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gentry being come, and ready to sit down to dinner, in an instant Mephostophiles came and took away all with him, leaving them full of admiration. If any time Faustus had a mind for a wild fowl, the spirit would call whole flocks in at a window; also the spirit did teach Faustus to do the like, so that now no lock nor key could keep them out. The devil also taught Faustus to fly into the air, and to act many things which are incredible, and too large for this small book to contain.
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How Dr Faustus dreamed of hell in his sleep and what he saw there.
AFTER Faustus had a long conference with his spirit concerning the fall of lucifer, and the state and condition of all the fallen angels, he, in a vision or dream, saw hell and all the devils and souls that were tormented there: he also saw hell divided into several cells, or deep holes; and for every cell, or deep ward, there was a devil appointed to punish those that were under his custody. Having seen this sight he much marvelled at it, and having Mephostophiles with him, he asked him what sort of people they were that lay in the first dark pit?
