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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Story of Jack and the Giants, by Anonymous
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+Title: The Story of Jack and the Giants
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+Author: Anonymous
+
+Release Date: April 14, 2005 [EBook #15621]
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF JACK AND THE GIANTS ***
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+Produced by University of Florida Childrens Library, Shui Ming Ho
+and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
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+Transcriber's note:
+
+In this e-text illustrations have been labelled according to their
+descriptions at the beginning of the book.
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: By Stratagem of a Pit Jack killeth the Giant Cormoran
+               _Frontispiece_
+               THE DEATH OF THE GIANT CORMORAN]
+
+[Illustration: Jack listeneth to Stories of Giants and Fairies
+               _Title page_]
+
+
+
+
+                            THE STORY
+                                OF
+                       Jack and the Giants.
+
+                         ILLUSTRATED WITH
+             _Thirty-Five Drawings by_ RICHARD DOYLE.
+                _Engraved by_ G. _and_ E. DALZIEL.
+
+                          [Illustration]
+
+                              LONDON:
+               CUNDALL & ADDEY, 21 OLD BOND STREET.
+                               1851.
+
+
+                              LONDON:
+              Printed by ROBSON, LEVEY, and FRANKLYN,
+                   Great New Street, Fetter Lane.
+
+
+
+
+                          [Illustration]
+
+                 THE STORY OF JACK AND THE GIANTS
+                   ILLUSTRATED BY RICHARD DOYLE
+
+
+Jack listeneth to Stories of Giants and Fairies. _Title page_
+
+Jack at Rest. _Initial_
+
+The Giant cometh
+
+Cormoran carryeth off his Booty
+
+Panick of the Shepherd. _Initial_
+
+By Stratagem of a Pit Jack killeth the Giant Cormoran. _Frontispiece_
+
+The Justices present unto Jack a Sword and Belt
+
+A Giant looketh out for Jack. _Initial_
+
+The deceitful Civility of the Welsh Giant
+
+He partaketh of his Pudding with Jack
+
+Jack measureth with the Legs of a Giant. _Initial_
+
+Jack alarmeth his Three-headed Uncle
+
+Jack delivereth the Lady from the Enchanter
+
+Jack is dubbed a Knight by King Arthur
+
+He is accourted by Ladies. _Initial_
+
+He discovereth a Giant above the Trees
+
+Jack slayeth the Giant, and delivereth a Knight and his Lady
+
+Jack setteth his foot on the Giant's neck. _Initial_
+
+The Giant's Brother awaiteth his return
+
+The Knight and his Lady thank Jack for their delivery
+
+Jack releaseth the captive Ladies
+
+A pale Herald interrupteth the Feast
+
+The Stratagem of Jack with the Giant Thundel
+
+Jack maketh sport of Him, and draggeth Him out of the Moat
+
+His Head goeth to Court
+
+The Lady of the Knight. _Initial_
+
+The Giant Galligantus
+
+Jack passeth the Fiery Griffins
+
+Destruction of Galligantus
+
+Jack goeth with Company to Court
+
+Jack slaketh his Thirst at the end of his Labours
+
+
+
+
+THE STORY
+of
+Jack and the Giants.
+
+
+[Illustration: Jack at Rest. _Initial_]
+
+During the reign of good King Arthur there lived in the County of
+Cornwall, near to the Land's End of England, a wealthy farmer, who had
+an only son named Jack. Jack was a brisk boy, and of a ready wit: he
+took great delight in hearing stories of Giants and Fairies, and used
+to listen eagerly while any old woman told him of the great deeds of
+the brave Knights of King Arthur's Round Table.
+
+When Jack was sent to take care of the sheep and oxen in the fields,
+he used to amuse himself with planning battles and sieges, and the
+means to conquer or surprise a foe. He was above the common sports of
+children; but hardly any one could equal him at wrestling; or if he
+met with a match for himself in strength, his skill and address always
+made him the victor.
+
+[Illustration: The Giant cometh]
+
+In those days the Mount of Cornwall was kept by a huge and monstrous
+Giant, eighteen feet in height, and about three yards in compass, of a
+fierce and grim countenance, the terror of all the neighbouring towns
+and villages. He dwelt in a cave in the middle of the Mount; and he
+was such a selfish monster that he would not suffer any one to live
+near him. He fed on other men's cattle, which often became his prey;
+for whensoever he wanted food, he would wade over to the mainland,
+where he would furnish himself with whatever came in his way.
