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cruelty: Then taking the bunch of keys, he unlocked the rooms, where, upon a ſtrict ſearch, he found three fair ladies, tied by the hair of their heads, almoſt ſtarved to death, who told Jack, that their huſbands were 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, though they ſhould be 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 to Wales.
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 benighted, 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 lonesome place, and by reaſon of his preſent condition, he took courage to knock at the gate, and to his ſurpriſe, there came forth a monſtrous Giant, having two heads, yet he did not ſeem ſo fiery, as the others had been, for was a Welch Giant, and what he did, was by private and ſecret malice, under the falſe ſhew of friendſhip: for Jack, telling his condition, he bid him welcome, ſhewing him a room with a bed in it, whereupon he might take his night's repoſe. Therefore Jack undreſſed himſelf, and as the Giant was walking to another apartment, Jack hears him mutter forth theſe words to himſelf,
Though here you lodge with me this night,
You ſhall not ſee the morning light,
My club ſhall daſh your brains outright.
