Earl Skule.
Give me the letters, Ivar Bodde.
[Goes to the table with them, takes out the Great Seal which he wears under his girdle, and seals the letters during the following.
Bishop Nicholas.
[Muttering.] Håkon Håkonsson is King—and the Earl holds the royal seal;—I like that—I like that.
Håkon.
What says my lord Bishop?
Bishop Nicholas.
I say that God and St. Olaf watch over their holy church. [Goes into the King’s Hall.
Håkon.