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koma jnnan siau uetra. “elligar skulu þier hallda mig
daudann ef *þa frettizt ecki til min”. lofudu aller at
giora sem k(ong)s(on) uilldi og sleit suo þinginu. 3
12. (Þ)Essu næst byzt k(ong)son burt af Uinsestur
og hafdi hest sinn Valentina og uopn. honum fylgdu
.ij. smasueinar. h(et) annar Heimer enn annarn
Rogerus. hann bad vel lifa borgarmenn en aller badu
hann uel fara og heilann aptur koma. fer Uilhialmur
nu fyst til Saxlandz og optazt huldu höfdi. er ei o
getit um ferder hans fyrr enn hann kemur ut j
Lumbardi. eitt kueld tok hann sier nattstad j einum
skogi under fiollum Asprement. þeir sla nu tialldi sinu i->
a einni eing. og er þeir biugguzt til nattuerdar. heyrdu
þeir dunur miklar. sueinarner hliupu ut og sau at þar
var komit dyr þat tigris heiter. þat er stort og grimt og is
suo agiarnt at þat sier alldri suo marga hiord at þat
drepi ei allt under sig og alldri er þat suo suangt at
2 þa]from 548, 6r, 577, 9r, 599, 6v, þier MS.
6 Heimer] Herman 548, 6r, 577, 9v, 599, 6v.
7 Rogerus] Rogualldua 599, 6v.
12 Asprement] Asperuntia 548, 6r, Aspermia 577, 9v,
Astrimia 599, 6v.
13 eing] qfter this ivard (+ j skoginvmm) there is a lacuna
(1 folio) in 599.
15 þat1] + er 548, 6r, 577, 9v.
before seven years have gone by. If he has not come by
then, they are to presume him dead.
12. Vilhjálmr now departs from Vinsestr with his horse
Valentina and his weapons, only accompanied by two
attendants, Heimir and Rogerus. He goes first to Saxland,
travelling for the most part incognito. Thence he proceeds
to Lombardy. One evening he intends to spend the night
in a forest beneath the Asprement mountains but when
they have pitched their tent, they hear a tremendous
uproar and see a tiger approaching. A tiger is an animal
so large and cruel that it kills every single animal in even