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 270 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA XIV. Then Gregorius went north to Drontheim, and CiiAPTEii came there before Yule. King Inge was rejoiced at Rc'^ondiia- ^^^ safctj, and told him to use his property as freely tionofthe r^s Jiig own. King Eystein having burnt Gregorius's Eysreiii house, and slaughtered his stock of cattle. The ship- anci luge. (qq^ which King Eystein the Elder had constructed in the merchant town of Nidaros, and which had been exceedingly expensive, were also burnt this winter, together with some good vessels belonging to King Inge. This deed was ascribed to King Eystein and Philippus Gyrdersson, King Sigurd's foster-brother, and occasioned much displeasure and hatred. The following summer King Inge went south with a very numerous body of men ; and King Eystein came northwards, gathering men also. They met in the east at the Sasl Isles, near to the Naze ; but King Inge was by far the strongest in men. It was nearly coming to a battle ; but at last they were reconciled on these conditions, — that King Eystein should be bound to pay forty-five marks of gold, of which King Inge should have thirty marks, because King Eystein had occasioned the burning of the docks and ships ; and, besides, that Philippus, and all who had been accomplices in the deed, should be outlawed. Also that the men should be banished the country, against whom it could be proved that they gave blow or wound to King Sigurd ; for King Eystein accused King Inge of protecting these men: and that Gre- gorius should have fifteen marks of gold for the value of his property burnt by King Eystein. King Eys- tein was ill pleased with these terms, and looked upon the treaty as one forced upon him. From that meeting King Inge went eastward to Viken, and King Eystein north to Drontheim ; and they had no inter- course with each other, nor were the messages which ])asscd between them very friendly, and on both sides they killed each other's friends. King Eystein, be-