Earl Fin Arnason was taken prisoner in the battle, as before related;
and when he was led before King Harald the king was very merry, and
said, "Fin, we meet here now, and we met last in Norway. The Danish
court has not stood very firmly by thee; and it will be a troublesome
business for Northmen to drag thee, a blind old man, with them, and
preserve thy life."
The earl replies, "The Northmen find it very difficult now to conquer,
and it is all the worse that thou hast the command of them."
Then said King Harald, "Wilt thou accept of life and safety, although
thou hast not deserved it?"