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 he could be persuaded from it; so that he granted what he requested, which was one horse loaded with money, and another for himself to ride on. Thus he set forth without any attendance.

Now after several days travel, he came to a market-town in Wales, where he beheld a large concourse of people gathered together: the King’s son demanded the reason of it, and was told, that they had arrested a corse for some large sums of money, which the deceased owned when he died. The King’s son replied, It is a pity that creditors should be so cruel; go bury the dead, said he, and let his creditors come to my lodging, and their debts shall be discharged. Accordingly they came, and in such numbers, that before night he had almost left himself moneyless.

Now Jack the Giant-killer being there and seeing the generosity of the King’s son, he was taken with him, and desired to be his servant: it was agreed upon, and the next morning they set