nut, the second son of the old King
Canute, was king of England, and was thus king both of Denmark and
England. He ruled these kingdoms two years, and then died of sickness
in England, leaving no children. He was buried at Winchester beside
his father. After his death Edward the Good, a son of the English king
Ethelred (and Emma, a daughter of Richard earl of Rouen), was chosen
king in England. King Edward the Good was, on his mother's side, a
brother of Harald and Hardaknut, the sons of Canute the Great; and the
daughter of Canute and Queen Emma was Gunhild, who was married to the
Emperor Henry of Germany, who was called Henry the Mild. Gunhild had
been three years in Germamy when she fell sick, and she died five years
after the death of her father King Canute the Great.

19. OF KING MAGNUS OLAFSON.

When King Magnus Olafson heard of Hardaknut's death, he immediately
sent people south to Denmark, with a message to the men who had bound
themselves by oath to the peace and agreement which was made between
King Magnus and Hardaknut, and reminded them of their pledge. He added,
as a conclusion, that in summer (A.D. 1042.) he would come with his army
to Denmark to take possession of his Danish dominions, in terms of the
agreement, or to fall in the field with his army. So says Arnor, the
earls' skald:--

"Wise were the words, exceeding wise,
Of him who stills the hungriest cries
Of beasts of prey--the earl's lord;
And soon fulfilled will be his word:
'With his good sword he'll Denmark gain,
Or fall upon a bloody plain;
And rather than give up his cause,
Will leave his corpse to raven's claws.'"

20. KING MAGNUS'S ARMAMENT.

Thereafter King Magnus gathered together a great army, and summoned to
him all lendermen and powerful bondes, and collected war-ships. When
the army was assembled it was very handsome, and well fitted out. He had
seventy large vessels when he sailed from Norway. So says Thiodolf the
skald:--

"Brave king! the terror of the foe,
With thee will many a long-ship go.
Full seventy sail are gathered here,
Eastward with their great king to steer.
And southward now the bright keel glides;
O'er the white waves the Bison rides.
Sails swell, yards crack, the highest mast
O'er the wide sea scarce seen at last."

Here it related that King Magnus had the great Bison, which his father
King Olaf had built. It had m