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5 the Doctor immediately did, and the devil upon the first call, made such a noise in the wood, as if heaven and earth would have come together; then the devil made such a roaring as if the wood had been full of wild beasts. The Doctor made a circle for the devil, the which circle the devil ran round, making a noise as if ten thousand waggons had been running upon paved stones. Afthis it thundered and lightened, as if the whole world had been on fire. Faustus and his friend amazed at this noise, and the devil’s long tarrying, thought to leave his circle; whereupon he made him such music, the like was never heard in the world: This so ravished Faustus that he began again to conjure Mephostophiles in the name of the prince of the devils, to appear in his own likeness; whereupon in an instant, hung over his head a mighty dragon. Faustus calls again after his former manner, after which there was a cry in the wood as if hell had opened, and all the tormennted souls had been there; Faustus in the mean while, asked the devil many questions, and commanding him to show many diabolical tricks.