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Northumbria were to be brought, and perhaps (as
Freeman suggests) a royal manor afforded the chance
of provisions. Next morning, Monday, September 25,
Harold Godwine’s son arrived in York with his
dreaded húskarls, rode through the city to Stamford
Bridge, and found the Norse army wholly unprepared.
Part of it was on the nearer side of the river, and
was driven across the stream, while one Northman
held the bridge until he was pierced from beneath
through the chinks of the gangway. Harald Hardrádi
ran out at the alarm, singing—
Forth we go in battle array,
Armourless under the blue blade ;
Helmets shine, but I wear not mine,
For all our gear in the ships we’ve laid.
Our folk have paid a fearsome price, so trapped and ta’en they be ;
’Twas ill the rede when Harald bade his hosting sail the sea ;
There’s ne’er a man among us but is like to rue the day,
For the good king is gone from us, the king ’s passed away.
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