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 | | Saxo Grammaticus, or "The Lettered", one of the notable historians of the Middle Ages, may fairly be called not only the earliest chronicler of Denmark, but her earliest writer. |
 | | Saxo has even recorded the Laws of Frode in four separate bits, which we give as A, B, C, D. is mainly a civil and military code of archaic kind: (a) The division of spoil shall be -- gold to captains, silver to privates, arms to champions, ships to be shared by all. |
 | | Saxo's traditions note drinking of a lion's blood that eats men as a means of gaining might and strength; the drinking of bear's blood is also declared to give great bodily power. |
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