He dismisses his four Sons, by the Witch 177 Snæfrida; receives them again at the Intercession of Jarl Hiodulf; they excel in military Exercises; his numerous Wives and Offspring The Crimes and Ambition of most of his 178 Sons shortened their Days; the Sons of Snæfrida burn Rognevald Harald appoints his Sons Kings over the 179 Provinces; Thorgils and Frode conquer Dublin; end their Days tragically Eric Blodöxe burns his Brother 180 _Rognevald_, with eighty pretended Wizards; slays his Brother _Biorn_, King of Westfold 910–913 Harald’s unaccountable Attachment to 181 Eric; Eric’s early piratical Depredations; his marvellous Adventure in Finland with Gunhilda and two Magicians; he marries Gunhilda 930–934 Gudred, the Son of Harald, lost at Sea; 182 Harald resigns the Imperial Dignity to Eric He is opposed by Halfdan the Black, with 183 Olaf, the Brother of the murdered Biorn, King of Westfold; Harald dies at the age of eighty; his Character; military Prowess almost his only great Quality 934–936 Hostilities between Eric and his 185 Brothers, Olaf and Sigurd; they are defeated and slain; the People look for a Deliverer from the Tyranny of Eric in the Person of Hako, who had been educated in the Court of Athelstane of England, where he then resided Hako, being supplied with Ships and 185 Money, sails for Norway 937–946 He lands at Drontheim; is proclaimed 186 King in a General Assembly of Freemen; he is joined by many Chiefs in the Uplands; he makes Sigurd King of Westfold And Drygve King of Raumarik and 187 Vingulmark; Eric, abandoned by the People, flees to the Orkneys; he ravages the Scottish Coast; he embraces Christianity, and receives the Government of Northumbria from Athelstane