The Race Of The Ancient Earls Of Orkney, Descendants Of Jarl
Einar-Torf, Becoming Extinct, Magnus Smak, King Of Norway, Nominated, About
1343, Erngisel Sunason Bot, A Swedish Nobleman, To Be Jarl Or Earl Of
Orkney.
In 1357 Malic Conda, or Mallis Sperre, claimed the earldom.
Afterwards, in 1369, Henry Sinclair put in his claim, and was nominated
earl in 1370, by King Hakon.
In 1375, Hakon nominated Alexander Le-Ard to
be earl for a year. But Sinclair vanquished Le-Ard, and by a large sum
procured the investiture from Hakon in 1379, and we know from history, that
he remained earl in 1406, and was likewise possessed of Shetland. The name
Sinclair, or Siclair, might easily to an Italian ear seem Zichmni;
and as Sinclair vanquished Le-Ard, who represented the king of Norway, it
was no great impropriety to say that he had beaten the king of Norway.
After these elucidations, there can be no reason left to doubt of the truth
of this narrative of the Zenos which besides, as considered with relation
to the geography of the north at that period, is of great importance
- Forst.
[1] Ramusio. Forst. Voy. and Disc, p. 158.
[2] This is a most unlucky blunders as Icaria and Estoitland are obviously
one and the same place in the narrative of Marcclini, and therefore,
both must be America, or both Ireland, or both in nubibus. - E.
SECTION I
Narrative of Nicolo Zeno.
Nicolo Zeno, surnamed il Cavaliere, or the knight, had a strong desire to
see distant countries, that he might become acquainted with the manners and
languages of foreign nations, by which he might acquire credit and
reputation, and might render himself the more useful to his country.
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