king Olaf was busy at his arraio he had well night 200 of his own men and king jaras leaf that them all yoke beasts and gear such as they needed and when he was ready then he fared off and king jaras leaf and queen engi gird saw him awful worshipfully but his son magnus he left behind with the king now king Olaf fared from the east first over ice all down to the main sea and when spring came on and the ice loosened they arrayed their ships and when they were bound and a fair wind came they set sail and their journey sped well and king Olaf hoeved with his ships into gotland where he learned tidings both from sweden and denmark and all the way from norway by that time folket learned for sure that earl hay count had been lost and that the land of norway was lordless both to the king and his men their journey seemed likely and when a fair wind befell they sailed vents and made for sweden the king sailed with his company into the low and stood on further into the land even to river roice and then sent his men to see onan the sweet king and appointed a meeting with him king onan gave good ear to the message of his brother-in-law and fared to meet king Olaf according to the word he had sent there too queen astrid with all with those men who had followed her came to see king Olaf and a meeting of great joy there was betwixt all these the sweet king gave a hearty good welcome to Olaf his brother-in-law when they met chapter 204 of the landed men now shall be told what they were at in norway through these days thorier hound had had the thin journey these two winters and had been both winters for long on the fells and had gotten him measureless wealth he had had many kind of chaff rings with the fins he had let make for himself twelve coats of reindeer skin was so nickel wizardry that no weapon could bite on them yet nickel less than on a ring burning but in the latter spring thorier arrayed a long ship of his amand it with his house carls he summoned bonders together and craved a muster from out of all the northern most thin lands and drew there together great multitudes of folk and fared from the north in the spring with all that host erica theota had a great hosting and got nickel company and to that very there but took them many more men of worship though these were the most renowned thereof then they gave it out that this war host should fare against king all off and wore the land against him if he should come from the east chapter 205 of an art them bar skelfer an art them bar skelfer had most to say in the rule of outer randheim from the time that the death of url hay con was heard out for he deemed that he and his son iron gritty had the best title to those lands and chattels which the url had owned and now an art called to mind those promises and friendly words which king canute had given him at their parting then let an art array a good ship he owned and went there on himself with a great company but when he was bound he set off south along the land and then west over sea and let it not his journey till he came west to england and straight way went to king canute the king welcomed him well sythens an art bear forth his errand before the king and said as much as that he was come for those promises which the king had bespoken him that an art should bear a title of dignity over norway if it were no matter of url hay con king canute said that that matter now turned altogether another way for now sisi i have sent men and tokens to denmark to swine my son with this message that i have behind him dominion in norway but i will hold friendship with thee and thou shalt have name boot from me as thou hast birthed there too and be a landed man and have michael grants and be as much before other landed men as thou art a man of greater deeds than other landed men then ina saw concerning his matter how his errand would speed and arrayed himself to go back home but whereas he knew the purpose of the king and that if king olof should come from the east it would not look like peace in the land it came into ina's mind that not would be gained by hurrying on the journey beyond what was of the gentleness and if they should have to fight king olof and have them no more furtherance of dominion than url's so ina sailed into the main sea when he was ready and came to norway just one of the greatest tidings that befell in norway that summer had already come to pass chapter 206 of the chieftains in norway the chieftains of norway kept out spies east towards sweden and south to denmark less king olof come from the east from garth realm and forthwith they heard as fast as men could speed the king olof had come to sweden and when that was known for truth a war bidding went throughout all the land and all the folk were called out to the hosting and thus drew in host together but the landed men of agdeer and rogueland and horde land parted into ways some turned north some east deeming that both ways and host was needed toward the sons of urling of jadar turned eastward with all the host that was to the east of them and were captains over that host but northward turned them aslak of fin isle and urland of girdy and such landed men as were to the north of them these who were now named were all oaths sworn to king canute to take the life of king olof if hap there should be given them chapter 207 the journey of herald son of sigurd but when that was heard in norway that king olof had come from the east to sweden then gathered together such of his friends as were minded to give him aid the noblest man in that company was herald sigurd son brother to king olof he was then 15 winters old a big man of growth and manly to behold but there were many other noble men besides they had got together 600 men in all when they left the uplands and with that company they made their way east through eyed wood unto vermeland and thence they held on east across the woodlands all