hat he would revenge himself severely on her if she
refused doing as he ordered. She went, therefore, of necessity, and
baked in the oven, but wept much at her work; and she threatened King
Olaf that she never would believe in him, if he did not avenge this
misdeed by some mischance or other. And now shall ye come to hear a
well-deserved vengeance, and a true miracle. It happened, namely, in the
same hour that the count became blind of both eyes, and the bread which
she had shoved into the oven was turned into stone! Of these stones some
are now in St. Olaf's temple, and in other places; and since that time
Olafsmas has been always held holy in Denmark.

59. KING OLAF'S MIRACLE ON A CRIPPLE.

West in Valland, a man had such bad health that he became a cripple,
and went on his knees and elbows. One day he was upon the road, and had
fallen asleep. He dreamt that a gallant man came up to him and asked him
where he was going. When he named the neighbouring town, the man said
to him, "Go to Saint Olaf's church that stands in London, and there thou
shalt be cured." There-upon he awoke, and went straightway to inquire
the road to Olaf's church in London. At last he came to London Bridge,
and asked the men of the castle if they could tell him where Olaf's
church was; but they replied, there were so many churches that they
could not tell to whom each of them was consecrated. Soon after a man
came up and asked him where he wanted to go, and he answered to Olaf's
church. Then said the man, "We shall both go together to Olaf's church,
for I know the way to it." Thereupon they went over the bridge to the
shrine where Olaf's church was; and when they came to the gates of the
churchyard the man mounted over the half-door that was in the gate, but
the cripple rolled himself in, and rose up immediately sound and strong:
when he looked about him his conductor had vanished.

60. KING HARALD'S FORAY IN DENMARK.

King Harald had built a merchant town in the East at Oslo, where he
often resided; for there was good supply from the extensive cultivated
district wide around. There also he had a convenient station to defend
the country against the Danes, or to make an attack upon Denmark, which
he was in the custom of doing often, although he kept no great force on
foot. One summer King Harald went from thence with a few light ships
and a few men. He steered southwards out from Viken, and, when the wind
served, stood over to Jutla