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Then he would drink whole rivers dry,

and thus he ſtarv'd the fiſh;

He went to drink it ſeems one day,

by a deep river side,

Whereat a lighter full of ſtraw

did then at anchor ride.

Besides another full of hay,

a third with block and billet;

He cram’d all theſe into his maw;

and yet they did not fill it.

He did annoy the nations thon,

by night and eke by day;

Whoever paſſed by his den,

became his fatal prey.

Hard by there liv'd a noble Knight,

who had one daughter dear,

For youth and ſplendid beauty bright,

but few could her come near,

He proffer’d her to be the wife

of him that would deſtroy

This brutiſh cruel Giant’s life,

who did them to annoy.

But there was none could undertake

this task for all did fear him;

For looks of him made them afraid,

when they did draw near him.

At length Jack Horner being told,

whoever did him slay,

Might have gold and ſilver, eke

likewiſe a lady gay.