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FRIDTHJOF WAS successful in gaining fee and fame wheresoever he came; villains and savage vikings he slew; the bondes and chapmen he left in peace; and he was now a second time called Fridthjof the Bold. He had gotten by this time a large and well-arrayed army, and had become exceedingly rich in chattels. But when Fridthjof had spent three winters in viking expeditions, he sailed west and steered up the Vik.
Fridthjof said he had a mind to go ashore; but you, said he, will have to go a harrying this winter; for I am growing tired of warfare, and I am going to the uplands to find king Ring, and have a talk with him; but you shall come back next summer and get me, and I will be here on the first day of summer.
Says Bjorn: This is no wise plan; however, your will must prevail; my wish i
