It might be that some trouble would arise at home, for seldom did a king come to his throne there without fighting against upstarts who would take it.
"So he holds his force in readiness in the Humber to fall on either Denmark or England.

If things go ill at home, he will go over sea first, and return here.

But if all is well, we shall have fighting enough presently." Now when the court of Ethelred had gathered again, it was not long before he grew more cold in his way with Olaf, and one might easily see that this grew more so with the coming of Edric Streone.

So that when the march to Lindsey was spoken of, Olaf thought well to stay in the Thames with the ships, and when Eadmund asked him to come north with the levies he said: "It seems to me that there are jealousies already among your thanes concerning me, and I will not be the cause of any divisions among your folk.

Yet I would help you, and here is what I can do.