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Excerpt from The Story of Shelagh, Olaf Cuaran's Daughter: A Saga of the Northmen in Cumberland in the Tenth Century
Now his men came back to King Harald, bringing him the words of the girl; and, said they, she was so bold and heedless that she well deserved the king should put her to some disgrace. Then answered the king, This maid hath not done or spoken so much amiss that she should be punished, but the rather should she be thanked for her words. She minds me of somewhat that it seems wonderful I did not think of before. And now I make the solemn vow, and take God who made me and rules over all things, to witness, that never shall I clip or comb my hair until I have sub dued all Norway with scatt, and duties, and lordships or, if not, have died in the seeking. Then all the jarls and messengers shouted aloud, and clashed sword and shield, for such an oath suited them well. Hear the king! They cried, We are witnesses, Odin! Skoal! To the King of Norway And Guttorm Cap tain of the host gave great thanks to the king his nephew for his oath, saying, It was royal work fulfilling royal rede. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
