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BE HAD\nOF ALL BOOKSELLERS.\n\u2014\u00bb^^\\&\u00ab*\u2014\nPrice Sixpence.\n1804.\nW\n PUBLISHED BY\nTABARt AND CO.\n^^^^1 AT THE\nJUVENILE AND SCHOOL LIBRARY,\nNo. \\b1, New Bond-Street;\nWhere is constantly kept on Sale the largest\nCollection of Books of Amusement and\nInstruction in London,\nFrom ONE PENNY to FIVE GUINEAS in Price.\n[(CntereU at Stationers' %rU.]\nTaylor and Co. Punter\u2022\/, Blink Horse Court.\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER*\nIn the reign of the celebrated \"king Arthur^ there lived near the Land's-end of\nEngland* in the county of Cornwall* a\nworthy farmer who had an only son named\nJack. Jack was a boy of a bold and enterprising temper; he delighted in stories of\nmagicians* cotijnrors* giants* and fairies*\nand used to listen with the greatest attention while his father talked of the valiant\ndeed* of the famous knights of king Ai>'\nthur's round table.\nWhen Jack was sent to take care of the\nsheep and oxen at their pasture* he used\nto amuse himself with planning battles*\nsieges., and the means of defeating or surprising a^ enemy. He disdained the common sporu of children ; but at wrestling\nscarcely any one could equal him; or* if\nhe met with an adversary whose strength\nwas superior to his own* his skill and ad-\ndress always ensured him the victory. Hi\nB Ii\n THE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\nIn those days St. Michael's Mount of\n''Cornwall* which rises out of the sea at\nsome distance from the main land, was\ninhabited by an enormous giant. He was\neighteen feet high* and three yards round:\nhis fierce and savage countenance was the\nterror of all the neighbourhood.\nHe dwelt in a gloomy cavern on the\nvery top of the mountain* and used to\nwade over to the main land in search of his.\nprey. At his approach the people forsook\ntheir habitations ; and when- he had glutted\nhis ferocious appetite upon their cattle* he\nwcrald throw half a dozen oxen upon his\nback* and tie three times as many sheep\nand hogs round his waisty and so march\nback to his gloomy dwelling. The giant\nhad followed this practice during many\nyears, and the coast of Cornwall was\ngreatly impoverished by his ravages* when\nJack valiantly undertook to destroy him.\nJack furnished himself with a horn* a\nghovcl* a pick-axe* and a dark lantern ;\nand\nand in the beginning of a long winter's\nevening he swam to the mount* where he\nimmediately fell to work* and before morn-\ning had dug a pit twenty-two feet deep*\nand almost as many broad* which he covered on the surface with sticks and straw;\nand lightly strewing some of the earth\nover them* gave it the appearance of solid\nground. He then* putting his horn to\nhis mouth* blew so loud and long a tantivy* that the giant awoke and came towards Jack, roaring in a voice like thunder\u2014-u You impudent villain* you shall\npay dearly for disturbing my repose\u2022 I will\nbroil you for my breakfast.\"\nScarcely had he spoken these words*\n1 when* advancing one step further* he tumbled headlong into the pit* and his fall\nshook the foundations of the mountain.\n\" O ho ! Mr. Giant,\" quoth Jack*\nlooking into the pit* u have you found your\nway so quickly to the bottom ? How is your\nappetite now? Will nothing serve you for\nc breakfast\n\u00bbr\n 0 THE HISTORY OF\nbreakfast this cold morning but broiling\npoor Jack ?\"\nThe giant now making an effort to rise*\nJack struck him a terrible blow on the\ncrown of the head with his pick-axe; which\nkilled him at once; and hastened back to\ncongratulate his countrymen on the destruc-\ntion of their cruel foe.\nNow when the magistrates of Cornwall\nheard of this valiant exploit* they sent for\nJack* declaring he should henceforth be\ncalled Jack the Giant-Killer* and also presented him with a sword and belt* upon\nwhich was embroidered in letters of gold*\nThis is the valiant Cornish man\nWho slew the giant Cormoran..\nThe news of Jack's victory was soon\nspread over the western parts of England ;\nand another giant* called old Blunderborey\n\u2022\u25a0yawed to be revenged on Jack if it should\never be his fortune to get him into his\npower.