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 quoth Jack, for I have ſlain then both with the point of my ſword, and as for their monſtrous heads, I ſent them in a waggon to the court of King Arthur, as trophies of my unparalelled victory. And for a teſtimony of the truth of what he said he unlocked the iron gate, ſetting the miſerable captives at liberty, who all rejoiced like condemned malefactors at the ſight of a reprive: Then leading them all together to the aforeſaid room, he placed them round the table, and ſet before then two quarters of beef, as alſo bread and wine, ſo that he feaſted them very plentifully. Supper being ended, they ſearched the Giant's coffers, whose finding a vaſt ſtore of gold and ſilver, Jack equally divided it amongſt them; they all returned their hearty thanks for their treaſure and miraculous deliverance. That night they went to their reſt, and in the morning they aroſe and departed; the captives to their reſpective towns and places of abode, and Jack to the knight's houſe, whom he had formerly delivered from the hands of the Giant.

T was about ſun riſing when Jack mounted his horſe to proceed on his journey, and by the help of the directions he came to the knight's houſe ſome time before noon, where he was received with all demonſtration of joy imaginable by the knight and his lady, who in an honourable reſpect to Jack, prepared a feaſt which lasted for many days, inviting all the gentry in the adjacent parts, to whom the worthy knight was pleaſed to relate his former danger, and the happy deliverance, by the undaunted courage of Jack the Giant killer: And by way of gratitude, he preſented him with a ring of gold, on which was engraven by a curious artist, the picture of the Giant dragging a diſtreſſed knight and his fair lady by the hair of their heads, with this motto: