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 IN the reiin of King Arthur, near to the Land's End of 
 England, in the county of Cornwall, lived a worthy fanner, 
 who had a son named Jack. He was brisk, and of ready wit, 
 so whatever he could not perform by force and strength, lie 
 completed by wit and policy ; never was any ; erson heard of 
 that could worst him ; for the very learned 'he baffled .by his 
 cunning and sharp inventions. 
 
 In those days the Mount ot Cornwall, was kept by a lar<?e 
 Giant of eighteen feet high, and about three yards in circum- 
 ference, and of a fierce and grim countenance, the terror of 
 the neighbouring towns and villages. 
 
 His habitation was in a cave, in the midst of the mount • 
 never would he suffer any living creature to keep near him. 
 His feeding was on other men's cattle, which often were his 
 prey ; for when he wanted food, he would wade over to the 
 main land, where he would well furnish himself with what he 
 could find , for the people at his approach would all forsake 
 their habitations. Then would he seize their cows and oxen 
 at once, and as for their ducks and geese, he would tie them 
 round his waist l'ike a bunch of candles. '1 his he practised 
 for many years, so that a great part of the ceunty of Cornwall 
 wa<? much impoverished by him. 
 
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 Jack undertook to destroy this monster ; so furnished him- 
 self with a horn, shovel and pickaxe, and over the mountains 
 he went in the beginning of a dark winter's evening, fell to 
 work, and in the morning had dug a pit twenty-feet deep, and 
 almost as broad, covering it over with long sticks and straws, 
 and strewing a little mould over it, it appeared like plain 
 ground ; then putting the horn to his mouth, he blew tantivy ; 
 which noise awoke the giant, who came roaring towards Jack, 
 crying out, " you incorrigible villain, you shall pay dearly for 
 disturbing me ; for I will broil you for my breakfast." 'I hese 
 words were no sooner spoken, than he tumbled hea 'long into 
 the pit, and his heavy fall made the foundation of the moun- 
 tains shake. O ! Mr. Giant, quoth Jack, where are you now ? 
 Faith you are in Lob's pond, where I will plague you for the 
 threatning me. What do you think now of broiling me f r 
 your breakfast? Will no other diet serve you but poor Jack ? 
 Having thus tantalized the giant for a while, he struck him a 
 terrible blow on the crown with his pole-axe, so that he tum- 
 bled down, and with a groan expired. This done, Jack threw 
 dirt on him, and so buried him ; then, searching the cave, he 
 found much treasure. 
 
 When the magistrates, who employed Jack, heard that the 
 jx)b was over, sent for him, declaring that he should henceforth 
 be called, "Jack the Giant Killer;" and in honour thereof 
 presented him with a sword and embroidered belt, upon which 
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 The news of Jack's victory soon spread over the western 
 pans. Another monsterous giant, who was called Blunderbore, 
 on hearing this, vowed to be revenged on Jack, if ever he 
 should happen to light on him. This giant kept an enchanted 
 castle, situated in the midst of a lone wood. 
 
 About four months after this occurence, as Jack was walk- 
 in<r by the borders of a wood in his journey towards Wales, 
 he grew weary, and sat himself down by the side of 
 a pleasant fountain, when a deep sleep suddenly seized 
 him. At this time, the Giant, coming here for water, 
 found him, and, by the letters upon his belt, immediately 
 knew him to be Jack ; so, without any words, he took him 
 upon his shoulder to carry him to his enchanted castle. i As 
 he passed through a thicket, the rustling of the boughs a- 
 waked Jack, who, finding himself in the hands of the Giant, 
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 terror. On entering the wall of the castle, he found the floor 
 covered with sculls and bones of the dead, lie then brought him 
 into a large parlour, where lay the blood and quarters of one lately 
 slain, and in the next room, were hearts and livers; when the 
 Giant, to terrify him, said that men's hearts were his favourite 
 diet, which he ate with pepper and vinegar, adding, that he did 
 
JACK THE GIANT KILLER. 
 
 not question but Jack's heart would make him a curious breakfast. 
 This saying, he locked Jack up in an upper room, leaving him 
 there, while he went to fetch another Giant, who lived in the same 
 wood, that he might partake of the destruction of poor Jack. 
 
 Jack, ready to run distracted, went to the window, and opened 
 the casement, and beheld both of the Giants coming together. 
 Now, said Jack to himself, my death or deliverance is at hand. 
 There were two strong cords in the room by him, at the end of 
 which he made a noose, and as the Giants were unlocking the 
 gate, he threw one of the ropes over each of the Giants' heads, and 
 then threw the other end across a beam, when he pulled with all 
 his might, till he had throttled them. And then, fastening the 
 rope to a beam, he beheld the two Giants both black in the face, 
 and, sliding down the rope, he came to the heads of the helpless 
 Giants, who could not defend themselves, and, drawing his own 
 sword, he slew them both, and so delivered himself from their 
 intended cruelty. Then, taking the bunch of keys, he entered 
 the castle, where he found three ladies tied up by the hair of their 
 heads, and almost starved to death, who told Jack that their hus- 
 bands had been slain by the Giant, and who had been kept many 
 days without food, in order to force them to eat the flesh of their 
 murdered husbands, which of course they could not do, if they 
 were starved to death. Sweet ladies, said Jack, I have now de- 
 stroyed the monster, and his brutal brother, too ; by which means 
 I have obtained your liberties. This said, he presented them with 
 the keys, and proceeded on his journey to Wales. 
 
