Now to the stable straight he goes,

And opes the door: with joy he swell’d,

And quick forgot all cares and woes,

When he his goats and car beheld.

And now the giant queller took

(His custom ’twas) his hammer bright;

A well directed blow he struck,

And slew his goats of colour white.

Now jump’d th’ old woman up in haste,

Upon the board to spread the cloth;