+
+[Illustration: Cormoran carryeth off his Booty]
+
+[Illustration: Panick of the Shepherd. _Initial_]
+
+Panic seized the inhabitants at his approach, they forsook their
+habitations, and took flight, while the Giant seized upon their
+cattle, making nothing of carrying half-a-dozen oxen on his back at
+a time; and as for their sheep and hogs, he would tie them by dozens
+round his waist. This course he had followed for many years, so that
+a great part of the county was impoverished by his depredations.
+
+Jack resolved to kill this monster; and taking with him a horn, a
+shovel, and a pickaxe, he went over to the Mount in the beginning of
+a dark winter's evening, when he fell to work, and before morning had
+dug a pit twenty-two feet deep, and nearly as broad, and had covered
+it over with long sticks and straw. Then strewing a little mould upon
+it, he made it appear like plain ground. Then Jack placed the horn to
+his mouth, and blew with all his might such a loud tantivy, that the
+Giant awoke and rushed towards Jack, exclaiming:
+
+"You saucy villain, why are you come here to disturb my rest? you
+shall pay dearly for this. I will take you home, and broil you whole
+for my breakfast."
+
+He had no sooner uttered this cruel threat, than, tumbling into the
+pit, he made the very foundations of the Mount to shake.
+
+"Oh, oh, Mr. Giant," said Jack, "where are you now? do you think now
+of broiling me for your breakfast? will nothing else serve you but
+poor Jack?"
+
+Thus did little Jack torment the big Giant, as a cat does a mouse when
+she knows it cannot escape; and when he had tired of that amusement,
+he gave the monster a heavy blow with a pickaxe on the very crown of
+his head, which tumbled him down, and killed him on the spot. When
+Jack saw that the Giant was dead, he filled up the pit with earth, and
+went to search the cave, which he found contained much treasure.
+
+Jack then made haste back to rejoice his friends with the news of the
+Giant's death.
+
+[Illustration: The Justices present unto Jack a Sword and Belt]
+
+Now, when the justices of Cornwall heard of this valiant action, they
+sent for Jack, and declared that he should always be called
+
+    _Jack the Giant Killer_;
+
+and they also gave him a magnificent sword and an embroidered belt,
+upon which was emblazoned, in letters of gold,
+
+  "_This is the valiant Cornish man
+    Who slew the Giant Cormoran_"
+
+The news of Jack's victory soon spread over all the west of England;
+so that another Giant, named Blunderbore, hearing of it, vowed to be
+revenged on Jack, if ever it was his fortune to light on him. This
+Giant kept an enchanted castle, situated in the midst of a lonely
+wood.
+
+Now Jack, about four months after his last exploit, riding near this
+castle in his journey towards Wales, being weary, lay down near a
+pleasant fountain in the wood, and quickly fell asleep. Presently the
+Giant, coming to the fountain for water, discovered him; and as the
+lines written on the belt shewed who he was, he immediately took Jack
+on his shoulders, and carried him towards his castle. Now, as they
+passed through a thicket, the rustling of the boughs awakened Jack,
+who was terribly frightened to find himself in the clutches of
+Blunderbore. Yet this was nothing to his fright soon after; for when
+they reached the castle, he beheld the floor covered all over with
+skulls and bones of men and women.
+
+The Giant took him into a large room, where lay the limbs of persons
+that had been lately killed; and he told Jack, with a horrid grin,
+that men's hearts, eaten with pepper and vinegar, were his nicest
+food, and that he thought he should make a dainty meal on his. When he
+had said this, he locked Jack up in the room, while he went to fetch
+another Giant, who lived in the same wood, to enjoy a dinner off poor
+Jack.
+
+While he was away. Jack heard dreadful shrieks, and groans, and cries,
+from many parts of the castle; and soon after he heard a mournful
+voice repeat these lines:
+
+  "_Haste, valiant Stranger, haste away,
+   Lest you become the Giant's prey.
+   On his return he'll bring another
+   Still more savage than his brother;--
+   A horrid, cruel monster, who,
+   Before he kills, will torture you.
