In the summer (A.D. 1110) King Sigurd sailed across the Greek sea to
Palestine, and thereupon went up to Jerusalem, where he met Baldwin,
king of Palestine. King Baldwin received him particularly well, and rode
with him all the way to the river Jordan, and then back to the city of
Jerusalem. Einar Skulason speaks thus of it:--
"Good reason has the skald to sing
The generous temper of the king,
Whose sea-cold keel from northern waves
Ploughs the blue sea that green isles laves.
At Acre scarce were we made fast,
In holy ground our anchors cast,
When the king made a joyful morn
To all who toil with him had borne."