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fell out extremely, first in words, and last to blows; the thirteen being toohard for the seven, and Dr Faustus looking out of his window, and seeing the fray, and how much they were overmatch'd, conjur'd them all blind, so that one could not see the other; and in this manner they fought and smote one another, which made all that saw them laugh: at length the people p(illegible text)ed them, and led them to their chambers; they instantly received sight. The doctor, coming into an inn with some friends, was disturbed by the (illegible text) looing and bauling of a parcel of drunken clowns, whereupon, when their mouths were wide open, he so conjured them that by no means they could shut them again; and so all on a sudden there was a deep silence; and after they had waited one upon another, without being able to speak, thinking they were bewitched, they dropped one by one into sinking fear, and never could be go(illegible text) the house afterwards.