\nThis giant 'kept an enchanted castle,\nsituated\n I\nJACK T\nsituated, in the midst of a. lonely wood: and\n^bout four months after the death of Cor-\nmoran* as Jack was travelling to Wales*\nbe passed through this wood;. and being\nvery weary, he sat down to rest by the side\nof a pleasant fountain, when a deep sleep\nsuddenly seized upon him.\nThe giant coming to the fountain for\nwater* found him there* and by the lines\ncm his belt knew him to be Jack*, and lift-\nipg bim up laid him gently upon his should\ncler to carry him to his enchanted castle.\nAs he passed through the thicket* the rust-\n^'ling of the leaves Awakened Jack ; who find-\nins himself in the clutches of Blunclerbore\nwas not a little frightened*-\u2014though this.\nwas only the beginning of his terrors* for\non enterinsr the castle he beheld the floor\ncovered vnth human skulls and bones.\nThe ;giant carried him into a large parlour* where lay the hearts* blood* and quarters of persons lately slain ; and he told Jack*\nwith a horrible grin, that men's hearts!\nb s eaten\n 8 THE HISTORY OF\neaten with pepper and vinegar* were his\nfavourite food* and also that he expected to\nmake a curious repast on his heart. This\nsaid.? he locked Jack up in that room, while\nhe went to retch a brother giant who lived\nm the same wood* to enjoy with him the\ndestruction of honest Jack.\nWhile he wras absent* dreadful shrieks*\ngroans* and cries assailed the ears of Jack.,\nand presently he heard a mournful\nrepeat these lines :\nHaste, valiant stranger, haste away,\nIk'\nLest you become the giant's prey.\nOa his return he'll brins; another\n\u2022 Still more furious than his brother\u2014\nA savage, cruel monster, who\nBefore he kills will torture you,\nO valiant stranger ! haste away,\nOr you'll become these giants' prey.\nThis warning so affrighted poor Jack*\nthat he wras ready to run distracted. He\nflew to the window* and beheM afar off the\ntwo giants coming arm in arm together^\nThis\nJACK\" THE GIANT-KILLER.\nThis window was immediately over the gate\n'of the castle. \" Now*\" thought Jack* u my\ndeath or deliverance is at hand.**\nThere happened to be two strong cords\nin the room* at the end of each of which\nhe made a large noose with a slip knot;\nand as the giants wrere unlocking the\nIron gates, he threw the ropes over each of\nr heads, and then fastening; the other\nend to a beam in the ceiling* he pulled with\nall his might till he had nearly strangled\"\nthem. Seeing that they were both black in\nthe face* and quite unable to make the least\nresistance, he drew his sword* and* sliding\ndown the ropes, slew both thjfegiants* and\nthus delivered himself from their intended\ncruelty.\nThen taking: a great bunch of keys from\n\"the pocket of Blunderbore* he entered the\ncastle; Where* upon strict search through\nall the apartments* he found three ladies\ntied tip by the hair of their beads? and\nalmost starved to death ; who told him that\nE their\n I\n10\nTHE HISTORY OP\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n1!\ntheir husbands had been murdered by the\ncruel giants* who had afterwards condemned them to be starved to death, because they had refused to eat the flesh of\ntheir murdered husbands.\n\" Ladies*\" said Jack* Ki I have destroyed\nthe monster and his wicked brother; and this\ncastle* and all the wealth that it contains* I\ngive to you* in consideration of the dreadful\nsufferings you have undergone.\" He then*,\nwith all imaginable politeness, presented\nthem with the keys of the castle* and proceeded on his journey to Wales.\nJack* having thus forborne to enrich\nhimself by im. conquests over the giants^\nand being possessed of very little mopey*\nthought it prudent to travel with the ut-\ni\nmost speed. At length losing his way* he\nwas benighted in a lonely valley between\n) lofty mountains, where after wandering\nfor some hours without seeing .any habka-\ntlon, he thought himself very fortunate in\nfinding a larg;e and handsome house.