Many a noble man was wounded.

Swarthy shall become the bright sun,

In the black sea shall the earth sink,

Finished shall be Austri’s labour,

And the wild sea hide the mountains,

Ere there be in those fair Islands

Born a chief to rule the people—

May our God both help and keep them—

Greater than the lost Earl Thorfinn.

CHAPTER XXIII
OF THE EARLS PAUL AND ERLEND, AND GENEALOGIES.