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 8 g CHRONICLE OF THE saga vii. their Al-thing without regarding the bonders' and — lawmen's law. And in all matters in which the laws differ from each other, Upsal-law is the directing law; and the other lagmen are under the lagman who dwells in Tiundaland. Chapter j n Tiundaland there was a lagman who was called of X tht VIL Thorgnyr, whose father was called Thorgnyr Thor- ThorTr gnyrson. His forefathers had for a long course of years, and during many kings' times, been lagmen of Tiundaland. At this time Thorgnyr was old, and had a great court about him. He was considered one of the wisest men in Sweden, and was Earl Piognvald's relation and foster-father. chapter Now we must go back in our story to the time Meitbgof when the men whom the king's daughter Ingigerd Eariiiogn- ^ Hialte had sent from the east came to Earl Kogn- vald and ° the king's vald. They relate their errand to the earl and his ingfgcrd. wife Ingeborg, and tell how the king's daughter had oft spoken to the Swedish king about a peace between him and King Olaf the Thick, and that she was a great friend of King Olaf ; but that the Swedish king new into a passion every time she named Olaf, so that she had no hopes of any peace. The earl told Biorn the news he had received from the east ; but Biorn gave the same reply, that he would not turn back until he had met the Swedish king, and said the earl had pro- mised to go with him. Now the winter was passing fast, and immediately after Yule the earl made himself ready to travel with sixty men, among whom were the marshal Biorn and his companions. The earl proceeded eastward all the way to Swithiod ; but when he came a little way into the country he sent his men before him to Upsal, with a message to In- gigerd the king's daughter to come out to meet him at Ullarager, where she had a large farm. When the king's daughter got the earl's message she made her- self ready immediately to travel with a large attend-