+   Oh, valiant Stranger! haste away,
+   Or you'll become these Giants' prey._"
+
+This warning was so shocking to poor Jack, that he was ready to go
+mad. He ran to the window, and saw the two Giants coming along arm in
+arm. This window was right over the gates of the castle.
+
+"Now," thought Jack, "either my death or freedom is at hand."
+
+Now there were two strong cords in the room. Jack made a large noose
+with a slip-knot at the ends of both these; and as the Giants were
+coming through the iron gates, he threw the ropes over their heads.
+He then made the other ends fast to a beam in the ceiling, and pulled
+with all his might till he had almost strangled them. When he saw that
+they were both quite black in the face, and had not the least strength
+left, he drew his sword, and slid down the ropes; he then killed the
+Giants, and thus saved himself from the cruel death they meant to put
+him to.
+
+Jack next took a great bunch of keys from the pocket of Blunderbore,
+and went into the castle again. He made a strict search through all
+the rooms; and in them found three ladies tied up by the hair of their
+heads, and almost starved to death. They told him that their husbands
+had been killed by the Giants, who had then condemned them to be
+starved to death, because they would not eat the flesh of their own
+husbands.
+
+"Charming Ladies," said Jack, "I have put an end to the monster and
+his wicked brother; and I give you this castle, and all riches that
+it contains, to make you some amends for the dreadful pains you have
+felt."
+
+He then very politely gave them the keys of the castle, and went
+further in his journey to Wales.
+
+[Illustration: A Giant looketh out for Jack. _Initial_]
+
+Caring very little for riches, Jack had not taken any of the Giant's
+wealth for himself, and having but little money of his own, he thought
+it best to travel as fast as he could.
+
+At length he lost his way; and when night came on, he was in a valley
+between two lofty mountains. He thought himself lucky at last in
+finding a large and handsome house. He went to it, and knocked at the
+gate; when, to his surprise, there came forth a Giant with two heads.
+He spoke to Jack very civilly, for he was a Welsh Giant, and all the
+mischief he did was done under a show of friendship. Jack told him he
+was a benighted traveller, when the monster bade Jack welcome, and led
+him into a room where he could pass the night. But though he was weary
+he could not sleep, for he heard the Giant walking backward and
+forward in the next room, saying,
+
+  "_Though here you lodge with me this night,
+   You shall not see the morning-light;
+   My club shall dash your brains out quite_."
+
+"Say you so?" quoth Jack; "that is like one of your Welsh tricks."
+
+Then getting out of bed, Jack groped about the room, and at last found
+a billet of wood; he laid it in his place in the bed, and hid himself
+in a corner of the room. In the middle of the night the Giant came
+with his great club, and struck many heavy blows on the bed, in the
+very place where Jack had laid the billet; and then went to his own
+room, thinking he had broken all Jack's bones.
+
+[Illustration: The deceitful Civility of the Welsh Giant]
+
+Early in the morning Jack walked into the Giant's room to thank him
+for his lodging. The Giant started when he saw him, and began to
+stammer out,--
+
+"Pray, how did you sleep last night? Did you hear or see any thing in
+the dead of the night?"
+
+"Nothing worth speaking of," said Jack, carelessly; "a rat, I believe,
+gave me three or four flaps with its tail, but I soon went to sleep
+again."
+
+[Illustration: He partaketh of his Pudding with Jack]
+
+The Giant did not answer a word, but brought in two bowls of
+hasty-pudding for their breakfasts. Jack wanted to make the Giant
+believe that he could eat as much as himself, so he contrived to
+button a leathern bag inside his coat, and slipped the pudding into
+the bag instead of his mouth.
+
+When breakfast was over, he said to the Giant, "I will shew you a fine
+trick: I could cut my head off one minute, and put it on sound the
+next. But see here!"
+
+He then took a knife, ripped up the bag, and all the pudding fell on
+the floor.
+
+"Odds splutter hur nails," cried the Giant, who was ashamed to be
+outdone by Jack, "hur can do that hurself!"
+
+So he snatched up the knife, plunged it into his stomach, and in a
+moment dropped down dead.
+
+Jack having thus outwitted the monster, went further on his journey.
+
+
+
+
+PART THE SECOND.
