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 threats of the pea- KINGS OF NORWAY. 373 was there a long time plundering in Ireland, Scotland, sa ga v m. and the Hebudes. Biorn Guldbraascald tells of this in the song about Kalf : — " Brother of Thorberg*, who still stood Well with the king! in angry mood He is the first to break with thee, Who well deserves esteemed to be : He is the first who friendship broke, For envious men the falsehood spoke; And he will be the first to rue The breach of friendship 'twixt you two." King Magnus added to his property Veggia, which Chapter Rut had been owner of, and Quiststad, which had of the belonged to Thorgeir, and also Egge, with all the goods which Kalf had left behind him; and thus he sants confiscated to the king's estate many great farms, which had belonged to those of the bonder-army who had fallen at Stiklestad. In like manner, he laid heavy fines upon many of those who made the greatest op- position to King Olaf. He drove some out of the country, took large sums of money from others, and had the cattle of others slaughtered for his use. Then the bonders began to murmur, and to say among themselves, " Will he go on in the same way as his father and other chiefs, whom we made an end of when their pride and lawless proceedings became in- supportable?' 7 This discontent spread widely through the country. The people of Sogn gathered men, and, it was said, were determined to give battle to King Magnus, if he came into the Fiord district. King Magnus was then in Hordaland, where he had re- mained a long time with a numerous retinue, and was now come to the resolution to proceed north to Sogn. When the king's friends observed this, twelve men had a meeting, and resolved to determine by casting lots which of them should inform the king of the BB 3
 * Thorberg was a brother of Kalf Arneson.