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sterkr og likur fodur sinum. honum gaf V(ilhialmur)
niddara nafn og mæki þann hinn stora er Frollo hafdi
att.var hann aungum manni uopnhæfur utan honumog ?>
for hann med V(ilhialmi) þessa herfor. en Herkul
k(ongr) for heim til sins landz med sæmiligum
giofum. V(ilhialmur) byr nu her sinn og hefer ogrynnie
lids suo eigi matti telia. Sigla þeir nu þegar byr gaf
og liettv eigi fyrr enn þeir koma til Tyrklandz. þar
fundu þeir Menon k(ong) og hafdi hann .c. skipa. fara 9
sidan til þess at þeir koma til Babil(on) og kom þar til
moz uid þa bert(ugi) Sio(dur) og Manases med miklu
lidi og fognudu þar huorer audrum uel. Sidan settu 12
þeir sinar herbuder a uollunvm nær Bab(ilon) og var
þat miog jafnsnemma og saman uar komenn sa |
48r mikle her at Arkilaus k(ongr) ættladi at styra til 15
Miklagarz og er nu likazt at honum verdi minna fyrir.
63. (A)rkilaus k(ongr) sier nu herbudernar og
hefer sanna frett af huerir þær eiga. stefner k(ongr) 18
þa þing ogm(ælti)suo“Nu er hierkominn V(ilhialmur)
Siodur” sagdi hann “og uill Kæna oss uoru Riki en uer
erum eigi uppgefner fyrir honum. skulu ver ganga ur 21
16 honum] with this word the text in 577 begins again, 47r.
knight, presenting him with the great sword that belonged
to Frollo. No man other than Neptalim is able to wield it.
He wishes to go with Vilhjálmr to Babylon but King
Herkul returns to his land with splendid gifts. They now
sail with an innumerable army until they reach Tyrkland,
where they find King Menon with a hundred ships. From
there they continue to Babylon, where Duke Sjóðr and
Manases meet them with a mighty army. There is a
joyful reunion. They pitch their camp on the plains near
Babylon. This takes place at the very time when Arkilaus
has finished gathering together the great army with which
he intends to march on Miklagarðr.
63. When King Arkilaus sees the camp and learns who
has come, he summons an assembly, where he proposes