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 100 CHRONICLE OF THE saga vu. rm g er to toll for the souls of the king's court-men, naming the men who were killed. The bell-ringer did as he was told. The king awoke at the ringing, sat up in his bed, and asked if it was already the hour of matins. Thord replies, " It is worse than that, for there has occurred a very important affair. Raerek is fled, and two of the court-men are killed." The king asked how this had taken place, and Thord told him all he knew. The king got up imme- diately, ordered to sound the call for a meeting of the court, and when the people were assembled he named men to go out to every quarter from the town, by sea and land, to search for RaGrek. Thorer Lansre took a boat, and set off with thirty men ; and when day dawned they saw two small boats before them in the channel, and when they saw each other both par- ties rowed as hard as they could. King Raerek was there with thirty men. A nen they came quite close to each other Raerek and his men turned towards the land, and all sprang on shore except the king, who sat on the aft seat. He bade them farewell, and wished they might meet each other again in better luck. At the same moment Thorer with his com- pany rowed to the land. Finn the Little shot off an arrow, which hit Thorer in the middle of the body, and was his death ; and Sigurd, with his men, ran up into the forest. Thorer's men took his body, and transported it, together with Raerek, to Tunsberg. King Olaf undertook himself thereafter to look after King Raarek, made him be carefully guarded, and took good care of his treason, for which reason he had a watch over him night and day. King Rserek there- after was very gay, and nobody could observe but that he was in every way well satisfied. lxxxv T *. h fPPened on Ascension-day that King Olaf went or Reek's to high mass, and the bishop went in procession