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139, line 15. It is a fact that Harald was one of those who blinded the 'Greek King' Michael Kalafates. The latter was accepted as the son of Zoe and became Emperor together with her in 1041. After deposing her (April 21, 1042) he was himself deposed, and was blinded in the street by his body-guard, in which Harald was serving as 'spatharokandidat' (colonel). Michael is in this case confused with his successor Constantine. {Siavidarsund} Page 139, line 19. Siavidarsund (_i.e._, 'the sound with the sea-wood') is the present Golden Horn; the heavy iron chain, which was stretched across its extremity, in times of dispute rested on wooden floats. {Ellipalta} Page 140, line 3. The mouth of the Dnieper in the Black Sea. {East-realm} Page 140, line 4. East-realm, _i.e._, Russia, or its eastern provinces. {three occasions} Page 140, line 21. If this is correct Harald must have gone to Constantinople before 1034, as there was a change of monarch in 1034, 1041, and 1042. {Sudatorp} Page 143, line 13. In south Jutland, west of Aabenraa. Magnus died in Zealand. His successor Svein (who was also named Magnus) died at Sudatorp. {brother} Page 143, line 14. _I.e._, half-brother (Alfhild's son, not Olaf's). {Budli's ways} Page 148, line 10. Budli's, or the sea-king's way-- the sea. {Harald's soul in Heaven} Page 148, line 28. This line with line 23 on page 137 and one omitted from the foregoing verse form together a kind of refrain which runs as follows: "May it dwell where it listeth-- In Christ's eternal House-- Harald's soul in Heaven." {Peter Burden-Swain} Page 152, line 33. So named because upon a certain occasion he carried King Sigurd Slembe at a Thing. {the church of Saint Olaf} Page 153, line 7. Ruins of the church of Saint Olaf are to be found under the present Town Hall on the northern side of Kongens Gade, in Trondhjem. {relics of King Olaf} Page 153, line 20. They were moved thither from St. Clement's church. [Marker printed at end of sentence.] {church of Saint Gregory} Page 153, line 23. This church was west of the church of Saint Olaf, on the north side of the present Kongens Gade, where the Savings Bank now stands. {eight or nine long-ships, and nigh upon five hundred men} Page 155, line 13. That is to say, 600. {the King's-House down by the river} Page 156, line 10. 'The King's-House down by the river' was the new King's-House which Harald had built east of the church of Saint Mary.
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