\nPassing\nPassing thg outer couft> he knocked\nboldly at the e;ate* when to his horror and\namazement there came forth a monstrous\ngiant with two hpads. He apcosted J^ck\nvery civilly\u2014for he was a Welch giant\u2014-and\nall the mischief he did was by private and\nsecret malice* under the show of friendship\nand complaisance. Jack telling him that\nhe was a benighted traveller, who had lost\nhis wav, was immediately kindly welcajn-\ned by the huge monster* and conducted'\ninto -a chamber wrhere the?e was a\/cood-hed\nfor him to p^ss the night m*\nJack undressed himself quickly; but*\nweary as he was, he could not \u00a30 to sleens-\nand presently he heard the giant walMinf\nbackward aud forward in the next apart-:\njnent* and repeating to himself;\n** Though here yoii lodge with me this night,\n'You shall.not see the inommg jight;\nMy club shall dash your brains out quite\/5\nu Say you so ?\" thought Jack. iC Are\nthese your tricks upon travellers ? But I\n 12\nTHE HISTORY OF\nhope to prove as cunning as you are.''\u2014\u25a0\nThen getting out of bed* he groped about\nthe room* and at length found in the chim*\nney a large thick billet of wrood* and* laying\nit in his place* hid himself in a dark corner\nof the room.\nIn the middle of the night the giant\n\u00a9 \u00a9\ncame with his enormous club* and struck\n' several heavy blows on the bed, in-the very\nplace where Jack had cunningly laid the\n'billet, and then returned to his own room*\nsupposing he had broken ali Jack's bones.\nEarly in the morning Jack put a bold\nface upon the matter* and walked into the\ngiant's apartment to thank him for lis\nlodging. The giant started at his approach*\nand with preat difficulty stammered out\u2014\n\" Oh! dear me ! is it you ? Pray how did you\nsleep last nijjht? Did vou hear any tiling or\nsee any fling, in the dead of the night )**\nu Nothing of any consequence*\" . said\nJack carelessly1. Jc A troublesome rat* f.\nipJu\nrhvr\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n13\nr\n%\n>mnc\n:ui\nhis tail* and disturbed me a little; but I\nsoon went to sleep again.\"\nThe giant, more and more confused* did\nnot answer a word, but went to bring two\ngreat bowls of hasty pudding for their\nbreakfast. Jack, unwilling to let the giant\nknow that he was not able to eat as much\nas himself* contrived to button a leathern\nbag within his coat* into which he slipped\nthe hasty pudding, while he pretended ta\nput it into his mouth ; and when breakfast-\nwas done, he said to the giant\u2014u Now I\nwill show you a most extraordinary trick.\nI can heal all wounds with a touch. I\ncould cut off my head one minute, and the\nnext place it sound again on my shoulders^\nI will give you an example:\"\u2014and seizing\nthe knife* he ripped up the leathern bag*\nand all the hasty pudding tumbled out\nupon the floor.\n\" Ods splutter hur nails*\" cried the.\nWelch giant* who was ashamed to be outdone by such a little fellow as Jack* cc htm\ng can\n\u25a0\n H\nTHE HISTORV OF\ncan do that hurself :\"\u2014and snatching up\nthe knife he plunged it into his stomach,\nand instantly dropped down dead.\nJack* having thus outwitted the Welch\nmonster* proceeded on his journey; and a\nfew days afterwards he met with king Ar-\nthur's only son* who had obtained leave of\nhis father to travel into Wales to deliver a\nbeautiful lady from the power of a wicked\nmagician,- that held her in his enchant-\nnients. Finding that the young prince wras\ntravelling without attendants* Jack begged\nleave to be lis servant; to which request\nthe royal youth consented* with numberless\nexpressions of kindness.\nThe prince was a handsome* courteous*\nand accomplished knight* and so generous\nthat he gave money to every person he\nmet; and at length an old woman having\nbegged of him the last penny he had* he\nturned to Jack and said\u2014^Howars we\nnow to subsist in my intended journey Vy\nu Leave that to me* sir*\" -answered\n\u25a0* Jack:\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n15\nJack : u I will provide for my prince.\"\u2014*\nNight* however* came on* and the prince\nbegan to grow uneasv to think where they\nshould lodge. u Sir*\" said Jack, u be of\ngood courage. Two miles further there\nlives a huge giant* whom I know very-\nwell ; he has three heads* and will fight\nfive hundred men in armour* and make\nthem fly before him.\"\n\u00ab Alas!\" replied the king's son* u we\nhad better never have been born than.encounter such a monster. We shall scarcely\nfill one of his hollow teeth.