'tis my purpose to punish sternly all transgressions; but first there are other things to be thought of. Knows any man where Skule Bårdsson is?
Many.
In one of the churches, lord!
HÅkon.
Know you that for certain?
The Townsmen.
Ay, there are all the Vargbælgs.
Håkon.
[Softly to Dagfinn.] He must be found; set a watch on all the churches in the town.
Dagfinn.
And when he is found, he must straightway be slain.
Håkon.
[Softly.] Slain? Dagfinn, Dagfinn, how heavy a deed it seems!
Dagfinn.
My lord, you swore it solemnly at Oslo.
Håkon.
And all men in the land will call for his death. [Turns to Gregorius Jonsson and says, unheard by the others.] Go; you were once his friend; seek him out and prevail on him to fly the land.
Gregorius.
[Joyfully.] You will suffer it, my lord!
