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 down dead, whoſe dreadful fall had like to have cruſhed poor Jack, had he not been nimble enough to have avoided the ſame.

This being done, Jack cut off both the Giants heads, and ſent them both to King Arthur, by a waggoner whom he had hired for that purpoſe, together with an account of his proſperous ſucceſs in his undertakings.

ack having thus diſpatched theſe two monſters, reſolved with himſelf to enter the cave in ſearch of theſe Giants treaſure. He paſſed along through many turnings and windings, which led at length to a room paved with free ſtone, at the upper end of which was a boiling caldron; then on the right hand ſtood a large table, whereat be ſuppoſed the Giants uſed to dine; then he came to an iron gate, where was a window ſecured with bars of iron, through which he looked, and there beheld a vaſt many miſerable captives, who ſeeing Jack at a diſtance, cried out with a loud voice, Alas! young man, art thou come to be one among us in this miſerable den? Ay, quoth Jack, I hope I ſhall not tarry long here: But pray tell me what is the meaning of your captivity? Why, ſaid one young man, I'll tell you, we are perſons that have been taken by the Giants that keep this cave, and here are we kept till ſuch time as they have occſsion for a particular feaſt, and then the fatteſt among us is ſlaughtered, and prepared for their devouring jaws; it is not long ſince they took three of us for the ſame purpoſe nay, many times they have dinned entirely on murdered men, ſay you ſo, quoth Jack, well, I have given them both ſuch a dinner, that it will be long enough e're they'll have occaſion for any more. The miſerable captives were amazed at his words. You may believe me,