\"\u2014\" My lord,\"\nsaid Jack* iC leave me to manage him* and\ndo you wait here patiently till I return.\"\nThe prince remained* and Jack rode on\nat full speed. On coming to the gates of\nthe castle* he knocked with such a force\nthat he made all the neighbouring hills re-\n\u00a9 o\nsound. The giant* with a voice like thun^\nder* roared out* 4C Who is there ?\" He\nwas answered* \" No one but your poor\ncousin Jack.\"\nH \"Well\/3\n \\6\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE \u00a3IANT-*KILLER.\n17\ncc\nW^ll,\" quoth the giant, ci what news\nwith my poor cousin Jack r\" He replied*\n\u00a3* Dear uncle* heavy news.\"\u2014\" Pr'ythee*\nwiiat heavy news can come to me ? I am\na giant with three heads; and besides* I can\n.fight five hundred men in armour* and\nmake them fly like chaff before the wind.\"\n\" Alas!\" said Jack* \" here is the king's\nson coming with two thousand men in armour to kill you* and to destroy the castle\nand all that you have.\"\n* \"Oh! cousin Jack* this is heavy news indeed : but I have a large vault under ground*\nwhere I will immediately hide myself* and\nthou shalt lock* bolt* and bar me in* and\nkeep the keys till the king's son is gone.\"\nNow Jack* having secured the giant in\nthe vault* returned and fetched the prince\nto the castle* and they wxre both heartily\nmerry with the wine and other dainties\nwhich were in the house. So that night\nthey rested in very pleasant lodgings*\nwhilst- the poor giant Jay trembling and\nshaking\nk\n\u25a0\u25a0\nshaking with fear in the vault under\nground.\nEarly in the morning, Jack furnished the\nking's son with a fresh supply of gold and\nsilver* and set him three miles forward on his\njourney; concluding at that distance he wras\npretty wrell out of the smell of the giant.\nHe then returned to let his uncle out of\nthe hole* who asked Jack wiiat he should\ngive him as a reward for the preservation of\nhis castle. ?* Why* good uncle,\" said Jack*\nf I desire nothing but the old coat and cap,\ntogether with the old rusty sword and slippers that arc hanging at your bed's head.\"\nThen said the giant* \" Thou shalt have\nthem; and pray keep them for my sake* for\n.they are things of excellent use. The\ncoat will keep you invisible; the cap will\nfurnish you with knowledge; the sword cut\nasunder whatever you strike; and the shoes\nare of extraordinary swiftness: these may\nbe.serviceable in all times of danger therefore take them with all mv heart.\" Jack*\ni with\n J 8\nTHE HISTORY OF\n\u2022i\nL\nwith many thanks to the giant* departed\nand followed the prince.\nJack having overtaken- the kind's son,\nthey soon arrived at the dwelling of the\nbeautiful lady who was under the dominion\n:of a wieked magician. She received the\nprince very courteously, and prepared a\nmagnificent banquet for him ; which being\nended, she rose, and, taking an embroidered\n'handkerchief, wiped her mouth and said,\n\" My lord, you must submit to the custom\n\u2022of my palace: to-morrow morning I command you to tell me on whom I bestow this\n\u2022handkerchief, or lose your head\/' She\nthen put the handkerchief in her bosom,\n\u2022and retired.\nThe young prince went to bed very sorrowful : but Jack put on his cap of knowledge, which instructed him, that the lady\nwas obliged by the power of the enchantment\nto meet tile wricked magician every night\nin the middle of the forest. Jack instantly\nput on his coat of darkness and his shoes\nof\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n19\nof swiftness* and was there before her.\nWhen the lady came* she presented the\nhandkerchief to the magician. Jack with\nhis sword of sharpness instantly cut off his\nhead: the enchantment wras immediately\ndissolved* and the lady restored to her former virtue and goodness.\nShe was married to the prince with\ngreat pomp and solemnity on the following\n*day* and soon after returned with her\nroyal husband and a numerous company to\nthe court of king Arthur; where they, were\nreceived with loud and joyful acclamations;\nand the valiant hero Jack* for the many\nand great exploits that he had done for the\ngood of his country* was immediately made\none of the knights of the round table.