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og skipt ined hermaunnum til jafnadar og uilldu
hofþingiar þar ecki af hafa. var nu giort brullaup
3 þessara villdis manna Neptalims og Gracianu.
Reginb(alld) koronadi V(ilhialm) og gaf honum einn
gullknautt suo þungan at eingi gat af jordu lypt.
6 V(ilhialmur) tok þa sitt suerd Samiuon og hio
gullhnottin j sundur j .iiij. parta. einn gaf hann
Menon. annann Man(a)ses. hinn þridia brudinni.
9 fiorda Siod. sidan kysti hann a hiollt suerdinu og gaf
þat R(egin)b(alld). Veizlan stod fiorutige daga og geck
einatt j uoxt. enn engi hlutur er suo langr at eigi lidi.
12 en þa þessi ueizla uar endut toku hofþingiar huer
heim til sins landz og skildu med uinattu. Manases
uilldi ecki skiliazt med V(ilhialm) og dualdizt hann
i5 med honum. en setti brodr sinn yfer Niniueborg þann
sem Darius h(et) og styrdi hann þeirri borg medan
hann lifdi. enn þeir V(ilhialmur) og Manases sátu j
18 Babilon med(an) þeir lifdu báder. Ammiral h(et)
son V(ilhialmz) og Astrinomiu er þar tok Riki. Nu er
8 Manases] supplied from 548, 37v.
18 medan] supplied from 548, 38r, 577, 49v.
receive fine gifts, while the leaders waive their right to
these. Neptalim and Graciana’s marriage is celebrated.
Reginbald crowns Vilhjálmr and presents him with a
golden sphere so heavy that no one can raise it from the
ground. Vilhjálmr takes his sword, Samiron, divides the
sphere into four parts and gives the first to Menon, the
second to Manases, the third to Graciana and the fourth
to Sjóðr. Then he kisses the hilt of the sword and gives it
to Reginbald. The wedding-feast lasts for forty days and
becomes more and more lively. When it is finally over,
the noblemen return each to his own land. Manases,
however, will not leave Vilhjálmr and appoints his brother,
Darius, to rule over Ninive. Vilhjálmr and Manases spend