20HISTORY OF JACK
men in armor to kill you, and to destroy all that you have. O! cousin Jack, this is heavy news indeed! I have a large vault under ground, where I will immediately hide myself, and then thou shalt lock, bolt and bar me in, and keep the keys till the king’s son is gone.
Now Jack having secured the Giant, he soon returned and fetched his master, and were both heartily merry with the wine and other dainties which were in the house: so that night they rested in very pleasant lodgings, whilst the poor uncle, the Giant lay trembling in the vault underground.
Early in the morning Jack furnished his master with a fresh supply of gold & silver, and then set him three miles forward on his journey: concluding he was then pretty well out of the smell of the Giant, and then returned to let his uncle out of the hole; who asked Jack what he should give him in reward, as his castle was not demolished. Why, quoth Jack, I desire nothing but