\nJack having been hitherto successful in\nall his undertakings* resolved not to be idle\nfor the future* but, to perform what services\nhe could for the honour of the king and the\nnation: he therefore humblv besought his\nmajesty\nW\n -20\nTHE HISTOEY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n21\n\u2022majesty to furnish him with a horse and\nmoney* that he might travel in search of\ntoew and strange adventures. cc For*\" he\nsaid to the king, a there are many giants\nyet living among the mountains* in the\nTemote parts of Wales, to the unspeakable\nterror and distressof your majesty's subjects:\ntherefore, should it please you, sire, to encourage me in my enterprises, I will speedily\n'rid the kingdom of these giants and devouring monsters in the human shape. - Now\nwhen the king heard his propositions, and\nhad duly considered the mischievous practices of these blood-thirsty giants, devouring monsters, he furnished him with every\nnecessary for his progress; after which Jack\ntook leave of the king, the prince, and all\nthe knights of the round table, and departed, taking with him his cap of knowledge,\n.his sword of sharpness, his shoes of swift-\n;ness,and his invisible coat, the better to perform the wonderful enterprises that lay be-\n.fqre him.\n'He travelled over high hills and lofty\nmountains, and on the third day he qame\nto a large and spacious forest, through\nwhich his road lay. Scarcely had he entered the forest, when on a sudden he\nheard verv dreadful shrieks and cries. . He\npressed on through the trees, and beheld a\nmonstrous giant dragging along by the\nhair of their heads a handsome knight and\nhis beautiful lady. Their tears and cries\nmelted the heart of honest Jack to pity an$\ncompassion: he alighted from his horse,\nand, tying him to an oak\" tree, put pn his\ninvisible coat, under which he carried his\nsword of sharpness.\nWhen he came up to the gi^ut, he made\nseveral strokes at him, but could-.not reach\nhis body, on account of the enormous\nheight of the terrible creature; but he\nwounded his thighs in several places; ah4\nat length, putting both hands to his sword,\nand aiming with all his might, he cut. off\nboth the giant's legs, just below the garter;\nand\n m\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n\u202223\nand the trunk of his bodv tumbling to the\n\u2022ground, made not only the trees shake, but\n=the earth itself tremble with the force of\nhis fall.\nThen Jack setting his foot upon his neck\nexclaimed, \"Thou barbarous and savage\nJ \u00a9\nwretch* behold* I am come to execute upon\nthee the just reward of all thy crimes.\"\nAnd instantly plunging his sword into the\ngiant's body* the huge monster gave a\nhideous groan, and yielded up his life into\nthe hands of the victorious Jack the Giant-killer* whilst the noble knight and his\nvirtuous lady were both joyful spectators of\nhis sadden death and their deliverance.\nThe courteous knight and his fair lady\nnot onlv returned Jack hearty thanks for\ntheir deliverance* but also invited him to\ntheir house* there to refresh himself after\nthis dreadful encounter* as likewise to receive a reward for his good services. u No*\"\nsaid Jack*-\" I cannot be at ease till I find out\nthe den that was this monster's habitation.\"\nThe\n*\\\n*&\nThe knight hearing this grew sorrowful*\nand replied* \"Noble stranger* it is too\nmuch to run a second hazard: this monster lived in a den under yonder mountain*\nwith a brother of his* more fierce and cruel\nthan himself; therefore* if you should go\nthither and perish in the attempt, it would\nbe a heart-breaking thing to both me and\nmy lady; so let me persuade you to go with\nus* and desist from any further pursuit.0\n<* Nay*\" answered Jack* cc if there be\nanother* even if there were twenty* I would*\nshed the last drop of blood in my body\nbefore one of them should escape my fury.\nWhen I have finished this task I will come\nand pay my respects to you.\"\nSo taking directions to find their habitation* he mounted his horse* leaving the\nknight and the lady to return home* while\nhe went in pursuit of the deceased giant's\nbrother.