AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1098. 



[I. 12.] Islands sent for Olavus the sonne of Godredus Crovan, 

 who lived in the Court of Henry King of England son 

 unto William the Conquerour. 



In the yeere 1102. Olavus sonne of Godredus Crovan 

 beganne his reigne and reigned fourtie yeeres : he was a 

 peaceable man being in league with all the Kings of 

 Scotland and Irland in his time. He tooke to wife AfFrica 

 the daughter of Fergusius of Galway, of whom he begat 

 Godredus. Of his concubines he begat Regnaldus, 

 Lagmannus, and Haraldus, and many daughters, whereof 



II Argik. one married unto Sumerledus king of II Herergaidel, 

 which afterward occasioned the overthrow of the whole 

 kingdome of the Islands. He begat foure sonnes by 

 her, namely Dulgallus, Raignaldus, Engus, and Olavus. 



In the yeere 1 134. Olavus gave unto Yvo the Abbat of 

 Furnes a portion of his owne ground in Man to build an 

 Abbey in the place which is called Russin. Also hee 

 inriched with revenues and indued with priviledges al 

 places of religion within his Islands. 



In the yere 1142. Godredus ye son of Olavus sailed 

 unto the K. of Norway called Hinge, and doing his 

 homage unto him he remained with him, & was by him 

 honorably enterteined. The same yere the 3. sonnes of 

 Harald brother unto Olavus, who were brought up at the 

 citie of Dublin, gathering together a great multitude of 

 people, and all the fugitives and vagabonds of the 

 kingdome resorted unto Man, and demaunded of the 

 said king the one halfe of al the kingdome of the Islands. 

 Which thing when the king heard, being desirous to 

 pacific them, he answered that he would consult about 

 that matter. And a day and place being appointed, where 

 the consultation should bee kept, in the meane time those 

 miscreants conspired together, about the murthering of the 

 King. And when the day appointed was come, both 

 companies assembled themselves unto the haven towne 

 called Ramsa, and they sate in order, the king with his 

 nobilitie on the one side, and they with their confederates 

 on the other side. Howbeit Regnaldus who had an 



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