REIGN OF KING OLAF THE SAINT. 117
- can do so many wonders, tell him to make it clear
' sunshine to-morrow forenoon, and then we shall ' meet here again, and do one of two things, — either
- agree with you about this business, or fight you."
' And they separated for the day.' Over night the king instructed Kolbein the Strong, an immense fellow, the same who killed Gunhild's two brothers, that he, Kolbein, must stand next him to-morrow ; people must go down to where the ships of the Bonders lay, and punctually bore holes in every one of them; iteniy to the farms where their horses were, and punctually unhalter the whole of them, and let them loose: all which was done. Snorro continues :
- Now the king was in prayer all night, beseeching
- God of his goodness and mercy to release him from
- evil. When mass was ended, and morning was
' grey, the king went to the Thing. When he came
- thither, some Bonders had already arrived, and they
- saw a great crowd coming along, and bearing among
- them a huge man's image, glancing with gold and
' silver. When the Bonders who were at the Thing ' saw it, they started up, and bowed themselves down
