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1. Jack the Giant Killer

   

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   An old woman had one son who was an asley pen & after remaining at the corner for several years he got up & shook several stone of ashes out of himself. He went out to a heap of dung with a shovel & killed a whole lot of flies. He go it into his head that he was a great champion & that he could kill thousands with one blow & he went home & he told his mother that he was only losing his time that he would go off & seek for adventures & he got a sword made & he got it engraved on it "Brave champion that killed thousands with one blow" & he travelled great long distances until he came to a kings palace

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   Lore

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   Handwritten

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   Roman script

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   • James Doyle