him. The Jarl was the most agreeable of hosts; but the King was
silent and sullen. The Jarl talked to him in every way to make him
cheerful, and brought forward everything he could think of to amuse
him; but the King remained stern, and speaking little. At last the
Jarl proposed a game of chess, which he agreed to. A chess-board was
produced, and they played together. Jarl Ulf was hasty in temper,
stiff, and in nothing yielding; but everything he managed went on well
in his hands: and he was a great warrior, about whom there are many
stories. He was the most powerful man in Denmark next to the King.
Jarl Ulf's sister, Gyda, was married to Jarl Gudin (Godwin) Ulfnadson;
and their sons were, Harald King of England, and Jarl Tosti, Jarl
Walthiof, Jarl Mauro-Kaare, and Jarl Svein. Gyda was the name of
their daughter, who was married to the English King Edward, the Good
(whom we call the Confessor).

"When they had played a while, the King made a false move; on which
the Jarl took a knight from him; but the King set the piece on the
board again, and told the Jarl to make another move. But the Jarl
flew angry, tumbled the chess-board over, rose, and went away. The
King said, 'Run thy ways, Ulf the Fearful.' The Jarl turned round at
the door and said, 'Thou wouldst have run farther at Helge river hadst
thou been left to battle there. Thou didst not call me Ulf the
Fearful when I hastened to thy help while the Swedes were beating thee
like a dog.' The Jarl then went out, and went to bed.

"The following morning, while the King was putting on his clothes, he
said to his footboy, 'Go thou to Jarl Ulf and kill him.' The lad
went, was away a while, and then came back. The King said, 'Hast thou
killed the Jarl?' 'I did not kill him, for he was gone to St.
Lucius's church.' There was a man called Ivar the White, a Norwegian