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deadly fights, more than anywhere else, do we see this 

 cool daring and courage of the hardy Norsemen, men 

 looking death in the face calmly and unflinchingly, feel- 

 ing that it was better to die with honour or fame than live 

 with shame, as is so often told in the Sagas ; for it is only 

 towards later times that we see the decay of this spirit of 

 chivalry. 



Fig. 1358. Bracteate of gold 

 found in a field, Jutland. 



Fig. 1359. Fig. 1360. 



s, Norway, size, found with many 

 other gold bracteates. 



