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 206 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA XIII. Haralcl formed a court, and appointed lendermen; and very soon he had as many people about him as King Mao-nus. Then men went between them, and matters stood in this way for seven days ; but King Magnus, finding he had fewer people, was obliged to give way, and to divide the kingdom with Harald in two parts. The kingdom accordingly was so divided that each of them should have the half part of the kingdom which King Sigurd had possessed ; but that King Magnus alone should inherit the fleet of ships, the table ser- vice, the valuable articles, and the moveable efi^ects which had belonged to his father King Sigurd. He was notwithstanding the least satisfied with his share. Although they were of such different dispositions, they ruled the country for some time in peace. King Ha- rald had a son called Sigurd, by Thora, a daughter of Guttorm Graabard. King Harald afterwards married Ingirid, a daughter of Rognvald, who was a son of the Swedish king Inge Steinkelsson. King Magnus was married to a daughter of Canute Lavard, and she Avas sister of the Danish king Waldemar ; but King Mag- nus having no affection for her, sent her back to Den- mark ; and from that day every thing went ill with him, and he brought upon himself the enmity of her family. Chapter Whcu thc two rclatious, Harald and Magnus, had Of the been about three years kings of Norway, they both iiaTaidlnd P^sscd thc fourtli winter in the town of Nidaros, and Magnus, invltcd cach other as guests ; but their people were always ready for a fight. In spring King Magnus sailed southwards along the land with his fleet, and drcAV all the men he could obtain out of each district, and sounded his friends if they would strengthen him with their power to take the Idngly dignity from Ha- rald, and give him such a portion of the kingdom as miglit be suitable; representing to them that King Harald had already renounced the kingdom by oath.