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kon/ng tage medens Erland wor i Danmarck ther hånd kom nu hiem,
lod hånd53 hanem bihiell slaaH for jage døde hånd siden i olieborg i
Danmarck er jordit ther i Marie kircke, Erland lod och døde och aff
hugge en som wor aff konge slecht i Bergen som hed Harald Sigurssen
Eustein sønn korn'ng Eustein haraldtzøns, hånd lod sig och till korn'ng
tage och fick møgen stor anhang och møgitt folck, hånd giorde Erland
Sckacke och hans søn stor skade, hånd drog altt till fieldtz, hans folck
bant Neffuer54 'om' theris 'ben' for kuld, ther fore kallede bønderne the-
nem bircke been
The giorde mange strider mod Magnus kon/ng, om siger bleff Eustein
Bircke bens kon/ng slagen aff Magnus i Sogen, Men bircke ben holte
dog theris her wed magtt enndog theris herre vor slagen, paa thenne tiid
kom Suerre kon/ng Hakens broder aff Ferøø hånd fick stor hielp aff tis-
se Bircke bene, thij the toge han em till herre och fulde han em i krig jn-
till hånd fick slagitt Magnus Erlandzen i hiell i Sogen, och er Magnus
jorditt i Christ kircke i Bergen
Summary
In the middle of the 16th century, a circle of learned humanists grew up
in Bergen. One of the main interests of these humanists was history, and
they turned their attention to the old medieval sagas, and brought them
back into the light. There are three well known translations into Danish
of kings’ sagas from this period, two of them from the Bergen area, one
by Mattis Størssøn, Lawman (judicial administrator) of Bergen, the
other by the farmer and trusted king’s-man Laurents Hanssøn. The most
complete of the 16th-century translations of kings’ sagas was made in
Southern Norway, by the famous rector Peder Claussøn. But he had also
got his inspiration from the Bergen humanists through his instructor,
Jon Simonssøn, who had lived in Bergen for several years before be-
coming Lawman in Agder.
The manuscript Sth papp fol 84 contains a collection of texts relating
in one way or another to Bergen. Apart from some Latin diplomas, all
53 hånd, skrevet land.
54 Neffuer, N rettet fra noe annet.