It was both keen and sharp ;

He clave the giant to the belt,

And cut in twain his heart. {232}

Will Scadlock well had play’d his part,

The giant he had brought to his knee ;

Quoth Will, The devil cannot break his fast,

Unless he have you all three.

So with his faulchion he run him through,

A deep and ‘ghastly’ wound ;

Who dam’d and foam’d, curst and blasphem’d,