the way to sweden and then asked about the journeyings of king olof chapter 208 the journey of king olof from sweden king olof was in sweden through the spring and had spies thence north away to norway and get thence but one hearing to wit that all unpeaceful would it be to go thither and the men who came from the north let it him much from faring into the land but he had set his heart on the one thing to go as much as ever king olof asked in speech with king onan what aid he would give him to seek to his land king onan answers thus and says that it was not much to the mind of the swede to fare a warfare into norway we know says he that the norwegians be hard and nickel men of battle and ill to seek to with unpeace now i shall not be slow to tell thee what i will lay to thee i will get the four hundred men and do thou choose out of the companies of my guard good warriors and well arrayed for fighting there to rely give thee leave to fare over my land and get the all company whatsoever thou mayest gather or which is willing to follow thee this offer king olof took and arrayed him for his journey but asked for the queen and wolf hill the king's daughter were left behind in sweden chapter 209 king olof's journey to iron stone land now when king olof hoe up his journey there came to him the host that the swede king had given him 400 men to it the king fared such ways as the swedes knew how to point out they made their way up inland into the marches and came to the country called iron stone land there came to meet the king that folk which had fared from norway to join him as is aforesaid here he met herald his brother and many other kinsmen of his and a meeting of the greatest joy was that and now they had altogether 1200 men chapter 210 of day the son of ring there was a man named day of whom it is told that he was the son of that king ring who had fled away from his land before king olof but men say that ring was the son of day the son of ring the son of herald hair fair day was a kinsman of king olof and father and son ring and day had taken up their abode in sweden and got there dominion to rule over in the spring when king olof was come from the east to sweden he sent word to day his kinsman that day should be take himself to the journey with him with all the strength that he might muster and if they should make the land of norway their own day was to have their dominion no less than his forefathers had had but when this word came to date it fell well to his mind for he was greatly wistful of bearing to norway and there to take over the dominion which his kinsmen had had a foretime he gave a swift answer to this matter and behind his journey day was a man swift of word and swift of read exceeding eager and of great valor but not sage of wits syphons he gathered together a company for himself and got well now twelve hundred men and with this host he went to join king olof end of the story of olof the holy part 14 chapter 196 through 210 section 44 of heim's gringla by snorri sterlson translated by george pope morris and irrick her magnuson the sliver vox recording is in the public domain the story of olof the holy part 15 chapter 211 through 225 chapter 211 of the journey of king olof king olof sent out word into the dwelled land to those men to come to him and follow him who would have that for wealth getting to gather plunder and have such forfeit wealth as the unfriends of the king might hold their hand over now king olof flitted forth his host and fared wiles through the woodland wiles through wilderness and often over big waters they drew or bore their boats after them betwixt the waters a crowded company of mark men and some way layers drifted to the king and many places are sithons called olof's booths where he had his quarters on night time he let it not his journeys till he came into iam land once he then went north onto the keel his host sundered about the dwelled land and went scattermeal so long as they wanted of no unpeace ahead but always when they parted their host the band of the north men followed the king but they went another way with his band and the swedes a third one with theirs chapter 212 of the way layers two men are named one height a galk thorir and the other afrafasti they were way layers and the most of robbers and they had with them 30 men of their fashion these brethren were bigger and stronger than other men nor did they lack for boldness and stout heart they heard of the host that was faring over the land there and they said between them that it would be handy read to fare to the king and to follow him to his own land and there to go into a folk battle with him and thus to approve themselves for erst have they never been in battles such as were of hosts arrayed and they were riskful exceeding to see the battles of the king this read their fellows liked well and so they made their journey to find the king and when they came there they went with their band before the king and all these fellows stood all weapons they greeted him and he asked what men they were they named themselves and said that they were men of that land and there with all they up bore their errand and bowed the king to fare with them the king said that it seemed to him that of such men there would be good following therefore i'm feigned says he to take such men but are ye christian men says he answers galk thorier saying that he was neither christian nor he then we fellows have no other faith than this that we trust to our might and main in our victory good hat and that work is enough for us the king answers it is great skate that men of such value bearing true not in christ their shaper and sir thorier is there anyone in thy company king of the men of christ who have waxed more in one day than we brethren the king bad them be christened and take the right faith they're with and follow me thereafter and i shall make you men of