be obtained. In the middle of the night she
called upon her familiar spirit to carry her to Lucifer. But Jack put
on his coat of darkness and his shoes of swiftness, and was there as
soon as she was. When she entered the place of the demon, she gave the
handkerchief to him, and he laid it upon a shelf, whence Jack took it
and brought it to his master, who showed it to the lady next day, and
so saved his life. On that day, she gave the Prince a kiss and told
him he must show her the lips to-morrow morning that she kissed last
night, or lose his head.

"Ah!" he replied, "if you kiss none but mine, I will."

"That is neither here nor there," said she; "if you do not, death's
your portion!"

At midnight she went as before, and was angry with the demon for
letting the handkerchief go. "But now," quoth she, "I will be too
hard for the King's son, for I will kiss thee and he is to show me thy
lips." Which she did, and Jack, when she was not standing by, cut off
Lucifer's head and, brought it under his invisible coat to his master,
who the next morning pulled it out by the horns before the lady. This
broke the enchantment and the evil spirit left her, and she appeared
in all her beauty. They were married the next morning, and soon
after went to the Court of King Arthur, where Jack for his many great
exploits, was made one of the Knights of the Round Table.

Jack soon went searching for giants again, but he had not ridden
far, when he saw a cave, near the entrance of which he beheld a giant
sitting upon a block of timber, with a knotted iron club by his side.
His goggle eyes were like flames of fire, his countenance grim and
ugly, and his cheeks like a couple of large flitches of bacon, while
the bristles of his beard resembled rods of iron wire, and the locks
that hung down upon his brawny shoulders were like curled snakes or
hissing adders. Jack alighted from his horse, and, putting on the coat
of darkness, went up close to the giant, and said softly, "Oh! are you
there? It will not be long before I take you fast by the beard." The
giant all this while could not see him, on account of his invisible
coat, so that Jack, coming up close to the monster, struck a blow
with his sword at his head, but, missing his aim, he cut off the nose
instead. At this, the giant roared like claps of thunder, and began to
lay about him with his iron club like one stark mad. But Jack, running
behind, drove his sword up to the hilt in the giant