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 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. After this it thundered and lightned 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 the circle; whereupon the devil 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 been opened, and all the tormented souls had been there; Faustus, in the mean while asking the devil many questions, and commanding him to shew many tricks.