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But Brun, utterly unmoved by his entreaties, suddenly jerked the king out of the chariot, battered him to the earth, plucked the club from him as he fell, whirled it upon his head, and slew him with his own weapon. Countless corpses lay round the king's chariot, and the horrid heap overtopped the wheels; the pile of carcases rose as high as the pole. For about 12,000 of the nobles of Ring fell upon the field.
But on the side of Harald about 30,000 nobles fell, not to name the slaughter of the commons. When Ring heard that Harald was dead, he gave the signal to his men to break up their line and cease fighting.
Then under cover of truce he made treaty with the enemy, telling them that it was vain to prolong the fray without their captain.
Next he told the Swedes to look everywhere among the confused piles of carcases for the body of Harald, that the corpse of the king might not wrongfully lack its due rights.
So the populace set eagerly to the task of turning over the bodies of the slain, and over this work half the day was spent.
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