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 and to drink the water of the running treams; at lat he epied a catle not far off, whether he directed his weary teps, deiring of a lady who tood looking over the walls, a meal of meat to relieve a knight almot famihed; but he, with a cured frown, bid him begone, or ele his life mut pay for his preumption, her lord being a mighty giant, that, with cruhed bones, did recompene the aucines of uch intruders. Now, aith St. George, by the honour of my knighthood, here will I obtain my dinner, or ele become food for crows by his accured hand. The lady, abah'd at thee words, gave information to the giant, who immediately came forth, of uch a montrous and deformed proportion, that he would have daunted a courageous knight; tho' trong and lutful for an encounter; yet George (tho' much enfeebled by hunger) with a magnanimous reolution et upon him, and notwithtanding the giant was armed with a mighty bar of iron, the Chritian Champion dealt him uch blows, that, in one, the giant was forced to urrender his life, and the command of the catle into the hands of St. George.

St. George having now finihed his work, went into the catle to receive his wages, viz. his dinner which he had earned, but for fear the lady hould mingle poison in his food, he made her firt to taste of every dih, and, having taid ome time to refreh himelf and his hore, he left the catle in keeping of the lady, and went on in puruit of his travels, paing thro' the rest of Greece and Phrygia, until he came into the confines of Tartary, to the enchanted garden of Ormondine, where he epied a word encloed into the enchanted rock, when he no ooner put his hand into the hilt, then he drew it out with much eae, then immediately the heavens were overcat with a thick darkness, and the earth hook and rumbled like mighty peals of thunder, the winds blew o impetuouly that strong oaks were rent in pieces by the ame, and then the enchanted garden vanihed away, and the champion