[Page 196, line 16]. That is to say, 240.
[Page 199, line 20]. Unhistorical. Morkere, or Morcar, escaped later and joined Harald the son of (Earl) Godwin.
[Page 199, line 27]. Part of the refrain which runs as follows: ‘Olaf the Mighty is—the very greatest chief—born under the sun.’
[Page 200, line 9]. September 20 (1066).
[Page 200, line 21]. Now Stamford Bridge across the Derwent. Snorri thought that Stamford was situated nearer York than it really is.
[Page 200, line 27]. September 24.
[Page 201, line 2]. This is incorrect. The Thing was to be held at Stamford Bridge and Harald was to be given there hostages from the whole of Yorkshire. It was for this reason that the battle occurred there.
[Page 201, line 11]. September 25 (1066).
[Page 202, line 32]. Legends referring to the battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066) are incorporated in this and the following narrative. It was the Norwegians who fought on horseback, and who used the expedient of pretended flight against the English, and not the reverse: the latter had no horse.
[Page 208, line 19]. Quite unhistorical.