276 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA XV. all men, never was there so glorious an affair as this of Gregorius ; for Hakon had more than 4000 men, and Gregorius not full 400. After the battle, Gre- gorius said to Hall Audunsson, " Many men, in my opinion, are more agile in battle than ye Icelanders are, for ye are not so exercised as we Norwegians ; but none, I think, are so bold under arms as ye are." King Inge came up soon after, and killed many of the men who had taken part with Hakon ; made some pay heavy fines, burnt the houses of some, and some he drove out of the country, or treated otherwise very ill. Hakon fled at first up to Gotland with all his men ; but the winter after he proceeded by the upper road to Drontheim, and came there before Easter. The Drontheim people received him well, for they had always served under that shield. It is said that the Drontheim people took Hakon as king, on the terms that he should have from Inge the third part of Norway as his paternal heritage. King Inge and Gregorius were in Viken, and Gregorius wanted to make an expedition against the party in the north ; but it came to nothing that Avinter, as many dis- suaded from it. Chapter King Hakou left Drouthcim in spring with thirty Fall of ships nearly ; and some of his men sailed before the nlvard.^" rest with seven ships, and plundered in North and South More. No man could remember that there ever before had been plundering between the two towns (Bergen and Nidaros). John the son of Hal- kel Huk collected the bonders in arms, and proceeded against them ; took Kolbein Oda prisoner, and killed every woman's son of them in his ship. Then they searched for the others, found tliem all assembled in seven ships, and fought with them ; but his father Halkel not coming to his assistance as he had pro- mised, many good bonders were killed, and John himself was wounded. Hakon proceeded south to
