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10 them full of admiration. If any time Faustus had a mind for wild fowl, the spirit would call whole flocks in at a window; also the spirit did teach Faustus to do the like so that no lock nor key could keep them out. The devil also taught Faustus to fly in the air and to act many things that are incredible, and too large for this small book to contain.

CHAP. VI.

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 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 at that time Mephostophiles being with him, he asked him what sort of people they were that lay in the first dark pit; then