Then Gregorius went north to Throndhjem, and came there before Yule.
King Inge was rejoiced at his safety, and told him to use his property
as freely as his own, King Eystein having burnt Gregorius's house, and
slaughtered his stock of cattle. The ship-docks which King Eystein the
Elder had constructed in the merchant town of Nidaros, and which had
been exceedingly expensive, were also burnt this winter, together with
some good vessels belonging to King Inge. This deed was ascribed to King
Eystein and Philip Gyrdson, King Sigurd's foster-brother, and occasioned
much displeasure and hatred. The following summer King Inge went south
with a very numerous body of men; and King Eystein came northwards,
gathering men also. They met in the east (A.D. 1156) at the Seleys,
near to the Naze; but King Inge was by far the strongest in men. It was
nearly coming to a battle; but at last they were reconciled on these
conditions, that King Eystein should be bound to pay forty-five marks of
gold, of which King Inge should have thirty marks, because King Eystein
had occasioned the burning of the docks and ships; and, besides,
that Philip, and all who had been accomplices in the deed, should be
outlawed. Also that the men should be banished the country, against whom
it could be proved that they gave blow or wound to King Sigurd; for King
Eystein accused King Inge of protecting these men; and that Gregorius
should have fifteen marks of gold for the value of his property burnt by
King Eystein. King Eystein was ill pleased with these terms, and looked
upon the treaty as one forced upon him. From that meeting King Inge went
eastward to Viken, and King Eystein north to Throndhjem; and they had no
intercourse with each other, nor were the messages which passed between
them very friendly, and on both sides they killed each other's friends.
King Eystein, besides, did not pay the money; and the one accused the
other of not fulfilling what was promised. King Inge and Gregorius
enticed many people from King Eystein; among others, Bard Standale
Brynjolfson, Simon Skalp, a son of Halkel Huk, Halder Brynjolfson, Jon
Halkelson, and many other lendermen.