michael worship but if you will not this then fear you back about your business afrafasti answers saying that he will take no christening and there with all they turn away then said galk thorier it is a great shame indeed that this king should make us castaways of his company for i never was before whereas i was not partaker against any other man never shall i go back as things now stand so they threw themselves in company with the other mark men and followed the host and now king olof maketh his way westward towards the keel chapter 213 of king olof's vision now when king olof veered from the east over the keel and won on to the western part of the mountain so that the land fell away thence westward towards the sea then beheld he thence the land much folk went ahead of the king and much after him he rode there whereas was room about him and he was hushed and spoke not to men in such wise he rode on for a long while of the day that he looked little about him then rode the bishop up to him and spoke to him and asked whereof he was thinking seeing he was so hushed for the king was ever glad and of much speech with his men in the journey and thus gladdened all who were an eye him then answered the king with michael care wonders things have been born before me a while i saw now over norway when i looked west over the bent of the mountain and i called to mind how that i had many a day been glad in that land then i had a sight so that i saw over all thrandheim and then over all norway and the longer that sight was before my eye then saw i ever the wider right until i saw over all the world both land and sea i knew clearly those steds where i had been before and had seen but even as clearly saw i steds i have never seen before somewhere of i have heard tell of and even as well those which i have never urged heard tell of both dwelt and undwelt as wide as is the world the bishop said that this was a vision of holy fashion and of right great mark chapter 214 a token about the acre when as the king sought down from the fell there was there in their way a homestead called sulla in the upper dwelling of the verdale folk now when they drew down towards the homestead there were acres lying beside the way and the king bad his men fair quietly and not to spoil for the bonder what was his own and this mended well while the king was an eye but the companies that came after gave no heed to this and then so overran the acre that it was all laid down to earth the bonder who dwelt there was called thor gear fleck he had two sons well grown toward manhood thor gear gave to the king a right good welcome and to his men with all and offered him all the cheer that he had stuffed to the king took this in good part and asked thor gear for tidings what was stored in the land or whether any gathering would be made against him thor gear said that a great host had been drawn together there in thread time and that landed men had come there both from the south of the land and from the north from a local land but i want not says he whether they be minded to set that host against the or other where then he made plain to the king of his scathe and of the unquiet of the king's men in that they had beaten down and trodden all his acres the king said it was ill-happed that harm had been done to him thereafter the king rode to where the acre had been upstanding and saw that it was all laid to the ground he rode round about it and said i looked forward to this good man that god will write thy loss and that this field would be better in another week's time and even as the king had said that acre was of the best the king tarried there the night and arrayed his journey the next morning he says that good man thor gear shall fare with him but thor gear bat his two sons for the journey the king says they should not fare with him but the lads would go and the king bad them abide behind but whereas they would not be let it the king's courtiers would bind them the king said when he saw that let them fare they will come back again and it went with the boys even as the king had said chapter 215 the mark men christened then they brought their host out to staff and when the king came upon the staff mirror he made a halt and there he heard about truth that the bonders fared with a host against him and that he would have battled speedily then the king took the muster of his host and that tale of the men was scored and there were found to be in the host 900 heathen men so when the king knew this he bad them let themselves be christened saying that he will not have heathen men in his battle we will not said he trust in the multitudes in god will we trust for by his might and mercy shall we gain the victory but i will not blend heathen folk up with my men but when the heathen heard this they took counsel together and at last 400 took christening but 500 gained said christ's law and that host turned back to their own country then stepped forward the brethren galk thorier and afrafasti with their band and offered the king their aid once more he asked if they had already taken christening and galk thorier said it was not so the king bad them take christening and the true faith or grow their ways otherwise so then they turned away and had a talk between them and took counsel together what read they should take up then spake afrafasti so is it to be said of my mind that i will not turn back i will fair to the battle and give my aid to one side or other but to me it makes no odds on which side i be then said galk thorier if i shall fair to the battle then will i give aid to the king for he stands in the greatest need of help but if i am to throw in some god or otherwise should it be worse to me to throw in white christ than in any other god now it is my counsel that we should let us be christened if the king deemeth that a great matter and let us afterwards go into the battle with him this