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The Library of Scandinavian Literature

THE KING’S MIRROR

THE KING’S MIRROR

(SPECULUM REGALE—KONUNGS SKUGGSJÁ)

TRANSLATED FROM THE OLD NORSE

WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY

LAURENCE MARCELLUS LARSON

TWAYNE PUBLISHERS, INC., NEW YORK

THE AMERICAN-SCANDINAVIAN FOUNDATION

The Library of Scandinavian Literature

Erik J. Friis, General Editor

Volume 15

The King’s Mirror

Library of Congress catalog card number: 72-1542

MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TO MY FATHER AND TO THE

MEMORY OF MY MOTHER