When the King had prepared his ship, he removed all his army from the
capital to Eidsvags;[22] afterwards he himself returned to the city,
where he remained some nights, and then set out for Herlover.[23] Here
all the troops, both from the Northern and Southern districts,
assembled, as is described in the Ravens-ode, which Sturla[24] sung.

1.

From the recesses of Finland,[25] bands, keen for battle,
sought the potent Ruler of the storm of Javelins. The
boisterous deep, that girds this earth, bore the ships of
the Protector of thrones west from the streams of Gotelfa.

King Haco mustered all his force at Herlover. It was a mighty and
splendid armament. The King had many large and well-appointed ships,
as is thus described.

2.

No terrifier of dragons,[26] guardians of the hoarded
treasure,[27] e'er in one place beheld more numerous hosts.
The stainer of the sea-fowl's beak,[28] resolved to scour the
main, far distant shores connected by swift fleets.

3.

A glare of light blazed from the powerful, far-famed monarch
while, carried by the sea-borne wooden coursers[29] of
Gestils,[30] he broke to the roaring waves. The swelling
sails, of keels that ride the surge, reflected the beams of