KINGS OF NORWAY. 181 "My men I taught, vSAGA xii. In the onslaught, The blow to give and fend — The weal or woe Of every blow Is just what God may send." It is told that King Sigurd was at a feast in the Chapter. Upland, and a bath was made ready for him. When otthe the king came to the bath, and the tent was raised ^^*^- over the bathing-tub, the king thought there was a fish in the tub beside him ; and a great laughter came upon him, so that he was beside himself, and was out of his mind, and often afterwards these fits returned. Magnus Barefoot' s daughter, Ragnhild, was married by her brothers to Harald Kefia, a son of the Danish king Eric the Good ; and their sons were Magnus, Olaf, Canute, and Harald. King Ey stein built a large ship at Nidaros, which. Chapter in size and shape, was like the Long Serpent w^hich of King Kino: Olaf Try2:o:vesson had built. At the head there ^y^^^^V^ ^ "^ ^p 1 1 -1 shipbuild- was a dragon's head, and at the stern a crooked tad, ing, and of and both were gilded over. The ship was high-sided ; '^^ ^^* * but the fore and aft parts appeared less than they should be. He also made in Nidaros many and large dry-docks of the best material, and well timbered, so that they were admired by all who saw them. Six years after King Olaf 's death, it happened that King Eystein, at a feast at Hustad in Stein, was seized with an illness which soon carried him off. He died the 28th of August, and his body was carried north to Nidaros, and buried in Christ church ; and it is generally said that so many mourners never stood over any man's grave in Norway as over King Eystein's, at least since the time Magnus the Good, Saint Olaf's son, died. Eystein had been twenty years king of Norway ; and after his decease his N 3
