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 of ſuch accomodation as my cottage will afford, thou ſhalt be right welcome. Jack returned him many thanks for his great civility; wherefore down they ſat together, and the old man began to diſcourſe him as follows: Son, ſaid he, I am ſenſible thou art the great conqueror of Giants, and it is in thy power to free this place of the country from an intolerable burden which we groan under for behold, my ſon, on the top of this high mountain there is an enchanted caſtle, kept by a huge monſtrous Giant, named Galgantus, who, by the help of an old conjuror betrays many knights and ladies into his ſtrong caſtle, where by magic art they are transformed into ſundry ſhapes and forms, but above all, I lament the ſad misfortune of a duke's daughter, whom they fetched from her father's garden by art, carrying her through the air in a morning chariot, drawn as it were by two fiery dragons, and being ſecured within the walls of the caſtle, he was immediately transformed into the real ſhape of a white hind; many worthy Knights have attempted deliverance, yet none of them could accompliſh this great work, by reaſon of two dreadful Griffins, who are fixed by magic art at the entrance of the caſtle gate, which deſtroys any as ſoon as they ſee them: But you, my ſon, being furniſhed with an inviſible coat, may paſs by them undiſcovered; where upon the brazen gates of the caſtle, you will find engraven in large characters, by what the enchantment may be broken.

This old man having ended his diſcourſe, Jack gave him his hand, with a faithful promiſe that in the morning he would venture his life to break the enchantment and free the lady, together with the reſt that were miſerable partners in her calamity.