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 illness. Olaf felt his loss so great, that he had no pleasure in Vendiand after it. lie provided himself, therefore, with war-ships, and went out again a plun¬ dering, and plundered first in Friesland, next in Saxland, and then all the way to Flanders. So says Halfred Yandrsedaskald: —

Thereafter Olaf Tryggvesson sailed to England, and ravaged wide around in the land. He sailed all the way north to Northumberland, where he plun¬ dered; and thence to Scotland, where he marauded far and wide. Then he went to the Hebrides, where he fought some battles; and then southwards to Man, where he also fought. He ravaged far around in Ireland, and thence steered to Bretland, which he laid waste with fire and sword, and also the district called Cumberland. He sailed westward from thence to Valland , and marauded there. When he left the west, intending to sail to England, he came to the islands called the Scilly Isles, lying westward from