h the people. Behave
not with hardness, but offer men law and land right; put down the
war-arrow, it will not have gone far round the land in so short a time;
send men of thine whom thou canst trust to meet those men who have this
business in hand, and try if this tumult can be quieted.'

The King said that he would accept this counsel. 'I will,' said he,
'that ye brothers go on this mission, for I trust you best of my men.'

Then said Thorvid the Stammerer: 'I will remain behind, but let thy son
Jacob go; this is needful.'

And Freyvid said: 'Let us do, sire, even as Thorvid says; he will not
leave thee in this peril; but I and Arnvid will go.'

So this counsel was followed. King Olaf went to his ships and stood out
to the lake, and many men soon joined him there. But the brothers
Freyvid and Arnvid rode out to Ullar-acre, taking with them Jacob, the
King's son, but his going they kept secret. They soon got to know that
there was a gathering and rush to arms, and the country people held
meetings both by day and night.

But when Freyvid and his party met their kinsmen and friends they said
that they would join their company, and this offer all accepted
joyfully.

At once the deliberation was referred to the two brothers, and numbers
followed them, yet all were at one in saying that they would no longer
have Olaf king over them, and would not endure his breaches of law and
his arrogance, for he would hear no man's cause, even though great
chiefs told him the truth.

But when Freyvid found the vehemence of the people, then he saw into
what danger matters had come, and he held a meeting with the chiefs, and
thus spoke before them: 'It seems to me that if this great measure is to
be taken, to remove Olaf Ericsson from the kingdom, we Up-Swedes ought
to have the ruling of it; it has always been so, that what the chiefs of
the Up-Swedes have resolved among them, to this the other men of the
land have listened. Our fathers needed not to receive advice from the
West Gauts about their ruling of the land. Now are we not so degenerate
that Emund need teach us counsel; I would have us bind our counsel
together, kinsmen and friends.'

To this all agreed, and thought it well said. After that the whole
multitude of the people turned to join this union of the Up-Swedish
chiefs; so then Freyvid and Arnvid became chiefs over the people. But
when Emund found this, he guessed how the matter would end. So he went
to meet these bro