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let the Giant know he could not eat with him, got it large leathern hag, putting it very artfully under his loose coat, into which he secretly conveyed his pudding, telling the Giant he could shew him a trick ; then taking a large knife, he ripped open the bag, which the Giant supposed to be his belly, when out came the hasty pudden ; at which the Welch Giant cried, Cotsplut, hur can do dat trick hurself. Then taking his sharp knife, he ripped up his own belly, from the bottom to the top, and out dropped his tripes and trolly bags, so that hur fell down for dead ; thus Jack outwitted the Giant, and proceeded on his journey.
About this time King Arthur’s son only desired of his father to furnish him with a certain sum of money, that he might go and seek his fortune in Wales, where a beautiful lady lived, whom he heard was possessed with seven evil spirits ; hut the King his father, advised him utterly against it, yet he would not he persuaded of it ; so he granted what he requested, which was one horse loaded with money, and another for himself to ride on ; thus he went forth without any attendants.
Now, after several days travel, he came to a market town in Wales, where he beheld a large concourse of people gathered together ; the King’s son demanded the reason of it, and was told that they had arrested a corpe for many large sums of money which the deceased owed when he died.
