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"Harald got severely wounded in the battle, and Bognvald 

 Briisason took him to a bondi in the night after the battle. 

 The boudi lived in an out-of-the-way place, and kept him 

 secretly, and cured him completely " (Fins. Harald Hardradi'c 

 Saga, c. 1). 



Prof. Wassiliewsky has published a treatise, in Moscow, 

 in which he gives extracts from a Greek work of the eleventh 

 century. We here give part of them :- 



" Araltes (Harald) was a son of the king in Varangia ; he 

 had a brother Julavos (St. Olaf) who inherited the realm 

 after his father's death, and made his brother Araltes the 

 highest man next after himself. Araltes was young, and 

 admired the Roman power. He came and bowed knee before 

 the late Emperor Michael Paflagon ; he had witli him a host 

 of five hundred valiant men. The Emperor received him 

 befittingly, and sent him to Sicily into the war. Araltes went 

 there and performed deeds of high renown ; and when Sicily 

 was subdued he came back to the Emperor with his host. 

 Thereafter it happened that Delianos made a revolt in Bul- 

 garia, and Araltes with his men, together with the Emperor 

 and his host, went there; and he performed against the 

 enemies feats worthy of his birth and valour. When the 

 Emperor had subdued Bulgaria he went home. I was there 

 too, and fought for the Emperor as well as I could. On the 

 way home, in Mosynupolis, the Emperor, in reward for his 

 feats, made him Spatharokandidatos (a title). After Michael's 

 death, in the time of the Emperor Monomachos, Araltes wanted 

 to go home to his country, but was not allowed to do so, and 

 he was hindered from going. Nevertheless he got away 

 secretly, and became king in his own country, instead of his 

 brother Julavos (Olaf). Even as king he preserved his loyalty 

 and love towards the Romans " (Gustav Storm : Norsk Historisk 

 Tidsskrift, 1884). 



We will now give some extracts from the Sagas which 

 contain an account of Harald's remarkable career, and which 

 relate to the English and Norman history of that period. 



" Edward, ^thelred's son, was king in England after Horda- 

 Knut ; he was called Edward the Good, and so he was. 

 mother was Queen Emma, the daughter of Bikard jarl of 

 Ronen; her brother was Kodbjart (Robert), tin- father ot 

 William the Bastard, who was then duke (hertogi) l m Rouen 



1 Her -host, togi = leader. 



