θiːədˈɔːɹɪk stˈeɪts ðæt hiː kənsˈɪdɚd ɪt "ˈʌɾɚli ʌnfˈɪɾɪŋ tə ɹᵻkˈoːɹd fɔːɹ pɑːstˈɛɹᵻɾi ðə kɹˈaɪmz, kˈɪlɪŋz, pˈɜːdʒɚɹiz, pˈæɹɪsˌaɪdz, dˌɛsɪkɹˈeɪʃənz ʌv hˈoʊli plˈeɪsᵻz, ðə kəntˈɛmpt fɔːɹ ɡˈɑːd, ðə plˈʌndɚɹɪŋ nˈoʊ lˈɛs ʌvðə klˈɜːdʒi ðɐn ʌvðə hˈoʊl pˈiːpəl, ðɪ ɐbdˈʌkʃənz ʌv wˈɪmɪn ænd ˈʌðɚɹ ɐbˌɑːmᵻnˈeɪʃənz wˌɪtʃ ɪt wʊd tˈeɪk lˈɔŋ tʊ ɪnˈuːmɚɹˌeɪt" wˌɪtʃ fˈɑːloʊd ðə dˈɛθ ʌv kˈɪŋ sˈɪɡɜːðɚ.
Theodoric states that he considered it "utterly unfitting to record for posterity the crimes, killings, perjuries, parricides, desecrations of holy places, the contempt for God, the plundering no less of the clergy than of the whole people, the abductions of women and other abominations which it would take long to enumerate" which followed the death of King Sigurðr.