rip.

|| Then in the autumn after these things had come to pass, the King
called together a Thing of four counties, & the meeting took place in
the north, at Stad on Dragseid.

Thither came folk from Sogn, the Firths, South-More and Raumsdal. King
Olaf himself fared to it with a mighty following of men that he took
with him from the east of the country, and likewise men who had come to
him from Rogaland and Hordaland. Then when he was come to the Thing
offered he to those that were gathered together Christianity even as he
had done at other places, and forasmuch as he had with him a very great
host men were afeared of him.

Then did he give them for choice one of two things, either to accept
Christianity and let themselves be baptized, or to be prepared to do
battle with him. So the peasants foreseeing no chance of fighting
against the King save with ill-hap, accepted the first choice he had
offered them & embraced Christianity. Then fared Olaf with his men to
North-More, and that country likewise made he Christian; thereafter
sailed he in to Ladir & caused the temple there to be pulled down & took
all the adornments & property from the temple and from the god.

A great gold ring which Earl Hakon had caused to be wrought took he
moreover from the door thereof, & then after he had done these things
caused he the temple to be burned.

|| Now when the peasants came to hear of what the King had done sent they
war-arrows throughout the countryside, calling out an host & were about
to rise against the King, but meantime sailed he out of the fjord with
his men, and thereafter headed northward off-shore. Now it was the
intent of Olaf to fare north to Halogaland in order thither to bring
Christianity; but when he was come as far north as to Biarney gat he
news from Halogaland that they had an host under arms, and were minded
to defend their land against the King. The chiefs of this host were
Harek of Tiotta, Thorir Hart of Vogar, and Eyvind Rent-cheek. So Olaf
learning this, even as aforesaid, turned his ships about & sailed
southward off the coast. When he was come as far south as to Stad fared
he more slowly, but nevertheless at the beginning of winter had he
covered all the distance eastward to Vik.

|| Now the Queen of Sweden, whom men called the Haughty, was at that time
living at one or other of her manors, and betwixt King Olaf and her
fared there that winter emissaries who sought her hand in the name of
the