Men call me "King Alfred's Viking," and I think that I may be proud of that name; for surely to be trusted by such a king is honor enough for any man, whether freeman or thrall, noble or churl. Maybe I had rather be called by that name than by that which was mine when I came to England, though it was a good title enough that men gave me if it meant less than it seemed. For being the son of Vemund, king of Southmereland in Norway, I was hailed as king when first I took command of a ship of my own. Sea king, therefore, was I, Ranald Vemundsson, but my kingdom was but over ship and men, the circle of the wide sea round me was naught that I could rule over if I might seem to conquer the waves by the kingship of good seaman's craft.

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