they all ye said and go to the king to tell him that they are willing to take christening so they were christened of the clerks and confirmed thereafter and the king took them into the laws of his bodyguard and said they should be under his banner in the battle chapter 216 the speech of king Olaf now king Olaf had heard it for sure that but a little while it was to this that he would have battled with the bonders and when he had taken muster of his host and scored the tale thereof he found he had more than 30 hundreds of mint which was then deemed to be a nickel host on one field then the king spoke to the host saying we have a great host and a brave company and now i will tell mint what array i will have in our host i shall let fair my banner forth in the midmost of the host and therewith shall follow my bodyguard and guests and there with all that band which came to us from the uplands and moreover that company which came to us here in thrandheim but on the right hand of my banner shall be day ringson with all that host which he brought to our aid and he shall have another banner but on the left of my array shall be the band which the swede king gave us and all the company that came to us in sweden and they shall have the third banner my will is that men shall be arrayed in companies and that kinsmen and acquaintance flock together for thus each will heed the other best and each can the other we shall mark all our host and make out war token on our helms and shields and draw there on in white the holy cross and if we come into battle then shall we all have one in the same word cry forth forth christ's men crossmen kingsmen we shall have thinner ranks if we be the fewer folk for i will not that they ring us round with their host now let men array them into companies and syphons the company shall be drawn up in battles and let them every man want his stead and give he to which side he stand of the banner where under he is arrayed now we shall keep up our battle array and let men have all weapons day and night until we know where the meeting shall be betwixt us and the bonders syphons when the king had thus spoken they arrayed their host and set it out even according as the king had ordered chapter 217 speech meeting of king Olaf after this the king had a meeting with the captains of companies but then were come back the men whom the king had sent into the countryside to crave help of the bonders they had these tidings to tell from the people parts where they fed that far and wide all was waste of white men and all that folk had fared into the gathering of the bonders but where they came upon men but few would follow them and the most answered that they sat at home for this cause that they would follow neither side they had no will to fight against the king or against their own kinsmen they had got but a scanty company then the king asked his men for read what seemed likely as to take up then arneson answered the king's speech and said i will tell thee says he what would be done if i should rule we should bear the war shield over all the people parts rob all wealth and burn down the abode so throughly that never a cot should be left standing and best pay the bonders for their betrayal of their lord me thinks many a one would get loose from the flock if he saw home to his house and the reconflamed thereof and wanted unclearly what tidings were to tell of his barons and women and old folk their fathers mothers and other kindred and this i weaned says he that if some of them make up their mind to break away from the gathering then their ranks will speedily thin there too are bonders given that such read as his newest that is the dearest to them but when finn had done his speech men gave it a good cheer for too many it liked well to turn to wealth lifting and all deemed the bonders well worthy of scape and thought what finn said was like enough to happen that many of the bonders would be loose from the gathering then thermod the coal brows called sang this day burn we all lands we find there that in would be of in aisle the host would ward with war sword against the king men's homesteads the use grief should be quickened in thorn wood might i wield it all men of upper thrand hind coal coals should have their houses but when king Olaf heard the eagerness of the folk he craved hearing and said for a sooth the bonders are full worthy of being dealt with even as you will they know this with all that i have done as much as burning them in their abodes and have laid upon them other heavy punishments i've done this that i have burnt them within when they had gone away from their faith and taken up blood offerings that would not yield to my words but then had we god's right to a reek whereas now is this treason much less of worth though they hold not their trust to me though for sooth it is that it will not be deemed beseeming to those who will be men of mandem yet i'm here somewhat more free to grant them some release when they misto against me than then when they did hatefully against god therefore it is my will that men go forth peacefully and do no deeds of war work i will fare first to meet the bonders and if we make peace it is well but if they hold battle against us then there will be two ways before us if we fall in the fight it will be well done not to fare thither with wealth robbed but if we gain the victory then will ye be the heiress of those who are now fighting against us for some of them will fall in the fight and some will flee and both alike will have forfeited all their havings then it is good to go into big households and stately manners but to no man is there any avail in what is burnt down likewise of liftings the more part by far fares to spilling than what is turned to any use so now let us go scatter meal down along the dwellings and have with us all men meet for a fight which we may find with all men shall he be sore