 Jack having got but little money, he thought it prudent to 
 travel hard ; but, losing his way, he was benighted, and could not 
 get a place of entertainment, until, coming to a valley between 
 two hills, he found a large house in a lonesome place, and by 
 reason of his present necessity he took courage to knock at the 
 gate; but, to his amazement and terror, out came a monstrous 
 Giant, with two heads. lie did not seem quite so fiery as the 
 other two, for he was a Welsh Giant, and all that he did 
 was by secret malice, under the false show of friendship. On 
 Jack telling him his condition, he immediately bade him welcome, 
 
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 shewing him into a room with a bed, where he might take his 
 night's rest. Upon this, Jack undressed himself, and as the 
 giant was walking towards another apartment, he heard him 
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 Ha ! ah ! says Jack : is that one of your Welsh tricks ? 
 I hope to be as cunning as you. Then getting out of bed, he 
 found a thick billet, and laid it in the bed in his stead, and 
 hid himself behind the curtains. 
 
 In the middle of the night, the Giant came with his great 
 club, and struck many heavy I lows on the bed, in the very 
 place where Jack had laid the billet; and then he went back 
 to his own room, thinking he had broken all Jack's bones. 
 
 Early in the morning, Jack put a bold face upon the mat- 
 ter, and walked into the Giant's room, to thank him for his 
 lodging. The Giant started when he saw him, and began to 
 stammer out, O dear me, is it you ? Pray, how did you sleep 
 last night? Did you hear or see anything in the dead of the 
 
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 Nothing worth speaking of, said Jack, carelessly : a rat, I 
 believe, gave me two or three raps with his tail, and disturbed 
 me a little ; but I soon went to sleep a»-ain. 
 
 The Giant wondered more and more at this, yet he did 
 not answer a word, but went to bring two great bowls of hasty 
 pudding for their hreakfast. Jack wanted to make the Giant 
 believe that he could eat as much as him ; so he contrived to 
 button a leathern bag inside his coat, and slipped the hasty 
 pudding into it, while he seemed to put it into his mouth. 
 When breakfast was over, he said to the Giant, now I will 
 show you a fine trick. He then took hold of a knife, and 
 ripped up the leathern bag, and all the hasty pudding tumbled 
 out upon the floor. 
 
 The giant thinking Jack had really cut his belly open, took 
 a knife, and said, " Hur can do that:" he then ripped up his 
 belly, and dropped down dead. 
 
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 sudden, he heard very dreadful shrieks and cries. On looking 
 round, he saw a monstrous Giant, dragging along, by the hair 
 of their heads, a knight and his beautiful lady! His heart 
 melted at the sight ; when, alighting from hishorse, be put 
 on an invisible coat, which he had received as a present, and 
 ran up to him, when aiming a blow at his legs, he cut them 
 both off' at one stroke, and the giant fell on the ground with 
 such force as made the earth to shake. 
 
 The knight and Ins lady not only returned Jack thanks for 
 their deliverance, but also invited him to their house. No, 
 said Jack, I must haste to relieve a duke's daughter, who is 
 enchanted. He then took his leave of them. 
 
 The enchanter lived in a castle with a huge giant, on the 
 top of a mountain guarded by two griffins ; but as Jack had 
 his invisible coat on, he reached tbe castle without being seen 
 by any of them. On the castle gate he found a golden trumpet : 
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 As soon as Jack read this, he seized the trumpet, and blew 
 such a shrill blast as made the gates % open, and the founda- 
 tions of the castle tremble. 
 
 The giant and conjurer now knew that their wickedness 
 was over; when the conjuror flew away on the back of a 
 dragon, the charm ceased, and the castle fell to pieces and 
 killed the giant, and every knight and lady who had been 
 enchanted returned to their proper shapes. 
 
 The ruins of the castle (lien vanished like smoke, and left 
 the giant's body. His head Jack cut off, and sent to Kin<x 
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 The company then rested at an old man's hermitage, and 
 next day they set out for their respective homes. Jack and 
 the duke's daughter then departed to the court of King Arthur, 
 where they arrived safe, and were joyfully received, both by 
 the king and by the good old duke. 
 
 As Jack's fame now spread through the whole country, 
 and at the king's desire, the duke gave him his lovely daugh- 
 ter in marriage to the great joy of all the kingdom. After 
 this his Majesty gave him a large and beautiful estate, as a 
 reward for his past services, upon which he and his lady liyed 
 the rest of their days in peace and content, for they were be- 
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