successor, Eric III., a most religious prince, restored piety and religion, with equal courage and success, and sent ambassadors to Rome, with proofs of the miracles performed, and obtained from the pope a declaration, authorising the veneration of St. Canutus, the proto-martyr of Denmark. Upon this occasion a most solemn translation of his relics, which were put in a most costly shrine, was performed, at which Ælnoth, our historian, was present. He adds, that the first preachers of the faith in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, were English priests; that the Danes then zealously embraced the Christian religion, but that the Swedes still continued more obstinate, among whom Eschill, an Englishman, received the crown of martyrdom, whilst he was preaching Christ to certain savage tribes. END OF THE SECOND VOLUME. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOOTNOTES. ----- Footnote 1: Vol. I. p. 175. Footnote 2: See Vol. I. p. 178. Footnote 3: Ibid. 176, 178, 179. Footnote 4: Vol. I. p. 187. Footnote 5: Ibid. p. 188. Footnote 6: See Vol. I. p. 216. Footnote 7: Ibid. p. 320. Footnote 8: See “The Fatal Sisters.” Footnote 9: The materials for the preceding section are derived from the Orkneyinga Saga; Snorro, Heimskringla; Johnstone, Antiquitates Celto-Scindicæ. Footnote 10: The preceding section is derived from, 1. Torfœus, Islandia Antiqua; 2. Ditto, Historia Rerum Norvegicarum; 3. Snorro, Heimskringla; 4. The Landnamabok, seu Origines Islandorum; 5. Schlegel, Comment. de Codice Gragas.; 6. Wharton, History of the Northmen. Footnote 11: Snorro, Saga af Olafi Tryggva-Syni; Heimskringla (multis locis); Torfœus, Vinlandia Antiqua; Adamas Bremensis, De Situ Daniæ; Malte Brun, Géographie; Pontoppidan, Gesta et Ventigia Danorum extra Daniam. Footnote 12: Karamzin, tom. i. Footnote 13: Karamzin, Histoire de Russia; Levesque, Histoire; Pontoppidan, Gesta et Vestigia. Footnote 14: Pontoppidan, Gesta et Vestigia Danorum extra Daniam. The best account of the piratical exploits of the Northmen in France is in the Roman de Rou of Wace, and, the Chronique of Benoit de St. Maur. Their exploits in Spain are mentioned both by the Mohammedan and Christian writers. Their exploits in Scotland, Iceland, Ireland, and the coast of Britain, are contained in the Sagas; but these abound so much in wild fiction that it is difficult to separate the true from the false. Footnote 15: