"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=328989"@en . "Historical Children's Literature"@en . "[unknown]"@en . "2018-12-12"@en . "[1840]"@en . "On cover: \"Printed for the booksellers\"."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/childrenlit/items/1.0375963/source.json"@en . "8 pages : illustrations ; 16.8 x 10.3 cm"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " JACK\nTHE\nGIANT KILLER.\nPRINTED\nFOR THE BOOKSELLERS,\nLi* s\nW\n JACK\nTHE\nGIANT-KILLE\nIn the reign of the famous King Arthur, there lived near\nthe Land's End of England, in the county of Cornwall, a\nworthy farmer who had an only son named Jack. Jack\nwas a boy of a bold temper; he took pleasure in hearing or\nreading stories of wizards, conjurors, giants, and fairies ;\nand used to listen eagerly while his father talked of the\nbrave knights of King Arthur's round table.\nIn those days there lived on St. Michael's Mount of\nCornwall, which rises out of the sea at some distance from\nthe mainland, a huge giant.\nJack therefore took a horn, a shovel, a pick-axe, and a\ndark lantern ; and early in a long winter's evening, he\nswam to the mount. There he fell to work at once, and\nbefore morning, he had dug a pit twenty-two feet deep, and\n 9\nalmost as many broad. He covered it at the top with sticks\nand straw, and strewed some of the earth over them, to make\nit look just like solid ground- He then blew such a loud\nand long tantivy, that the giant awoke, and came towards\nJack, roaring like thunder\u00E2\u0080\u0094\" You saucy villain, you shall\npay dearly for breaking my rest. I will broil you for my\nbreakfast.\"\nHe had hardly spoken these words, when, advancing one\nstep further, he tumbled headlong into the pit, and his fall\nshook the very mountain.\nThe giant now tried to rise, but Jack struck him a biow\non the crown of the head with his pick-axe, which killed\nhim at once.\nA giant kept an enchanted castle in the midst of a lonely\nwood. As Jack was taking a journey to Wales, he passed\nthrough this wood, and sat down by the side of a pleasant\nfountain, and fell asleep. The giant came to the fountain\nfor water, and found Jack there. He lifted him up, and\nlaid him gently upon his shoulder; but as he passed through\nthe thicket, the rustling of the leaves waked Jack ; and he\nwas sadly afraid when he found himself in the clutches of\nBlunderbore. The giant took him into a large room, where\nlay the hearts and limbs of persons that had been lately\nkilled; and he 'told Jack with a horrid grin, that men's\nhearts, eaten with pepper and vinegar, were his nicest food.\nHe locked Jack tip in that room, while he went to fetch\nanother giant to enjoy a dinner of Jack's flesh wih him.\nt( Now,\" thought Jack, \" either my death or freedom is\nat hand.\" There were two strong cords in the room. Jack\nmade a large noose with a slipknot at the end of both these,\nand as the giants were coming through the gates, he threw\nthe ropes over their heads. He then made the other ends\nfast to a beam in the ceiling, and pulled with all his might\ntill he had strangled them. Jack next took a bunch of keys\nfrom the pocket of Blunderbore, and went into the castle\nagain. He found three ladies tied up by the hair of their\nheads, and almost starved to death. They told him that\ntheir husbands had been killed by the giants.\n \" Ladies,\" said Jack, I have put an end to the monster\nand his wicked brother, and I give you this castle and all\nthe riches it contains.\"\nJack went further on his journey, and met King Arthur's\nonly son, who was travelling into Wales to deKver a beautiful lady from the power of a magician. Jack saw the prince\nhad no servants with him, and begged leave to attend him.\nThe prince gave his last penny to an old woman, and,\nturning to Jack, said, \" How are we to get food for ourselves?\" \" Leave that to me, sir,\" said Jack, \"I will\nprovide for my prince.\" Mght now came on. \"Sir,\"\nsaid Jack, \" be of good heart; two miles farther there lives\na large giant whom I know well; he has three heads, and\nwill fight 500 men. My lord, leave me to manage him and\nwait here till I return.\" Jack rode on to the gates of the\ncastle, and gave a loud knock. The giant, with a voice like\nthunder, roared out, \"Who is there ? \" Jack said \" No one\nbut your poor cousin Jack.\" \"Well,\" said the giant,\n\"what news, cousin Jack?\" \"Dear cousin,\" said Jack,\n\" I have heavy news.\" \" Pooh! \" said the giant, \" what\nheavy news can come to me ? \" \" Alas,\" said Jack, \" here\nis the king's son coming with 2000 men tcf^jyJPL you, and to\ndestroy the castle.\" \" Oh, cousin Jack, this is heavy news\nindeed! But I have a large cellar undergroimd, where I\nwill hide myself, and you shall lock, bolt,*ana%ar me in,\nand keep the keys till the king's son is gbiie*\"\nWhen Jack had made the giant fast, he went back and\nfetched the prince, and they made themselves merry. He\nthen let his uncle out, who asked Jack what he should give\nhim as a reward for saving his castle. \"I desire nothing,\"\nsaid Jack, \" but the old coat and cap, with the old rusty\nsword and slippers, that are hanging at your bed's head.