s. Satisfaction I will have, and
this it shall be, I will take you whole and broil you for breakfast."
He had no sooner uttered this, than he tumbled into the pit, and made
the very foundations of the Mount to shake. "Oh Giant," quoth Jack,
"where are you now? Oh, faith, you are gotten now into a tight place,
where I will surely plague you for your threatening words; what do you
think now of broiling me for your breakfast? Will no other diet serve
you but poor Jack?" Then having tantalized the giant for a while, he
gave him a most weighty knock with his pickaxe on the very crown of
his head, and killed him on the spot.

Jack then filled up the pit with earth, and went to search the cave,
which he found contained much treasure. When the magistrates heard of
this they made a declaration he should henceforth be termed:

JACK THE GIANT-KILLER

and presented him with a sword and a belt, on which were written these
words embroidered in letters of gold:

"Here's the right valiant Cornish man.
Who slew the giant Cormoran."

The news of Jack's victory soon spread over all the West of England,
so that another giant, named Blunderbore, hearing of it, vowed to be
revenged on Jack, if ever he should light on him. This giant was the
lord of an enchanted castle situated in the midst of a lonesome wood.
Now Jack, about four months afterwards, walking near this wood in his
journey to Wales, being weary, seated himself near a pleasant fountain
and fell fast asleep. While he was sleeping, the giant, coming there
for water, discovered him, and knew him to be the far-famed Jack the
Giant-killer by the lines written on the belt. Without ado, he took
Jack on his shoulders and carried him towards his castle. Now, as they
passed through a thicket, the rustling of the boughs awakened Jack,
who was strangely surprised to find himself in the clutches of the
giant. His terror was only begun, for, on entering the castle, he saw
the ground strewed with human bones, and the giant told him his own
would ere long be among them. After this the giant locked poor Jack in
an immense chamber, leaving him there while he went to fetch another
giant, his brother, living in the same wood, who might share in the
meal on Jack.

After waiting some time Jack, on going to the window beheld afar
off the two giants coming towards the castle. "Now," quoth Jack to
himself, "my death or my deliverance is at hand."

Now, there were strong cords in a corner o