The fame of these deeds brought champions from divers parts of the world, whom he formed into a band of mercenaries.
Strengthened by their numbers, he kept down insurrections in all kingdoms by the terror of his name, so that he took out of their rulers all courage to fight with one another.

Moreover, no man durst assume any sovereignty on the sea without his consent; for of old the state of the Danes had the joint lordship of land and sea.
Meantime Ingild died in Sweden, leaving only a very little son, Ring, whom he had by the sister of Harald.

Harald gave the boy guardians, and put him over his father's kingdom.

Thus, when he had overcome princes and provinces, he passed fifty years in peace.

To save the minds of his soldiers from being melted into sloth by this inaction, he decreed that they should assiduously learn from the champions the way of parrying and dealing blows.