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The king learned about a certain giant who was named Innius when he came to France.He was in that place called Michael’s Mountain. Everyone was afraid of him. He had taken for himself a maiden who was named Helena. She was a kinswoman of King Arthur. When the king learned about this, he departed one night from his army with three men, and when they came to the mountain they saw two flames burning in a cave. The king goes inside and when the giant saw this, he takes his club, which was so heavy that two men could not lift it from the ground. The king swung at the giant with his sword onto his brow, and the giant struck at the king but the king turned aside, and the blow came down upon the earth next to the king. It was such a great blow that the entire mountain shook, and although the giant’s wound was not great, much blood erupted from him. The giant threw the club away, rushed at the king, and grabbed him so firmly that the king fell to his knees. After a while, the bleeding exhausted the giant so much he could not get up, and the king jumped up, and hewed off his head. He had the head kept as a token, because the king had never before experienced such a trial except when he had against Ritho. Then he went to the ships, and he became much renowned across all the northern half of the world for these great deeds.

Breta Sogur, Translated by Black, Russell C.