Then Eric took the word.
He said that Thorolf had made friends with him,
and given him a noble present—that ship which they had there.
'I have,' said he, 'promised him my hearty friendship.
There will be few to become friends with me if this man get nothing by it.
Thou wilt not let it be so, father, with him who has been the first to give
me such a treasure.'

The end was that the king promised them before they parted that
Thorolf should be in peace with him.
'But I will not,' said he, ' that he come into my presence.
And thou, Eric, mayst make him as close to thee as thou wilt,
him or more of his kin.
But one of two things will happen,
either they will be softer to thee than to me,
or thou wilt rue this thy intercession,
and that thou lettest them be long in thy company.'

Thereafter went Eric Bloodaxe
and Thorir home to the Firths;
then they sent word to Thorolf
how their errand to
the king had sped.
Thorolf and Bjorn were for
that winter with Brynjolf.
Many summers they
were out a-freebooting,
but the winters they spent
with Brynjolf,
or sometimes with Thorir.