Sigurd Ribbung.
That do I, and with full as good ground. My grandfather was King Magnus Erlingsson——
Håkon.
Ay, if your father, Erling Steinvæg, was indeed King Magnus’s son; but most folk deny it, and in that matter none has yet faced the ordeal.
Sigurd Ribbung.
The Ribbungs chose me as king of their own free will, whereas ’twas by threats that Dagfinn the Peasant and other Birchlegs[[24]] gained for you the name of King.
Håkon.
Ay, so ill had you dealt with Norway that the stock of Sverrë had to claim its right with threats.
Guthorm Ingesson.
I am of the stock of Sverrë as much as you——