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( 21 ) The Inn-keeper was well content,

he has no cauſe to grieve.

Then did he lead a happy life,

he neither toils nor frets;

Thanks to Jack Horner and his wife,

their wits have paid their debts.

CHAP. VIII.

JACK ſlays a monſtrous Giant, and

marries a KNIGHT'S DaUGHTER.

JACK HORNER a fierce Giant kill’d

one Galligantus ſtout,

As large as ever man beheld

in all the world throughout.

This very Giant could with eaſe,

ſtep fifteen yards in length;

Up by the roots he pluck'd oak trees,

ſo mighty was his ſtrength.

His lips did open like two gates,

his beard hung down like wire,

His eyes were like two pewter plates,

he breathed ſmoke and fire.

’Tis ſaid that he deſtroy'd as much

as ten ſcore men could eat

So that the people did him grudge,

for every bit of meat

His mess was ſtill continually,

two bullocks in a diſh;