take other little according as men need for their feeding but let no other ill deeds be done yet i deem it well that the spies of the bonders be slain if he take them day and his company shall fare down along the dale on the north side but i shall follow the highway and at night we shall meet and let us all have one night lair chapter 218 of the skulls of king Olaf so it is said that array he told off men for a shieldberg which should hold itself before him in the battle and there to he chose out such men as were the starkest and keenest then the king called to him his skulls and bad them go into the shieldberg said he shall be here and see the tidings which here shall be done then there will be no need of others to tell you the tale for you shall be the tellers thereof and sing of it thereafter then were there thor mod coal brows called and gizzard gold brown the foster father of temple garth ref and the third was thor fin mouth then said for mod to gizzard stand we not so throng bad fellow but that sigvat may get to his place when he comes he will wish to stand in front of the king and with not else shall the king be well the king heard that and answered no need to jeer at sigvat for not being here oft has he followed me well now will he pray for us and we shall yet stand in right sword need thereof thur mod says it may be king that now thou standest most of all in need of prayers but thin would it be about the banner staff if all thy courtmen were now on the roam road and indeed it was true that we would be talking then how that no one might get place because of sigvat house so ever one might wish to speak to thee then the skulls spake together between themselves saying that it would fall well to frame some staves of up heartening concerning the tidings which would speedily be born on their hands then sang gizzard for throng at the thing of warboard busk we let folk that word hear but never shall feigns daughter here tell of me grown un glad though the deft wargroves tell us hope is of the wife of eden be we to the king all helpful east in the gale of ali then sang forth in mouth a stave toward the mickle rain in darkness of the hard storm of war shield the host of the ver dailers with the king king will battle ward we all wielder bounteous and mary feed the blood mew in thund storm they'll we thranders to that same do we egg on then sang thur mod shaft thrower on it gathers to the mickle gale of ali and now the sword age waxeth not blenching should men fumble busk we for onset ganging to the moat of spears with olah but sure the fight brisk warrior should shun the word of sluggard these songs men learned then and there chapter 219 king olaf's soul-booting gift then the king arrayed his journey and sought down along the dale and he took night harbor and there came together all his host and they lay night long out under their shields but forthwith when it dawned of day the king arrayed the host and when they were ready there too they held still on their way down along the dale then came to the king very many bonders and the moor part went into his host and they all knew how to tell him one tale that the landed men had drawn together and host unfightable and meant to go and give battle to the king then the king took many marks of silver and gave them into the hand of a bonder and said with all this money shout thou guard and share it hereafter a lot some to churches give some to clerks some to almsfolk and give it for the life and soul of the men who shall fall in battle fighting against us the bonder answers shall this money be given for the soul-booting of that men king answered the king this money shall be given for the souls of the men who are in battle with the bonders and who shall fall before the weapons of our men but those who follow us in the fight and who fall in it shall all be saved together they and i chapter 220 of thormand cole ross called the night that king all off lay among his host as is aforesaid he waked long and prayed to god for himself and his host and slept but little against the dawn there fell heaviness upon him and when he awoke up ran the day the king deemed it somewhat early to rouse the host then he asked where was thormand the scald he was a night there and gave answer and asked what the king went with him the king said tell us some song thormand sat up and sang out right high so that it was heard throughout all the host he sang biar clay the ancient whereas this is the beginning day is come up again din the cocks feathers time sons of trouble of the toil to be winning wake i and wake i heads of the friend folk all ye of the foremost fellows of adels high the hard gripping hawth of the shooting can worthy men who will not of fleeing to why not i wake you nor whispers of women but up do i wake you to hill this hard play then awoke the host and when the lay was done men thanked him for it and set michael's store by it and deemed it was well chosen and called the lay house carls wedding the king thanked him for his glee and syphons the king took a gold ring weighing half a mark and gave it to thormand thormand thanked the king for his gift and said a good king have we but it is a hard matter now to see through how long lived the king may be and it is my boon king that thou let us part nevermore alive or dead the king answered all we shall bear together while i rule over it if you choose not to part from me thormand said this side look for king whether the peace be better or worser that i shall be standing near to you while i have the choice whatever we may hear of sigbat where he may be faring with golden hilt then sang thormand fight bold all wielder ever about thy knee i turn me till other skulls thou get thee when hope is thou for these then though we give the greedy raven corpse meat off shall we get us or else here shall be lying soothly is this unfailing oh redner of the waved steves