BRODER, little fit for it, followed him as king.
The next king was SIWALD.

His son SNIO took vigorously to roving in his father's old age, and not only preserved the fortunes of his country, but even restored them, lessened as they were, to their former estate.
Likewise, when he came to the sovereignty, he crushed the insolence of the champions Eskil and Alkil, and by this conquest reunited to his country Skaane, which had been severed from the general jurisdiction of Denmark.

At last he conceived a passion for the daughter of the King of the Goths; it was returned, and he sent secret messengers to seek a chance of meeting her.

These men were intercepted by the father of the damsel and hanged: thus paying dearly for their rash mission.

Snio, wishing to avenge their death, invaded Gothland.