+
+
+[Illustration: Jack measureth with the Legs of a Giant. _Initial_]
+
+Jack travelled on until he met with King Arthur's only son, who was
+seeking all through Wales for a very beautiful lady that was
+enchanted. Jack asked leave to be the Prince's attendant, and the
+Prince granted his request.
+
+After a long day's journey, when night drew on, the Prince was anxious
+to secure a lodging, but they had no means to hire one, for both the
+Prince and Jack had spent all their money; but Jack said,--
+
+"Never mind, master, we shall do well enough, for I have an uncle who
+lives within two miles of this place; he is a huge and monstrous
+Giant, with three heads; he'll fight five hundred men in armour, and
+make them flee before him."
+
+[Illustration: Jack alarmeth his Three-headed Uncle]
+
+"Alas!" quoth the Prince, "what shall we do there? he'll certainly
+chop us up at a mouthful. Nay, we are scarce enough to fill his hollow
+tooth."
+
+"It is no matter for that," quoth Jack; "I myself will go before, and
+prepare the way for you; therefore tarry and wait till I return."
+
+Jack then rode off full speed, and coming to the gate of the castle,
+he knocked so loud that the echo from the neighbouring hills resounded
+like thunder.
+
+The Giant, terribly vexed, roared out, "Who's there?"
+
+"None but your poor cousin Jack," answered he.
+
+"What news with my poor cousin Jack?"
+
+He replied, "Dear uncle, heavy news."
+
+"God wot," quoth the Giant, "prithee what heavy news can come to me?
+I am a Giant with three heads; and besides, though knowest I can fight
+five hundred men in armour, and make them fly like chaff before the
+wind."
+
+"Oh, but," quoth Jack, "here's the Prince a-coming, with a thousand
+men in armour, to kill you, and destroy all that you have!"
+
+"Oh, cousin Jack," said the Giant, "this is heavy news indeed! I will
+immediately run and hide myself, and thou shalt lock, bolt, and bar me
+in, and keep the keys till the Prince is gone."
+
+Jack joyfully complied with the Giant's request; and fetching his
+master, they feasted and made themselves merry, whilst the poor Giant
+lay trembling in a vault underground.
+
+In the morning, Jack furnished the Prince with a fresh supply of gold
+and silver, and then sent him three miles forward on his journey, as
+he would then be pretty well out of the smell of the Giant. Jack then
+returned, and liberated the Giant from the vault, who asked what he
+should give him for saving the castle.
+
+"Why," quoth Jack, "I desire nothing but the old coat and cap,
+together with the old rusty sword and slippers which are at your bed's
+head."
+
+Quoth the Giant, "Thou shaft have them; and pray keep them for my
+sake, for they are things of excellent use: the coat will keep you
+invisible, the cap will furnish you with knowledge, the sword cuts
+asunder whatever you strike, and the shoes are of extraordinary
+swiftness. These may be serviceable to you: therefore take them, with
+all my heart."
+
+They soon arrived at the dwelling of the beautiful lady, who was under
+the power of a wicked Magician. She received the Prince with fair
+words, and made a noble feast for him; when it was ended, she arose,
+and wiping her mouth with a fine handkerchief, said, "My Lord, you
+must shew me this handkerchief to-morrow, or lose your head." She then
+went out of the room, taking the handkerchief with her.
+
+The Prince went to bed right sorrowful; but Jack put on his cap of
+knowledge, which told him that the lady was forced, by the power of
+the enchantment, to meet the wicked Magician every night in a forest.
+Jack now put on his coat of darkness and his shoes of swiftness, and
+went to the forest, where he saw the lady give the handkerchief to
+the Magician, Whereupon Jack; who was surrounded by a host of evil
+spirits, with his sword of sharpness, at one blow cut off his head,
+and regained the handkerchief for the Prince; the enchantment was
+ended in a moment and the lady restored to her virtue and goodness.
+
+[Illustration: Jack delivereth the Lady from the Enchanter]
+
+She returned with the Prince to the court of King Arthur, where they
+were received with welcome; and the valiant Jack was made one of the
+Knights of the Round Table.
+
+[Illustration: Jack is dubbed a Knight by King Arthur]
+
+
+
+
+PART THE THIRD.
