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 152 CHRONICLE OF THE saga vii. The king came in the night time to Maefe*, and im- mediately surrounded the house with a ring of armed men. Olver was taken, and the king ordered him to be put to death, and many other men besides. Then the king took all the provision for the feast, and had it brought to his ships ; and also all the goods, both furniture, clothes, and valuables, which the people had brought there, and divided the booty among his men. The king also let all the bonders he thought had the greatest part in the business be plundered by his men-at-arms. Some were taken prisoners and laid in irons, some ran away, and many were robbed of their goods. Thereafter the bonders were summoned to a Thing; but because he had taken many powerful men prisoners, and held them in his power, their friends and relations resolved to promise obedience to the king, so that there was no insurrec- tion against the king on this occasion. He thus brought the whole people back to the right faith, gave them teachers, and built and consecrated churches. The king let Olver lie without fine paid for his bloodshed, and all that he possessed was adjudged to the king; and of the men he judged the most guilty, some he ordered to be executed, some he maimed, some he drove out of the country, and took fines from others. The king then returned to Xidaros. cxvl 1 There was a man called Arne Thomodsson, who of the was married to Thora, Thorstein Game's daughter. sons of T1, ., ■, T7 , _ ^ ° Arne. 1 heir children were Ivalf, Finn, Thorberg, Aamund, Kolbiorn, Arnbiorn, and Arne. Their daughter, who was called Rognhild, was married to Harek of Thiotto. Arne was a lenderman, powerful, and of ability, and a great friend of King Olaf. At that time his sons Kalf and Finn were with the kino;, and in great Drontheim fiord, in the district called Sparbo.
 * Maere is now a large mound in Indercen, near the head of the