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SCANDINAVIAN ANTIQUITIES OF DUBLIN. 29
The " Chronicle of Danish Kings " l
repeats these
statements of Saxo respecting Regnar's invasion
of Ireland, his "taking of Dublin," and Hella's
actions among
the Irish. Nor is the "Lodbrokar
Quida" 2 more explict, for although it states that
Rejmar's final battles were in Ireland and in Wales
o
it neither names the place where Regnar perished
or the kingdom where Ella reigned.
But in the Chronicle of King Eric we find the
explicit statement that Regnar having conquered
many countries was " at length killed in Ireland," 3
Hamsfort being equally explicit in stating that
Regnar was captured by Hella, an Irish prince, and
put to death in prison. 4
Let us now see how far these statements are con-
sistent with Irish history.
rus inductaque per eum sacra teme-
rans, vera religione proscripta
pristine adulterinam loco restituit
ac suo ceremonias honore denarii."
Pontoppidan Gesta et Vestigia
Danorum, 1740, vol. ii, p. 301 et
298, quoting Saxo Gramm., has
the marginal note " Gesta Regnari
Lodbr. et mors calamitosa in Hi-
bernia." Pontoppidan, vol. ii., and
Torfceus Dynast, et Reg. Dan.
have collected much respecting
Regnar Lodbrog, but were utterly
ignorant of Irish history, which, in
fact, was almost a dead letter until
the publication of O'Conor, Rer.
Hib. Script., and the translation of
the Four Masters by O'Donovan.
1 Chron. Reg. Dan. Langebek,
vol. 1, p. 110, et seq.
2 Lodbrokar Quida, Copenhagen,
1782. Johnstone,Stroph.xx., trans
lates " Lindiseyri " Leinster, which
is probably correct, as " Erin's
blood" is mentioned immediately
after. Others have supposed it
to be Lindesness in Norway, or
Lindesey in England Vide Krakas
Maal, Rafer., Copenh., 1826,
p. 135. Johnstone also surmises
that the Irish king, Marstan, of the
poem
3
Langebek, voL L, p. 156,
Regneri Lothbroki "
: Iste subju-
is the Melbricus of Saxo.
gavitAngliam,Scotiam,Hyberniam,
Norwegiam, Sweicam, Teutoniam,
Slaviam, Rusciam, et omnia regna
occidentis ; ita quod ix. filios suos
in singulis terris reges fecit et ipse
de uno regno in aliud inter eos
pertransivit. Tandem in Hybernia
occisus est," &c., &c.
4 Hamsfort, Series Regum ; Lan-
gebek, vol. i., p. 36. "Qui Reg-
BOOK L
CHAP. II.