+
+
+[Illustration: He is accourted by Ladies. _Initial_]
+
+Jack resolved not to live in idleness for the future, but to do what
+services he could for the honour of the king and the nation. He
+therefore humbly besought King Arthur to furnish him with a horse and
+money, that he might travel in search of new and strange exploits.
+"For," said he to the King, "there are many Giants yet among the
+mountains of Wales, and they oppress the people: therefore, if it
+please you, Sire, to favour my designs, I will soon rid your kingdom
+of these Giants and monsters."
+
+When the King heard this offer, and thought of the cruel deeds of
+these bloodthirsty Giants and savage monsters, he gave Jack every
+thing proper for such a journey.
+
+[Illustration: He discovereth a Giant above the Trees]
+
+Thereupon Jack took leave of the King, the Prince, and all the
+Knights of the Round Table, and set off. He went along over hills and
+mountains, until he came to a large forest, through which his road
+lay. On a sudden he heard piercing shrieks. He forced his way through
+the trees, and saw a huge Giant, thirty-five feet high, dragging along
+by the hair of their heads a Knight and his beautiful Lady, one in
+each hand, with as much ease as if they had been a pair of gloves.
+Jack shed tears at such a sight, and alighting from his horse, and
+tying him to an oak, put on his invisible coat, under which he carried
+his sword of sharpness.
+
+[Illustration: Jack slayeth the Giant,
+                   and delivereth a Knight and his Lady]
+
+When he came up to the Giant, he made many strokes at him, but could
+not reach his body, on account of his great height. Still, he wounded
+his ankles in many places: at last, putting both hands to his sword,
+and aiming with all his might, he cut off both the Giant's legs below
+the garter; so that his body tumbled to the ground.
+
+[Illustration: Jack setteth his foot on the Giant's neck. _Initial_]
+
+Jack then set one foot upon his neck, and cried out, "Thou cruel
+wretch! behold I give thee the just reward of thy crimes." And so
+plunging his sword into the Giant's body, the monster gave a loud
+groan and yielded up his life; while the noble Knight and his Lady
+were joyful at their deliverance. They heartily thanked Jack for what
+he had done, and invited him to their house to refresh himself.
+
+"No," said Jack, "I cannot be at ease till I find out this monster's
+dwelling."
+
+The Knight, hearing this, grew sad, and replied, "Noble stranger, it
+is too much to run a second hazard. This monster lived in a den under
+yonder mountain, with a brother of his, more fierce and cruel than
+himself: therefore, if you should go thither and perish in the attempt
+to overthrow this wicked brother, it would be heart-breaking to me and
+my lady; so let me persuade you to go with us, and desist from any
+farther pursuit."
+
+"Nay," said Jack, "even if there were twenty, I would shed the last
+drop of my blood before one of them should escape me. When I have done
+this task, I will return and visit you."
+
+Jack had not rode a mile and a half before he came in sight of the
+mouth of the cavern; and nigh the entrance of it he beheld the other
+Giant sitting on a huge rock, with a knotted iron club in his hand,
+waiting for his brother. His eyes flashed like flames of fire, his
+face was grim, and his cheeks seemed like two flitches of bacon; the
+bristles of his beard were as thick rods of iron wire; and his locks
+of hair hung down like curling snakes. Jack alighted from his horse,
+and turned him into a thicket; then he put on his invisible coat, and
+drew a little nearer, to behold this figure; and said softly, "O
+monster, are you there! it will not be long before I shall take you
+fast by the beard."
+
+[Illustration: The Giant's Brother awaiteth his return]
+
+The Giant, all this while, could not see him, by reason of his
+invisible coat: then Jack came quite close to him, and struck a blow
+at his head with his sword of sharpness; but, missing his aim, only
+cut off his nose, whilst the Giant roared like loud claps of thunder.
+And though he rolled his glaring eyes round on every side, he could
+not see who had given him the blow; yet he took up his iron club, and
+began to lay about him like one that was mad.
+
+"Nay," said Jack, "if this is the case, I will kill you at once."
+So he slipped nimbly behind him, and jumping upon the rocky seat
+as the Giant rose from it, he thrust his sword up to the hilt in
+his body. After a hideous howling, the Giant dropped down dead.
