will I return.'

"Although the counsellors themselves urged the king to appoint
another governor over Dalecarlia, he did not think fit to do so.
Then, in the year 1434, so soon as the sun had melted the snow, the
Dalecarlians rose up as one man, marched through the country, and
Jesse Ericson fled before them into Denmark. They destroyed the
dwellings of their oppressors, drove away their hirelings and
retainers, and Engelbrecht advanced, with a thousand picked men, to
Wadstena, where he found an assembly of bishops and counsellors.
From these he demanded assistance, but they refused to accord it,
until Engelbrecht took the bishop of Linkoeping by the collar, to
deliver him over to his followers. Thereupon they became more
tractable, and renounced in writing their allegiance to Eric, on
the grounds that he had 'made bishops of ignorant ribalds,
entrusted high offices to unworthy persons, and neglected to punish
tyrannical governors.' The Dalecarlians advanced as far as Schonen,
where Engelbrecht concluded a truce, and dismissed them. His army
had consisted of ten thousand peasants, all burning with anger
against their oppressors, and without military discipline; yet, to
his great credit be it said, not a single excess or act of plunder
had been committed.

"On hearing of these disturbances, the king repaired in all haste
to Stockholm, whereupon Engelbrecht again summoned his followers,
and marched upon the capital, in which Eric entrenched himself with
various nobles and governors, who had burned down their castles,
and hastened to join him. Things looked threatening, but
nevertheless ended peaceably, for Eric was afraid of the Swedes. He
obtained peace by promising that in future the provinces, with few
exceptions, should name their own governors, and that Engelbrecht
should be voegt at Oerebro. As usual, however, he broke his word,
and, before sailing for Denmark, he appointed as voegt a man who was
a notorious pirate, a robber of churches, and abuser of women. For
the third time the peasants revolted. In the winter of 1436 they
appeared before Stockholm, which they took, the burghers themselves
helping them to burst open the gates. Engelbrecht seized upon one
fortress after another, meeting no resistance from King Eric, who
fled secre