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THE GIANT KILLER.
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slain by the Giant, and that they were kept many days without food; in order to force them to feed upon the flesh of their husbands; which they could not if they were starved to death. Sweet ladies (quoth Jack) I have destroyed this monster and his brutish brother, by which I have obtained your liberties This said, he presented them with the keys of the castle, and so proceeded on his journey for Wales.
CHAP. V.
How Jack travelled into Flintshire, and what happened.
JACK having but very little money, thought it prudent to make the best of his way by travelling as fast as he could, but losing his road was benighed and could not get a place of entertainment until he came to a valley, placed between two hills, where stood a large house in a loansome place, and by reason