\"\n\" You shall have them,\" said the giant, \"for they are things\nof great use: the coat will keep you invisible, the cap will\ngive you knowledge, the sword cut through any thing, and\nthe shoes are of vast swiftness.\"\nJack resolved not to be idle for the future; taking with\nhim his cap of knowledge, his sword of sharpness, his shoes\nof swiftness, and his invisible coat, he went along lofty\nmountains, and on the third day he came to a large forest\n He had hardly entered when he heard very dreadful shrieks,\nand saw a monstrous giant dragging along by their hair a\nhandsome knight and his beautiful lady. Jack put on his\ninvisible coat, under which he carried his sword of sharpness. When he came up to the giant, he made several\nstrokes at him, and aiming with all his might, he cut off\nboth the giant's legs; the trunk of his body tumbling to the\nground, made the trees shake, and the earth itself tremble.\nJack, setting his foot upon his neck, exclaimed, \"Thou\nbarbarous and savage wretch, behold I am come to execute\nupon thee the just reward for all thy crimes;\" and immediately plunged his sword into the giant's body.\nThe knight and his lady returned Jack their hearty\nthanks for their deliverance, and invited him to their house.\n\"No,\" said Jack, \"I cannot be at ease till I find out the\nden that was this monster's habitation.\" The knight,\nhearing this, replied, \"Noble stranger, it is too much to\nrun a second hazard: this monster lived in a den under yon\nmountain, with a brother of his, more cruel than himself;\ntherefore let me persuade you to go with us, and desist from\nany further pursuit.\" \"Nay,\" answered Jack, \"if there\nbe another, even if there were twenty, I would shed the last\ndrop of blood in my body before one of them should escape\nmy fury. When I have finished this task, I will come and\npay my respects to you.\" He got on his horse, and went\nafter the dead giant's brother.\nJack had not rode a mile, before he came in sight of t; a\nmouth of the cavern ; and nigh the entrance of it he saw\nthe other giant sitting on a block of timber, with a knotted\niron club lying by his side.\nThe \u00C2\u00A3 iant could not see him so Jack came quite close i>\nhim, aid struck a blow at his head with his sword of\nsharpness, but missed his aim, and only cut off his nose.\nSo he slipped nimbly behind him, and, jumping upon the\nblock of timber, as the giant rose from it, he stabbed him in\nthe back, when he dropped down dead.\nJack grew weary of an idle life, and set out again in\nsearch of new adventures. At the foot of a high mountain\nhe knocked at the door of a very small house, and an old\n 4>f\nman let him in. \"Good father,\" said Jack, \"can you lodge\na traveller?\" \" Yes,\" said the hermit, \" I can, if you will\naccept such fare as my house affords.\" Jack entered, and\nthe old man set before him some bread and meat. When\nJack had eaten as much as he chose, the hermit said, \"My\nson, I know you are the famous conqueror of giants: on the\ntop of this mountain is an enchanted castle kept by a giant\nnamed Galligantus, who gets many knights into his castle.\nAbove all, I lament the hard fate of a duke's daughter,\nwhom they had seized, and turned her into the shape of a\ndeer. Many knights have tried to deliver her, yet none\nhave been able to do it, by reason of two fiery griffins, who\nguard the gate of the castle.\" Jack put on his invisible\ncoat, and, passing the fiery griffins, got to the castle-gate.\nOn it he found a golden trumpet, and underneath written:\n\"Whoever can this trumpet blow,\nShall cause the giant's overthrow.\nJack blew a shrill blast on the trumpet, which made the\ncastle vanish like smoke. He soon killed Galligantus, and\nsent his head to King Arthur.\n*\n LIST OF BOOKS IN THIS SERIES,\n1\u00E2\u0080\u0094The History of Cinderella.\n2\u00E2\u0080\u0094The History of Tom Thumb.\n3\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hare and many Friends.\n4\u00E2\u0080\u0094Entertaining\" Views.\n5\u00E2\u0080\u0094Eobinson Crusoe*\n6\u00E2\u0080\u0094Jack the Giant Killer.\n7\u00E2\u0080\u0094Little Eed Eiding Hood.\n8\u00E2\u0080\u0094Scenes from Nature.\n9\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dame Trot.\n10\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mother Hubbard.\n11\u00E2\u0080\u0094Capitals of Europe.\n1\u00C2\u00A3\u00E2\u0080\u0094The House that Jack built.\n13\u00E2\u0080\u0094Death & Burial of Cock Eobin.\n14\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cock Eobin and Jenny Wren,\n15\u00E2\u0080\u0094Old Man and his Ass.\n16\u00E2\u0080\u0094Peter Brown.\nOTLEY:\nYorkshire J. S. Publishing & Stationery Co., Limited.\n"@en . "Chapbooks"@en . "PZ6 1840 O84"@en . "PZ6_1840_O84_V06"@en . "10.14288/1.0375963"@en . "English"@en . 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