e King of the Greeks caused Harald to be seized and
cast into prison.

|| But as Harald was drawing nigh unto the prison there appeared unto him
the holy King Olaf and bade him be of good cheer for that he would come
to his aid; & there in the street was afterwards builded a chapel, and
was it consecrated to King Olaf, & that chapel has stood there unto this
very day.Sec. Now after such fashion was the prison builded that it had a
high tower, & this was open at the top. Into the prison thereof was
Harald thrown, and together with him were Halldor and Ulf. The night
thereafter came a wealthy woman to the uppermost part of the prison,
whither she had ascended by means of ladders, and with her were two
serving-men and to either let they down a rope by which they drew the
prisoners up. This woman had one time been healed by the holy King Olaf,
and now had he appeared to her and laid upon her the injunction that she
should release his brother from out of prison.Thereon hied Harald him to
the Vaerings who with one accord rose to their feet when they beheld
him, and acclaimed him welcome.

Thereafter fell the whole of the host to arms and betook themselves to
the place where the King was sleeping, and taking him captive thrust
they out both his eyes. Thus saith Thorarin Skeggison in his lay:

'The bold prince gold obtained,
But the throned King of Greece gat blindness,
And thereafter went with scars most grievous.'

Thus likewise saith Thiodolf the Skald:

'The waster of wolves' sorrow
Let the eyes twain of the throned King be put out;
The prince of the Agdir folk on the Eastern King
Laid a grisly mark whereby was he horribly blinded.'

In the twain of these lays concerning Harald, & also in many other
songs, recorded is it how that he himself put out the eyes of the Greek
King; but in lieu of thus singing, had they known it to be truer, full
well might they have named a duke or count or some other nobleman. But
Harald himself and the other men that were with him themselves boasted
of this deed.Sec.

|| That same night went Harald and his men to the chamber wherein Maria
lay sleeping, & by force bare her away. Then betaking themselves to
where their galleys rode took they twain of them and anon rowed into
Siavidarsund,Sec. but when they were come thither found they that the iron
chain was stretched right athwart the inlet, and so Harald commanded his
men to fall to their oars on both the galleys, & t