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The history of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus, 1592, together with The second report of Faustus, containing his appearances and the deeds of Wagner, 1594.

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The history of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus, 1592, together with The second report of Faustus, containing his appearances and the deeds of Wagner, 1594.

Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Legends

concerning the Stars that fall from Heaven_    149
   XXVIII. _How Faustus was asked a question as
            concerning thunder_                            149
     XXIX. _How the Emperor Carolus Quintus requested
            of Faustus to see some of his cunning,
            whereunto he agreed_                           150
      XXX. _How Doctor Faustus in the sight of the
            Emperor conjured a pair of Hart’s horns
            upon a Knight’s head that slept out of a
            casement_                                      154
     XXXI. _How the above-mentioned Knight went
            about to be revenged of Doctor Faustus_        155
    XXXII. _How three young Dukes being together at
            Wittenberg to behold the University,
            requested Faustus to help them at a
            wish to the town of Menchen in
            Bavaria, there to see the Duke of
            Bavaria his son’s wedding_                     156
   XXXIII. _How Doctor Faustus borrowed money of
            a Jew, and laid his own leg to pawn for it_    160
    XXXIV. _How Doctor Faustus deceived an Horse-courser_  162
     XXXV. _How Doctor Faustus ate a load of Hay_          164
    XXXVI. _How Doctor Faustus served the twelve
            Students_                                      165
   XXXVII. _How Faustus served the drunken Clowns_         165
  XXXVIII. _How Doctor Faustus sold five Swine for
            six Dollars apiece_                            166
    XXXIX. _How Doctor Faustus played a merry jest
            with the Duke of Anholt in his Court_          167
       XL. _How Doctor Faustus through his Charms
            made a great Castle in presence of the
            Duke of Anholt_                                168
      XLI. _How Doctor Faustus with his company
            visited the Bishop of Saltzburg his
            Wine-cellar_                                   171
     XLII. _How Doctor Faustus kept his Shrovetide_        172
    XLIII. _How Doctor Faustus feasted his guests on
            the Ash-Wednesday_                             174
     XLIV. _How Doctor Faustus the day following
            was feasted of the Students, and of his
            merry jests with them while he was in
            their company_                                 176
      XLV. _How Doctor Faustus shewed the fair
            Helena unto the Students upon the
            Sunday following_                              177
     XLVI. _How Doctor Faustus conjured away the
            four wheels from a clown’s waggon_             180
    XLVII. _How four Jugglers cut one another’s head
            off, and set them on again; and how
            Doctor Faustus deceived them_                  182
   XLVIII. _How an old man, the neighbour of Faustus,
            sought to persuade him to amend his
            evil life, and to fall unto repentance_        183
     XLIX. _How Doctor Faustus wrote the second time

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The history of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus, 1592, together with The second report of Faustus, containing his appearances and the deeds of Wagner, 1594.

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