ge to our kingdom."

King Sigurd said: "On this expedition I went all the way to Jordan
and swam across the river. On the edge of the river there is a bush of
willows, and there I twisted a knot of willows, and said this knot thou
shouldst untie, brother, or take the curse thereto attached."

King Eystein said: "I shall not go and untie the knot which you tied for
me; but if I had been inclined to tie a knot for thee, thou wouldst
not have been king of Norway at thy return to this country, when with a
single ship you came sailing into my fleet."

Thereupon both were silent, and there was anger on both sides. More
things passed between the brothers, from which it appeared that each
of them would be greater than the other; however, peace was preserved
between them as long as they lived.

26. OF KING SIGURD'S SICKNESS.

King Sigurd was at a feast in the Upland, and a bath was made ready for
him. When the king came to the bath and the tent was raised over the
bathing-tub, the king thought there was a fish in the tub beside him;
and a great laughter came upon him, so that he was beside himself, and
was out of his mind, and often afterwards these fits returned.

Magnus Barefoot's daughter, Ragnhild, was married by her brothers to
Harald Kesia, a son of the Danish king, Eirik the Good; and their sons
were Magnus, Olaf, Knut and Harald.

27. OF KING EYSTEIN'S DEATH.

King Eystein built a large ship at Nidaros, which, in size and shape,
was like the Long Serpent which King Olaf Trygvason had built. At the
stem there was a dragon's head, and at the stern a crooked tail, and
both were gilded over. The ship was high-sided; but the fore and aft
parts appeared less than they should be. He also made in Nidaros many
and large dry-docks of the best material, and well timbered.

Six years after King Olaf's death, it happened that King Eystein, at a
feast at Hustadir in Stim, was seized with an illness which soon carried
him off. He died the 29th of August, 1123, and his body was carried
north to Nidaros, and buried in Christ church; and it is generally said
that so many mourners never stood over any man's grave in Norway as over
King Eystein's, at least since the time Magnus the Good, Saint Olaf's
son, died. Eystein had been twenty years (A.D. 1104-1123) king of
Norway; and after his decease his brother, King Sigurd, was the sole
king of Norway as long as he lived.

28. BAPTIZING THE PEOPLE OF SMALAND.

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