. A child's book of warriors . e,his eyes filled with tears. I would I had been withthee, Gaut, he said, for this was no other thanKing Olaf that spoke with thee. Now, when Edward the Confessor was king, it washis custom to read to his great men from the sagaof King Olaf at Eastertide; for, said he, asEaster day is the greatest and most glorious of alldays, so was this king the best and most illustriousof all the kings of our age. This he did ever as thefeast of the Lord arisen came round. One Easter Sunday when they had heard how theking escaped from the sea and had reached Jorsala 299 A Chil
. A child's book of warriors . e,his eyes filled with tears. I would I had been withthee, Gaut, he said, for this was no other thanKing Olaf that spoke with thee. Now, when Edward the Confessor was king, it washis custom to read to his great men from the sagaof King Olaf at Eastertide; for, said he, asEaster day is the greatest and most glorious of alldays, so was this king the best and most illustriousof all the kings of our age. This he did ever as thefeast of the Lord arisen came round. One Easter Sunday when they had heard how theking escaped from the sea and had reached Jorsala 299 A Childs Book of Warriors Land, and there withdrawn to the peace of thecloister, King Edward closed the book and stoodup beside the throne. To what we have read this day, I add this word,he said. Pilgrims, returning from the holy places,have brought tidings of what we knew not untilnow. King Olaf whom we loved is dead. Pray forhis soul. Suscipiat te, rex mens, Christus qui tevocavit—May Christ who called thee receive thee,my king!. 300
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