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of Giulbrand, Hakon's kinsman ; it was enough, and he died at 

 once. The jaii and all thought this a great loss, and began 

 preparing his body as well as they could, having no means to 

 do it with. It is said that a man stood at the door of the 

 tent. When Eirik went into it he asked : ' Why dost thou 

 stand here, or why dost thou look as if thou wert dying ; or 

 art thou wounded ? ' It was Thorleif Skiima. Eirik said : ' I 

 see thou art near to death.' Thorleif answered : ' I am not 

 sure that the sword-point of Vagn Akason did not hit me a 

 little yesterday, when I struck him with the club.' The jarl 

 sad : ' Badly has thy father kept his stock in Iceland if thou 

 must die now.' Einar Skalaglamm heard what the jarl said, 

 and made a stanza. . . . Thereupon Thorleif fell down dead. 



" When it was light the jarl at once went to search the ships, 

 and came on board Bui's ship, and wanted first of all to know 

 who had shot in the night, thinking that that man deserved to 

 be ill-treated. When they got on board they found one man, 

 little more than breathing; it was Havard hoggvandi (the 

 slashing), Biii's follower, sorely wounded, as both his feet were 

 cut off below the knees. Svein Hakonarson and Thorkel Leira 

 went to him ; when they came, Havard asked : ' How is it, boys ; 



deny 



you ; did the arrow hurt any man when it stopped ? ' They 

 answered : ' It killed the man whom it hit.' He said : ' That 

 is good ; and whom did it hit ? ' ' Gudbrand the white,' they 

 answered. ' He said : ' I did not succeed, then, in what I 

 wished ; I meant it for the jarl ; nevertheless I am glad that 

 a man was hit whose death is a loss to you.' Thorkel Leira 

 said : ' Let us not look at this dog, but kill him as soon as we 

 can.' He struck at him, and others ran thereto and cut him 

 with weapons, and beat him till he was dead. Before that they 

 had asked his name, and he told them. 



" They went ashore after that, and told the jarl whom they had 

 killed ; that the man had been more than a common monster, 

 and they had seen by his words that his character did not 

 make him a better man. Then they saw that very many men 

 were on the skerry ; the jarl told them to go out to them and 

 bring them all to him, as he wanted to have their lives in his 

 power. The jarl's men went on board a ship, and rowed out to 

 the skerry ; few men there were able to fight, on account of 

 wounds and cold, nor is it told that any one defended himself ; 

 they were all taken by the jarl's men ashore to him ; they 

 were seventy. Then the jarl had Vagn and his men led up 

 on land, and their hands were tied behind their backs, and 



