Earl Toste had come from Flanders to King Harald as soon as he arrived
in England, and the earl was present at all these battles. It happened,
as he had foretold the king at their first meeting, that in England
many people would flock to them, as being friends and relations of Earl
Toste, and thus the king's forces were much strengthened. After the
battle now told of, all people in the nearest districts submitted to
Harald, but some fled. Then the king advanced to take the castle, and
laid his army at Stanforda-bryggiur (Stamford Bridge); and as King
Harald had gained so great a victory against so great chiefs and so
great an army, the people were dismayed, and doubted if they could
make any opposition. The men of the castle therefore determined, in a
council, to send a message to King Harald, and deliver up the castle
into his power. All this was soon settled; so that on Sunday the king
proceeded with the whole army to the castle, and appointed a Thing of
the people without the castle, at which the people of the castle were
to be present. At this Thing all the people accepted the condition of
submitting to Harald, and gave him, as hostages, the children of the
most considerable persons; for Earl Toste was well acquainted with all
the people of that town. In the evening the king returned down to his
ships, after this victory achieved with his own force, and was very
merry. A Thing was appointed within the castle early on Monday morning,
and then King Harald was to name officers to rule over the town, to give
out laws, and bestow fiefs. The same evening, after sunset, King Harald
Godwinson came from the south to the castle with a numerous army, and
rode into the city with the good-will and consent of the people of the
castle. All the gates and walls were beset so that the Northmen could
receive no intelligence, and the army remained all night in the town.