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all the people heard in the air a ringing of bells ; and 

 those of the Norwegian army who had been in the town 

 of Throndhjem (Mdaros) thought it was the ringing of 

 a bell called ' Glod,' which St. Olaf had presented to 

 the Church of St. Clement in that town. 



The story makes us think of the magic powers of 

 Michael Scott : 



That when in Salamanca's cave, 

 Him listed his magic wand to wave, 

 The bells would ring in Notre Dame. 



The church bell is always, in mediaeval legend, the 

 music of the saint, the trumpet, as we may say, which 

 calls to spiritual battle, to war with the powers of 

 darkness. 



It need not be said after this preface that Magnus 

 and his Norsemen gained a signal victory. The battle- 

 field is called in the Saga Lyrskog Heath. It is said to 

 be not far from Sleswik. 



The life of Magnus represents him after this fighting 

 two battles against Svend Estridson, who would not 

 resign the title of King of Denmark. In each battle 

 it is said Magnus was victorious, and Svend was driven 

 from his kingdom to take refuge in Sweden, and all 

 his lands were harried. Magnus reigned (nominally, 

 at any rate) as king of both Norway and Denmark, to 

 all appearance the most wide-ruling king who had 

 sprung of the race of Harald Fairhair. But Svend 

 seems never to have laid down his kingly title, while 

 the power of Magnus in Denmark lasted only so long 

 as he had a fleet and an army at hand to support 

 him. Magnus thought of prosecuting still further 

 his claims as the (tontine) heir of Hardacnut ; and in 



