[123]. Cc. ii, iii, xxx.
[124]. Cf. Daae, “Studier angaaende Kongespeilet”: Aarböger for nordisk Oldkyndighed, 1896, 180-181. Daae holds that the author was a clergyman.
[125]. Ibid., 1896, 178.
[126]. Ibid., 1896, 192-196; see also pp. 179 ff. Daae believes that Master William must have held a position at court corresponding to the office of chancellor; he also conjectures that he was the tutor of the king’s sons. Master William is mentioned in the Hákonar Saga, cc. 210, 228.
[127]. Historiske Skrifter tilegnede Ludvig Daae, 79-104 (“Presten Ivar Bodde”). Ivar is one of the characters in Ibsen’s Pretenders.
[128]. Hákonar Saga, c. 21.
[129]. Historiske Skrifter tilegnede Ludvig Daae, 88-89 (Heffermehl); Hákonar Saga, c. 20.
[130]. Historiske Skrifter tilegnede Ludvig Daae, 80.
[131]. Ibid., 81, 85.
[132]. C. vii.