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 marriasce. KINGS OF NORWAY. 139 a little hour, the greatest enemies were made the best sa ga x t. of friends. It was observed by the people that none had ever seen men with more of the air of chiefs than these had. King Inge was the largest and stoutest, and, from his age, of the most dignified appearance. King Magnus appeared the most gallant and brisk, and King Eric the most handsome. But they were all handsome men ; stout, gallant, and ready in speech. After this was settled they parted. King Magnus got Margaret, King Inge's daughter, chaptek as above related : and she was sent from Sweden to v"?^!^^^" Norway with an honourable retinue. King Magnus Magnus's had some children before, whose names shall here be given. The one of his sons who was of a mean mother was called Eystein ; the other, v/ho was a year younger, was called Sigurd, and his mother's name was Thora. Olaf was the name of a third son, who was much younger than the two first mentioned, and whose mother was Sigrid, a daughter of Saxe of Yik, who was a respectable man in the Drontheim country ; she was the king's concubine. People say that when King Magnus came home from his viking cruise to the Western countries, he and many of his people brought with them a great deal of the habits and fashion of clothing of those western parts. They went about on the streets with bare legs, and had short kirtles and over-cloaks * ; and therefore his men called him Magnus Barefoot or Bareleg. Some called him Magnus the Tall, others Magnus the Strife-lover. He Avas distinguished among other men by his tall stature. The mark of his height is put down in Mary church, in the merchant town of Nidaros, which King Harald built. In the northern door there were Western countries^ the Hebudes, in 1099'
 * This proves that the kilt or philibeg and plaid were used in the