him, ran over to Haakon's army and assisted them in the fight. When this news was told to King Inge, he said: "Such is the difference between my friends. Never would Gregorius have done so in his life." Some of Inge's men now advised him to mount a horse and ride up to Raumarike, where he could get help. But he refused to do so. "I have heard you often say, and I think truly, that it was of little use to my brother Eystein that he took to flight; and yet he was in many ways an abler man than I. I was in the second year of my age when I was chosen king of Norway, and I am now twenty-six. I have had misfortune and sorrow under my kingly dignity, rather than pleasure and peaceful days. I have had many battles; and it is my greatest luck that I have never fled, even when fighting against a superior force. God will dispose of my life, but I shall never betake myself to flight." As a result of the traitors' work Haakon gained a complete victory. When daylight came, King Inge was among the fallen. His brother Orm tried to continue the battle, but at last had to take flight. On the following day Orm was to have married Ragna, a daughter of Nikolas Mase and widow of King Eystein; but after the battle Orm fled to Svithiod, Sweden, where his brother Magnus was then king. Haakon and his men took possession of the town, and feasted on what had been prepared for the wedding. Those of Inge's friends who survived the battle fled in all directions. Only Kristina, Sigurd the Crusader's daughter, remained in town, for she had a promise to the late king to fulfil. She found King Inge's body, and had it laid in the stone wall of Halvard's Church, on the south side below the choir. CHAPTER XXV _The Church_ From the time of Olaf Kyrre (the Quiet) there were three bishops in Norway; one in Nidaros, one in Bergen, and one in Oslo. During the reign of Kings Eystein and Sigurd the Crusader a bishopric was also established in Stavanger. The bishops were chosen by the king, and the bishops appointed the priests.