Sigurd replies, that "If Dag Eilifson were here, we should not be
without one who dared."
Then Sigurd sprang overboard, swam to the king, took hold of him, and
said, "Sire, do not kill the man. Everybody sees that you are a much
better swimmer."
The king replies, "Let me loose, Sigurd: I shall be his death, for he
will destroy our people under water."
Sigurd says, "Let us first amuse ourselves; and, Icelander, do thou set
off to the land," which he did. The king now got loose from Sigurd, and
swam to his ship, and Sigurd went his way: but the king ordered that
Sigurd should not presume to come into his presence; this was reported
to Sigurd, and so he went up into the country.