 He was convinced instead however to sail over to Funen and then on to the royal farm ("gård") at Odense by his trusted adviser, Asbjørn Blak, who also persuaded the king that he could be reconciled with the great landowners and peasants.Canute and his brothers, Benedict and Erik, and their housecarls went to the king's farm outside Odense.When the peasants and their leaders realized the king was at Odense, they raced to the king's farm, but Canute and Benedict fled into the little timber church of St. Alban's Priory near the river for sanctuary.