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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 under ground.

Early in the morning Jack furniſhed his maſter with a freſh ſupply of gold and ſilver, and then ſet him three miles forward on his journey; concluding he then was 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 his caſtle was not demoliſhed. Why (quoth Jack) I deſire nothing but the old coat and cap together with the old coat and ſlippers, which are at your bed-head. Quoth the Giant, thou ſhalt have them, and pray keep them for my ſake, for they are things of excellent uſe. The coat will keep you inviſible; the cap will furniſh you with knowledge; the ſword cuts in ſunder whatever you ſtrike; and the ſhoes are of extraordinary ſwiftneſs: Theſe may be ſerviceable to you, and therefore pray take them with all my heart. Jack takes them, thanking his Uncle and follows his maſter.


How Jack ſaved his Maſter's Life and Drove the evil Spirit out of a Lady, &c.

JACK having overtaken his maſter, they ſoon after arrived at the Lady's houſe: who finding the King's Son to be a ſuitor, ſhe prepared a bar quit for him; whicb being ended, ſhe wiped his mouth with her handkerchief ſaying, you muſt ſhew me this once to morrow morning, or elſe loſe your head: And with that ſhe put it info her own boſom.

The King's Son went to bed very ſorrowful, but Jack's cap of Knowledge inſtructed him how to obtain it. In the middle of the night ſhe called upon her familiar ſpirit to carry her to