Thereupon this, which was covered with costly cloth, and was a valuable
article, was given to the bishop. When the bishop was going away the
king took the cushion from under himself and gave it him, saying, "They
have long been together." When the bishop arrived in Iceland to his
bishop's see, it was talked over what should be done with the goblet
that would be serviceable for the king; and when the bishop asked
the opinion of other people, many thought it should be sold, and the
value-bestowed on the poor. Then said the bishop, "I will take another
plan. I will have a chalice made of it for this church, and consecrate
it, so that all the saints of whom there are relics in this church shall
let the king have some good for his gift every time a mass is sung over
it." This chalice has since belonged to the bishopric of Skalholt; and
of the costly cloth with which the cushions given him by the king were
covered, were made the choristers' cloaks which are now in Skalholt.
From this the generous spirit of King Harald may be seen, as well as
from many other things, of which but a few are set down here.