+
+When Jack had thus killed these two monsters, he searched their cave
+for treasure. He passed through many dark windings, which led him to
+a room paved with freestone; at the end of it was a boiling cauldron,
+and on the right hand stood a large table, where the Giants used to
+dine. He then came to a window secured with iron bars, through which
+he saw a number of wretched captives, who cried out, when they saw
+Jack, "Alas! alas! young man, are you come to be one among us in this
+horrid den?"
+
+[Illustration: The Knight and his Lady thank
+                    Jack for their delivery]
+
+"I hope," said Jack, "you will not tarry here long but pray tell me,
+what is the meaning of your captivity?"
+
+[Illustration: Jack releaseth the captive Ladies]
+
+"Alas!" said one, "we have been taken by the Giants that hold this
+cave, and are kept till they have a feast; then the fattest of us is
+killed and cooked. It is not long since they took three for this
+purpose."
+
+"Say you so?" said Jack; "I have given them such a dinner that it will
+be long enough before they want more." The captives were amazed at his
+words. "You may believe me," said Jack; "for I have slain both the
+monsters, and sent their heads in a wagon to King Arthur, as trophies
+of my victory."
+
+To shew them that what he said was true, he unlocked the gate, and set
+them all free. Then he led them to the great room, where they feasted
+plentifully. Supper being over, they searched the Giant's coffers, and
+Jack shared the store among the captives. Jack started at sunrise to
+the house of the Knight, whom he had left not long before.
+
+[Illustration: _Initial_]
+
+Presently Jack reached the Knight's castle, where he was received with
+the greatest joy. In honour of the hero's exploits, a grand feast was
+given, which lasted many days. The Knight also presented Jack with a
+beautiful ring, on which was engraved the Giant dragging the knight
+and the lady by the hair, with this motto:
+
+  "_We were in sad distress, you see,
+     Under the Giant's fierce command,
+   But gained our lives and liberty
+     By valiant Jack's victorious hand._"
+
+Among the guests present at the feast were fire aged gentlemen, who
+were fathers to some of those captives who had been freed by Jack from
+the dungeon. These old men pressed round him with tears of joy, and
+returned him thanks. One day the bowl went round merrily, and every
+one drank to the health and long life of the gallant hero. The hall
+resounded with peals of laughter and joyful cries.
+
+[Illustration: A pale Herald interrupteth the Feast]
+
+But, lo! to the midst, a herald, pale and breathless with haste and
+terror, rushed in, and told the company, that Thundel, a Giant with an
+immense head, having heard of the death of his two kinsmen, was come
+to take revenge on Jack, and that he was now near the house, and the
+country-people all flying before him.
+
+At this dismal news, the very boldest of the guests trembled; but Jack
+drew his sword, and said, "Let him come; I have a tool to pick his
+teeth with. Pray, ladies and gentlemen, walk into the garden, and you
+shall joyfully behold the Giant's defeat and death."
+
+The knight's castle was surrounded by a moat, thirty feet deep and
+twenty wide, over which lay a drawbridge. Jack set men to work, to cut
+the bridge on both sides, near the middle; and then dressing himself
+in his invisible coat, went against the Giant with his sword of
+sharpness. As he came close to him, though the Giant could not see
+him, yet he cried out,--
+
+  "_Fie! foh! fum!
+   I smell the blood of an Englishman;
+   Be he alive or be he dead,
+   I'll grind his bones to make my bread._"
+
+"Say you so, my friend?" said Jack; "you are a clever miller indeed!"
+
+"Art thou," cried the Giant, "the villain who killed my kinsmen? Then
+I will tear thee with my teeth, and grind thy bones to powder."
+
+"You must catch me first," said Jack; and throwing off his invisible
+coat, he put on his shoes of swiftness, and began to run; the Giant
+following him like a walking castle, making the earth shake at every
+step.
+
+[Illustration: The Stratagem of Jack with the Giant Thundel]
+
+Jack led him round and round the walls of the castle, that the company
+might see the monster; and to finish the work. Jack ran over the
+drawbridge, the Giant going after him with his club: but when the
+Giant came to the middle, where the bridge had been cut on both sides,
+the great weight of his body made it break, and he tumbled into the
+water, where he rolled about like a large whale. Jack now stood by the
+side of the moat, and laughed and jeered at him, saying,
+
+"I think you told me you would grind my bones to powder; when will you
+begin?"
