The Heimskringla on Freyvid the Deaf
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 96. History Of The Lagman Emund.
attestation: Freyvid the Deaf warned that all men, great and small, resented the king's broken promises to Norway and violation of the Upsala Thing's decision.
"so loud have many spoken out, that I can perceive that all men, both great and small, take it ill that you have not kept your promise to the king of Norway; and, worse than that, that you broke the decision of the community as it was delivered at Upsala Thing"
attestation: Freyvid warned that if the Swedish people unanimously turned against the king, his friends could see no counsel to help him.
"if the people of the country unanimously turn against you, we, your friends, see no counsel that can be of advantage to you"
attestation: Freyvid revealed that a message-token had gone forth to assemble a Retribution-thing, and most counsellors had already ridden off to hold Things with the people.
"all the others, so far as I know, have ridden forth through the districts to hold Things with the people; and we will not conceal it from you, that the message-token has gone forth to assemble a Retribution-thing"
attestation: All three brothers had been invited to join the rebel council but refused to bear the name of traitor to the sovereign.
"All of us brothers have been invited to take part in the decisions of this council, but none of us will bear the name of traitor to the sovereign; for that our father never was"
attestation: Freyvid explained that Thorvid's fragmented words 'quarrelsome, greedy, jealous, dull' described someone weary of peace who longs for small things while letting great ones pass away.
"holds the words 'quarrelsome, greedy, jealous, dull,' to be one and the same thing; for it applies to him who is weary of peace, longs for small things without attaining them, while he lets great and useful things pass away"
attestation: Freyvid manipulated the assembly by arguing that Upland Swedes should lead the decision, not West Gautlanders like Emund.
"It appears to me, that if we are to depose Olaf Eirikson from his kingdom, we Swedes of the Uplands should be the leading men in it"
attestation: Freyvid asked Emund who should become king if Olaf Eirikson's rule ended, and Emund said the best-suited man regardless of lineage.
"Who, in your opinion, should we take for king, in case Olaf Eirikson's days are at an end?" Emund--"He whom we think best suited to it, whether he be of the race of chiefs or not.""
attestation: Freyvid insisted the kingdom must remain in the old royal line and that King Olaf's son of pure Swedish descent should be chosen over the slave-woman's son.
"We Uplanders will not, in our time, have the kingdom go out of the old race of our ancestors, which has given us kings for a long course of generations"