\nJack had not rode above a mile and a\nhalf* before he ctwne.ia sight of the mouth*\nof;\n 24\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n25\nof the tkvtvfi; near to the entrance of\ntvhich he beheld the other giant sitting on\na huge block of fine timber* with a knotted\nirbn club lyitig by his side* waiting for the\nreturn of his brother loaded with his barbarous prey. His eyes appeared like terrible flames of fire; his countenance was\ngrifh and ug^y* and his cheeks looked like\ntwo flitches of bacon; the bristles of his\nbeard seemed to be very thick rods of iron\nl$ire* aiid his long locks of hair hung down\nupon his broad shoulders like curling snakes\n6r hissing adders.\nJack alighted from his horse* and put\nMm into a thicket; then with his coat of\ndarkness he approached somewhat nearer\nto behold this figure; and said softly* \" Q\njsibnster! are you there? It will not be long\nbefore I shall take you fast by the beard.\"\nThe giant* all this while* could not see\nhis foe* by reason of his invisible coat: so\ncoming close up to him* Jack struck a blow\nat his head with his sword of sharpness j\nbut\ntet missing something of his aim he only\ncut off the nose of the giant* who then\nfeared like loud claps of thunder. And\nthough he rolled his glaring eyes around on\nssvery side* he could not see whence the blow\ncame that had done him that mischief: yet\ntaking up his iron club* he began to lay\ndxmt him like one that was mad with pain\n*\u2022 amd furv.\n\u2022 cc Nay*\" said Jack* cc if this is the case*\nI had better dispatch you presently.\" So\nd-ipping dexterously behind him* and jumping nimbly upon the block of timber as the\ngftant. rose from it. he stabbed him in the\nback ; when after a few howls he dropped\ndown dead.\nJack cut off his head* and sent it with that\nof his: brother* whom he had killed in the\nrest* to king Arthur* by a waggon which\n; hired for that purpose* together with an\naccount of all his prosperous undertakings*\nJack, having thus dispatched these two\nS* resolved to enter into the cave in\nsearch\n m\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n27\nsearch of the giant's treasure. He passed\nthrough a great many turnings and windings* which led him at length to a great\nroom paved with freestone* at the upper\nend of which mm a boiling cauldron* and\non the right hand stood a large table wbere-\nqri he supposed the giants used to dine.\nHe then came to an iron grate, where 4\nwindow was secured with bars of iron,\nthrough which he beheld a number of miserable captives* who* seeing Jack at a distance^ cried out*^Alas! alas I young man*\nart thou come to be one amongst us in this\nmost horrible den ? \" u I hope*\" said Jack*\n''you will not tarry here lopg; but* I pray*\nwhat is the meaning of this captivity?\"\nfc Alas I\" said one ^oor old man*u I will\ntell you* sir: we are persons that have been\ntaken by the giants that hold this cave* and\nwe are kept till such time as they have a\nfancy for an extraordinary feast; and then\nthe fattest of us all is slaughtered* and prepared for their devouring jaws. It is not\nlong\nlong since they took three for the same\npurpose. Full many a time have they dined\nnpon murdered men.\"\n\u20acC Well*\" said Jack* \" I have given them\nsuch a dinner* that it will be long enough\nere they have occasion for any more.\" The\ncaptives were amazed at his words. u You\nmay believe me*\" says Jack; u for I have\n*\u2022 glain them with the edge of the swrord5 and\nhave sent their monstrous heads in a waggon to the court of king Arthur* as trophies of my glorious victory.\" And in tes-\n' timony of the truth of wrhat he said* he\nunlocked the iron gate* setting the captives\nat liberty; who all rejoiced like condemned\nmalefactors at the sight of a reprieve. Then\nleading them to the great room* he placed\n\u25a0them round the table* and set before thenji\ntwo quarters of beef* with bread and wine j\nBpon which they feasted plentifully.\nSupper being over* they searched the\ngrant's coffers* the store of which Jack\nequally\n 28\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\nw\n'-rr:\nequally divided among the captives, who\ngratefully thanked him for their happy deliverance. The next morning they departed\nto their respective habitations* and Jack to\nthe knight's house* whom* with his lady*\nhe had also delivered from the hands of\nthese monstrous giants.