PERSONS 



Olaf Trygveson King of Dublin. 



Hai^on Jarl, called The Mighty Norway's ruling Earl. 



Erung His son. 



Thorer Klake A merchant. 



Carlshoved \ Olaf's cousins. 



JOSTETN J 



Etnar Tambeskielver A 3'oung archer. 



Bergthor A blacksmith ; spokesman of 



the people of Throndhiem. 



GuDRUN. I His daughters. 



Astrid. J 



• Orm. 1 Their lovers. 



Ihorvald. J 



Thora Hakon's mistress. 



Tangbrand A priest. 



AuDEN An old, one-eyed man. 



Grib (Griffin) Thorer's slave. 



Karker. ^ 



Stein . > Hakon's slaves. 



Leif. J 



Inger Thora's maid. 



A Messenger 



Priests, Warriors, Peasants, and Slaves, 



ACT I 



Scene I 



HIade' 



A square, with trees, before Hakon's palace, upon which faces a row 

 of buildings with open windows. Karker and Grib seated under a tree; 

 beside them, dishes and ale-cups. Noise and sounds of revelry issue from 

 the guest-rooms. 



Karker. Hark, what noise ! What boisterous revelry. That 's 

 the voice of Thorer Klake. thy master, discoursing about his 

 foreign travels. 



Grib. He does rightly so. Tt 's worth the hearing, how 

 shrewdly he bartered off his goods en every northern coast, and 

 returned laden with stores of gold and silver. My master has a 

 wise and cunning brain ; he should have lived in the time of 

 Harald Graafeld.- 



Karker. And why just at that time? 



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