& a goodly long-ship to boot, well furnished in all
things appertaining thereto, & a crew did he get him for the ship, and
they parted in all friendship. Vagn thence fared southward home to
Denmark, and became thereafter a famous man.

Many men of might are descended from him.

|| Now it hath been heretofore related how Harald the Grenlander was King
of Vestfold, and how Asta, the daughter of Gudbrand Kula had he taken to
wife. One summer when he was out laying waste the countries to the
eastward, came he to Sweden where Olaf the Swede was King in those days.
Olaf was the son of Eirik the Victorious and of Sigrid the daughter of
Skogla-Tosti.

Sigrid was now a widow and to her pertained many great manors in Sweden.
When she heard that her foster-brother Harald the Grenlander had come
ashore not far from where at that time she was abiding, sent she
messengers to him, bidding him to a feast which she was making ready to
give. Thereat was Harald glad, and fared to Astrid with a great
following of men. And a goodly feast was it withal: the King and the
Queen sat in the high-seat and in the evening drank both together, and
among the men flowed the ale freely.

At night when the King went to his rest his bed had on it a costly
coverlet, and was hung with precious cloths; in that house there were
but few men. And the King having unclad him, & gotten into bed, the
Queen came hither to him and poured out a cup, and pressed him hard to
drink; right kind was she to him withal. Now the King was exceeding
drunken, and the Queen likewise.

Then fell the King asleep, and Sigrid went away to her bed. Now the
Queen was a very wise woman, and far seeing in many things. The next
morning flowed the drink ever apace, but as ofttimes cometh to pass when
men have drunk heavily, even so the more wary of drink are most of them
on the morrow. Yet was the Queen merry, and she and Harald spake much
together, and as their talk ran on, the Queen said that she deemed her
lands & kingdom in Sweden to be of no less worth than his in Norway. Now
at this manner of talking the King waxed moody, and found but little
pleasure in anything thereafter, and heavy at heart he made him ready
to go; yet was the Queen exceeding merry, gave him great gifts, &
accompanied him on his way.

|| So back to Norway fared he that autumn, & abode at home during that
winter, but little enough pleasure gat he the while. The summer
thereafter went he eastward with hi