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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 cramm'd them all into his maw, and yet they did not fill it. He did annoy the nations then 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 The brutiſh cruel giant's life, who did them ſo annoy. At length Jack Horner being told whoever did him ſlay Might have gold and ſilver eke, likewiſe a lady gay. Quoth Jack, now let me live or die, I'll fight this ſwinging boar;