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var enn fiördi, so stör at hann vo .ix. aura, Sigur-
gardr for at finna Jonas og kaupslagade vid hann
og falade af honum skiped og gripena, og gaf honum i 3
möte kastala þann sem fader hans hafdi honum gefed,
og jallsnafn med, enn hann fjeck honum skipit i' möte
og þessa gödgripe sem adr eru nefnder og þö skilldi e
hann ejga epter jafnvæge skickjunnar af raudu gulle,
hier med skiptu þeir litum, þviat þat kunnu marger
menn vel i þann tima. siþan hiöst Sigrgardr i kaup- 9
ferder og ætludu aller Jonas vera hvar sem hann for,
um sider kom hann austr i Taricia, og ej allnær þvi
sem meykongrenn sat, hann let falan varning sinn, 12
og sindi gripena, og mat so di'rt at eingi reipadest
vid ad kaupa, þetta var sagt meikonginum, og lofudu
menn miog gripena firer henne, hun giorer nu 15
hejmanferd sina til mötz vid Jonas, enn þa er hun
kemur j þa hofn er hann lá firer kallar hun hann til
1 .ix. aura] eyri 123, 19r, eýrer 167, 40v.
3 skiped] not mentioned before in the MSS.
11 Taricia] Tartaria 123, 19v, Tartharia 167, 40v. -nær]
-fiarri 123, 19v, -fiærre 167, 40v.
13 reipadest] skerpttiz 123, 19v, 167, 40v.
17 j \first written firer, but corrected MS.
north of the Greek archipelago; a chess-board of red gold
and a carbuncle so large that it weighs nine aurar. Sigr-
garðr goes to Jónas and buys the ship and the treasures
from him in exchange for the castle his father gave him
and in addition makes him an earl and gives him
the weight of the cloak in gold. He and Jónas exchange
appearances, for there were many people who could do
this at tiiat time. Sigrgarðr then sets out, travelling as a
merchant, and everyone thinks that he is Jónas. He
comes east to Taricia but not too near the queen’s resi-
dence. He offers his treasures for sale at such a high price
that no one can undertake to buy them. The queen hears
of this and goes to look at the treasures. When she comes