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 new adventures. Thro' many woods and groves he paſſed, meeting with nothing remarkable till at length coming to the foot of an high mountain late at night he knocked at the door of a loneſome houſe, at which time an ancient man, with a head as white as ſnow aroſe and let him in. Father, ſaid Jack, have you any entertainment for a benighted traveller, that has loſt his way? Yes, ſaid the man, if thou will accept of ſuch accommodation as my poor 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 inchanted caſtle kept by a huge monſtrous Giant, named Galigantus, who by the help of an old conjuror betrays many knights and ladies into this ſtrong caſtle; where by Magick Art they are transformed into ſundry ſhapes and forms: But above all, I lament the ſad miſfortune of a Duke's Daughter whom they fetch'd 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, ſhe was immediately transformed into the real ſhape of a white Hind: tho' many, worthy knights have endeavoured to break the inchantment, and work her deliverance, yet none of them could accomplish this great work, by reaſon of two dreadful Griffins who were fix'd by magick art at the entrance of the caſtle gate; which deſtroys any, as ſoon as they ſee them. But you,