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 out of the gate with a great oak tree flourihing about his head, intending with one blow, to cruh in pieces the bones of St. Anthony for diturbing him of his repoe, but the nimble knight o avoided his trokes by kipping continually out of his reach, that the Giant, in a hort space grew weary with brandihing o unweildy a weapon, which when St. Anthony perceived he lightly leaped to him, and with one blow brought the Giant upon his knees, which being econded with another of mighty force, bereaved the Giant of his life, ending his oul into the dark regions, there to inhabit with grim Pluto; then, thanking God for his victory, he entered the catle, where he was kindly entertained by Roalinda, one of the Thracian King's Daughters; he hewed him all the rarities of the castle, and amongt the ret, ix ilver wans wimming on a great pond of water, which were the other ix daughters of the King of Thrace, whoe chatities the lutful giant attempting to violate, the kinder detinies (in commieration) transformed them into milk white wans, to ignify their chatities were without pot and blemih.

After ome hort repose to refreh himelf, St. Anthony with Roalinda poted to the Thracian court, where they were kindly entertained; but the King hearing of his daughters' transformation, with great grief departed to the catle, reolving there to pend his days with invocating his country gods, to retore his daughters to their hapes: whereupon St. Anthony, not willing to pend his days in eae and luxury, reolved privately to depart from thence, which being made known to Roalinda, he alo ecretly departed with him.

In the mean time, the famous Champion, St. Andrew of Scotland, having paed thro' many dangers in a vale of walking pirits, came wandering alo into this country of Thrace, fortune guiding his teps to the ame catle wherein the Thracian King was worhipping his heathen gods, which he perceiving, and knowing