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.
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