\nIt was at the hour of sunrise in the morning that Jack mounted his horse to proceed\non his journey. He arrived at the knight's\nhouse about noon* where he was received\nwith all the demonstrations of joy imaginable* by the grateful knight and his beautiful\nlady* who* in honour of Jack's victory,, gave\na splendid entertainment which lasted many\ndays* and to which all the nobility and\ngentry in that part of the country were invited.\nWhen the company were assembled* the\nknight related the noble exploits of Jack*\naad presented to him* as a token of gratitude*\n$t most magnificent rijig^ on whjeh was en^ .\ngraved\ngraved the picture of the -giant dragline; the\nknight and the lady bv the hair, with this\nmotto round it:\nBehold in dire distress were we,\nUnder a giant's fierce command;\nBut gain'd our lives and liberty,\nFrom valiant Jack's victorious hand.\nAmong the guests then present were five\naged gentlemen, who were fathers to some\nof those miserable captives who had been\nliberated by Jack from the dungeon of the\ngiants. As soon as they understood that\nhe was the person who had performed such\nwonders* the venerable men* with tears of\ngratitude, pressed round him to return him\nthanks for the happiness he had procured\nthem and their families.\nAfter this* the bowl wen,t round, and\nevery one drank to the health and long life\nof the gallant conqueror. Mirth increased*\nand the hall resounded with peals of laughter, and joyful acclamations.\nBut,\n 30\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n31\nBut, suddenly* a herald pale and breath-\nles\u00a7 with haste and terror rushed into the\nmidst of the company* and told them that\nThundel* a ferocious giant with two heads,\nhaving heard of the death of his kinsmen,\nwas come from the north to be revenged on\nJack; and that he was now within a mile\nof the house; the country people all flying\nbefore him, like chaff before the wind.\nAt these tidings, the very boldest of the\nguests trembled with confusion and dismay*\nwhile the undaunted Jack brandished his\nsword, and said \" Let him come; I have a. ?\nrod to chastise him also. Pray* gentlemen\nand ladies* do me the favour to walk into\nthe garden, and you shall soon be spectators of the giant's death and destruction.\"\nTo this they all consented, heartily wishing'\nhim success in his dangerous enterprise.\nThe good knight's house was situated in\nan island encompassed with a moat thirty\nfeet deep and twenty wide* over which lay\na draw-bridge. Jack employed two men to\n1 cut:\ncut the bridge on each side, almost to the\nmiddle; and then dressing himself in his\ncoat of darkness, he went against the giant\nwith his sword of sharpness. As he came\nclose up to him* though the giant could not\nsee him by reason of his invisible coat: vet\nhe was sensible of some impending danger* which made him cry out*\n\" Fa, fe* fi, fo, fum,\nI smell the blood of an Englishman :\nBe he alive* or be he dead*\nI'll grind his bones to make me bread.\"\ncc Say you so, my friend?\" said Jack\n*\u20ac You are a monstrous miller indeed.\"\ncc Art thou,\" cried the giant* \" the villain\nwho killed mv kinsmen? Then I will tear\nP*thce with my teeth* and grind thy bones to\npowder.\" \"You must catch me first,\"\nsaid Jack; and throwing off his coat of\ndarkness, and putting on his shoes of\nswnftness* he began to run; the giant\u25a0 following after like a walking castle, making\nthe earth to shake at every step.\nJack;*\n 32\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n33\nJack led him round and round the walls\nof the house* that the company might see\nthis monster in nature; and to finish the\nwork* Jack ran over the draw-bridge* the\ngiant pursuing him with his club: but coming to the middle* where the bridge had been\ncut on each side by Jack's* order* with the\ngreat weight of his body* and vast steps\nit broke, and he tumbled into the water*\nand roiled about like a large whale.\nJack standing by the moat laughed at\nhim* and jeered him* saying: \"I think\nyou told me you1 would grind my bones to\npowder: when do you begin ?\"\nThe giant foamed at his horrid mouths\nwith fury* and plunged from side to side of\nthe moat; but he could not get out to be\nrevenged upon his adversary.