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H8 EARLY KINGS OF NORWAY. 'before the ugly idol. Thereupon it was set down 'upon the Thing field; and on the one side of it sat 'the Bonders, and on the other the King and his
- people.
- Then Dale Gudbrand stood up and said, " Where
'now, king, is thy God? I think he will now carry '.his head lower ; and neither thou, nor the man with
- the horn, sitting beside thee there, whom thou callest
'Bishop, are so bold to-day as on the former days. ' For now our God, who rules over all, is come, and 'looks on you with an angry eye; and now I see ' well enough that you are terrified, and scarcely dare
- raise your eyes. Throw away now all your opposi-
'tion, and believe in the God who has your fate
- wholly in his hands."
- The king now whispers to Kolbein the Strong,
- ^thout the Bonders perceiving it, "If it come so
'in. the course of my speech that the Bonders look
- another way than towards their idol, strike him as
' hard as thou canst with thy club." ' The king then stood up and spoke : " Much hast
- thou talked to us this morning, and greatly hast
' thou wondered that thou canst not see our God ;
