. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . had been allowed toescape : A little man is he, but firm in his stirrups. And now they fell to battle. For a time the opposinghosts waged a bitter, though equal, struggle. According tosome chroniclers the fight raged most fiercely around Stam-ford Bridge itself, the passage beiug barred by a Northman,who kiUed all who approached him. Finally an Englisharcher crept tmder the bridge and slew, in a none too noblemanner, this Horatius of the Yorkshire stream. The obstacleremoved, the English crossed and flung themselves againstHarold Sigurdsson
. England, from earliest times to the Great Charter . had been allowed toescape : A little man is he, but firm in his stirrups. And now they fell to battle. For a time the opposinghosts waged a bitter, though equal, struggle. According tosome chroniclers the fight raged most fiercely around Stam-ford Bridge itself, the passage beiug barred by a Northman,who kiUed all who approached him. Finally an Englisharcher crept tmder the bridge and slew, in a none too noblemanner, this Horatius of the Yorkshire stream. The obstacleremoved, the English crossed and flung themselves againstHarold Sigurdssons shield-wall, for a time unavailingly. Atlast, however, the Norwegian King was slain by an arrowwhich pierced his throat. Tost^ now took his place and stillurged on his men. Meanwhile messengers had flown to theships and Eystein Gorcock had gathered all available reinforce-ments and was hurrying with all speed to be by his Kings sidein time. He arrived to find him dead and the major partof his host slain, but the Gorcock restored the fortunes of318. COMING OF THE NORMANS the day for his side for a time, and it seemed as though theEnglish would be beaten. However, Harold of England ralliedhis men, and with one last and tremendous onslaught finallyovercame and utterly vanquished the Norwegians. Tostigwas slain and almost all the Norwegian leaders, and it wasa mere broken remnant that fled before Harolds victoriousarmy. So fierce was the contest that day that many men died,we are told, of sheer exhaustion, while the battle raged. According to The Saga of Earl Magnus, After these fightsKing Harold gave Olaf Haroldsson and the earls leave to goaway out of England. With their departure we may turnsouth once more. The northern invasion had failed, thanksto Harolds energy, bravery, and ability; the southern onewas now about to begin. William crosses the Channel As we have seen, when Williams invasion first threatened,Harold collected a fleet and an army, which he posted inthe Channel
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