chapter two hundred and twenty one king olav comes unto stickles dead king olav brought the army down along the valley and they still fared with his host another way the king led it not his faring until he came down to stickles dead then they saw the host of the bonders and that folk went much scatter meal and was so michel a multitude that along every path were folk drifting in and wide about it was that big flocks fared together they saw where a company of men came on down from bird dale who had been out of spying and fared nigh to where it was the host of the king and found not before there was so short a space between them both that men might know each other and there was ram of big with thirty men then the king ordered the guest to fare against ram and take his life and ready enough were men for that work then spoke the king to the icelanders so is it told me that it is accustomed in iceland that bonders be bound in harvest time to give their house carls a slaughter rather though there i will give you a ram for the slaughter the icelanders were easily agdon to the steed and fared forthwith on ram with other men and he was slain in all the company that followed him the king took a stand and stayed his host when he came to stickles dead and the king bad men get off their horses and make ready there and then did as bad the king then the host was cast into battle array and the banners were set up day was not yet come with his host so that wing of the battle was lacking then speak the king that the uplanders should go forth and take up the banner but i deem it reads says the king that herald my brother be not in the fight for he is but a child of age herald answers i shall surely be in the fight but if i am so unstrong that i may not wield the sword then can i good read there too to it that my hand be bound to the grip thereof no man shall be of better will than i to be unprofitable to those bonders and i shall follow my own fellowship so men say that herald sang the song therewith that wing shall i dare warding wherein to stand my lot is in wrath the shield we read does a thing that woman love it the war blithe youngling warrior before spears no wise ferith to heal where strokes are striking do the murder moat men hasten herald had his will and was in the battle chapter 222 of thorgill's howl mason a man his name thorgill son of halma and he was the bonder who then dwelt at stickles dead and was the father of grim the good thorgill's offered the king his help and to be in the battle with him the king bat him and have thanks for his offer but i will bonder that thou be not in the battle grant us rather that other help to save our men after the fight such as be wounded and lay out the bodies of the others who fall in the fray likewise should such have be bonder that i fall in this battle then do what service may be needful to my body if it be not forbidding and thorgill's about to the king to do his behest chapter 223 the talk of king Olaf now when king Olaf had to raid his host he spake to them and said that men should harden their hearts and go forth boldly if a battle befall says he we have an host good and great and although the bonders haven't host somewhat more yet will fate rule the victory i have to make known unto you that i shall not flee from this battle i shall either overcome the bonders or shall fall here else and this i pray that that lot come up which god sees will be for me the gainfulest we shall trust in this that we have a more rightful cause to plead than the bonders and this furthermore that god will make free our own to us after this battle or else will give us a reward michel more for the loss that we here get than we ourselves know how to pray for but if it be my lot to have ought to say after the battle then shall i reward each one of you according to his work's worth and according to the way whereas each go forth in the battle for then if we gain the victory there will be enough to share between you both of lands and chattels which are now in the hands of my foaming let us make the hardest of onslaughts at first for swiftly then will be us shifting though odds be michel and we have to hope for victory from speedy dealings whereas that will fall heavy on us if we have to fight unto weariness so that men there have become unfight worthy for we shall have less fresh folk than they to go forth and turn while some shield themselves unrest but if we make the brunt so hard that they turn aback who are foremost then will each fall across the other and their mishap will be the greater the more they are together and when the king left off speaking men gave a great cheer to his speaking and each egged on the other chapter 224 of thord the son of foley thord the son of foley bore the standard of king olaf so says sigrat the scald in that death song which he wrought on king olaf and fashioned after the uprising story heard i that thord with olaf hardened the fight began there with sword then throw the onset good hearts there fared together the bold heart augman's brother toile sorely high up bearing the fair guilt staff before him the fight warned king of ring folk chapter 225 of the array of king olaf king olaf was so arrayed that he had a helm all gilded on his head put a white shield and they're on done in gold the holy cross in one hand he had that spear which now stand it beside the altar in christ's church he was good with that sword which is called hene ter the keenest of swords the grip wrapped around with gold he had on a ring burning here of tell us sigrat the scald olaf the thick one felling of folk the lord fight daring went forth all in his burning to fetch a victory mighty but the swedes who came from the east land with the valentine's lord rushed onward into the bright blood eddies there then the battle waxed much things i tell all naked end of the story of olaf the holy part 15 chapter 211 through 225