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No no they ſaid, and home he went, the gold he did receive, The inn-keeper was well content, he has no cauſe to grieve.

C H A P. VIII.

Jack ſlays a monſtrous Giant and mar- ries a Knight's Daughter.

JACK HORNER a fierce giant kill'd,                       one Galligaatus 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 root he pluck'd oak trees, ſo mighty was his ſtrength. His lips did open like two gates, his beard hang 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 every bit of meat. His meſs was ſtill continually, two bullocks in a diſh;