Thus is the history of Wodin and the Magus

From this voyage, is the story of Wodin born as it is written upon the burghs and here inscribed.¹

At the Alderga-mouth, there abode an old seaking.
Sterik was his name and the fame of his deeds was great.
This old sea dog had three nephews, Wodin, the eldest lived at Lumka-makia by the E-mouth, at East-Flyland with his parents at home.
Once was he general.⁵
Tunis and Inka were seafighters and just now by their father at the Alderga-mouth.
As the young warriors came together, they chose Wodin to be their general or king, and the sea-fighters chose Tunis to be their seaking and Inka to be rear admiral.
The seamen went then to the Denmarks.

There took they Wodin with his warlike land army.
The wind was ample and so were they to Skenland in a flash.¹⁰
Then Wodin dealt the northern brethern who themselves had followed him, into three wedges.
Frya was their war cry and so they thrust the Finns and Magyar back as if they were children.

When the Magy perceived how his people were all killed, he sent then messengers with staff and crown.
They said to Wodin O thou all-greatest of kings, we are guilty through all which we have done is done out of need.
Ye think that we willingly attacked your brothers, but we are driven forth by our foes and they are all yet upon our heels.¹⁵
We have often asked help of thy burghmaids but they have not answered us.

The Magy says that if we kill half of each other, so shall the wild shepherds come and fordo us altogether.
The Magy has many riches but, he has seen that Frya is stronger than all of our ghosts together.
He will lay his head down in her lap.
Thou art the most warlike king on Earth.²⁰
Thy folk is of iron.
Became our king and we will be thy slaves.
What should be so honourable for thee as couldest thou drive the wild men back, our trumpets would resound and our tales would go before you everywhere.

Wodin was strong, wild and warlike, but he was not clear-sighted, thereby was he caught in their snares and crowned by the Magy.
Right many seamen and land-defenders, with whom this choice was not agreeable, went quietly hence, taking Kat with them, but Kat who would neither appear before the Mother nor before the general assembly, jumped overboard.²⁵
Then came a storm wind and fetched that ship upon the shores of the Denmarks without missing a single man.
Afterwards was that strait called Kat’s gat (Kattegat).

When Wodin was crowned, went he loose upon the wild men, they were all horsemen, like a hail shower came they against Wodin’s army, but like a whirlwind, turned they about and dared not appear again. When Wodin came back, the Magy gave him his daughter as a wife.
Afterwards, was he besmoked with herbs, but there were magic herbs among them, then Wodin became, by degrees, so very bold, that he dared to ignore and to ridicule Frya’s and Wralda’s ghost, while he bowed his free neck before false godlike images.³⁰

He held his kingdom seven years, then he vanished.
The Magy said that he was taken up among the gods and that he from there reigned over them, but our folk laughed at that talk.
When Wodin had been away for a while, there came discord.
We would choose another king, but that wouldn’t the Magy naught not abide.
He regarded it were a right, given him by his gods.³⁵

Beyond and apart from this dispute, there was yet one among the Magyar and Finns who would honour neither Frya nor Wodin.
But the Magy did as it seemed fit to him, for his daughter had won a son by Wodin and now would the Magy that this should be of a high lineage.

While everyone argued and fought, the Magy crowned the knave king and installed himself as regent and spokesman or advisor.
Those who thought more of their life, than of right, let him be dubbed, but the good went away.
Many Magyar fled back with their troops and the seamen went to ship and a host of trusty Finns went with them as oarsmen.⁴⁰