\nJack* at length* ordered a cart-rope to be\nbrought to him: he cast it over the giant's\ntwo heads* and by the help of a team of\nhorses he dragged him to the edge of the\nfpoat* where* in the presence of the knight\nmi\nI\nand his guests* he cut off the monster's\nheads* and* before he ate or drank* sent\nthem both to the court of kino; Arthur.\nHe then returned to table with the rest of\nthe company* and the remainder of the day\nwas spent in mirth and good cheer.\nAfter being hospitably entertained by the\nknight for some time* Jack grew weary of\nso idle a life* and set out in search of\nn\u00a3w conquests. He travelled over hills and\ndales* through gloomy forests and pleasant\ngroves* without meeting with any ad-\n* venture ; till arriving at the foot of an exceedingly high mountain* he knocked at\nthe door of a small and lonely house* when\nan old man* with a head as white as\nsnow* arose and let him in.\n\" Good father*\" said Jack* \u20acc can you\nlodge a benighted traveller who has lost his\nway ?\" u Yes*\" replied the venerable hermit*\nC(l can* if you will accept such accommodation as my poor house affords. \"Jack therefore entered* and the old man set before him\n4}:c:ad and fruit for his supper. When\n 31\nTHE HISTORY OF\nJACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\n3i>\nWhen Jack had satisfied his hunger* the\nhermit addressed him as follows: \"My\nson* I well know you are the far-famed\nconqueror of giants* and on the top of this\nmountain is an enchanted castle*. maintained by a giant* named Galiigantus* who\nby the help of a vile magician gets many\nknights into his castle, where he transforms\nthem into the shape of beasts. Above all\nI lament the hard fate of a duke's daughter*\nwhom they seized as she was walking in her\nfather's garden* and brought hither through\nthe air in a chariot drawn by two fiery\ndragons* and transformed her into the\nshape of a deer. Several knights have endeavoured to destroy the enchantment* and\neffect her deliverance ; yet none have been\nable to accomplish it* by reason of two\nEery griffins, who guard the gates of the\ncastle* and destroy all who approach it. You*\nrny son* being furnished with an invisible coat* may pass by them undiscovered*\nand on the gates of the castle you will find\nengraved\"\nengraved by what means the enchantment\n- may be broken.\"\nJack promised* in the morning* at the ha-\nLzard of his life* to break the enchantment;\nand having refreshed himself with a sound\nsleep* arose early* put on his invisible coat*\nand prepared for the enterprise.\nWhen he had climbed to the top of the\nmountain* he discovered the two fiery griffins* between which he passed without the\nleast fear of danger ; for they could not see\nhim* because he wras clothed in his invisible\ncoat. On the castle-gate he found a golden\ntrumpet* under which were these lines:\nWhoever can this trumpet blow\nShall cause the giant's overthrow.\nJack had no soonewread this motto* than\nhe seized the golden trumpet* and blew a\nshrill blast* which made the gates fly open*\nand the foundations of the castle tremble.\nThe giant and the conjurer knowing that\ntheir wicked practices were at an end* stood\nbiting their thumbs and shaking with fear.\nJack with his swrord of sharpness demo-\n5 Fished\n 30 JACK THE GIANT-KILLER.\nlighed the giant; and the magician was ittt-\nmediately carried away by a whirlwind.\nThus was the whole enchantment dissolved, and every valiant knight and beau-^\ntiful lady, who had been transformed into\nbirds and beasts, returned to their former\nshapes. The castle, though it seemed of\nvast strength, vanished a.way like smoke,\nand the head of the giant Galligantus was\nimmediately conveyed to king Arthur.\nThe knights and ladies rested that night\nat the old man's hermitage, and on the\nnext day set out for the court. Jack pre-'\nsented himself to the king, and related the.\nhistory of all his fierce encounters.\nHis fame ran through the whole country;\nand the duke at the king's desire gave his\ndaughter in marriage*to Jack, to the joy of\nall the kingdom. After which, the king\ngave him a plentiful estate, on which he and\nhis lady lived the residue of their days in\njov and contentment.\nTHE END.\nfi, Taylor and Co. 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