+
+[Illustration: Jack maketh sport of Him,
+                   and draggeth Him out of the Moat]
+
+[Illustration: Jack maketh sport of Him,
+                   and draggeth Him out of the Moat]
+
+The Giant foamed horridly at the mouth with fury, and plunged from
+side to side of the moat; but he could not get out to have revenge on
+his little foe. At last Jack ordered a cart-rope to be brought to him;
+he then drew it over his great head, and by the help of a team of
+horses, dragged him to the edge of the moat, where he cut off the
+monster's head; and before he either ate or drank, he sent it to the
+court of King Arthur. He then went back to the table with the company,
+and the rest of the day was spent in mirth and good cheer.
+
+[Illustration: His Head goeth to Court]
+
+
+
+
+PART THE FOURTH.
+
+
+[Illustration: The Lady of the Knight. _Initial_]
+
+Courted and flattered as he was, yet after staying with the Knight and
+his lady for some time, Jack grew weary of such an idle life, and set
+out again in search of new adventures. He went over hills and dales
+without meeting any, till he came to the foot of a very high mountain.
+Here he knocked at the door of a small and lonely house, and an old
+man, with a head as white as snow, let him in.
+
+"Good father," said Jack, "can you lodge a traveller who has lost his
+way?"
+
+"Yes," said the hermit, "I can, if you will accept such fare as my
+poor house affords."
+
+Jack entered, and the old man set before him some bread and fruit for
+his supper. When Jack had eaten as much as he chose, the hermit
+said,--
+
+"My son, I know you are the famous conqueror of Giants; now, at the
+top of this mountain is an enchanted Castle, kept by a Giant named
+Galligantus, who, by the help of a vile Magician, gets many knights
+and ladies into his Castle, where he changes them into the shape of
+beasts. Above all, I lament the hard fate of a duke's daughter, whom
+they seized as she was walking in her father's garden, and brought
+hither through the air in a chariot drawn by two fiery dragons, and
+turned her into the shape of a deer. Many knights have tried to
+destroy the enchantment, and deliver her; yet none have been able to
+do it, by reason of two fiery Griffins, who guard the gate of the
+Castle, and destroy all who come nigh: but as you, my son, have an
+invisible coat, you may pass by them without being seen; and on the
+gates of the Castle you will find engraved by what means the
+enchantment may be broken."
+
+[Illustration: The Giant Galligantus]
+
+Jack promised that, in the morning, at the risk of his life, he would
+break the enchantment; and, after a sound sleep, he arose early, put
+on his invisible coat, and got ready for the attempt. When he had
+climbed to the top of the mountain, he saw the two fiery Griffins;
+but he passed between them without the least fear of danger, for they
+could not see him because of his invisible coat. On the Castle-gate
+hung a golden trumpet, under which were these lines:--
+
+  "_Whoever doth this Trumpet blow,
+   Shall cause the Giant's overthrow!_"
+
+[Illustration: Jack passeth the Fiery Griffins]
+
+[Illustration: Destruction of Galligantus]
+
+As soon as Jack had read this, he seized the trumpet, and blew a
+shrill blast, which made the gates fly open, and the very Castle
+itself tremble. The Giant and the Conjuror now knew that their wicked
+course was at an end, and they stood biting their thumbs, and shaking
+with fear. Jack, with his sword of sharpness, soon killed the Giant;
+and the Magician was then carried away by a whirlwind; and every
+knight and beautiful lady, who had been changed into birds and beasts,
+returned to their proper shapes. The Castle vanished away like smoke,
+and the head of the Giant Galligantus was sent to King Arthur. The
+knights and ladies rested that night at he old man's hermitage, and
+next day set out for the Court.
+
+[Illustration: Jack goeth with Company to Court]
+
+Jack then went up to the King, and gave his majesty an account of all
+his fierce battles. Jack's fame had spread through the whole country;
+and, at the King's desire, the Duke gave him his daughter in marriage,
+to the joy of all the kingdom. After this, the King gave Jack a large
+estate, on which he and his lady lived the rest of their days in joy
+and content.
+
+[Illustration: Jack slaketh his Thirst at the end of his Labours]
+
+
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